Stewartry Top Five Final

Castle Douglas retained the Stewartry Top Five title with a 3 - 1 win over Kirkcudbright last Tuesday evening at Dalbeattie.

Graeme Maxwell put the first point on the board for the holders.  He led Brian McClune 14 - 1 before Brian fought back to reduce the deficit to 15 - 11, but the CD man proved too strong and wrapped up victory 21 - 13.

Scott Davies had a good tussle with Kirkcudbright’s young starlet Ewan McMinn.  Ewan led 6 - 3 and 9 - 6 before Scott went ahead 11 - 9.  Ewan levelled at 11 each but Scott pulled away to lead 19 - 11. Ewan fought back and trailed 19 - 16 and then 20 - 18 before Scott closed out the match.

Kirkcudbright’s reigning County singles champion George Brown took an early lead against Billy Brydson, leading 10 - 3.  Billy came back to trail 10 -7 but George moved ahead again and opened Kirkcudbright’s account with a 21 - 10 win.

Alan Davies of Castle Douglas held a commanding 11 - 2 lead against Robert McClune and moved further ahead 15 - 3 and then 18 - 7. However Robert responded by scoring on the next six ends to trail by just two at 18 - 16.  On the next end however Alan stopped Robert’s run and scored three to give Castle Douglas the third point they needed to win the match.

The final match was completed as well with John Crawford of Castle Douglas securing a 21 - 14 win over David Gourlay.

Stewartry President Ronnie Gibson presented the Top Five salver to Castle Douglas.