Sports Digest

The former Scottish number one showjumper first rode Laura Morton’s Aslan Li to top the rankings in a hotly contested 1.20m Novice Championship class, before later winning the 1.50m Bunn Leisure Derby Tankard.

Duffin partnered nine year old Quidam B Z to the victory in the big class of the day and gave credit to the horse’s talent. He said; “His rideability is improving all the time, he’s got all the talent and he’s super careful too. Hickstead’s always been my favourite show to compete at. I’ve won here a few times and that’s why I keep coming back. I pushed him as fast as I felt he was comfortable with. It was the horse’s first time in the main ring – a lot of horses can go in there and back off and lose a little bit of scope but he didn’t. He’ll do the Derby trial tomorrow but he won’t be competing in the Derby.” The Equestrian.com Hickstead Derby meeting (25-29 June) is home to the renowned Hickstead Derby, one of the world’s toughest and most prestigious showjumping competitions.

Rifle Shooting These are the latest results from Alloa & District Rifle Club NSRA Scottish League Div 1 Rnd 2: Alloa A v Kemnay - Alloa A won by 28 points D.McIntosh 394 S.Bruce 392 M.Ozmond 389 T.Hodgson 389 I Thomson 382 team total 1945 ex 2000 Div 2 Rnd 2: Alloa B v Steeple - Alloa B won by 72 points G.Winch 396 C.Ogle 390 E.Jones 388 I.Henderson 284 R.Law 384 team total 1942 ex 2000 Alloa C v Selkirk - Selkirk won by 27 points A.Hay 387 K.Greenaway 384 N.Macdonald 378 W.Crawford 377 W.McAulay 376 team total 1902 ex 2000 Div 3 Rnd 2: Alloa D v Forres - Forres won by 44 points N.Brown 385 S.Melville 385 N.Steele 373 C.Watson 362 A.Nicol 342 team total 1846 ex 2000 Cumbria & Northumbria TSA Div 1 Rnd 2: Alloa A v Cumb.News - Alloa A won by 14 points J.Brown 195 J.Hodgson 195 R.Law 189 team total 579 ex 600 Alloa B v Hawick - this match was a draw A.Hay 196 I.Henderson 194 S.Dixon 195 team total 585 ex 600 Div 2 Rnd 2: Alloa C shot against the average score of 555 T.Kenny 188 W.Crawford 185 N.Steele 184 team total 557 ex 600 Div 3 Rd 2: Alloa D shot against the average score of 540 W.McAulay 182 M.Galea 181 C.Watson 182 team total 545 ex 600 Alloa E v Cumb.News B - Cumb.news B won by 9 points A.Nicol 190 S.Norval 182 J.Norval 181 team total 553 ex 600 Fourteen members of Alloa & District Rifle Club will be competing at the National Small Bore Rifle Association,s National Scottish Meeting to be held at Thirlstane Castle, Lauder from Saturday the 28th June until Friday the 4th July.

The competition runs for six days with the Scottish Championship competition held on Friday the 4th July, last year Alloa A team won 5 out of 5 of the major team competitions.

Golf Clackmannan County Golf Using home advantage to a maximum, Tillicoultry Golf Club took the 2014 Clackmannan County Mixed Foursomes title in some style. Played on a handicap basis these days, it was a contest between Alloa and Tillicoultry for the title, and it all came down to the last scores, and it was Tillicoultry that put the title beyond doubt with a fine score from Grant Carmichael and Barbara Ryan. Best scratch score of the day (78) came from Tillicoultry Captain Scott Baird and Linzi Wilson Regretfully only four Clubs participated with no teams forward from Alva or Tulliallan FULL RESULTS (best 3 scores from 4 to count on handicap) 1.Tillicoultry 214.0 (Grant Looker/Joanna McIntosh 72, Scott Baird/Linzi Wilson 71.5, Grant Carmichael/ Barbara Ryan 70.5) 2.Alloa 221.5, 3.Braehead 229.5, 4.Dollar 237 In one of his best performances in a Scottish 72 hole Order of Merit event, Alva’s Lawrence Allan finished a highly creditable 4th equal position at the weekend. With rounds of 67, 73, 72 and 70 at Lundin Links, it was still 16 shots behind the runaway winner Chris Robb. However it does give Lawrence ranking points and a boost to his confidence with the Scottish Amateur Championship coming up at the end of July.

