BRITAIN MARCH CLOSER TO COMMONWEALTH
TITLE BY BEATING NZ IN SOUTH AFRICA

Britain continued their march towards a first Commonwealth Tournament triumph since 1991 when they beat New Zealand 6 1/2-1/2 to maintain their 100 per cent record at the end of the third day of the women's amateur international team event, played every four years, at Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club today (Wednesday).
Britain took the foursomes 1 1/2-1/2 and then the singles 5-0.
Krystle Caithness from Cellardyke, Fife, the only Scot in the six-strong British team, won her singles by 4 and 3 against Yeon Song Kim.
South Africa beat Canada 4 1/2-2 1/2 in the other match.
Britain, topping the all-play-all league table with three wins out of three, have a rest day on Thursday before coming back into action in the final programme on Friday when they play the host nation, South Africa.

Results:
BRITAIN 6 1/2, NEW ZEALAND 1/2
Foursomes: Naomi Edwards & Kerry Snmith bt Tammy Clelland & Penny Smith 2 holes; Breanne Loucks & Melissa Reid halved with Yeon Song Kim & Da Som Lee (1 1/2-1/2).
Singles: Loucks bt Larissa Eruera 3 and 2, Krystle Caithness bt Kim 4 and 34, Edwards bt Clelland 4 and 34, Kerry Smith bt Lee 5 and 4, Reid bt Smith 2 and 1 (5-0).
CANADA 2 1/2, SOUTH AFRICA 4 1/2
Foursomes: Mary Ann Lapointe & Meaghan Leblanc bt Gina Switala & Iliska Verwey 4 and 3; Sue Kim & Maude & Maude-Aimee LeBlanc lost to Kelli Shean & Ashleigh Simon 5 and 3 (1-1).
Singles: Lapointe lost to Bertine Strauss 1 hole, Kim lost to Switala 3 and 1, Meaghan Leblanc halved with Verwey; Lindsay Knowlton lost to Shean 5 and 4, Maude-Aimee Leblanc bt Simon 1 hole (1 1/2-3 1/2).
HOW THEY STAND
Britain 3pt, Australia 1pt, Canada 1pt, South Africa 1pt, New Zealand 0.
THURSDAY MATCHES
South Africa v New Zealand, Canada v Australia.
FINAL FRIDAY MATCHES
Australia v New Zealand, Britain v South Africa.