Scotland strike gold at Euros

The three points against Gowrie opens up a wee gap at the top for them and could make the difference in a league of small margins. Things look more clear cut in Division 1 where it already looks as if Newport and Shotz will bag the two promotion spots.

FIFE SUNDAY AMATEURS:

Fife Sunday Trophy, round two – Wellesley 8 Sky AFC 3. CEF League Cup, round one – Novar Rovers Utd 1 Minto Lounge 5, Cairneyhill 6 Styx 1. Cef League Cup, round two – The Empire 4 Steadings 4 (3-4 pens). CEF League Cup, quarter-final – Bruce Arms 3 Torleys 3 (4-5 pens). JS Anderson Cup, round two – Athletico Rosyth 0 Dunfermline Utd 3. Division Two – Wheatsheaf 3 Ciswo 3.

KFAFA: Results, Smith & Grant (Solicitors & Estate Agents) Premier Division – Lumphinnans United v Hearts of Beath PP, Cupar Hearts 2 Pittenweem Rovers 2, Leven United v Greig Park Rangers PP, Burntisland United 1 Auchtermuchty Bellvue 3, Fossoway v Bowhill Rovers PP. Glendale Plastics Championship – Methilhill Strollers and East Fife v Balgonie Scotia PP, Glenrothes Strollers v Kennoway PP, St Monans Swallows 2 Leslie 2, Kelty v Kinross PP. Division 1 – Eastvale 8 Fife Thistle 4, Kennoway Star Hearts 0 Kinross Colts 1, Falkland v Rosebank PP, Duloch v Markinch PP, Valleyfield 7 Glenrothes. Taylor Sullivan Funeral Directors Challenge Cup, round two – St Andrews University 8 Dysart 2, AM Soccer 11 Rosyth 2.

PAFA: Results from Saturday, A&B Taxi League – Ballinluig 0 Auchterarder 3, Bridge of Earn 0 Letham 3 ,Craigie 3 Burrelton 1,Pole Team 6 Luncarty ASC 6,Vale Of Earn 3 Breadalbane 1. Smart Fixings League – Bridgeton 2 Alyth 1, Jeanfield Swift’s 1 Coupar Angus 3, Letham CC 2 Dunkeld Birnam 1, Pitfour 4 Kinrossie 0, Rattray 8 Scone 0 Thistle, Strathearn Grove 6 Wolfhill 1. Smith League Cup section three – Kettins 1 St John’s 6. Fixtures for Saturday, kick-off 2pm, A&B Taxi League – Kettins v Ballinluig, Pole Team v Vale Of Earn. Smart Fixings League – Dunkeld Birnam v Wolfhill, Scone Thistle v Kinrossie. Ashleigh Cup, round three, kick-off 1.30pm – Auchterarder v Vale Of Atholl, Balmoral v Jeanfield, Bridge Of Earn v Strathearn Grove, Bridgeton v St John’s, Burrelton v Coupar Angus , Letham v Craigie, Rattray v Luncarty ASC. Leading final round scores & totals in the ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf, Metropolitan GC, Melbourne, Australia (Par 72):

265 Belgium (Thomas Pieters/ Thomas Detry) 63 71 63 68

268 Mexico (Abraham Ancer/Roberto Diaz) 67 70 65 66, Australia (Marc Leishman/Cameron Smith) 62 76 65 65

271 Canada (Adam Hadwin/Nick Taylor) 68 73 64 66, Denmark (Soren Kjeldsen/Thorbjorn Olesen) 63 77 66 65

272 Korea (Byeong Hun An/Si Woo Kim) 62 72 68 70, Italy (Andrea Pavan/ Renato Paratore) 65 71 66 70

273 England (Tyrrell Hatton/Ian Poulter) 62 74 67 70

274 Sweden (Alexander Bjork/Joakim Lagergren) 65 74 64 71

276 India (Anirban Lahiri/Gaganjeet Bhullar) 64 72 70 70, Ireland (Shane Lowry/Paul Dunne) 64 76 65 71, France (Alexander Levy/Mike LorenzoVera) 66 73 68 69

277 China (Ashun Wu/Haotong Li) 66 76 68 67

278 Scotland (Russell Knox/Martin Laird) 67 71 67 73, Thailand (Kiradech Aphibarnrat/Prom Meesawat) 67 78 67 66

Leading final round scores & totals in the European Tour Honma Hong Kong Open presented by Amundi, Hong Kong GC, Fanling, Hong Kong, China (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70):

(a) denotes amateurs

263 Aaron Rai 65 61 68 69

264 Matthew Fitzpatrick 70 62 68 64 269 Jason Scrivener (Aus) 65 69 67 68, Victor Perez (Fra) 71 65 66 67 270 David Drysdale 68 69 67 66 271 Shubhankar Sharma (Ind) 69 68 67 67, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 70 67 64 70, Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa) 72 69 67 63

272 Scott Hend (Aus) 68 66 69 69, Micah Lauren Shin (USA) 66 67 72 67, Jake Higginbottom (Aus) 69 65 69 69, Matthias Schwab (Aut) 69 69 66 68, Kim Koivu (Fin) 69 67 69 67

273 Justin Harding (Rsa) 69 69 67 68, Tommy Fleetwood 69 65 66 73, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 68 68 72 65, Ashley Chesters 68 67 71 67, T hongchai Jaidee (Tha) 68 68 66 71.