Meanwhile Dollar’s Scott Borrowman was a couple of hundred miles away competing in the Brabazon Trophy which is the English Stroke Play Championship. At Seaton Carew golf course, Scott made the cut with scores of 72 and 74, but could not improve his position when he finished with a couple of 76’s. His aggregate of a six over par 298 was a good bit behind the winner’s 14 under par.

Upcoming County events 5TH July Hugh Macdonald 4 ball @ Braehead, 6th July Alexander Trophy @ Falkirk Tryst, 12th July Purkis Trophy @ Alloa, 13th July Patton Trophy @ Alloa, 13th July Macaulay Cup @ Tulliallan, 19th July County Summer Meeting @ Alloa.

Tillicoultry Golf Club The Club held their Carlsberg open seniors event on wed 18th June in glorious sunshine over 70 seniors took part from all over Scotland however it was the local seniors who took the honor’s. Many thanks to Carlsberg for their continued support of this tournament SECTION A - 50 to 64 age group 1st IAN STENHOUSE (TILLY) 64 NETT, 2nd ALAN DUNCAN (TILLY) 67 NETT, 3RD W HARTLEY (ALLOA) 68 NETT BIH. SCRATCH MIKE RUST 69 (TILLY) SECTION C - AGE GROUP 65 & ABOVE Ist IAN TAYLOR (TILLY) 69 NETT, 2ND JOHN AULD (TILLY) 70 NETT, 3RD A HAMILTON 70 NETT. SCRATCH JIM JUNIOR 82 The club are holding an open greensome this Saturday July 5 for entries phone 01259 750124 .

After 36 holes of thrilling golf, Kenny Mitchell with the help of a hole-in-one at the 4th, Just held off Scott Baird to win the club championship for the 16th time with a score of 137 over the two rounds. Since 1973 Kenny has won the Club Championship in every decade (no mean feat). Commiserations to Scott whos time will surely come.

1ST KENNY MITCHELL 137, 2ND SCOTT BAIRD 138, 3RD BLAIR PATERSON 147, BEST QUALIFIER MIKE RUST 68.

2nd Division - This resulted in deadlock with a tie for 1st place between A Boyle & S Martin. The result of this will be decided in an 18-hole playoff to be arranged.

Alloa GC Alloa Golf Club ladies held their Invitation Shotgun on one of the first dry Wednesdays of the season! The weather was kind and this was reflected in the low scores returned. Overall winners were Traceyanne Whitelaw and Lynne McBain and runners up were Hazel Hume and Heather Todd. The ladies enjoyed a lovely meal after the game in the clubhouse.

Club Championship results Winner: Ian Ross, Runner up: Aaron Paterson 2nd Division Champion: Les Nimmo, Runner up: Paul MaKay Ladies club championship Winner: Margaret Frame, Runner up: Alison Boyes, Junior Championship Final This years match match was played between Gregor McEwan and Ross Logan. The match was played in good spirit between the players and with some excellent golf from both Ross and Gregor. Well done to all who took part in this years Junior Championship and to Gregor for retaining the trophy.

Tulliallan GC Ladies Section Foundation Brooch CSS 72: Ann Mawhood (9) 72; Eli Urquhart (12) 77; Kirstin Scott (12) 79.

Dollar Golf Club - Results Archibald Trophy - Saturday 28th June Div 1: 1st Vic Allan (4) 68; 2nd David Borrowman (11) 69; 3rd Fraser Stewart (7) 70.

Div 2: 1st Jim Currie (17) 67; 2nd Robert Hamilton (14) 68; 3rd Callum Ure (18) 70.

Marie Curie (Stableford) - Sunday 29th June Div 1: 1st Darren Hulston (+4) 43 pts; 2nd Gary Dunbar (4) 39 pts; 3rd Alex Clouston (10) 39 pts.

Div 2: 1st Peter Thomson (20) 43 pts; 2nd John McAviney (21) 40 pts; 3rd Jim Roche (24) 37 pts.

Dollar Ladies Wednesday 25th June - Club Championships (Round 3) 1st Mandy Macaulay (14) 66; 2nd Margaret Stephenson (28) 67; 3rd Kayleigh Marshall (18) 67.

