STIRLING STUDENTS MAKE CLEAN SWEEP AT DUNDONALD LINKS

The 3rd Scottish Universities Order of Merit golt tournament event ended at a cold, wet and very windy Dundonald Links today (Friday) with a clean sweep for Stirling University students in all four competitions.
In the men's event, Jack McDonald struck a highly credible 78 in the conditions for a total of 223 (9 over par) to pip Scottish international Graeme Robertson by two shots.
Robertson, who took 71 shots (1 under par) in an incredible morning's golf, fell foul of the tournament referee (after a lengthy and conisdered discussion) for having taken a number of preferred lies in contravention of the tournament conditions; finally signing for a score of 79 and second place.
Dewi Merckx, also from Stirling, who had led after the first two rounds struggled in the conditions to a score of 80, just ahead of Fairmont winner Chris Harkins (Strathclyde) who, like Robertson, had to add penalties to his score before signing his card.
Stirling I captured the men's team prize - McDonald and Robertson being joined in a 10-shot triumph by former Order of Merit winners David Booth and Zander Culverwell.
In the women's event, Stirling's Eilidh Briggs continues to dominate the Scottish Order of Merit events with scores of 74, 78, 81 for a total of 233 to win by 14 shots.
At the Scottish Universities Championships at Moray Golf Club in ten days time, Eilidh will have the unrivalled opportunity to complete a season's "Grand Slam" of the four Scottish student women's Order of Merit events - the first time this will have been achieved.
Along with Becka Wilson and Harriet Beasley, Eilidh also picked up the women's team prize.

MEN'S SCOREBOARD

1	Jack Mcdonald (Stirling)	73	72	78	223
2	Graeme Robertson (Stirling)	72	74	79	225
3	Dewi Merckx (Stirling)	71	74	80	225
4	Chris Harkins (Strathclyde)	75	74	77	226
5	Nick McAndrew (Aberdeen)	77	76	75	228
6	Don McAndrew (RGU)	80	74	77	231
7	Matthias Eggenberger (Stirling)	74	79	79	232
8	Lee Fuller (Northumbria)	83	72	79	234
9	David Booth (Stirling)	77	80	78	235
10	Jack Lampkin (Northumbria)	76	79	81	236
11	Mike Howard (Stirling)	78	72	86	236
12	Gavin Dunn (UHI)	81	76	80	237
13	Chris Low (Elmwood)	77	77	83	237
14	Stuart Cochrane (Stirling)	75	79	84	238
15	Mike McCarthy (St Andrews)	76	81	84	241
16	Oliver Roberts (Stirling)	80	76	86	242
17	Kit Holmes (Stirling)	80	77	86	243
18	Steven Kinnaird (UHI)	76	81	87	244
19	Craig Boyd (Stirling)	81	76	90	247
20	Donnchadh Dodd (Heriot Watt)	75	81	92	248
22	Daniel Kirk (Elmwood)	74	75	NR	NR
23	Cameron Marr (Elmwood)	77	79	NR	NR
24	David Calder (Edinburgh)	78	72	NR	NR
25	Josh Bassit (Northumbria)	81	77		158
26	Matt Wheeler (St Andrews)	82	78		160
27	Daniel Mclagen (Strathclyde)	80	80		160
28	Finlay White (Stirling)	77	83		160
29	Blair Pelling (St Andrews)	85	76		161
30	Duncan Douglas (Stirling)	82	79		161
31	Patrick Spraggs (Stirling)	85	77		162
32	Phil Neil (Stirling)	83	79		162
33	Bho Olson (Glasgow)	82	80		162
34	Gordon Munro (RGU)	81	81		162
35	Varun Varadharajan (Heriot Watt)	81	81		162
36	Keith Shanks (Aberdeen)	81	82		163
37	Callum McNeill (UHI)	78	85		163
38	Conor Gask (Dundee)	87	77		164
39	Paul Campbell (St Andrews)	84	80		164
40	James Morrison (Stirling)	82	82		164
41	David Curtis (Glasgow)	81	83		164
42	Ben Gibson (Strathclyde)	82	83		165
43	Dan Daly (Abertay)	81	84		165
44	Malko Schraner (Stirling)	90	76		166
45	Alex Purdon (St Andrews)	85	81		166
46	Samir Nanji (St Andrews)	83	83		166
47	James Morell (Derby)	84	83		167
48	Andrew Cunningham (Strathclyde)	90	79		169
49	Ali Wright (Stirling)	80	89		169
50	Niall Fagan (Strathclyde)	88	83		171
51	David Melville (Abertay)	88	83		171
52	Tristan Blumi (Heriot Watt)	87	84		171
53	Kenneth Pallas (Glasgow)	86	85		171
54	Pete Greene (St Andrews)	89	84		173
55	Craig Anderson (Caledonian)	87	86		173
56	Rob Wood (UHI)	88	88		176
57	Richie Tidman (Stirling)	88	94		182
58	Mike Thelwall Jones (Stirling)	97	92		189
59	Scott Liddle (Glasgow)	97	94		191
60	Chris Long (Stirling)	100	93		193
	Nathan Free (Elmwood)	79	NR		NR
	Ally Leith (Glasgow)	79	NR		NR
	Roddy Spence (Abertay)	84	NR		NR
	Jonny Crawford (Glasgow)	84	NR		NR
	Craig Pirie (Caledonian)	NR	81		NR
	Ross Gillan (Glasgow)	NR	DNS		NR
	Zander Culverwell (Stirling)				DQ

WOMEN'S FINAL TOTALS

                                  Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Ttl


1 Eilidh Briggs (Stirling) 74 78 81 233

2 Becka Wilson (Stirling) 81 83 83 247

3 Jane Turner (RGU) 85 79 85 249

4 Gabrielle Macdonald (St Andrews) 82 85 83 250

5 Hannah McCook (Stirling) 86 84 82 252

6 Sam Munro (UHI) 84 81 87 252

7 Harriet Beasley (Stirling) 83 80 95 258

8 Jordanna Graham (Stirling) 85 84 95 264

9 Zhana Tarasko (St Andrews) 89 85 174

10 Alisa Theunis (St Andrews) 89 92 181

11 Mhairi McKay (Stirling) 94 90 184