The first round and quarter finals of the South Matchplay Championships took place on Saturday 23 August at a windy but dry Stranraer Golf Club. The results are as follows:-
First Round
N Hamilton (Powfoot) beat M Grunwell (Powfoot) by 3 & 2
C Bennewith (Newton Stewart) beat I Thomson (Powfoot) by 2 & 1
S Whannell (Newton Stewart) beat L Carruthers (Powfoot) by 4 & 2
C Corbett (D & G) beat R Johnston (D & C) by 3 & 2
W Sloan (Stranraer) beat R Murray (Southerness) by 2 holes
D McNeill (Powfoot) beat J Parker (Southerness) by 4 & 3
D Brodie (Wigtown & Bladnoch) beat W Milby (Wigtownshire County) by 2 holes
Quarter Finals
M McNae (Lochmaben) beat N Hamilton by 2 & 1
C Bennewith beat S Whannell by 1 hole
C Corbett beat W Sloan by 6 & 5
D McNeill beat D Brodie by 2 & 1