THE Ayrshire Under-18 team suffered a second successive narrow defeat away from home on Sunday.

They faced Stirlingshire at Strathkendrick GC, in their latest fixture in the West Of Scotland Inter County Under-18 League for the Wishart Trophy.

Defeats in the opening three under-16 ties made the task of securing a result difficult for the Ayrshire team, but in the end they were defeated by the narrowest of margins, going down by 4.5-3.5 in the match.

Match details (Stirlingshire names first): Greg Johnstone (Dunblane New) beat Ben Fleming (Troon Welbeck) 4 & 2; Ben Carberry (Falkirk) beat Liam Kirkham (Troon Welbeck) 6 & 5; Lewis Clark (Stirling) beat Ross McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) 6 & 5; Ross Laird (Falkirk) lost to Ben Watson (Kilmarnock Barassie) 5 & 4

Fraser Gardiner (Falkirk) lost to Robbie Muir (Kilmarnock Barassie) 5 & 4; Callum Draper (Dunblane New) beat Kyle Brown (Turnberry) 2 & 1; David Hood (Strathkendrick) halved with Sean Addie (Ayr Belleisle); Thomas Craig (Falkirk) lost to Kieran Beauchamp (Turnberry) 5 & 4.