Midlothian under pressure after first-day loss to Fife
Scottish county champions Midlothian have it all to do in the East Division women’s inter-county team championship after losing their opening match 5-4 to Fife at Broomieknowe Golf Club today.
To qualify for a defence of the national title at Inchmarlo Golf Centre, Banchory from September 19 to 21, Midlothian must first retain the East title and, having lost to Fife they must now win both their remaining matches and hope that either East Lothian or Stirling & Clackmannan can dent the Fife 100 % record.
Fife took the foursomes 2-1 against Midlothian and then shared the singles in which three ties went to the 18th green, two of them finishing all square.
East Lothian beat Stirling & Clackmannan 5-4, thanks to a 3-0 clean sweep of the morning foursomes. Stirling & Clackmannan, with former British champion Alison Davidson beating Scotland’s international team skipper Lesley Nicholson (pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency), by one hole in the top singles took the afternoon session 4-2 but that was not enough to cancel out the morning deficit.
Former Scottish champion Hilary (Monaghan) Wardell gained a vital singles point for East Lothian by beating Louise McGregor 2 and 1.
Details:
MIDLOTHIAN 4, FIFE 5
Foursomes: R Livingstone & J Turner bt K Caithness & J Carthew 4 and 3; K Blackwood & C MacDonald lost to F Hastie & E Moffat 6 and 4; C Hargan & W Nicholson lost to S Jackson & K Sharp 2 holes (1-2).
Singles: Livingstone lost to Caithness 3 and 2, Turner lost to Hastie 3 and 2, Hargan bt Carthew 2 holes, K Marshall halved with Moffat, MacDonald bt L Bennett 4 and 2, Blackwood halved with K Milne (3-3).
STIRLING & CLACKMANNAN 4, EAST LOTHIAN 5
Foursomes: A Davidson & L McGregor lost to L Nicholson & H Wardell 3 and 2; S Mitchell & L Allan lost to F Prior & S McEwan 4 and 2; V Stevenson & E Allison lost to K Brotherton & E Fairnie 7 and 5 (0-3).
Singles: Davidson bt Nicholson 1 hole, Allan bt Brotherton 2 and 1, McGregor lost to Wardell 2 and 1, Stevenson bt R Carroll 3 and 2, M Tough bt McEwan 5 and 3, J Harrison lost to Fairnie 5 and 4 (4-2).
Scottish county champions Midlothian have it all to do in the East Division women’s inter-county team championship after losing their opening match 5-4 to Fife at Broomieknowe Golf Club today.
To qualify for a defence of the national title at Inchmarlo Golf Centre, Banchory from September 19 to 21, Midlothian must first retain the East title and, having lost to Fife they must now win both their remaining matches and hope that either East Lothian or Stirling & Clackmannan can dent the Fife 100 % record.
Fife took the foursomes 2-1 against Midlothian and then shared the singles in which three ties went to the 18th green, two of them finishing all square.
East Lothian beat Stirling & Clackmannan 5-4, thanks to a 3-0 clean sweep of the morning foursomes. Stirling & Clackmannan, with former British champion Alison Davidson beating Scotland’s international team skipper Lesley Nicholson (pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency), by one hole in the top singles took the afternoon session 4-2 but that was not enough to cancel out the morning deficit.
Former Scottish champion Hilary (Monaghan) Wardell gained a vital singles point for East Lothian by beating Louise McGregor 2 and 1.
Details:
MIDLOTHIAN 4, FIFE 5
Foursomes: R Livingstone & J Turner bt K Caithness & J Carthew 4 and 3; K Blackwood & C MacDonald lost to F Hastie & E Moffat 6 and 4; C Hargan & W Nicholson lost to S Jackson & K Sharp 2 holes (1-2).
Singles: Livingstone lost to Caithness 3 and 2, Turner lost to Hastie 3 and 2, Hargan bt Carthew 2 holes, K Marshall halved with Moffat, MacDonald bt L Bennett 4 and 2, Blackwood halved with K Milne (3-3).
STIRLING & CLACKMANNAN 4, EAST LOTHIAN 5
Foursomes: A Davidson & L McGregor lost to L Nicholson & H Wardell 3 and 2; S Mitchell & L Allan lost to F Prior & S McEwan 4 and 2; V Stevenson & E Allison lost to K Brotherton & E Fairnie 7 and 5 (0-3).
Singles: Davidson bt Nicholson 1 hole, Allan bt Brotherton 2 and 1, McGregor lost to Wardell 2 and 1, Stevenson bt R Carroll 3 and 2, M Tough bt McEwan 5 and 3, J Harrison lost to Fairnie 5 and 4 (4-2).
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