Girvan masters runner Kerry-Liam Wilson travelled over to Belfast for the city marathon and came away with a higher placing and faster time than he did at last year’s event.

Ayr Roads CC/Harry Fairbairn BMW had three riders representing the club at the Margaret Dooley Trophy ten-mile TT held on the West Ferry course in Bishopton last Wednesday evening.

At the time of writing, the weather has taken a turn for the better with settled easterlies and a spell of warmish temperatures to boost the sport.

The Girvan ladies competed for the Arran Rosebowl on Wednesday May 8, which provided a very healthy win for Kathleen Thomson on 33 Stableford points, with Liz Neill 30 and Elinor Heggie 29 points.

Last Sundays game at Girvan Bowling Club was an open pairs competition sponsored by Gordon and Marion Wright.

Think before you ride over that lovely tempting grass field is the message from The British Horse Society in Scotland to those hacking out this May.

The South West of Scotland Horse Driving Club held their first driving event of the season at Bladnoch Park by kind permission of Wigtownshire Agricultural Society. H & P Gillan, G & L Paterson, Lloyds, Tarff Valley, Wigtown Co-Op, KW Alternative, Morrisons, Tesco and Murray Farmcare kindly sponsored the event.

Due to the cold and unsettled weather, the Loch Ryan Sea Angling Association decided to hold back its opening match until May 5.

Turnberry Golf Club ladies section

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Ponies and horses were quite full of themselves making claear rounds hard to come by at Woodland Farm last week.

Barr Bowling Club got its season underway on Saturday when Liz McKechnie, wife of the president, threw the first jack to open the green.

It seems that the dire situation on the sea fishing front could be about to change with a half decent bag coming to the scales at the latest Peever match. Bob Drennan took his maximum five dogfish limit plus three flounder for a first place with 12lb 08oz. Second was Andy Scott, 8lb 09oz; third, Leigh Field, 4lb 12oz.

Rampant Royal of Crosshill have completed the clean sweep in the Girvan darts league after they defeated a determined Vaults team 6-4 in the final of the Samuel Clark cup on Monday.

Barrhill Bowling Club opened for the season on Saturday and the ceremonial first jack was thrown by their youngest member, nine-year-old Zoe Allan.

The South Ayrshire Swim Team, who train at South Ayrshire Council’s Citadel in Ayr, Maybole, Prestwick and Troon swimming pools have been pulling through the water with brilliant strokes and making a big splash in the world of swimming.

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Kirkmichael Bowling Club hled its opening day at the weekend.

Girvan Bowling Club’s first competition of the season was played at the weekend.

Colmonell bowling green was opened on Saturday in sunshine with more than 30 people turning up for the event.