Tenth Boys' Team title for Lothians

05/06/2011

Lee Morgan, Anthony Blaney Calum Hill and Grant Forrest show off the Scottish Boys' Team Championship trophy after their win at Hayston LOTHIANS clinched their second successive Dunfermline Building Society Scottish Boys Area Team Championship and with it a record-breaking tenth title after an exciting finish at Hayston. Anthony Blaney, playing the anchor role in the Lothians quartet, produced a superb one-under par 69 to give his side an aggregate of 360, finishing just two shots ahead of Ayrshire, with Fife clinching the bronze medals on 364. Taking a narrow one shot lead into the singles and with scoring difficult on a cold and breezy afternoon, a close finish looked likely and Ayrshire applied the pressure on the leaders with a level par 70 from Charlie McNeal and a 72 from Euan Walker, backed up by a 73 from Scottish Boys Champion David Wilson. Fife, whose Mens team won last months Moneygate Scottish Area Team Championship, also burst into contention with the best singles aggregate of 212. Grant Forrest, a member of last years winning Lothians team, posted a three-over par 73 as did team-mate Lee Morgan, while Callum Hill a semi-finalist in the Scottish Boys Championship, went one better with a 72.  That left Blaney needing to score level par or better to take the title, and the Liberton youngster handled the pressure superbly, going round in seventeen pars and a birdie at the second hole, to lead his side home. Its brilliant to win the championship again, said an elated Blaney. We knew we had to go out this afternoon and put some low scores together as it was pretty tight in the morning compared to last year. I sensed I probably had to par the last to give us the win and thankfully I played the hole well. Its nice to know we could perform when the pressure was on. He added: Dean Robertson, who helped coach the team, gave us some good advice before the team which was a big help and obviously Grant and I had the experience of winning last year. Ill still be eligible to play next year so hopefully Ill have a chance of going for the hatrick! he added. Blaney was pipped to the Niagara Cup for the best individual singles score, which was won by Glasgows Jamie Savage (Cawder) who fired an excellent two-under par 68. South finished in fourth spot on 370, with Lanarkshire just behind in fifth on 371, while Glasgow were a further shot back in sixth.