SCOTTISH COUNTY FINALS DAY TWO
MIDLOTHIAN’S LONG TITLE
WAIT LOOKS LIKE ENDING
Midlothian are on the verge of becoming Scottish women’s county golf champions for the first time since 1935. They thrashed defending champions Northern Counties 7 ½-1 ½ today after beating Borders 6-3 on Friday.
The writing was on the wall for Northern Counties when they lost the foursomes 3-0. Then Claire Hargan score a 6 and 5 win over Laura Walker in the top singles. Kelsey MacDonald, only 14 years old, squared the next tie with her Midlothian namesake, Claire MacDonald but Wendy Nicholson clinched victory for her team by beating Kerri Harper 5 and 4.
Northern Counties teenage county debutante Ashton Ingram beat Rhona MacLennan by 3 and 2 before Midlothian added two more wins to their scoreline. Belinda Murphy beat Jenny Milne by one hole and Kirsten Blackwood was a 4 and 2 winner over Mary Smith.
In the other Saturday match, Borders scored a 7 ½- 1 ½ win over Lanarkshire who were deprived of the services of their two star players, Clare Queen and Jenna Wilson, because of a clash of dates with the women’s home internationals in Ireland.
Lanarkshire suffered the same 3-0 foursomes whitewash as Northern Counties and also lost the singles 4 1/2- 1 1/2 to Borders. Young Emma Fairnie, Julie Birdsall-White, Judith Anderson and Martine Pow were Borders' afternoon winners. Elaine Cuthill score Lanarkshire's only singles win while Susan Wood and Karen Hughes drew their match.
Midlothian end their campaign by playing Lanarkshire on Sunday while Northern Counties play Borders. Midlothian look certainties to win the title while even the runner-up placing for Borders would represent their best ever performance in the national championship.
Saturday details:
BORDERS 7 ½, LANARKSHIRE 1 ½
Foursomes: J Birdsall-White & W Wells bt E Cuthill & A Young 2 holes, J Anderson & M Pow bt M Hughes & A Hendry 3 and 2, E Fairnie & K Hughes bt S Wood & R Rankin 2 holes (3-0).
Singles: Fairnie bt Rankin 2 and 1, K Hughes halved with Wood, Wells lost to Cuthill 3 and 2, Birdsall-White bt Young 2 and 1, Anderson bt L Lloyd 2 and 1, Pow bt Hendry 4 and 3 (4 ½ -1 ½ ).
MIDLOTHIAN 7 ½ , NORTHERN COUNTIES 1 ½
Foursomes: K Blackwood & C MacDonald bt K MacDonald & L Walker 3 and 2; K Marshall & J Turner bt K Harper & M Smith 4 and 3; C Hargan & B Murphy bt J Milne & A Ingram 3 and 1 (3-0).
Singles: Hargan bt Walker 6 and 4, C MacDonald halved with K MacDonald, W Nicholson bt Harper 5 and 4, R MacLennan lost to Ingram 3 and 2, Murphy bt Milne 1 hole, Blackwood bt Smith 4 and 2 (4 ½ - 1 ½ ).
How they stand
Midlothian 2 wins, Borders 1 win, Lanarkshire 1 draw, Northern Counties 1 draw.
WAIT LOOKS LIKE ENDING
Midlothian are on the verge of becoming Scottish women’s county golf champions for the first time since 1935. They thrashed defending champions Northern Counties 7 ½-1 ½ today after beating Borders 6-3 on Friday.
The writing was on the wall for Northern Counties when they lost the foursomes 3-0. Then Claire Hargan score a 6 and 5 win over Laura Walker in the top singles. Kelsey MacDonald, only 14 years old, squared the next tie with her Midlothian namesake, Claire MacDonald but Wendy Nicholson clinched victory for her team by beating Kerri Harper 5 and 4.
Northern Counties teenage county debutante Ashton Ingram beat Rhona MacLennan by 3 and 2 before Midlothian added two more wins to their scoreline. Belinda Murphy beat Jenny Milne by one hole and Kirsten Blackwood was a 4 and 2 winner over Mary Smith.
In the other Saturday match, Borders scored a 7 ½- 1 ½ win over Lanarkshire who were deprived of the services of their two star players, Clare Queen and Jenna Wilson, because of a clash of dates with the women’s home internationals in Ireland.
Lanarkshire suffered the same 3-0 foursomes whitewash as Northern Counties and also lost the singles 4 1/2- 1 1/2 to Borders. Young Emma Fairnie, Julie Birdsall-White, Judith Anderson and Martine Pow were Borders' afternoon winners. Elaine Cuthill score Lanarkshire's only singles win while Susan Wood and Karen Hughes drew their match.
Midlothian end their campaign by playing Lanarkshire on Sunday while Northern Counties play Borders. Midlothian look certainties to win the title while even the runner-up placing for Borders would represent their best ever performance in the national championship.
Saturday details:
BORDERS 7 ½, LANARKSHIRE 1 ½
Foursomes: J Birdsall-White & W Wells bt E Cuthill & A Young 2 holes, J Anderson & M Pow bt M Hughes & A Hendry 3 and 2, E Fairnie & K Hughes bt S Wood & R Rankin 2 holes (3-0).
Singles: Fairnie bt Rankin 2 and 1, K Hughes halved with Wood, Wells lost to Cuthill 3 and 2, Birdsall-White bt Young 2 and 1, Anderson bt L Lloyd 2 and 1, Pow bt Hendry 4 and 3 (4 ½ -1 ½ ).
MIDLOTHIAN 7 ½ , NORTHERN COUNTIES 1 ½
Foursomes: K Blackwood & C MacDonald bt K MacDonald & L Walker 3 and 2; K Marshall & J Turner bt K Harper & M Smith 4 and 3; C Hargan & B Murphy bt J Milne & A Ingram 3 and 1 (3-0).
Singles: Hargan bt Walker 6 and 4, C MacDonald halved with K MacDonald, W Nicholson bt Harper 5 and 4, R MacLennan lost to Ingram 3 and 2, Murphy bt Milne 1 hole, Blackwood bt Smith 4 and 2 (4 ½ - 1 ½ ).
How they stand
Midlothian 2 wins, Borders 1 win, Lanarkshire 1 draw, Northern Counties 1 draw.
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