EUROPEAN SENIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS

STIRLING'S DAVID SMITH STILL EUROPEAN CHAMPION


Stirling's David Smith produced a marvellous performance to retain the European men's seniors amateur championship after a nerve-racking, five-hole play-off at La Baule Golf Club, France.
And, making it a double whammy for the Scots, Smith, Harvey Brown and Brian Grieve won the men's Nations Cup...
Last year David Smith had to come through a three-way, six-hole play-off to win the individual title, also in France. This time round, it was a straight, head-to-head over extra holes with the Roy Smethurst from Crewe, winner of the British senior men's amateur title, also after a play-off, at Blairgowrie last summer.
Smethurst shot a final round of three-under-par 69 to tie with Smith, who signed off with a 70, on three-under-par 213. Smethurst's earlier rounds were 71 and 73. Smith had scored 71 and 72. They finished five strokes clear of the bronze-medal winner Per Hildebrand (Sweden).
Smith triumphed over Smethurst at the fifth extra hole.
In the team event, Scotland (290) edged out England (291) for the gold medals. Ireland tied with Italy for third place on 296.
In the European women's senior amateur championship, played at the same venue, Sweden's Maj-Britt Heden, third last year, won the gold medal with a total of 220, three shots ahead of runner-up Rita Ruland (Germany) with former champion Cecilia Mourgue d'Algue (France) third on 224.
Edinburgh's Pamela Williamson (Baberton) tied for ninth place on 232 with scores of 79, 76 and 77.
Pamela and Ruth Brown (Lothianburn), who did not qualify for the third round, finished eighth on 328 in the women's Nations Cup won by Germany (297) from Sweden (299) with France (305) third.

Scoreboard

EUROPEAN SENIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS
La Baule GC, France
FINAL TOTALS
Men
213 D Smith (Sco) 71 72 70, R Smethurst (Eng) 71 73 69 (Smith won play-off at fifth extra hole.
218 P Hildebrand (Swe) 73 73 72.
219 F Lang (Ita) 72 72 75.
220 L Trenor (Spa) 74 73 73.
222 H-H Giesen (Ger) 69 80 73, D Arnold (Eng) 71 76 75, A Grufman (Swe) 68 75 79.
Other totals:
223 J Murphy (Ire) 78 73 72.
224 M Morris (Ire) 78 73 73, J Marks (Eng) 72 76 76.
225 D Lane (Eng) 73 77 75.
227 I Mason (Eng) 75 74 78, B Grieve (Sco) 75 74 78.
228 A Ferguson (Sco) 76 74 78, M Hayes (Eng) 72 76 80.
230 M Toole (Eng) 78 76 76, G Broster (Eng) 74 79 77.
231 I Stewart (Ire) 72 82 77, H Brown (Sco) 80 72 79.
232 D Martin (Eng) 83 77 72, D Millar (Sco) 76 74 82.
233 O Browne (Ire) 84 75 74, C Moir (Eng) 78 77 78.
234 R Gill (Sco) 79 80 75.
235 A Hewison (Eng) 79 80 76.
236 S Quinn (Sco) 76 82 78, M Illingworth (Eng) 73 83 80, D Swan (Ire) 76 78 82, A McNaught (Sco) 75 78 83.
237 R Walker (Eng) 77 81 79.
238 D Jamieson (Eng) 75 85 78.
239 B Knott (Eng) 75 79 81, M Moseley (Ire) 76 81 82, J Hayes (Ire) 78 77 84.
240 J Hindshaw (Eng) 79 80 81.
241 J Astin (Eng) 81 78 82.
WOMEN
220 M-B Heden (Swe) 73 74 73.
223 R Ruland (Ger) 74 73 76.
224 C Mourgue d'Algue (Fra) 74 74 76.
226 A Remoleur (Fra) 77 76 73.
229 A Lanrezac (Fra) 75 76 78.
230 C Marsans (Spa) 81 78 71, B Ramirez (Spa) 77 76 77, C Vidor (Net) 75 77 78.
232 P Williamson (Sco) 79 76 77, M Buscaini ((Ita) 73 79 80.
Other total:
234 M Madden (Ire) 82 74 78.
NATIONS CUP
Men
290 Scotland. 291 England. 296 Ireland, Italy. 298 Germany. 299 France. 300 Denmark. 304 Sweden. 305 Spain. 309 Norway. 318 Belgium. 320 Switzerland. 329 Netherlands.
Women
297 Germany. 299 Sweden. 305 France. 312 Spain. 313 Netherlands. 314 Switzerland. 319 Ireland. 326 Scotland. 328 Denmark. 329 Belgium.