The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
MCCOLGAN TO REPRESENT TEAM EUROPE IN ‘THE MATCH’
ATHLETICS
Dundee Hawkhill Harrier Eilish McColgan is one of five Scots selected to represent Europe in ‘The Match’ against the USA in the Ukraine next Monday and Tuesday. The Match is a Ryder Cup-style championship event and takes place over two days in Minsk in the countdown to the Doha World Championships.
McColgan will contest the 3,000m, while Beth Dobbin runs in the 200m, Lynsey Sharp in the 800m and Jemma Reekie in the 1,500m. Jake Wightman is selected for the 1,500m.
A total of 28 British athletes are included in the European team. The match will see four athletes from each team contest each individual event, while each squad will also field two teams in the relays.
PRESTIGIOUS TITLE FOR ANNA Fife AC’s Anna Hedley bagged her most prestigious track title to date winning the England Athletics Under 17 women’s 3,000m championship at Bedford.
The St Andrews athlete was out on her own, finishing in 10 minutes 09.71 seconds – 10 seconds clear of runnerup Ines Curran (Gateshead). Hedley tops the 2019 UK under17 rankings for 3,000m with nine minutes 45.50 seconds from Scotstoun in May.
Hedley had earlier contested the 1,500m final, with only 20 minutes between the two events, placing second in 4:33.91 behind Abigail Ives (Basildon AC), who clear at the bell, went on to post 4:30.71.
Zoe Flower (Giffnock North) finished seventh in 4:43.54.
Sarah Coutts (Pitreavie) and Isla Calvert (Livingston) won their 800m heats in 2:15.66 and 2:13.36, while Katie Johnson (Edinburgh AC) won her U15 girls’ 800m heat in 2:15.58. Peter Scott (Fife AC) finished fifth in the U17 men’s 400m heats timed at 52.36 seconds.
HURDLES RECORD
Heather Paton (Birchfield H.) broke Pat Rollo’s (Pitreavie/Fife AC) longstanding Scottish women’s 100m hurdles record earlier this summer with a run of 13.34 seconds but this weekend improved that mark to 13.22 at Hendon, north London.
WORLD GOLD FOR DIXON
GB’s Aly Dixon claimed gold at the 50km World Championships in Brasov, Romania, breaking the world record for the distance in her very first ultra-marathon.
The Olympic marathoner, now aged 40, clocked 3:07:20 to take the title as she led a GB one-two ahead of Helen Davies, who ran 3:09:16.
BOWLS
ALMOND VALLEY FLOODLIT TRIPLES – D Bayne 12 M Mcmaster 9, S Smith 9 K Graham 11, W Fernie 9 T Mcdougall 10, J Mcintyre W/O J Baptie W/D.
BROUGHTY BOWLING CLUB LADIES OPEN PAIRS semi-finals – C Waddilove 8 A Milton 6, H Nairn 5 M Gall 2. Final – C Waddilove 7 H Nairn. 6 (after extra end).
CURLING
MUIRHEAD EDGES THRILLER Perthshire curler Eve Muirhead won a thrilling battle of two former world champions to edge closer to a quarter-final spot at the Oakville Fall Classic in Ontario.
Muirhead and her new-look line-up of Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds and Lauren Gray lost their opening game on Friday but easily won the next before meeting Swiss skip Binia Feltscher, who succeeded the Scot as world champion in 2014. Feltscher counted four stones at the second end to lead 4-1, but a remarkable burst of scoring put Muirhead 6-4 ahead and she held on to win 6-5. Another victory over Montreal’s Laurie St-Georges will guarantee qualification for the knockout stages.
FOOTBALL
BROUGHTY BREEZE THROUGH The first of the Fairfield Sport and Leisure Cup semi-finals between Shotz and Broughty United was played in the usual extreme conditions of Arbroath’s Victoria Park and in the end the Ferry side “breezed” through by 3-2, writes our Amateur correspondent.
With the gale in their favour the visitors dominated the first half and ended it with a 3-0 half-time lead courtesy of Nick Mann, Ranald Bowie and Greg Houston.
While defence should have been the priority for United in round 2 the Arbroath side countered with two goals right after the break from Donnie Smith and a Ryan Robb penalty. Although at that stage the home side appeared to have the upper hand United held out despite an avalanche on their goal in the last 15 minutes. The other semi between Fintry and Lowson United is likely to take place in a fortnight as Scottish Cup ties have priority next week.
