Stirling County West blow away Glasgow challenge

May 20 2009 by John Miller, Stirling Observer Wednesday

ANOTHER thumping 37-shot victory at the weekend firmly established Stirling County West bowlers at the top of their west qualifying section of the Scottish Counties championship.

Following a similar opening success the previous week against Argyll & Bute, it was a confident County squad that headed for the Dear Green Place on Saturday to take on Glasgow at the Kelvindale green.

And it didn’t take them long to show their intentions going into a 12-shot lead after five ends (38-26) and holding that advantage for most of the match – apart from one brief spell around the halfway mark when the scores got worryingly close.

However a determined County West once again stepped on the gas and opened up an 11-shot advantage by the 15th end.

Over the final three ends they blew away their opponents carding 33 shots for the loss of just seven to run out comfortable winners with four winning rinks.

Charlie Gibson, Steve Whitton, Craig Watson and Jason Williams won 27-12 against Jim Lyness, while Terry Reilly, Joe Traynor, Dougie Kerr and Bryan Stillie romped to a 32-8 win over Graham Darcy.

Paul Monteith, Harvey Robertson, Kevan Frogley and Danny McCormick finished 25-11 ahead of Dougie Smith, with Ian Forsyth, Ian Gillies, Rae Duncan and Derek Logie 28-14 winners over Peter Murray.

Elsewhere, Richard Guy, Manny Cruz, Billy Guy and Hugh Letford lost 10-22 to Ricky Taylor, while David Stewart, Tommy Hood, Peter Black and Sandy Deans suffered a 16-34 defeat at the hands of Archie Glencross. Totals: Stirling County West 138, Glasgow 101.

The man of the match award went to Jason Williams.

Stirling County West return to home ground this Saturday when they take on Renfrewshire West at the Cambusbarron green at 2pm.

With two rounds of Hamilton Trophy matches now complete, three teams are undefeated – Stirling County West, Ayrshire and Clackmannan & Kinross.

For Saturday’s match at Cambusbarron, Sandy Deans’ rink will comprise David Stewart, Peter Black and Pat Martin, while Danny McCormick’s rink comprises James Brown, Harvey Robertson and Kevan Frogley. All other rinks remain intact. Reserves are Tommy Hood and Arron Hazel.

Players to report to Cambusbarron green at 1.15pm.

UNDER 25s

STIRLINGSHIRE Under 25s recorded their third successive counties championship victory on Sunday with an 18-shot win over Dumbartonshire at Westermains.

Scores: C Ross 22, D Cunningham 24; G Malcolmson 24, S Dow 13; R McLeod 14, D Millar 29; D McEwan 26, A McFarlane 11; K Ritchie 15, S Cunningham 28; D Couper 29, K Anderson 7. Totals: Stirlingshire 130, Dumbartonshire 112.

DISTRICT NINE LEAGUE

RESULTS of Bruce Section matches played on Friday, May 15 were: Borestone 14, Polmaise 10; Livilands 11, Bridge of Allan 20; Bridge of Allan 19, Livilands 4; Causewayhead 12, Dunblane 16.

Postponed due to rain were Polmaise v Borestone and Dunblane v Causewayhead.

COLIN SNEDDON TROPHY

STIRLING players David McKean, Pat Neilson and Hugh Letford were the winners of last Sunday’s final of the Colin Sneddon Trophy.

Runners up were P Godfrey (Grangemouth Rail), J Barrie (Bannockburn) and Dougie Kerr (Borestone).

Best effort on last end was achieved by K Paterson, S Hazel and J Brown (Polmaise).

SPITTALMYRE v STENHOUSEMUIR

LAST Saturday’s match resulted: J McMullen 14, J Williamson 13; J Phimister 15, P Jackson 13; A Mason 16, D Kirk 14; F Weston 13, G Bell 15. Totals: Spittalmyre 57, Stenhousemuir 55.

EX-PRESIDENTS

STIRLING & District Ex-Presidents played their opening match of the outdoor season last Sunday when they took on Paisley Ex-Presidents at the Anchor Club.

Scores (Stirling skips first): R Whitfield 5, T Campbell 21; B Morrison 10, J Robb 11; W Connell 15, T Trumble 15; H Petrie 16, D Scott 9; J Phimister 9, G Moncrieffe 11; W McLaughlan 23, G Matthew 4. Totals: Stirling 78, Paisley 71.

BRIDGE OF ALLAN vRIVERSIDE

RESULTS of last Saturday’s match at Bridge of Allan were: D Buchan 9, T Millar 14; H Petrie 12, T Findlay 13; H McGrain 22, J Purdie 10; S Ingram 12, R Cairns 13. Totals: Bridge of Allan 55, Riverside 50.

STIRLING v ALVA SOUTH

STIRLING bowlers defeated Alva South by ten shots when the clubs met on Saturday. Scores: B Weir 19, D Paterson 7; R Letford 8, B Allan 18; P Neilson 18, L Kennedy 10; S Hope 10, J Cooper 10.Totals: Stirling 55, Alva South 45.

CAUSEWAYHEAD v ABERFELDY

ABERFELDY bowlers were visitors to Causewayhead green last Saturday – and won by 20 shots. Scores: B Morrison 14, T Duncan 7; S Morrison 12, R McRobert 9; J Sharp 3, J Duncan 14; A Dowell 3, J McOmish 22. Totals: Causewayhead 32, Aberfeldy 52.

TOP FIFTEEN

IN a City of Stirling first round match played recently, Dunblane scored eight points plus 104 shots to Bannockburn’s four points and 95 shots.

LIVILANDS v RIVERSIDE

A DRAW (47-47) was the outcome of last Wednesday’s match at Livilands’ green. Scores: P Miller 8, I Gillies 16; J Paterson 15, T Findlay 11; J Scobie 12, S Samuel 10; R Hearsum 12, T Graham 10.