ALYTH LADIES: Winter League, Alyth Course, 12 holes – 1 D Knox 49, 2 S Johnston 50 bih, 3 I Wilkie 50. Glenisla Course, nine holes, stableford– 1 J Milne 18pts, 2 D Knox 16, bih.

CARNOUSTIE GC: Championship Course, stableford, 16 holes, all one class – P Harrison (14) 33pts, A Payne (11) 32, J Downie (9) 30. Burnside Course, stableford, 14 holes, all one class – B Durbidge (10) 32pts, J Davies (15) 31. Buddon Course, stableford, 18 holes, all one class – G Faulkner (12) 32pts.

CARNOUSTIE WINTER LEAGUE: Results – J Gilbert and I Frier beat S Reid (res) and P Gordon, 4 and 3, E Kerr and J Watson beat G Robson and A Boath, one hole, E Matthew and N Watson lost to C Saunders and S Fairweather, 6 and 5, G Duncan and T Convery beat D Taylor and N Merchant, 2 and 1, C Smith and S Cadden lost to C Boath and S Norrie, 6 and 5. Sweep: scratch, tie – J Gilbert and S Norrie 71; Handicap, tie – G. Duncan (10) and I Frier (9) 63.

DOWNFIELD: Saturday, 12-hole Winter Eclectic – 1 Graeme Laing (6) 42, 2 Alistair Will (11) 45, 3 John Duffy (2) 45, 4 Brian Melville (3) 46, 5 Ronald Smith (9) 47, 6 Kenneth Macarthur (4) 47.

GRANGE: Saturday, Medal Course, CSS 72, section 1 – D Findlay (12) 43 points, D Kane (9) 39, C Sanderson (7) 38. Section 2 – M Peacock (17) 43 pts, A Turner (13) 35, A Chalmers (15) 33 Ashludie Course, CSS 66, all one section – C Rattray (8) 38pts. Yesterday, Medal Course, CSS 74 R/O, section 1 – G Hutton (3) 35pts, B McKaig (4) 33. Section 2 – C Baily (14) 32 pts, C Purvey (18) 28.

GRANGE LADIES: Winter League, 13-hole stableford – D Watson (19) 32pts, C Blake (13) 28, M Laing (18) 25.

LADYBANK LADIES: Winter Merit 3, Saturday, CSS 75 – 1 I Morrow (15) 30pts, 2 L Murray (13) 29, 3 L McDonald (6) 26.

MONIFIETH: Winter League – S McDonald / J Ferrie beat R Long / D Eastaugh 2 and 1, S Hills / G Reekie beat S Barnett / B Rose 2 and 1, C Cairnie / T Lumsden halved with C McKay / D Smart, P Guilcher / I Kelly beat P Gardiner / A Boyle 3 and 1, I Hutcheon / F Anderson beat D Mitchell / K Scott one up, N Anderson / M McBride halved with A McKay (res) / G Smith. Scratch: S Barnett, N Anderson 65. Handicap: D Mitchell (7) G Cant (12) 61, G Maxwell (4) 62, M Strachan (8) 63. Scotland’s Team Mouat beat defending champions Sweden 9-5 in the gold medal game at their first European Championships in Estonia and in doing so denied Team Edin’s rink the opportunity to claim their fifth consecutive title in the event.

In a tightly fought final, it was a reversal of fortunes from their round-robin encounter earlier in the tournament, when the Swedish world champs secured a three at the last for a narrow 9-8 victory.

From left: Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan, Ross Whyte and team coach Allan Hannah. FOOTBALL: Premier League, Burnley v Newcastle – Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sport Premier League 7pm.

CRICKET: Sri Lanka v England, third Test – Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket 6am.

GRIDIRON: NFL, Houston Texans v Tennessee Titans – Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action 1am (Tue). SCOTTISH LEAGUE: Men: League One – Lenzie 2 Dundee 3 (19-25 27-25 25-23 23-25 9-15); Women: League One – Glasgow International 3 Dundee 1 (20-25 25-12 25-10 25-22). Pitlochry Weightlifting Club secretary Alex Phillips won his 31st Scottish title on Saturday when he won the 89kg (55 to 59 years) class at the inaugural Scottish Masters Cup in Glasgow. Alex snatched 50kg and clean and jerked 72kg for a 122kg total. This was the first Masters competition held since the new bodyweight classes changed on November 1 but Alex achieved more than the Weightlifting Scotland standard for his class and so he was able to set five new Scottish records.