Weekend Sport – Sat 10th February. Golf, Rugby and Football

Golf:   Strong performance by Grant Forrest in Australia

Grant Forrest in action in the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Tournament

Former pupil Grant Forrest’s first tournament of the year took him to the clear blue skies and warmth of Perth, Australia where he participated in the European Tour’s World Super 6s event where the initial field of 156 reduced to 8o after 36 holes strokeplay and to 24 after 54 holes.   The 24 qualifiers then played 6 hole matchplay golf on the fourth and final day.  Grant was in third place one shot behind the lead after 36 holes with a 68 and 67, before a par 72 qualified him in ninth place after 54 holes before going out by 1 hole to Australia’s Matthew Millar in the 1st round of the play-offs despite being one under par for the six holes.   This performance moved Grant up about 100 places in golf’s World rankings where he is now the tenth placed Scot.

Rugby:    Stewart’s Melville RFC    29    Penicuik     13

A strong performance in the early part of the second half  brought three tries and turned a 6-5  half-time deficit into relatively comfortable win at Inverleith on Saturday for the 1sts in the Quarter Final of the BT National League Cup against Peebles from NL2.   A fourth try took us into a 29-6 lead before Peebles reduced the deficit with a late score.   Kelso, Dumfries and Highland were the other quarter-final winners and one of them will stand between the club and a season’s end final at Murrayfield.

Football:  Just to complete the weekend news – 17 year old former pupil Euan Henderson was a late substitute in Hearts 3-0 Scottish Cup win over St Johnstone at Tynecastle.