SCOTLAND FAIL AGAIN TO MAKE CHAMPIONSHIP
FLIGHT OF EUROPEAN WOMEN'S TEAM EVENT

Wednesday was not a good day for Scotland's standing in the world of female amateur golf. Our girls failed to make the top flight in the European girls' team championship in Norway and our women's team, once again, failed to make the top eight championship flight in the European women's team championship in Italy.
England (third) and Wales (eighth) made the top flight but Scotland finished ninth in the 36-hole qualifying test and so were "relegated" to the Second Flight which includes Ireland, but that's no comfort.

EUROPEAN WOMEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Championship match-play flight qualifiers

706 Spain 349 357 (E Cabrera 69, A Munoz 69, C Ciganda 72, C Perez-Narbon 73, B Moxo 74. NC: A Felgueroso 76).
722 Sweden 357 365 (A Nordqvist 72, S Wikstrom 73, C Lennarth 73, P Lindberg 73, C Westrup 74. NC: K Kinnerud 77).
733 England 363 370 (R Bell 71, M Reid 73, J Ewart 75, F Parker 75, N Edwards 76. Non-counter: K Smith 79).
735 Germany 359 375 (S Gal 72, D Becker 75, T Hoffmeister 75, S Kirchmayr 76, S Doering 77. NC: K Schallenberg 79).
742 Italy 372 370.
744 Belgium 372 372.
751 Finland 379 372
752 Wales 372 380 (B Loucks 71, S Hassan 74, T Davies 76, B Harries 78, J Nicholson 81. NC: L Hall 85).
Draw:
Sweden v Finland
Belgium v England
Germany v Italy
Wales v Spain.
SECOND FLIGHT QUALIFIERS
752 Scotland 371 381 (J Wilson 73, M Thomson 75, H MacRae 76, R Niven 78, E Ogilvy 78. NC: R Livingstone 87).
753 France 371 382.
755 Switzerland 378 377.
759 Ireland 369 390 (T Delaney 75, M Riordan 76, M Morrin 79, D Smith 90, D McVeigh 80. NC: K Delaney 84); Norway 385 374.
760 Austria 378 382, Netherlands 382 378.
794 Slovenia 403 391.
Draw:
France v Netherlands.
Austria v Switzerland.
Ireland v Norway.
Slovenia v Scotland.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL SCORES
Par 144 (2 x 72)
136 E Cabrera (Spa) 67 69, A Nordqvist (Swe) 64 72.
139 C Ciganda (Spa) 66 72.
140 A Munoz (Spa) 71 69.
Other scores:
142 R Bell (Eng) 71 71, J Wilson (Sco) 69 73.
144 M Reid (Eng) 71 73, S Hassan (Wal) 70 74.
148 F Parker (Eng) 73 75, D McVeigh (Ire) 68 80.
149 J Ewart (Eng) 74 75, T Davies (Wal) 73 76, B Loucks (Wal) 78 71.
150 N Edwards (Eng) 74 76, T Delaney (Ire) 75 75.
151 M Thomson (Sco) 76 75.
152 R Niven (Sco) 74 78, M Riordan (Ire) 76 76.
153 K Smith (Eng) 74 79, B Harries (Wal) 75 78, H MacRae (Sco) 77 76, D Smith (Ire) 73 80.
157 E Ogilvy (Sco) 78 79, M Morrin (Ire) 78 79.
160 J Nicholson (Wal) 79 81.
161 L Hall (Wal) 76 85, K Delaney (Ire) 77 84.
162 R Livingstone (Sco) 75 87.