Division One (men): Group 1A: Kelburne 10, Grange 3; Hillhead 3, Uddingston 2; Grange 6, Hillhead 4; Uddingston 4, Kelburne 13. Group1B: Inverleith 5, Grove Menzieshill 3; Clydesdale 3, Western 1; Grove Menzieshill 7, Clydesdale 3; Western 4, Inverleith 10 (at Perth)
Coach Stuart Neave guided Inverleith, the title holders, to pole position Group 1B as the race for the Scottish indoor title hots up.
They have with 15 points with their arch rivals, Dundee-based Grove Menzieshill, in second position on nine points with Clydesdale third on six and Western pointless.
Inverleith beat Dundee-based Grove Menzieshill, last season’s runners-up, 5-3 with a treble from former Olympian Stephen Dick and then swept Glasgow-based Western aside 10-4 with Patrick Christie netting four and Stuart Hatton a treble.
In Group 1B, razor-sharp Jonathan Christie continued to rack up goals as Kelburne marched on in their bid to win the Scottish indoor title.
The former Scottish international scored four in the Paisley side’s 10-3 victory over Edinburgh side Grange and eight, with three coming in three, first-half minutes, in the 13-4 demolition of Uddingston Riva.
Kelburne hold pole position in Group 1A with 13 points with Grange on nine, Hillhead next on six and Uddingston pointless.
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