The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
SPORT RESULTS
ATHLETICS
Eilish McColgan has been forced out of this weekend’s UK Athletics Championships due to illness.
The Dundonian, 31, had been due to run the 5000 metres on her adopted home track in Manchester. But the bug that led to her mid-race withdrawal from last Thursday’s Bislett Games in Oslo will sideline her from the event, which doubles as the trials for next month’s world championships. McColgan expects to recover in time for the showpiece in Oregon but admitted she has yet to decide whether to request a double in the 5,000m and 10,000m, ahead of Monday’s selection meetings.
She said: “I still need to chat to UK Athletics about it.”
● British long jump record holder Shara Proctor has retired.
The 33-year-old won silver at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, setting her national record of 7.07 metres in the process.
She finished sixth at the London 2012 Olympics and won bronze at the World Indoors in the same year.
Proctor, who hails from Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, also has bronze medals from the European Championships in Berlin and the Commonwealth Games in 2018. She said: “This is a decision I have been thinking through for some time and it is one I am blessed to feel truly happy and content with.
“As an athlete you know when you feel the drive to continue and when it becomes harder. I have had a feeling since later 2019 and it has continued until last June when I decided to take some time off.
“Although I returned and trained through the winter until March, I am happy now to finish, it is the perfect decision and time for me now. I know it is right because I am at peace and I can happily watch a track meet and enjoy it, and not feel frustrated or sad.”
BOWLS
ANGUS SENIORS LEAGUE – Hope Paton 53 (0pts) Abbey 50 (7pts), Letham 56 (5) Forfar 56 (2), Montrose 41 (5) Carnoustie 38 (2), Newgate 44 (6) Boyle Park 35 (1), Parkview 30 (2) Arbroath 49 (5), Monifieth 39 (2) Canmore 45 (5), Friockheim 41 (2) Carnoustie WE 40 (5).
GOLF
BRECHIN LADIES – 9 Hole Stableford – K Cons 19pts, D Clark 18, D Sutherland 16. Medal & 2nd Rd Gallaccio Cup – Div 1 – C Cameron (19) 73, S Tough (11) 73, J Tough (6) 74. Div 2 – D Sutherland (39) 64, M R Harkin (26) 73,N Mcfarlane (27) 73.
DOWNFIELD – Senior Stableford – J McIntosh (17) 40pts, G Ironside (14) bih, G O’Leary (16) 37 bih.
DUNKELD AND BIRNAM – Club Championships – Ladies Scratch, Gwen Munro. Ladies Hcp, Rosie Elleray. Gents Scratch, Stuart McKendrick with a hole in one at the 18th. Gents Hcp, Dennis Elleray.
GRANGE AND BROUGHTY LADIES – Wednesday Stroke/MU Trophy – Div 1 – C Blake (13) 66, F Hay (7), 68, P Campbell (9) 73. Div 2 – M Davidson (25) 71, D Watson (21) 72. Wednesday 9 hole Stableford – P Snee (17) 12, K Reid (13) 12.
GRANGE AND BROUGHTY – Red Tee Medal Stableford, All in one Division – G Thomson (6) 41pts, B Rae (13) 39, D Pont (8) 38.
OFFICIAL WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Scottie Scheffler (USA) 10.9535pts ave, 2 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 7.7795, 3 Jon Rahm (Spa) 7.7636, 4 Collin Morikawa (USA) 7.2041, 5 Justin Thomas (USA) 7.1257, 6 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 7.0802, 7 Cameron Smith (Aus) 7.0595, 8 Viktor Hovland (Nor) 6.5184, 9 Sam Burns (USA) 6.1650, 10 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 6.0597, 11 Jordan Spieth (USA) 5.6837, 12 Will Zalatoris (USA) 5.4246, 13 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 5.1406, 14 Billy Horschel (USA) 5.0824, 15 Xander Schauffele (USA) 4.9407, 16 Dustin Johnson (USA) 4.3562, 17 Tony Finau (USA) 4.3157, 18 Joaquin Niemann (Chi) 4.2984, 19 Brooks Koepka (USA) 3.8391, 20 Abraham Ancer (Mex) 3.7509, 21 Sung-Jae Im (Kor) 3.7224, 22 Max Homa (USA) 3.6975, 23 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 3.6882, 24 Shane Lowry (Irl) 3.6112, 25 Daniel Berger (USA) 3.4745, 26 Tyrrell Hatton (Gbr) 3.4253, 27 Paul Casey (Eng) 3.3583, 28 Harris English (USA) 3.3288, 29 Corey Conners (Can) 3.3230, 30 Bryson DeChambeau (USA) 3.3099, 31 Kevin Kisner (USA) 3.1741, 32 Cameron Young (USA) 3.1458, 33 Jason Kokrak (USA) 3.0585, 34 Kevin Na (USA) 3.0581, 35 Thomas Pieters (Bel) 2.7949, 36 Seamus Power (Irl) 2.7780, 37 Harold Varner III (USA) 2.7615, 38 Patrick Reed (USA) 2.7553, 39 Talor Gooch (USA) 2.7549, 40 Adam Scott (Aus) 2.6791, 41 Tom Hoge (USA) 2.6616, 42 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 2.5951, 43 KyoungHoon Lee (Kor) 2.5948, 44 Keegan Bradley (USA) 2.5453, 45 Aaron Wise (USA) 2.5412, 46 Guillermo Mito Pereira (Chi) 2.3991, 47 Justin Rose (Eng) 2.3243, 48 Lucas Herbert (Aus) 2.2733, 49 Sebastian Munoz (Col) 2.1884, 50 Marc Leishman (Aus) 2.1848.
HOMING
COALTOWN OF BALGONIE – Six lofts sent 52 birds to Billericay. G Hall 1035.13, 1035.04; C Dinsdale 1028.82; G Hall 942.06; Penman and Grubb 932.31; J Dinsdale 922.93, 916.05; G Hall 909.55; JD Armpour 887.29, 857.05,843.35; Penman and Grubb 832.02.
KICKBOXING
Dundee Elite Kick Boxing Club, under the guidance of coach Sean Wanless, have returned from this year’s World Kick Boxing Championships in Rotherham with 20 gold, eight silver and five bronze medals.
In addition, 14-year-old St John’s High School pupil Riley Wanless was named best fighter. He returned home with eight gold medals.
More than 700 fighters from many countries competed, with the Dundee team being placed sixth at the event, a marvellous achievement considering they had one of the tournament’s smallest squads.
They had only nine fighters.
Finn Mulheron won two golds, a silver and a bronze, Mason McGowan won a gold and two silvers, Efe Fpasov won three golds and a bronze, Kane Henderson won three golds, David Hillis won a gold, two silvers and a bronze, Tyler Falconer won two golds, Dyan Holman won a silver and a bronze and Ellis Ferrie won two silvers and a bronze.
SQUASH
Crieff squash ace Rory Stewart pushed No 3 seed Karim Al Hammamy to the limit before exiting the Qatar Challenger in Doha. On another day, a match decided by such fine margins might conceivably have gone the big Scot’s way, but his Egyptian opponent managed to win the key points as he scraped through 11-9 11-8 12-10.