The County Finals were held yesterday at County President Murray Wylie’s home green Kirkcudbright. The Championships are sponsored by Bendall Funeral Directors and Ian Bendall was on hand to present the prizes along with President Murray.

SINGLES

Hugh Robertson (New Abbey) played Scott Davies (Castle Douglas)

Hugh raced to a 8-0 lead after 4 ends. Scott started to get some shots and had pulled back to 13-8 down after 12 ends. 13 was an unlucky number for Hugh because Scott went on to lead 20-13 after 17 ends. Hugh got 3 shots in the next 2 ends but Scott got the single he needed to win 21-16.

JUNIOR SINGLES

Alan McDonald played Keigan McMinn in the Junior Singles Final. The first 8 ends was close with Keigan leading by 1 shot at 6-5. Keigan then had a good run in the next 6 ends scoring 11 shots to Alan’s . Keigan went on to win 21-9.

PAIRS

The pairs was an all Kirkcudbright match between Steven Little & Peter Brown and David & Darren Gourlay.

Stevie & Peter lead 10-7 after 10 ends and the scored 8 shots to 1 to win18-8.

TRIPLES

William Brydson, William Green & John Crawford (Castle Douglas) played Steven Little, Brian McClune & Robert McClune (Kirkcudbright). Castle Douglas lead 5-4 after 5 ends then score 11 shots to 1 over the next 6 ends to lead 16-5 after 11 ends, Kirkcudbright then got a 1 & 6 and the game finnished 17-12 to Castle Douglas.

FOURS

Frank Cummins, Jim Maginess, Ben Herries & Ian Carter (Creetown) played Scott Hutchinson, Jim McCrossan, Darren Gourlay & Peter Brown (Kirkcudbright). The fist half of this game was even, after 9 ends Creetown lead by 1 shot at 8-7. Creetown then won 12 shots in the next 5 ends and went on to win 20-10.

Senior Fours.

Peter Hamilton, Ian Murray, John Peacock & John McNally(Spalding) won against Bob Coban, Kenny Logan, Joe Porter & Billy McMinn(Dalbeattie). This was a close game with Spalding just having the edge, winning 14-9.

Dalbeattie President Joe Porter is presented with the Top Ten Trophy.

President Murray Wylie thanks Ian Bendal for his sponsorship.

Mixed Pairs.

Louise Little & Robert McClune(Kirkcudbright) played Christine Tenent & Keith Shuttleworth(New Abbey)

Louise & Robert had the better of the first 7 ends and lead 10-4, Christine & Keith then had a great run and by end 13 lead by 19-10 and went on to win 22-13.

ORDER OF PLAY

MORNING SESSION     - 10.30AM

JUNIORS TO BE PLAYED THROIGHOUT THE DAY.

PAIRS - RINK 2                         DAREN & DAVID GOURLAY (Kirkcudbright)

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STEVEN LITTLE & PETER BROWN (Kirkcudbright)

MIXED PAIRS - RINK 4      LOUISE LITTLE & ROBERT McCLUNE (Kirkcudbright)

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CHRISTINE TENNANT & KEITH SHUTTLEWORTH (New Abbey)

AFTER NOON SESSION - 1.00pm

FOURS - RINK 3                    FRANK CUMMINS, JIM MAGINESS, BEN HERRIES & IAN CARTER (Creetown)

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SCOTT HUTCHINSON, JIM McCROSSAN, DARREN GOURLAY & PETER BROWN (Kirkcudbright)

TRIPLES - RINK 5                 STEVEN LITTLE, BRIAN & ROBERT McCLUNE (Kirkcudbright)

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WILLIAM BRYDSON, WILLIAM GREEN & JOHN CRAWFORD (Castle Douglas)

4.00pm

SENIOR FOURS - RINK 3   PETER HAMILTON, IAN MURRAY, JOHN PEACOCK & JOHN McNALLY (Spalding)

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BOB COBAN, KENNY LOGAN, JOE PORTER & BILLY McMINN (Dalbeattie)

SINGLES - RINK 2                HUGH ROBERTSON (New Abbey)

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SCOTT DAVIES (Castle Douglas)

JUNIOR SINGLES

The finalist’s in the Triples are

Robert & Brian McClune & Steven Little (Kirkcudbright)

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John Crawford, Wul Green & William Brydson (Castle Douglas)

PLAY-OFF  BETWEEN Section A winners CREETOWN and Section B winners CASTLE DOUGLAS was played today at Kirkcudbright.

In what was a very close match Castle Douglas won 4/26 to Creetown’s 2/23.

Stewart Tait, Ray Corrie & Bert McRobert lost 10 - 6 to Willie Lindsay, Ian Dickson & Jeff Bell.

Hughie Little, Rab Derby & Hugh Baillie won 20 - 13 against Jim Maginess, Ray Wilkinson & Frank Cummins.

The Top Ten Final was played at Kirkcudbright last night.

Dalbeattie had a good night winning the match against Auchencairn 8 -0

Alan Harries beat Scott McCubbin 21 - 17

James Richardson & Ronan Crossan beat Joe Caldow & Bert Little 23 - 10

Billy McMinn, Joe Porter & Sean Ferguson beat Jock McGarrie, Stuart Crossan & Andrew Shanks 11 - 10

Steven McMinn, Dennis McKnight, Kenny Logan & Bob Coburn beat Derek Rogerson, Laurie Little, George Davidson & Andy Briggs 16 - 15

The KBA Cup was won by Castle Douglas.