Published: Wednesday, 1st October, 2008 12:30
Lots of Lok for Emily
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EMILY Pollock was Greenock Glenpark Harriers top performer at the George Cummings road relays at Houston.
Out on the opening leg, she recorded the team’s quickest time, finishing in eighth overall and also lying fourth in the local county championship.
Sharron Skinner and Alison King gave their all as they opened the gap on the chasing Bellahouston ladies team, but they couldn’t find enough to catch a strong Kilbarchan trio.
A very experienced men’s A team were led off by club captain Danny McLaughlin, his impressive form this term shown by his improvement of over 40 seconds quicker than last year.
Andy McCall took over on leg two, catching five runners to pull the team up to 12th place.
The final two runners, over 50 veterans Robert Mitchell and Robert Dolan, were surprised to be thrown into the top team at the last minute, but they stuck to their task matching the teams 21st position from last year.
European Tour card for Doak
PROFESSIONAL golfer Chris Doak let out a huge sigh of relief after he secured his European Tour card in Spain.
The 30-year-old Greenock pro rounded off an excellent week in the qualifying school final at PGA Catalunya with rounds of 71 and 70.
John desperate to split Sweet Pea
THE identity of Greenock boxer John Simpson’s opponent for his Commonwealth warm-up bout has been confirmed as Kenya’s national champion, John Gicharu.
The featherweight fight — the main supporting act on the Paul Appleby-Esham Pickering undercard at Bellahouston on Friday 28 November — is Simpson’s stepping stone back to the top after his points loss to Appleby in June.
Forgotten man
MORTON’S forgotten man, Jamie Stevenson, is hoping to get a run of games for Alloa before Christmas to try and impress his own boss, Davie Irons, and any prospective employers in the Scottish Football League.
Star bowlers of the year
GREENOCK & District Bowling Association have, once again, enjoyed a fruitful season, albeit without any help from the good weather providers.
Doak's superb round
GREENOCK golf professional Chris Doak hit a spectacular round of 62 at the PGA Catalunya near Giron in Spain to keep his bid for a European Tour Card alive and well.
His dramatic fourth round score lifted him from 107th place to 23rd.
It has been an amazing year for Doak who finished top of the Tartan Tour.
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