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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Marion Turner reports on a dramatic conclusion to the Home Nations Junior Finals at La Manga:

DOUBLE DISQUALIFICATION COSTS CRAIGIELAW
THE HOME NATIONS TITLE AT LA MANGA

Last-day results were:
Wales beat England 4-2
Scotland (represented by Craigielaw) beat Ireland 5-1 – BUT had two players disqualfied through signing for wrong scores.
So, amended result was: Scotland 3, Ireland 3, which meant that Ireland took the trophy.

In the last match, which saw the Craigielaw player disqualified, the scoreboard, his scorecard and his partner's card all showed him with a 4 at one particular hole. But, 15 minutes after the scores had been checked and signed for, a spectator came in and claimed that the Craigielaw player had in fact had a 5 at that hole, not a 4. This led to the costly disqualification.

Scotland's Jane Turner (Mortonhall & Craigielaw) won the first scratch prize. Her three scores over the South Course at La Manga were +2, -1 and -3.
Jane also won first handicap but as she could not win both prizes this went to Grant Forrest, also of Craigielaw.

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