GIRLS' HOME INTERNATIONALS AT STRATHAVEN
SCOTLAND LAST AS DEFEATED ENGLAND TAKE TITLE
Scotland finished bottom of the table without a win over the three-day programme of the girls' home golf international matches at Strathaven yesterday (Friday). After defeats by Wales (5-4) and England (7 1/2-1 1/2), the Scots were well beaten, 7-2, by Ireland.
Only Rachael Livingstone (Musselburgh) and Gemma Webster (Hilton Park) managed to win in the morning singles which the Irish took 4-2 before making a 3-0 clean sweep of the afternoon foursomes.
Wales finished on a high by becoming the first team to beat defending champions England but their 5-4 scoreline was not enough to deprive the English of the Under-18 girls' title for the fifth year in a row.
England, Ireland and Wales all finished with two wins out of three. The tie-breaker was individual games won and England's 17 1/2pt gave them first place ahead of the Irish (15pt) and Wales (14pt).
The player of the tournament was Ireland's champion, Tara Delaney from Carlow. She won all six games she played. Next best was England's Felicity Johnson from Harborne with 5 1/2pt out of a possible six.Scotland's most successful player was Gemma Webster with 3 1/2pt out of six.
Friday's details:
SCOTLAND 2, IRELAND 7
Singles: Krystle Caithness lost to Tara Delaney 3 and 1, Clare-Marie Carlton lost to Sinead O'Sullivan 2 holes, Carly Booth lost to Fiona Carroll 2 and 1, Rachael Livingstone beat Nikki Taggart 3 and 1, Kylie Walker lost to Catherine Tucker 5 and 3, Gemma Webster beat Rachel Cassidy 2 holes (2-4).
Foursomes: Webster, Caithness lost to Delaney, Carroll 4 and 2, Walker, Livingstone lost to O'Sullivan, E Gilmore 3 and 2; Carlton, S Watson lost to Tucker, D McVeigh 4 and 3 (0-3). WALES 5, ENGLAND 4
Singles: Breanne Loucks beat Melissa Reid 1 hole, Lydia Hall beat Kiran Matharu 1 hole, Sahra Hassan halved with Katrina Holford, Kim Boulden lost to Felicity Johnson 6 and 5, Donna Jones beat Rachel Jennings 3 and 2, Lucy Gould lost to Claire Aitken 4 and 2 (3 1/2-2 1/2).
Foursomes: Loucks, Hall beat Reid, Aitken 3 and 2; Boulden, Jones lost to Matharu, J Ewart 1 hole; Hassan, Gould halved with Johnson, Holford (1 1/2-1 1/2).
Final placings 1 England 2pt (17 1/2 games won), 2 Ireland 2pt (15 games won), 3 Wales 2pt (14 games won), 4 Scotland 0pt.
Scotland finished bottom of the table without a win over the three-day programme of the girls' home golf international matches at Strathaven yesterday (Friday). After defeats by Wales (5-4) and England (7 1/2-1 1/2), the Scots were well beaten, 7-2, by Ireland.
Only Rachael Livingstone (Musselburgh) and Gemma Webster (Hilton Park) managed to win in the morning singles which the Irish took 4-2 before making a 3-0 clean sweep of the afternoon foursomes.
Wales finished on a high by becoming the first team to beat defending champions England but their 5-4 scoreline was not enough to deprive the English of the Under-18 girls' title for the fifth year in a row.
England, Ireland and Wales all finished with two wins out of three. The tie-breaker was individual games won and England's 17 1/2pt gave them first place ahead of the Irish (15pt) and Wales (14pt).
The player of the tournament was Ireland's champion, Tara Delaney from Carlow. She won all six games she played. Next best was England's Felicity Johnson from Harborne with 5 1/2pt out of a possible six.Scotland's most successful player was Gemma Webster with 3 1/2pt out of six.
Friday's details:
SCOTLAND 2, IRELAND 7
Singles: Krystle Caithness lost to Tara Delaney 3 and 1, Clare-Marie Carlton lost to Sinead O'Sullivan 2 holes, Carly Booth lost to Fiona Carroll 2 and 1, Rachael Livingstone beat Nikki Taggart 3 and 1, Kylie Walker lost to Catherine Tucker 5 and 3, Gemma Webster beat Rachel Cassidy 2 holes (2-4).
Foursomes: Webster, Caithness lost to Delaney, Carroll 4 and 2, Walker, Livingstone lost to O'Sullivan, E Gilmore 3 and 2; Carlton, S Watson lost to Tucker, D McVeigh 4 and 3 (0-3). WALES 5, ENGLAND 4
Singles: Breanne Loucks beat Melissa Reid 1 hole, Lydia Hall beat Kiran Matharu 1 hole, Sahra Hassan halved with Katrina Holford, Kim Boulden lost to Felicity Johnson 6 and 5, Donna Jones beat Rachel Jennings 3 and 2, Lucy Gould lost to Claire Aitken 4 and 2 (3 1/2-2 1/2).
Foursomes: Loucks, Hall beat Reid, Aitken 3 and 2; Boulden, Jones lost to Matharu, J Ewart 1 hole; Hassan, Gould halved with Johnson, Holford (1 1/2-1 1/2).
Final placings 1 England 2pt (17 1/2 games won), 2 Ireland 2pt (15 games won), 3 Wales 2pt (14 games won), 4 Scotland 0pt.
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