Lothians Golf Association
Lothians victorious against Northumberland in Annual Fixtures
The excellent Baberton course play host to the Lothians annual match against Northumberland over the weekend in what is normally a feeder match for the respective teams selections for their forthcoming National Championships.
On Saturday, the annual executive took place with a good win for Lothians by four matches to one. The friendly but competitive match allows both Executive committees to get together to share a good networking opportunity and gives a good perspective of golf on both sides of the border.
President, John Hall receives the Executive trophy from Paul Brennan President of Northumberland UGC
The Men's match took place on Sunday with the six foursomes matches teeing off at 8.00am.
It was an exciting set of matches with the score not looking too healthy as the players all went through the 14th, with it looking like a 4-2 in favour of Northumberland but some gritty performances seen Lothians turn it around for a 3.5.to 2.5 halfway margin in our favour.
Foursomes
Jamie Duguid & Jake Edgcombe beat Andrew Minnikin & Phil Ridden 3&2
Mark Napier & Matty Downie lost to Craig Penny & Simon Lee 2&1
Ross Colquhoun & Lee Morgan lost to Dan Bullen & Cameron Thoburn 3&2
Owen Brady & Connor McWatt beat James Conn & Andrew Griffiths 2&1
Craig Surgeon & Kenny Glen beat Ben Brown & Jack Baird 1up
Barrie Lewis and Benn McLeod halved Karl Mossom & Zak Laws AS
In the afternoon the teams took to the course for twelve singles, which are always keenly contested. These matches are always close and today proved to be no different.
Singles
Jamie Duguid (Dunbar) beat Andrew Minnikin (City of Newcastle) 3&2
Jake Edgcombe (Baberton) beat Phil Ridden (City of Newcastle) 3&1
Mark Napier (Dundas Parks) beat Craig Penny (Newbiggin) 2up
Matty Downie (Baberton) lost to Simon Lee (Newcastle United) 1up
Ross Colquhoun (Kingsfield) beat Dan Bullen (Goswick) 4&2
Lee Morgan (Dunbar) lost to Cameron Thoburn (Westerhope) 1up
Owen Brady (Baberton) halved James Conn (Goswick) AS
Connor McWatt (Silverknowes) lost to Andrew Griffiths (Close House) 3&2
Craig Sturgeon (Kingsfield) lost to Ben Brown (Bedlingtonshire) 2&1
Kenny Glen (Craigielaw) beat Jack Baird (Bedlingtonshire) 1up
Barrie Lewis (West Lothian) beat Karl Mossom (City of Newcastle) 4&3
Benn McLeod (Musselburgh) beat Zak Laws (City of Newcastle) 3&2
These results provided a win for the Lothians by 11 matches to 7, and allows Lothians to put a three match winning run together which hasn't been done for many years.
Northumberland Captain, Andrew Minnikin congratulated the Lothians on their play and win. He also paid tribute to the standard of the course with both Captains congratulating Head Greenkeeper, Joe Loffelman on his teams work. In return Lothians Captain, Allyn Dick wished Northumberland every success in their National Championships and thanked the Lothians players for their excellent effort and achievement.
The winning Lothians team are pictured here with the trophy.
On the back row, Jamie Duguid, Connor McWatt, Lee Morgan and Jake Edgcombe. Second row, Ross Colquhoun, Owen Brady, Barrie Lewis. Third Row, Mark Napier and Benn McLeod. Fourth Row, Matty Downie and Craig Surgeon. Front Row, Allyn Dick (Team Manager) and Kenny Glen.
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