Lanarkshire Rugby round-up

Dec 17 2009 by Andrew McGilvray, Hamilton Advertiser

SEVERAL county teams were left idle at the weekend due to the winter weather.

Uddingston’s Scottish Hydro West League Division Two match against Clydesdale was called off due to a frozen pitch, and the two sides will make a fourth attempt on Saturday to stage their Regional Bowl preliminary round clash at Bothwell Castle Policies.

No replay date has yet been set for the league match.

A similar fate befell Strathaven as they attempted to host Arran in the same division.

A frozen pitch caused problems initially, but then that was added to by fog.

Strathaven have a free weekend.

In the West League Division Three, Lanark crashed to a 24-10 defeat at Hyndland.

The hosts grabbed tries through Tony Smith, Joe Halley, captain Innes Macleod and Euan Murray, with Andy Brown converting two of them. Lanark grabbed a penalty from Iain Hughes and a try by Finlay McLeod, converted by Hughes.

Lanark were due to play Mull on Saturday but their opponents are in Bowl action instead. A friendly has been arranged against Uddingston 2nds at the Racecourse.

Fixtures for Saturday, December 19

Regional Bowl preliminary round: Uddingston v Clydesdale (1.30pm). Premier 2: Biggar v Peebles. Premier 3: Musselburgh v Hamilton. National 1: Langholm v Dalziel. Friendly: Lanark v Uddingston 2nds. Games kick-off at 2pm unless otherwise stated.