EUROPEAN WOMEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

SCOTS NINTH - FAIL TO MAKE TOP FLIGHT

For the second European women's amateur team championship in a row, Scotland failed to figure among the top eight teams at the end of the 36-hole stroke-play test.
That means the Scots cannot win the title - the best they can do now is to win the Second Flight and finish ninth in the final standings.
Pamela Feggans improved immensely to return a 73.
Fiona Lockhart too slashed a few shots off her first-day effort with a 74.
Clare Queen would not have been happy with a 76.
Jenna Wilson likewise with a 77.
Heather MacRae had a late double-bogey 7 and dropped more shots after that in returning a 79.
Anne Laing had a nightmare 80 and her score was discarded.
The Scots finished with a +40 aggregate. They did improve their day's team total compared with the first day (21 over in Round 1; 19 over in Round 2). But still not enough to get into the top eight.
England are the top seeds with a +7 total. Great rounds of 69 from their young champion Felicity Johnson and a 70 from Sophie Walker.
Spain are second seeds with +8. And the rest are a long way behind.
Germany (+23) were third; Sweden (+25) fourth; Ireland (+31) fifth; France (+32) sixth; Switzerland (+33) seventh) and Finland (+37) eighth.
Well done to Ireland who got the clutch of low scores that Scotland needed. Claire Coughlan, Deirdre Smith andTricia Mangan each scored 73. Heather Nolan got a 75 and Martin Gillen a 76. Ireland's discarded score was a 77 from Tara Delaney.
Wales were 12th in the stroke-play test with a +52 aggregate.
Sarah Jones and Natalee Evans both had 77s. Stephanie Evans and Breanne Loucks both had 78s. Jo Nicolson and Lydia Hall had 81 and 83 respectively.