Friday 27th June - Crystal Greensomes 1st Kayleigh Marshall & Pauline Kirkwood (27.6) 61.4; 2nd Moragh Dunning & Di Dunning (17.4) 68.6; 3rd Elan Borrowman & Carol Caren (18.2) 69.8.

Dollar’s special offers include a round of golf for £12 per person for groups of four players or more. For further information visit www.dollargolfclub.com.

Braehead Golf Club After a great championship day it was back to the bread and butter competitions. The monthly medal was on the agenda and some fine results were returned.

Saturday 21st June The Sir James Younger Trophy Scratch Winner: Ross Benvie 68 B/Head, Runner up F. McCarron 71acb (King James GC) 3rd James Muir 71 (B/Head) Handicap 0 to 6: 1st Gary Preston 73-5=68 (B/Head), 2nd Gordon Wilson 75-6=69 (L/Bank) Handicap 7 to 12: 1st Bill Ross 78-12=66 (B/Head), 2nd Darren Douglas 80-12=68 Sunday Stableford Sunday 22nd Division 1: 1st Gordon Stirling 41pts, 2nd George Graham 40pts acb, 3rd John Murray 40pts Division 2: Martin Kaney 42pts, George Penn 40pts, Stuart McCallum 38pts Division 3: 1st James Maguire 38pts, 2nd Hugh Clark 36pts acb, 3rd Iain Bain 36pts Monday 23rd June -Junior Centenary Shield Winner Brian McAdam 72-5=67, 2nd Ben King 93-24=69 Tuesday 24th June - Midweek Stableford Division 1: 1st Rikky Alexander 41pts, 2nd David Beaton 39pts acb, 3rd William Park 39pts Division 2: 1st Stephen Brown 42pts acb, 2nd Scott Honeyman 42pts, 3rd Paul McMichael 38pts Division 3: 1st John Mills 45pts, 2nd Iain Parker 42pts, 3rd Tom Sinclair 35pts acb Wednesday 25th June Seniors - Keith Adams Trophy Winner Peter Doyle 89-23=67, 2nd George Harper 84-16=68, 3rd eql R Spencer 80-11=69, 3rd eql A. Murphy 87-18=69 Well done to all competitors in all competitions. Bowls MAY ROSS FAMILY TROPHY 24.6.14.

Tulliallan 18 - Sauchie 5; Tulliallan 14 - Sauchie 8.

LADIES COUNTY FINALS 25.6.14.

Singles: Pamela Kenny (Alloa East End) 21 - Janet Bennett (Sauchie) 6.

Pairs: Anne Bell, Sheila Rennie (Kinross) 21 - Susan Gray, Anne Aitken (Cambus) 12.

2 Bowl Pairs: Isonel Rolland, Morag Grandison (Alloa) 19 - Cathy Ramsay, Margaret McIntyre (Alloa East End).

Triples: Eileen Cunningham, Rebecca Craig, Julie Wallace (Alloa East End) 24 - Helen Hunter, Alison Dodds, Isobel Dodds (Tulliallan) 7.

Fours: Beatrice Douglas, Morag Walsh, Marion McFarlane, Mary Miller (Alloa East End) 21 - Christina Kettles, Jessie Beveridge, Helen McAllister, Jean Wallace (Tulliallan) 11.

A big thank you to sponsors Ochilview Housing.

GENTS SENIOR FINALS 25.6.14.

Singles: Andy Noblett (Alloa Co-op) 21 - Eric Dick (Tulliallan) 20.

Pairs: Alan Geddes, Roy Lennon (Dollar) won by default.

Triples: Ron Grandison, Peter Stark, Ricky Spencer (Alloa) 10 - Mike Neilson, Eddie McFarlane, John Budge (Alloa East End) 8. Fours: Henryk Malkiewicz, Duncan O’May, Tom Russell, George Stirling (Alloa Co-op) 19 - Alex Jackson, Robert Marchbanks, George Kane, George Dewar (Alva South) 10.

A big thanks to joint sponsors Menstrie Motors and Bennett Carpets Oakley.

BALFOUR TROPHY 26.6.14.

Clackmannan (C) 57 - Alloa (A) 32 D Chalmers, J McCallum, J Bell, D Wallace jnr (C) 21 - W Baillie, F Dawson, R Spencer, K Dawson (A) 13.

