The early morning harr lifted from the excellently presented West Lothian course in time to allow the Men's SATC third round robin match against Perth & Kinross to go ahead. However, as gloomy as it was overhead the gloom hung around the Lothians team and the three morning foursomes matches were all lost setting up P&K for a pathway to the SATC Finals being held in Elgin in September.
As the sun broke through for the afternoon singles matches, it obviously had a major effect on the Lothians players who came out energised and with fighting spirit. This led to them taking the singles 5 - 1 and pipping P&K 5 - 4 overall. With Glasgow beating Ayrshire in the other match in our group it will be Glasgow setting off for Elgin in September and we wish them well for the final stages.
This leaves Lothians pondering what might have been for another year.
Scores from the matches
Foursomes
Scott McCandless and Mark Napier lost 3&1 to Gavin Dear and Ewan Farquharson
Craig Davidson and Ross Colquhoun lost 3&2 to Connor Neil and Thomas White
Owen Brady and Jake Edgcombe lost 3&2 to Mark Cameron and Steven Park
Singles
Craig Davidson beat Gavin Dear 1hole
Mark Napier beat Ewan Farquharson 5&4
Ross Colquhoun lost to Steven Park 1hole
Jake Edgcombe beat Thomas White 3&2
Stuart Blair beat Connor Neil 1 hole
Owen Brady beat Mark Cameron 4&3
Thank you to everyone at West Lothian Golf Club for their hosting of this event. The course was in excellent condition and the Catering and bar staff played their part in ensuring everyone was fed and watered to a high standard.