The Tay Valley Shield section of eight has proved to be innovative and three teams – Merpro, AHSFP and probably Kirriemuir Thistle – have already made it through to the semi-finals. Newport, Invergowrie and Wellbank are battling for the last spot. Of interest is the form of Merpro who appear to be a cut above the rest having comfortably won all six of their matches to date and they appear to be back in “premier” winning form after their season in abeyance. On Saturday they defeated Forfar West End 8-0 unusually through eight individual scorers – Graham, Greig, Aitken, Bruce, Spink, MacDougall, Cowie and Findlay.
In the Premier there were three matches with the others taking advantage of a free week. Lowson United continued their good form from last season, winning 3-0 at Tayside Fire Brigade.
A Mark Godfrey free-kick, a screamer from Mark MacDonald and a third from Craig Simpson kept Lowson on track.
In the Angus derby Finavon strolled to a 6-1 win over Montrose, while the Carnoustie YM v Lochee United match ended in a 3-3 draw
A Jack McMillan brace and a 40-yard belter from Ian Robertson gave the Gowfers a share of the points. On Wednesday the Midlands Select take on a Perthshire Select for the Reid Trophy. Kick off is 7.20pm.
RJM SPORT - KFAFA – Smith & Grant (Solicitors & Estate Agents Premier Division – Bowhill Rovers 3 Greig Park Rangers 2, Lumphinnans 2 Kirkcaldy YMCA 2, Fossoway v Auchtermuchty Bellvue P, Pittenweem Rovers 0 AM Soccer 2, Balgonie Scotia 4 Cupar Hearts 1. Kennoway had a free week. Glendale Plastics Championship – Eastvale 1 Markinch 3, Rosebank 2 Glenrothes 0, Kelty v Burntisland United P, Rosyth 0 St Monans Swallows 2. Kinross had free week. St Andrews University had no fixture. Division 1 – St Andrews Colts 0 Fife Thistle 8, Kinross Colts v Strathmiglo P, Kennoway Star Hearts 0 Fife Athletic 3, Falkland v Methilhill Strollers&East Fife P, Lochgelly United 2 Freuchie 0. Taylor Sullivan Funeral Directors Challenge Cup Round 1 – Leven United 10 Duloch 1.
GOLF
WOMEN’S TITLE
Ayrshire won Scottish Women’s County Golf Championship at Peebles yesterday for the first time in 49 years. They last won the title at Troon in 1970. Ayrshire won all three matches at the weekend, beating Fife 7-2, Perth and Kinross 6-3 and Dumfriesshire 7-2.
CARNOUSTIE – Strokeplay (Championship Course, CSS78 R/O) – Div
1 – G Anderson (2) 79, R Goodman (3) B Goodman (5) 80. Div 2 – P Harrison (15) 92. Div 3 – A Harrison (19) 86. Strokeplay Bernie Curtis Trophy and Colin Murdoch Rosebowl (Burnside Course, CSS70) – Div 1 – M Low (5) 66, R Cargill (14) 68. Div 2 – A MacKenzie (26) 78. Bernie Curtis Trophy – M Low. Colin Murdoch Rosebowl – D Barry. Strokeplay (Buddon Course, CSS68, All One Class) – P Goodrum (5), B Melville (7) 67.
CARNOUSTIE CALEDONIA LADIES – Extra Medal (CSS69) – P Green (28) 67, J Craig (16) 69, Y Heap (18) 70. admin@montrosegolflinks.com
DUNKELD AND BIRNAM – Gents Senior Open (DABS Section) – ‘A’ Flight – K Gray 70, A Moncur 75. ‘B’ Flight – D MacDougall 73, D Morris 75. Red, White and Blue Medal – D MacDougall 69, V Hawkins 74, W McIntosh 75.
EDZELL– Low Silver Medal (CSS72) – 0-5 – B Petrie (3) 69, L Salariya (3) 71, W Bremner (-1) 73. 6-12 – A Cruickshank (7) 70, B.Shearer (11) 70, W.Speirs (6) 72. 13-28 – L Fyvie (22) 70, G Shearer (16) 71, J Cruickshank (20) 73. Winner Low Silver Medal – Barry Petrie.
GRANGE AND BROUGHTY – Autumn Salvers, Dunville & Hume Medals (Medal Course, CSS 75 R/O) – Section 1 – A Rogers (1) 73, R Laing (3) 75, M Anderson (10) 76. Section
2 – D Greig (11) 78, B Williams (14) 79, D Sharp (14) 80. Section 3 – A Allan (19) 81. Autumn Salver 1st Class – A Rogers, 2nd Class – M Anderson, 3rd Class - A Allan. Dunville Medal – A Rogers. Hume Medal – A Rogers. McAra Trophy Round 10 (Ashludie Course CSS67, All one section) – G Petrie (15) 35pts. McAra Trophy winner was B Wicksted. Congratulations to Lindsay Hutton who beat Mo Lindsay 2&1 to become the first winner of the Grange & Broughty Club Championship.
