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Wednesday, September 05, 2007


England's winning team at the back; Scotland's five at the front.

SCOTLAND WIN MEN’S
UNIVERSITY TITLE BUT
WOMEN BEATEN BY
ENGLAND

Scotland won the British Universities Sports Association men’s home golf internationals title at Fairmont St Andrews but lost the three-day women’s match against England.
Men’s results:
DAY ONE
SCOTLAND 8, WALES 4
Foursomes
Gavin Dear & Scott Borrowman bt Iwan Griffiths & David Allen 7 and 6.
Greg McBain & David Booth bt Ben Hepburn & Chris Orr 4 and 3.
Paul Betty & Gordon Yates bt Adam Stockwell Price & David Thomas 6 and 4.
Colin Colraine & Steven Hume lost to Jonathan Williams & Richards Williams 2 holes (3-1).
Singles
Dear lost to Griffiths 1 hole.
Borrowman bt Allen 7 and 6.
McBain bt Orr 5 and 4.
Booth bt Stockwell Price 3 and 1.
Yates halved with Richard Williams.
White bt Thomas 4 and 3.
Hume lost to Jonathan Willimas 2 and 1.
Colraine halved with Hepburn (5-3).

ENGLAND 7 1/2, NORTHERN IRELAND 4 1/2

DAY TWO
SCOTLAND 11, NORTHERN IRELAND 1
Foursomes
Dear & Borrowman bt Ross Oliver & Jonathan Rodgers 7 and 6.
McBain & Booth bt Neil Brennan & Malachy Whylie 4 and 3.
Yates & Betty halved with Paul Doherty & Liam O'Hagan.
White & Colraine halved with Andrew Shaw & Aaron Taylor (3-1).
Singles
Dear bt Brennan 7 and 6.
Borrowman bt Oliver 3 and 2.
McBain bt Rodgers 5 and 4.
Booth bt Whylie 5 and 4.
Yates bt Shaw 3 and 2.
White bt O'Hagan 6 and 5.
Hume bt Doherty 1 hole.
Betty bt Taylor 5 and 4 (8-0).

ENGLAND 7, WALES 5

DAY THREE
SCOTLAND 8, ENGLAND 4
Foursomes
Dear & Borrowman bt Jarred McKnight & Sam Foster 3 and 2.
Hume & Betty bt Ed Parker & Richard Raye 4 and 2.
Yates & White bt Roberto Laino & Kevin Garwood 5 and 4.
Colraine & Booth bt Chris O'Hagan & Andy Hale 3 and 2 (4-0).
Singles
McBain bt Parker 1 hole.
Dear lost to McKnight 2 and 1.
Borrowman lost to Raye 1 hole.
Booth lost to Foster 2 and 1.
Betty bt Garwood 1 hole.
Hume lost to Hale 5 and 3.
Yates bt Laino 2 and 1.
White bt O'Hagan 4 and 3 (4-4).

NORTHERN IRELAND 6 1/2, WALES 4 1/2

Greg McBain, Scott Borrowman and Gordon Yates were Scotland’s top performers with five points each out of a possible six over the three days.
As Wales and Northern Ireland were not able to field women’s team, Scotland played England in a three-day match of foursomes and singles. England won by 15 1/2-1 1/2 overall.
Details:
DAY ONE
SCOTLAND 0, ENGLAND 4
Singles
Rachel Cassidy lost to Samantha Birks 9 and 8.
Morag MacPherson lost to Rebecca Wood 4 and 3.
Kerri Harper lost to Lucinda Davies 1 hole.
Jennifer Linklater lost to Chloe Rogers 5 and 4.

DAY TWO
SCOTLAND 1/2, ENGLAND 7 1/2
Foursomes
Harper & Laura Jane Enrulu lost to Birks & Wood 5 and 4.
MacPherson & Linklater lost to Mel Temple & Davies 5 and 4 (0-2)
Morning singles
Cassidy lost to Rogers 1 hole (0-1)
Afternoon singles
Harper lost to Birks 3 and 2.
Macpherson lost to Wood 7 and 6.
Linklater lost to Temple 4 and 2.
Enrulu lost to Rogers 4 and 3.
Cassidy halved with Davies (1/2-4 1/2).

DAY THREE
SCOTLAND 1, ENGLAND 4
Singles
Harper lost to Wood 1 hole.
Macpherson lost to Rogers 3 and 1.
Linklater lost to Davies 6 and 4.
Enrulu lost to Temple 8 and 7.
Cassidy bt Birks 2 holes.


+Pictured above are the England (back row) and Scotland teams and also Alison White of the R&A Golf Development staff, with the England skipper and the women's match trophy (images and results by courtesy of the British Universities Sports Association).

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