Six losing rinks for red-faced County

Glasgow side cruise to a 64-shot victory

Stirling County West’s Hamilton Trophy hopes took a severe knock on Saturday at Doune when they crashed to 64-shot home defeat at the hands of Glasgow.

County had no answer to the Glasgow assault and for the first time in many years, finished with six losing rinks.

Kenny Murdoch’s four lost 30-10 to T McCartney; Dougie Kerr and company lost 22-19 to P Taggart and Sandy Deans’ four finished 21-13 adrift of G McDougall.

Jason Williams’ four lost 23-11 to D Elliot; Garry Malcomson carded a 32-15 loss to S Wilson, while David Ferguson’s four lost 26-20 to M Kelsey. Totals: Stirling County West 90-154 Glasgow.

On Saturday another stiff test awaits at the Gourock Park green when County take on Renfrewshire West. District League

Results of matches played last Friday: Wallace section – Airthrey Spa 22-10 Riverside; Riverside 2310 Airthrey Spa; Bannockburn 9-22 Borestone; Borestone 26-9 Bannockburn; Spittalmyre 20-24 Livilands; Livilands 12-17 Spittalmyre.

Bruce section – Dunblane 10-25 Causewayhead; Causewayhead 2210 Dunblane; Polmiase 20-9 Stirling; Stirling 14-19 Polmaise; Doune Castle 29-9 Bridge of Allan; Bridge of Allan 14-15 Doune Castle. Stirling

Stirling played Bridge of Allan on Saturday and won by 10 shots.

Scores were (Stirling skips first): M Graham 14-14 J McKenzie; S Hope 19-21 I Wright; B McLachlan 14-18 J Grant; W Nicol 21-8 K Wilkie. Totals: Stirling 71-61 Bridge of Allan. Riverside The annual fixture against Borestone took place on Saturday at the Riverside club with the home side winning a tight match by one shot.

Results (Riverside skips first): D Cairns 14-16 B McLaughlin; J Phimister 7-15 S Hogg; I Gillies 1612 N Lafferty; J Millar 17-12 J Hunter. Totals: Riverside 54-53 Borestone.

Riverside hosts its annual Invitation Pairs on Sunday, June 10, sponsored by TRS Ltd, some places still available. If interested contact John Millar on 07709 058642 or e-mail him on johntmillar@aol.co.uk. Starts at 9.30am. Causewayhead

Winners of the Causewayhead Junior Rink Competition on Sunday were Dunblane (Alan Jackson, Connel Jackson, Cameron Tully and Alex Christmas). Runners-up were Causewayhead (Jason Williams, Alexis Williams, Erin McKinlay and Adam Egerton).

Losing semi-finalists were Dunblane (Gregor Wightman, Fraser McManus, Kai Jackson and Harry Tyle) along with Cumbernauld (Andy Parker, Sean Parker, Nadia Lloyd and Blair Sim).

Winner of the spider event was Ross Donaldson from Lenzie. The competition was sponsored by Causewayhead member Denis Henshaw. Bridge of Allan

The club is holding an open day on Sunday, June 3 from 2-5pm. All welcome, wear flat-soled shoes. Bannockburn

A Try Bowls event will take place at the club on Saturday, June 9.