LUNDIN LADIES – SLGA Quaich & Brooch – A Dobie (19) 62 (winner of Quaich), A Bremner (14) 69bih (winner of Brooch), S Pinkney (22) 69. MONTROSE GOLF LINKS – Senior Open (1562 Course) on Tuesday September 3.
7.30 V Stewart R Cattanach N Warden; 7.38 W Taylor G Pyott; 7.46 D Mcleish; 8.10 G Young N Edwards; 8.18 J Pert S Lyon R Brown; 8.26 R Lumsden G Stevens N Yates; 8.34 G Gray J Young A Coutts; 8.42 A Munro D Archibald P Meek; 8.50 S Ferguson A Downie C Anderson; 8.58 M Lornie H Roulston S Watt; 9.06 A Moffat P Prince G Barrett; 9.14 A Jones D Watson B Coull; 9.22 I MacDonald D Walker W Beagrie; 930 B Munro I Brown M Gibson; 9.38 W Steven D Hutchison B Stephen; 9.46 J Murison S Stevenson; N McQuistan; 9.54 A Gall I Clark J Scott; 10.02 J Hope D Moncur James Grant; 10.10 J Byers W Grant R Clifton; 10.18 D Scott A Watt J Ritchie; 10.26 A Sinclair J Taylor B Mcnay; 10.34 D Russel B Munro J Boyle; 10.42 R Morrison K Fraser A Douglas; 10.50 A Minton J Mitchell D Greenhalgh; 10.58 J Rome R Elrick D Bissett; 11.06 A Mills S Kidd R Howarth; 11.14 G Archibald D Watson G Cree; 11.22 J Murray J Ketchin M Forster; 11.30 L Forbes D Forsyth R Spence; 11.38 J MacDonald B Taylor B Gall; 11.46 C Upton S Walker I Wallace; 11.54 G Fullerton G Nicol; 12.02 C Diamond J Golder R Cuthbert; 12.10 T McKay D Manns F McCue; 12.26 I Kerr A Aitken L Bailey; 12.34 S Fisher M McFee D Mallick; 12.42 I Lowis T Cruickshanks I Liddle; 12.50 A Wilson J Grimes T Allan; 12.58 B Masson D Halkerston A Laird; 13.06 L Somerville A Meldrum B Methven; 13.14 E Collier W Adam H Easton; 13.22 J Cullen G Harcus E Anderson; 13.30 D Johnson G Spinks N MacLeod; 13.38 M Heberton D Mathieson D Townsley; 13.46 G Macaulay W Stewart A Benton; 13.54 J King G Hemsley A Mercer; 14.02 D Bell J Hamill; 14.10 G Paterson S Kremeyer B Gancy. Late entries will be accepted by calling 01674 672634 or emailing
ST ANDREWS THISTLE GOLF CLUB – Autumn outing at Kirkcaldy (CSS N/A) – K Mackie (13) 73 (winner Autumn Quaich); JM Knox (18) (winner Past Captains Trophy and nearest the pin at 18th), R Morris (11), C Baltaziuk (9), AB Miller (19) 74; A P Wark (22), D Gilbert (11), R A Murphy (15) 76; A F Greenwood (1) (winner D L Trophy scratch and Tom Gordon Trophy scratch aggregate), R Mitchell (17) 77; DB Butcher (19), J D Gray (14) (Winner Bakery Quaich net aggregate), JP Alexander (20) 78; J McGowan (24) NR (winner Thistle Bunnet)
ST REGULUS LADIES – September Silver Medal (Eden Course, CSS73) – C Randerson (20) 71 bih, J Lightbody (14) 71, J Moir (15) 74. September Bronze Medal – M Clark (23) 76bih, J Crawford (23) 76, L Shepherd (23) 79.
THE ST ANDREWS GOLF CLUB – Medal No 9 –Strathtyrum (CSS66) – A Aitken (14) 60 (play-off); R Rowbotham (16) 64, N Hardy (19) 66, S Andrews (14) 67; S Normand (10), S Clark (8) 68. Jubilee (CSS 74) – T Clark (7) 71, D Laing (10), D Ronaldson (7) 72, S Hutcheon (2), A Templeman (10), S Richardson (15) 74. Old (CSS73) – D Fenton (12) 67 (play-off); G Barr (7) 73; G Smyth (10) 74; P Mullan (6) 76. Eden (CSS71) – I Gardner (5), D Watson (6) 69; A North (5) 71,A Ferguson (13) 72, G Dochard (5) 74, S Findlay (5), D Bayne (20), S Peggie (14) 75. New (CSS73) – A Burton (5) 70, P Ellison (4) 71, J Crawford (3) 72, D Munro (7) (hole-in-one on 9th), B Youmg (+2) 73, B Hunter (2) 74; C Hunter (6), M Dickson (+3), A Gardiner (5) 75.
