Monday, April 25, 2011

End of Season Report - Division 1

South Ayrshire’s D1 team finished a mid-table 5th in what was a challenging season. With the demise of the West of Scotland Premier Division, many teams strengthened their squads with former premier players. In the end it was as 2 horse race between Drumchapel A and Knightswood A with Drumchapel’s strength in depth prevailing in the end to win by 3 points.



We had a disappointing run in both cup competitions having to concede in the Division Cup 2nd round due to lack of players. We were pipped by 1 point in the first round of the Handicap by Drumchapel B.


Highlights of the season:
Being one of only 2 teams to beat Knightswood A.
Roy Claxton winning leading player of the year with an average of 86%. The highest average for a player who played in more than 2/3 of matches.
Gary maintained his 41% average in what was a stronger league this season.
Pierre had a disappointing season by his standards falling to 26%.

Special thanks to Chris Main who joined the squad for 2 matches this season.

All in all a controversial season with the range in ability increasing due to ex-premier players filtering down to D1. This led to many one-sided matches and several disgruntled players. The West AGM on May 15th should be quite interesting!

Gary McAlpine
Club Sectetary

1 comment:

Roy Claxton said...

Enjoyed the season. (Well most of it). Slightly disapointed in coming only 4th in the Vets Rankings. First 2 tournaments I was unseeded due to my lack of events last season. Therefore I was unable to make the top 6 for those tournaments and didn't get many points. So although I am on 1680 points at the end of the season, to miss out on 3rd place by just 10 points and not make selection for the 6-Nations is slightly annoying. Still, there's always next season.