Perthshire v Fife

Fife made the trip to Blairgowrie to play Perthshire in Round 4 of County Matches.

Womens B

Ana Bestani got Perthshire off to the perfect start, defeating Liza Warrender 2 - 0. Michelle Cruickshanks then doubled the lead, defeating Gillian Hepplewhite 2 - 1. Lynn Torrance gave Fife a glimmer of hope of salvaging a draw by defeating Natasha Bird 2 - 0, but Susan Gellatly ensured the points went to Perth by defeating Lauren Torrance 2 - 0

Ana Bestani (16.70) 2 v 0 (14.13)Liza Warrender
Michelle Cruikshanks (12.70) 2 v 1 (11.93) Gillian Hepplewhite
Natasha Bird (13.23) 0 v 2 (13.01) Lynn Torrance
Susan Gellatly (12.53) 2 v 0 (11.05) Lauren Torrance

Ladies B 3-1

Mens B

Peter Cessford got Fife off to a winning start, by defeating Brian McLeod (jnr) 3 - 0. The next 4 sets also went to Fife, with Ian Paterson defeating Cameron Leadbetter 3 - 0, Steve Douglas just getting the better of Chris Robertson 3 - 2. Jamie Munn put in a very impressive display, defeating Billy Gray 3 - 0 with a 27.33 avg. James Giles also winning 3 - 0. Last up was Team Manager Gordon Donnelly, who unfortunately couldn't keep his 100% record, losing 3 - 1 to Andy Shepherd

B McLeod jnr (18.76) 0 v 3 (21.73) Peter Cessford
C Leadbetter (17.39) 0 v 3 (22.77) Ian Paterson
C Robertson (20.57) 2 v 3 (19.85) Stevie Douglas
G Gray (20.76) 0 v 3 (27.33) Jamie Munn
J Stewart (17.76) 0 v 3 (21.78) James Giles
A Shepherd (20.82) 3 v 1 (20.79) Gordon Donnelly

Men’s B 1-5

Women's A

Fife got off to a good start with Steph Gilmour defeating Maggie Cook 3 - 2 and Chelsea McMahon defeating Sarah Christie 3 - 0. Unfortunately that was the last bit of success for Fife. Perthshire rattling off the next 4 sets. Chloe O'Brien defeating Sarah Binnie 3 - 0, Jane Orr just getting the better of Andrea Carr 3 - 2, Theresa Hill defeating Jane Bassett 3 - 0 and Karen Cruickshanks wrapping things up, defeating Linda Hutchison 3 -1.

M Cook (14.15) 2 v 3 (16.45) Steph Gilmour
S Christie (14.23) 0 v 3 (17.08) Chelsea McMahon
C.O’Brien (17.68) 3 v 0 (15.45) Sarah Bennie
J Orr (13.87) 3 v 2 (13.03) Andrea Carr
T Hill (16.34) 3 v 0 (13.58) Jane Bassett
K Cruikshanks (14.56) 3 v 1 (13.33) Linda Hutchison

Ladies A 4-2

Mens A

On to the Mens A. Again Fife got off to a flying start. Rab Shaw defeating Graeme Low 4 - 1, Alex Jeffery 4 - 0 against Wayne Shepherd with the best of the day 29.47 avg and Jimmy Gay defeating Steve Pirie 4 - 1 with another impressive game. Mark Fraser pulled one back, defeating Paddy Reilly, with the comeback of the day, 4 - 3, after being 3 - 0 down. Dayle Morgan kept the gap to 3, with again another impressive display, defeating Neil MacDougall 4 - 0. Brian Welsh got Perthshires second set on the board, with a 4 - 3 defeat of Alan Small. Again Fife extended their lead, Brendyn Donnelly defeating Scott Smith (jnr) 4 - 1. Perthshire weren't finished yet, winning the next 3 sets to square it at 5 - 5. Glenn Forsyth edging out Aaron French 4 - 3, Craig McFadden 4 - 0 against Jeff Wardlaw and Ross MacDougall winning 4 - 3 in a very high scoring set against Dean Carr. Colin Hepplewhite stopped the rot beating Scott Pirie 4 - 1. So on to the final set, where it went one way then the other, but Colin Miller held his nerve to win the match for Fife, defeating Scott Melloy 4 - 3.

G Low (18.13) 1 v 4 (20.55) Rab Shaw
W Shepherd (18.68) 0 v 4 (29.47) Alex Jeffrey
Steve Pirie (24.69) 1 v 4 (27.25) Jimmy Gay
M Fraser (20.62) 4 v 3 (21.17) Paddy Reilly
N MacDougall (23.83) 0 v 4 (27.83) Dayle Morgan
B Welsh (23.47) 4 v 3 (23.83) Alan Small
S Smith jnr (18.27) 1 v 4 (21.34) Brendyn Donnelly
G Forsyth (24.84) 4 v 3 (23.61) Aaron French
C.McFadden (23.03) 4 v 0 (19.52)Jeff Wardlaw
R MacDougall (26.12) 4 v 3 (27.17) Dean Carr
S.Pirie (23.46) 1 v 4 (23.53) Colin Hepplewhite
S.Melloy (24.46) 3 v 4 (24.02) Colin Miller

Men’s A 5-7

Final Score Perthshire 13 vs Fife 15