Leading final round scores in the Omega European Masters, Cranssur-Sierre, Switzerland (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70):
266 Sebastian Soderberg (Swe) 64 70 66 66 (won at first extra play-off hole), Rory McIlroy 67 63 69 67, Kalle Samooja (Fin) 66 71 62 67, Andres Romero (Arg) 69 61 66 70, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 64 68 67 67
267 Adri Arnaus (Spa) 66 67 70 64, Mike Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 63 72 67 65 268 Lucas Herbert (Aus) 70 67 67 64, Tommy Fleetwood 65 65 68 70, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 66 64 67 71, Matthias Schwab (Aut) 63 67 70 68 Others:
269 Scott Jamieson 70 65 67 67 271 Andrew Johnston 69 69 66 67, David Drysdale 65 70 70 66, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 66 68 66 71, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 67 66 69 69
277 Richie Ramsay 70 69 67 71, Grant Forrest 69 68 74 66
278 Liam Johnston 69 69 68 72
HOMING
ANGUS FEDERATION – 17 members sent 189 birds to Ripon.
D J Liddle 1623.46, 1622.23, 1621.95, 1582.46; D Glen 1623.34, 1621.02, 1583.30, 1583.04, 1582.91, 1582.91, 1582.91; J McCafferty 1621.01, 1619.03; Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1616.60, 1614.71, 1582.46; I Scott 1614.67, 1582.88, 1582.23; W Macknight 1595.79.
LEUCHARS & DISTRICT CLUB – Wakefield Open. D Wilson 1045.91; J Mackenzie 795.76.
MOTORSPORT
FIA Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Final Positions after race (44 laps): 1 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1hr 23mins 45.710secs, 2 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:23:46.691, 3 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:23:58.295, 4 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:24:12.132, 5 Alexander Albon (Tha) Red Bull 1:25:07.035, 6 Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Point 1:25:10.158, 7 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:25:15.367, 8 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:25:32.349, 9 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:25:34.878, 10 Lance Stroll (Can) Racing Point 1:25:35.548, 11 Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren at 1 lap, 12 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 at 1 lap, 13 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 at 1 lap, 14 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault at 1 lap, 15 George Russell (Gbr) Williams at 1 lap, 16 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing at 1 lap, 17 Robert Kubica (Pol) Williams at 1 lap, 18 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo Racing at 2 laps
World Championship Standings: Drivers: 1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 268pts, 2 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 203, 3 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 181, 4 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 169, 5 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 157, 6 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 65, 7 Carlos Sainz (Spa) McLaren 58, 8 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 33, 9 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing 31, 10 Alexander Albon (Tha) Red Bull 26.
Manufacturers: 1 Mercedes GP 471pts, 2 Ferrari 326, 3 Red Bull 254, 4 McLaren 82, 5 Scuderia Toro Rosso 51, 6 Renault 43, 7 Racing Point 40, 8 Alfa Romeo Racing 32, 9 Haas F1 26, 10 Williams 1.
COWDENBEATH RACEWALL
1300 Saloon drivers were in top form at Cowdenbeath Racewall on a bright but a wee bit chilly Saturday evening when they contested the final of their Gold Roof Series.
Results – Saloons – Heats – Ian McLaughlin, Auchterarder, two wins. Final– 1 Ian McLaughlin, 2 Kyle Irvine Glenrothes, 3 Barry Glen, Dundee. Prostocks – Heats – Dean McGill, East Wemyss, Darren Rae, Lochgelly. Final – 1 Darren Rae, 2 Sean Devine, Law, 3 Dean McGill. 1300CC Saloons – Heats – Dougie Ford, Newton St Boswells, Charlie Folan, Perth. Golf Roof final – 1 Cameron Milne, Brechin, 2 Scott Lindsell, Cowdenbeath, 3 Kyle Hegg, Leslie. Bangers race – Philip Blowers, Huntly.
SPORT ON TV
CRICKET: Test cricket, West Indies v India – Sky Sports The Ashes 3.25pm & Sky Sports Main Event 3.30pm
BASEBALL: MLB, New York Yankees v Texas Rangers – BT Sport/ESPN 6pm.
SQUASH
ALLEN’S MELBOURNE EXIT Perth squash player Katriona Allen matched third seed Christine Nunn for two games before bowing out of the Melbourne Open at the last 16 stage.
The in-form 21-year-old briefly raised hopes of a major upset when she nicked a marathon second game to level the scores, but Australian Nunn regrouped and eventually went through 11-6 11-13 11-3 11-5.