Golf: Baberton on fire as Lothians fend off fightback to hammer Angus

A STRONG Lothians side stormed to a convincing 11…-3… win over Angus in a friendly at Baberton, where two host club members as well as its secretary lined up for the home team.

The members, Scott Carmichael and Paul Ferrier, joined forces in the morning to deliver one of four foursomes wins for Lothians, with the secretary, Keith Nicholson, playing his part in that strong showing, too, in tandem with Keith Reilly.

Leading 4…-… going into the afternoon singles, Lothians lost the top three matches as the visitors mounted a fightback. In a rematch of the 2007 Scottish Boys' Championship final, William Bremner gained on Ferrier while David Miller and Mark Timmins lost to Campbell Donaldson and Andrew Weir respectively.

However, the home side won all the remaining matches thanks to the efforts of Carmichael, Stephen Simants, Sean McGarvey, Graham Robertson, Malcolm Campbell and, at the bottom of the order, Reilly and Nicholson.

Foursomes (Lothians names first): David Miller and Mark Timmins halved with William Bremner and Andrew Weir; Paul Ferrier and Scott Carmichael bt Campbell Donaldson and Danny Lawrence 6 and 4; Stephen Simants and Graham Robertson bt George Findlay and Steve Harrod 3 and 2; Sean McGarvey and Malcolm Campbell bt Kris Harper and Gary Duncan 4 and 3; Keith Nicholson and Keith Reilly bt Drew Webster and Mark Gentles 3 and 1.

Singles: (Lothians names first): Ferrier lost to Bremner 3 and 1; Miller lost to Donaldson 2 and 1; Timmins lost to Weir 3 and 2; Carmichael bt Findlay one hole; Simants bt Harrod 4 and 2; McGarvey bt Lawrence 5 and 4; Robertson bt Harper 2 and 1; Campbell bt Duncan 3 and 2; Reilly bt Webster 6 and 5; Nicholson bt Gentles 4 and 3.