FORMER champions Paul Foster and Alex Marshall lost out in the quarter-finals of the Pairs event at the World Championships in Norfolk on Saturday.
Meanwhile four-time singles champion Foster of Troon and East Lothian ace Marshall have been called up for the international in Belfast from March 16 to March 18.
The team is managed by Gordon Neil of Ayr.
SIBA Results
Premier Division A: Ayr 91 Bainfield 65 (S Wyllie 22 A Hurry 10; B Anderson 31 J McDermot 16; J Seaton 16 D Barmley 24; C Smith 22 C Paterson 15).
Premier Division B
Lanarkshire 72 Ardrossan 72
Next games, January 21: Ayr away to Blantyre; Ardrossan away to Paisley; Prestwick away to Allander.
Premier Division A League table: Ayr 5th
Premier Division B league table: Ardrossan 2nd
Division 2West: Prestwick 4th.
Ladies
South Premier Division
Prestwick: no game.
South Division 1: Inverclyde 79 Ayr 77; Ardrossan: no game
Next week is the last game of the season
South premier Division: Prestwick home to Galleon
South Division 1 : Ayr home to East Kilbride; Ardrossan home to Dumbarton.
League tables
South premier Division: Prestwick bottom.
South Division 1: Ayr 2nd
Ardrossan bottom
Ayr are two points behind East Kilbride with a home game to play against them next week
Seniors league final placings: Ayr 2nd, West A Ardrossan 4th, West B; Prestwick 4th, West C.
Team championship to be played next Sunday, January 22, at 2pm.
(Mixed top 10) : Auchinleck v Ayr at Galleon; Galleon v Prestwick at Ayr; Ardrossan v Paisley at East Kilbride.
Supporters and visitors are welcome.
Ayrshire top 9, played on Sunday, January 15.
Gents winners: Ayr retain the trophy, runners-up are Prestwick.
Ladies top 9
Winners: Auchinleck
Runners-up: Galleon.
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