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 Congratulations to Fereneze Golf Club who became Brand Putter League champions this week after their high scoring victory against Whitecraigs in their final match. They regain the title from Cathkin Braes who maintained a stout defence and finished in second place. Team manager Anand Podder was delighted with his whole squad’s performance and match preparation. As the most consistent team in the league this year, it now means Fereneze will represent the BPL in the Boundary Bell match to be played on Sunday 5th September at Whitecraigs when their opposition will be Bishopbriggs who won the DCL league. Fereneze are previous ‘Bell’ winners from 2008.
In other matches, on Wednesday evening Cathkin Braes met Cowglen in their home match, and ended their campaign with a fine win and this seasons runner’s up spot. Cathkin’s year as BPL champion’s was superb and included both Boundary Bell and Inter Cities trophy wins, the first team in the BPL to achieve the double.
In the local derby match Eastwood came out on top against East Renfrewshire, giving them their best league position in recent times. Williamwood went into their match with visitors Haggs Castle desperate to reverse their recent bad form and gain the points to avoid finishing bottom. Their fighting victory means Whitecraigs will receive the Wooden Spoon as bottom team this year, by the very slim margin of number of individual games won. In the last match played this week Pollok finished on a high winning away at Cathcart Castle. It gives them a credible 4th place position in their first season in the BPL.
The golfer with the highest number of individual points this year is Gordon Black of Fereneze. Gordon played in all nine matches for his club and won eight of them, losing only to Alistair McMillan of Williamwood in his second match. A worthy second was Ian Montgomerie of Cathcart Castle. 149 individual players played in league matches this year and 19 played in all 9 matches for their clubs. Cathcart Castle and Cathkin Braes used only 12 players each whereas Cowglen used the highest number of players at 19.
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