First-day North Division results at Downfield

Angus beat Aberdeenshire,

P&K beat Northern Counties

Angus shocked title-holders Aberdeenshire on the opening day of the North Division women’s inter-county team golf championship at windy Downfield Golf Club, Dundee today.

Angus won 5 ½-3 ½ after losing the foursomes 2-1. Their singles fightback was inspired by young Rebecca Wilson (Monifieth), pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency (all rights reserved), holding Curtis Cup player and Scottish champion Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) to a square match in the top tie.
Then Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie) beat Aberdeenshire champion Donna Pocock (Murcar Links) by 3 and 2.
There were other Angus wins in the singles by Heather Anderson (Downfield), Shonagh Raitt (Forfar) and Jackie Brown (Monifieth).
In the other match, Perthshire & Kinross, for whom Curtis Cup player Carly Booth (Comrie) won both her ties, beat Northern Counties 6-3.
The winners of the Northern Division team title at the end of the three-day programme go forward to the Scottish county finals at Inchmarlo Golf Centre, Banchory from September 19 to 21.
Details:
ANGUS 5 ½, ABERDEENSHIRE 3 ½
Foursomes: R Wilson & A Ramsay lost to M Thomson & L Murray 4 and 3; M Summers & A Hunter bt C Wilson & L McLardy 5 and 3; K McNicoll & S Raitt lost to S Wood & D Pocock 1 hole (1-2).
Singles: Wilson halved with M Thomson, McNicoll bt Pocock 3 and 2, H Anderson bt Wood 3 and 2, Raitt bt S Thomson 5 and 4, J Brown bt J Harrison 3 and 2, Ramsay lost to Murray 3 and 2 (4 1/2-1 ½).

NORTHERN COUNTIES 3, PERTHSHIRE & KINROSS 6
Foursomes: K MacDonald & C Gruber bt L Walker & E Muirhead 2 and 1; M Smith & S Vass lost to E Ogilvy & C Booth 5 and 3; J Milne & P Mackay lost to A Bushby & A Niven 7 and 6 (1-2).
Singles: MacDonald lost to Walker 6 and 5, Gruber bt J Milne 4 and 2; A Ingram lost to Ogilvy 5 and 4, Mackay lost to Booth 4 and 3, Vass bt Niven 1 hole, Smith lost to Bushby 5 and 4 (2-4).

Sunday matches:

Angus v Northern Counties.

Perthshire & Kinross v Aberdeenshire.