Evening News
24 February 2010
GULLANE stamped their authority on proceedings as
league leaders Longniddry came to visit in the latest
round of matches in golf's East Lothian Winter League.
league leaders Longniddry came to visit in the latest
round of matches in golf's East Lothian Winter League.
Longniddry, last year's Division 2 champions, had topped
the table since mid-November, but Jeff Aitken's men
took full advantage over their home course and handed
out a whitewash that meant they now move ahead
on hole difference, and with a game in hand.
There was a close tussle at the top of the order, but
the experienced Scott Walker and Duncan Low
prevailed on the home green. With everything going the
home team's way elsewhere on the course, that win
was enough to ensure the hosts took all they could.
At the other end of the table, Craigielaw completed a
successful raid on lowly Kilspindie, making relegation
now a certainty for the hosts, and at the same time
preserving their own Division 1 survival hopes.
Dunbar's impressive recent progress was halted by a
resurgent Royal Musselburgh side, themselves spurred
into action by the threat of relegation.
Indeed, whilst Longniddry and Gullane slug it out for the
title over the league's closing weeks, the more enthralling
tussle will surely be the one for survival.
The impending league restructure means three teams
will be relegated this term, with a fourth going into a
relegation play-off with the Division 2 runners-up.
With Kilspindie already relegated, Royal Musselburgh,
Dunbar, Tantallon, Craigielaw and Haddington find
themselves battling it out for just two guaranteed survival
places and all eight teams are in action on Sunday.
the table since mid-November, but Jeff Aitken's men
took full advantage over their home course and handed
out a whitewash that meant they now move ahead
on hole difference, and with a game in hand.
There was a close tussle at the top of the order, but
the experienced Scott Walker and Duncan Low
prevailed on the home green. With everything going the
home team's way elsewhere on the course, that win
was enough to ensure the hosts took all they could.
At the other end of the table, Craigielaw completed a
successful raid on lowly Kilspindie, making relegation
now a certainty for the hosts, and at the same time
preserving their own Division 1 survival hopes.
Dunbar's impressive recent progress was halted by a
resurgent Royal Musselburgh side, themselves spurred
into action by the threat of relegation.
Indeed, whilst Longniddry and Gullane slug it out for the
title over the league's closing weeks, the more enthralling
tussle will surely be the one for survival.
The impending league restructure means three teams
will be relegated this term, with a fourth going into a
relegation play-off with the Division 2 runners-up.
With Kilspindie already relegated, Royal Musselburgh,
Dunbar, Tantallon, Craigielaw and Haddington find
themselves battling it out for just two guaranteed survival
places and all eight teams are in action on Sunday.
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