Stewartry Hamilton Trophy Fixtures for 2015

  9^th May – Lanarkshire South –Blackwood

 16^th May – Renfrewshire South –Kilbarchan

 23^rd May – Glasgow East – Castle Douglas

 0^th May – Dumbarton East – Lenzie

6^th June – Dumfriesshire – Kirkcudbright

 13^th June – Ayrshire South –Glaisnock Valley

20^th June – Wigtownshire - Dalbeattie

Stewartry had Dunbartonshire as guests at Castle Douglas on Saturday in the final county game of the season.  The hosts fought hard with nothing more at stake than pride, and around half way through the match began to take control, notching up a 20 shot lead. Dunbartonshire fought back to get the deficit back below 10 shots, but the Stewartry picked it up again and ran out comfortable winners by 139 shots to 110.

Results (Stewartry first)

Scott Davies 19 - 22 Grant Russell
Scott McCubbin 39 - 19 Gordon Stalker
Keith Shuttleworth 24 - 15 Alan McDade
Graeme Maxwell 26 - 13 David Miller
Alan Davies 15 - 22 Graham Tait
George Brown 16 - 19 George McCartney

The team to play Dumbartonshire at Castle Douglas on Saturday is as follows :

G Brown, W True, P Brown, E McMinn
G Maxwell, H Robertson, J Peacock, B McMinn
A Davies, J Crawford, A Harris, G Davies
K Shuttleworth, B Richardson, J McGarrie, O Clingan
S Davies, W Brydson, R Crossan, M Turnbull
S McCubbin, R McCluine, D Hunter, G Cochrane

Stewartry travelled to Rutherglen in Glasgow on Saturday to take on Glasgow East.  The game was close for a good part however the Stewartry lads held their form better and stretched away mid way through the game to secure their second win of the campaign by 130 shots to 106.  The victory moved them up to 5th of 8 in the table, and a victory against Dunbartonshire at Castle Douglas on Saturday could see them finish in the top half of the table.

Results : Stewartry skips first
Alan Davies 31 - 16 Billy Campbell
Scott Davies 19 - 15 Willie Charters
Graeme Maxwell 17 - 24 Graeme MacDougall
George Brown 15 - 22 Sam O’Donnell
Scott McCubbin 19 - 15 R Shea
Keith Shuttleworth 29 - 14 J Wardle

Stewartry took on Renfrewshire on Saturday at New Abbey in a rain affected match.  The game was played over just 11 ends due to the weather.  Stewartry had only one losing rink, however they still came out on the losing side by 56 shots to 64.  Results - Stewartry skips first :

S McCubbin 11:11 D Wright
J Crawford 5:16 J Adam
G Maxwell 12:10 G Pringle
K Shuttleworth 7:6 H Queen
A Davies 12:12 S Carson
G Brown 9:9 D Perrit

The team for this Saturday’s game at Rutherglen against Glasgow East is :

O Clingan, J McGarrie, J McGaw, K Shuttleworth
E McMinn, H Robertson, W True, G Brown
W Lenza, R Crossan, B Richardson, S McCubbin
G Davies, A Harris, J Crawford, A Davies
G Cochrane, D Hunter, W Brydson, S Davies
B McMinn, M Turnbull, R Monteith, G Maxwell

Stewartry took on section leaders Lanarkshire South at Kirkcudbright on Saturday.  They fought well and led early on, however Lanarkshire stuck to the task better and wore down the Stewartry lads to take the victory 132 - 109.

Scores (Stewartry first)
S Richardson 19 - 20 R Grant
A Davies 18 - 23 J Simpson
S McCubbin 18 - 25 I McLean
K Shuttleworth 17 - 22 I Campbell
G Maxwell 25 - 14 D Gardner
G Brown 12 - 28 J Meikle

Next Saturday Stewartry meet Renfrewshire South at New Abbey.  The team is :

K Shuttleworth, B Richardson, A Harris, O Clingan
G Brown, W True, H Robertson, E McMinn
G Maxwell, G Green, M Turnbull, B McMinn
A Davies, S Davies, R Crossan, G Davies
S Richardson, J Crawford, D Hunter, G Cochrane
S McCubbin, R McClune, R McElroy, W Lenza

K Shuttleworth, J McGaw, A Harris, J McGarrie
G Brown, W True, R Monteith, E McMinn
G Maxwell, A McClymont, M Turnbull, B McMinn
A Davies, S Davies, H Robertson, G Davies
S Richardson, S McMinn, D Hunter, G Cochrane
S McCubbin, R McClune, R McElroy, W Lenza

Hamilton Trophy

Stewartry traveled to Stranraer on Saturday and got off to a great start, leading Wigtownshire by 28 shots at one stage early in the game, however Wigtownshire fought back and went ahead.  Stewartry pegged them back to 6 shots late on in the game but Wigtownshire finished stronger and took the 2 points 125 - 105.

Scores (Stewartry skips first)

S Richardson 11 -  A Higgins 19
B Richardson 17 - D Kiltie Jnr 23
S McCubbin 11 - D Kelly 29
K Shuttleworth 23 - A Cairnie 19
G Maxwell 24 - K Cairnie 19
G Brown 19 - A Hainey 16

This Saturday the Stewartry take on Lanarkshire South at Kirkcudbright.

Hamilton Trophy

Saturday at Dalbeattie saw a superb Stewartry performance when the home county came up against Ayrshire South.  The Stewartry took command early on and kept their focus and concentration to run out winners by 40 shots.

Scores
Steven Richardson 30 - Jim Fleming 9
George Brown 20 - Willie McKenzie 19
Keith Shuttleworth 21 - Jim Hopkins 16
Scott McCubbin 29 - John Cuthbertson 15
Graeme Maxwell 20 - Sandy Graham 16
Alan Davies 14 - Derek McClue 19

Stewartry 134 - Ayrshire South 94

This Saturday the team travels to Stranraer to take on Wigtownshire with the hope of recording a second victory to keep their campaign going. So far only Dumfriesshire has won both games, so there is everything to play for. There are a few forced changes -

Team :
S Richardson, R Monteith, R Crossan, G Cochrane
K Shuttleworth, J McGaw, R McElroy, J McGarrie
G Maxwell, A McClymont, M Turnbull, B McMinn
S McCubbin, R McClune, J Priddy, P Brown
G Brown, W True, W Lenza, E McMinn
B Richardson, S McMinn, H Robertson, A Harris

Andrew Hamilton Trophy v Dumfriesshire at Marchmount Saturday 10th May

K Shuttleworth 8 R Graham 35
A Davies 17 A Lauder 18
S McCubbin 18 C Peacock 23
S Richardson 20 I McLelland 16
G Maxwell 14 D Jess 24
G Brown 13 M Rice 22

Stewartry 90 Dumfriesshire 138