SCOTTISH COUNTY FINALS FINAL DAY
IT'S MIDLOTHIANS' TITLE AFTER 70-YEAR WAIT
Midlothian have won the Scottish women’s county team championship for the first time since 1935. They followed up earlier wins over Borders and Northern Counties with a 7-2 victory over Lanarkshire at Ranfurly Castle Golf Club today.
Although Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) lost her final singles match to Ruth Rankin (Lanark), she shared the honour of being the most successful player at the tournament with Midlothian team-mates, Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse) and Belinda Murphy (Mortonhall). Each won five times with Belinda actually finished with a 100 per cent record as she did not play in the first-day singles.
Northern Counties, who had won the title for the past two years, finished on a high with a 7 ½ -1 ½ win over Borders to fill second place in the final standings.
We will never know if Lanarkshire would have been a match for Midlothian had they not lost the services of their two star players, Clare Queen and Jenna Wilson, due to an unfortunate clash with the last day of the women's home internationals at Dundalk.
As Midlothian officials and players would point out - quite rightly - you can only beat the players that are there ... and Midlothian certainly did that with something to spare.
Well done, Midlothian!
Details:
SCOTTISH WOMEN’S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
Renfrewshire GC, Bridge of Weir.
Third Day
NORTHERN COUNTIES 7 ½ , BORDERS 1 ½
Foursomes: L Walker & K MacDonald bt M Pow & J Anderson 3 and 2,
J Milne & K Harper bt J Birdsall-White & W Wells 5 and 4, Manson & A Ingram bt E Fairnie & K Hughes 2 and 1 (3-0)
Singles: MacDonald lost to Fairnie 1 hole, Walker bt Hughes 4 and 3, Harper bt S Paterson 4 and 3, Ingram bt Wells 5 and 3, Milne halved with Birdsall-White, M Smith bt Anderson 4 and 2 (4 ½ - 1 ½ )
MIDLOTHIAN 7, LANARKSHIRE 2
Foursomes: Blackwood & C MacDonald bt S Wood & R Rankin 3 and 2,
K Marshall & J Turner bt A Hendry & P Hutton 3 and 2, Hargan & B Murphy bt E Cuthill & A Young 1 hole (3-0).
Singles: Hargan lost to Rankin 3and 2, Marshall halved with Cuthill, MacDonald halved with Young, W Nicholson bt Wood 4 and 3, Murphy bt L Lloyd 6 and 5, Blackwood bt Hughes 4 and 2 (4-2).
Final placings: Midlothian 3 wins, Northern Counties 1 win and 1 draw, Borders 1 win, Lanarkshire 0 wins and 1 draw.
TOP PLAYERS' RECORDS
MIDLOTHIAN
5 pt K Blackwood, C Hargan, B Murphy.
NORTHERN COUNTIES
3 1/2 pt K macDonald, K Harper.
BORDERS
3 pt E Fairnie, M Pow, J Anderson.
LANARKSHIRE
3pt R Rankin.
Midlothian have won the Scottish women’s county team championship for the first time since 1935. They followed up earlier wins over Borders and Northern Counties with a 7-2 victory over Lanarkshire at Ranfurly Castle Golf Club today.
Although Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) lost her final singles match to Ruth Rankin (Lanark), she shared the honour of being the most successful player at the tournament with Midlothian team-mates, Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse) and Belinda Murphy (Mortonhall). Each won five times with Belinda actually finished with a 100 per cent record as she did not play in the first-day singles.
Northern Counties, who had won the title for the past two years, finished on a high with a 7 ½ -1 ½ win over Borders to fill second place in the final standings.
We will never know if Lanarkshire would have been a match for Midlothian had they not lost the services of their two star players, Clare Queen and Jenna Wilson, due to an unfortunate clash with the last day of the women's home internationals at Dundalk.
As Midlothian officials and players would point out - quite rightly - you can only beat the players that are there ... and Midlothian certainly did that with something to spare.
Well done, Midlothian!
Details:
SCOTTISH WOMEN’S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
Renfrewshire GC, Bridge of Weir.
Third Day
NORTHERN COUNTIES 7 ½ , BORDERS 1 ½
Foursomes: L Walker & K MacDonald bt M Pow & J Anderson 3 and 2,
J Milne & K Harper bt J Birdsall-White & W Wells 5 and 4, Manson & A Ingram bt E Fairnie & K Hughes 2 and 1 (3-0)
Singles: MacDonald lost to Fairnie 1 hole, Walker bt Hughes 4 and 3, Harper bt S Paterson 4 and 3, Ingram bt Wells 5 and 3, Milne halved with Birdsall-White, M Smith bt Anderson 4 and 2 (4 ½ - 1 ½ )
MIDLOTHIAN 7, LANARKSHIRE 2
Foursomes: Blackwood & C MacDonald bt S Wood & R Rankin 3 and 2,
K Marshall & J Turner bt A Hendry & P Hutton 3 and 2, Hargan & B Murphy bt E Cuthill & A Young 1 hole (3-0).
Singles: Hargan lost to Rankin 3and 2, Marshall halved with Cuthill, MacDonald halved with Young, W Nicholson bt Wood 4 and 3, Murphy bt L Lloyd 6 and 5, Blackwood bt Hughes 4 and 2 (4-2).
Final placings: Midlothian 3 wins, Northern Counties 1 win and 1 draw, Borders 1 win, Lanarkshire 0 wins and 1 draw.
TOP PLAYERS' RECORDS
MIDLOTHIAN
5 pt K Blackwood, C Hargan, B Murphy.
NORTHERN COUNTIES
3 1/2 pt K macDonald, K Harper.
BORDERS
3 pt E Fairnie, M Pow, J Anderson.
LANARKSHIRE
3pt R Rankin.
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