A Wright, J Young, R Allan, M McCallum (C) 15 - A Stables, P Stark, D Munro, A Murray (A) 8.

N Soloman, G Wright, S Wilson, K Wallace (C) 21 - R Grandison, A Brown, D Nugent, C Walker (A) 11.

Alloa East End (AEE) 58 - Orwell (O) 41 G Duncan, J Nimmo, S Wallace, J Dawson (AEE) 19 - T Venn, N Tomney, B Brian, B Russell (O) 12.

R Craig, J Paton, G Alexander, C Blake (AEE) 19 - J Gillies, J Whittle, J Taylor, J Paterson (O) 13.

M Neilson, E McFarlane, N Blake, C Craig (AEE) 20 - B Cook, V McKechnie, G Morton, D Winton (O) 16.

Semi-final on 5 July - starts at 1pm with the final to follow at 5.30pm. Draw to be made on the day with the following reams competing: Dollar, Alloa Co-op, Clackmannan and Alloa East End.

GENTS LEAGUE 27.6.14.

Section A: Sauchie 58 6pts - Tillicoultry 40 0pts; Alloa East End 56 4pts - Dollar 51 2pts; Tulliallan 2pts - no results - Clackmannan 4pts.

Section B: Menstrie 5pts - no results - Alva South 1pt; Cambus 41 2pts - Alva 44 4pts; Alloa 2pts - no results - Patons 4pts.

TOP TEN PURCES TROPHY 27.6.14.

The second leg against Stirling East although much closer still ended with Clackmannanshire pairs being the only winners by 22 shots to 11 shots. Final result - Clackmannan 2pts 58 shots; Stirling East 6pts 67 shots.

LADIES CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONSHIPS - DOW TROPHY 28.6.14.

Semi-finals: Jean Deacon (Alloa Co-op) 17 - Veronica Hislop (Cambus) 12; Pamela Kenny (Allpa East End) 17 - Maureen Wallace (Tulliallan) 12.

Final: Pamela Kenny (Alloa East End) 21 - Jean Deacon (Alloa Co-op) 9.

COUNTY RESULTS 30.6.14.

Singles: A Wright (Clackmannan) 10 - C Drummond (Menstrie) 21; S Dalrymple (Patons) 19 - G Craig (Alva) 21.

Junior Singles: Dollar 18 - Alloa East End 1 21; Alva 1 21 - Alloa East End 2 11.

Pairs: Tillicoultry 17 - Alloa East End 8; Dollar 18 - Tulliallan 7.

2 Bowl Pairs: Menstrie 18 - Tillicoultry 17; Cambus 9 - Patons 23.

Triples: Alloa East End 12 - Tulliallan 13; Sauchie 14 - Alva South 10.

Fours: Patons 17 - Alva 18; Alloa Co-op 17 - Alloa East End 13.

Swimming Some of Dollar Academy’s strongest young swimmers participated in the Brodies Team Championships for Secondary Schools at The Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh last week. Kirstin Lawrie, Joanna Rae, Lucy Ross and Sian Thompson (all FI) produced some fantastic results in the S1 Freestyle Relay, where the team won gold and in the S1 Medley Relay, where they won silver. These were hard-fought victories against some other very talented teams; the times were only seconds apart. Kirstin had previously gained a silver medal at Scottish Schools in her chosen individual event. Lucy is a tetrathlete: an all-round and very committed sportswoman, while Sian and Joanna are Club swimmers who take part in regular swimming competitions. Kirsten and Joanna were also involved in last year’s successful primary relay team, and so are more experienced school swimmers, while Lucy Ross and Sian Thompson are new to the S1 team this year. Ms Smith (PE Teacher) would like to extend congratulations to the girls on their achievement and thanks to Mr Thompson for his help on the day.

Gymnastics Alloa AGC Team Gym girls recently won a gold medal at an event in Newcastle recently.

The team are: Back Row: Jennifer Grant, Gail Robertson, Claire Honeyman, Sophie Tonge, Alison Grant.

Front Row: Laura Nelson, Tiegan Brown, Erin Sharp, Hannah Gauld, Hannah Miller.

Two girls who did complete but not in photo are Jenny Deakin.