County captain Trish Brown and vice-captain Maureen Woodhead with the victorious Renfrewshire team. Image by courtesy of Carol Fell.

Renfrewshire retain West Division championship

Renfrewshire retained the West Division women's inter-county team championship at Kilmacolm Golf Club today. They completed their programme with a 100 per cent record by beating Dunbartonshire and Argyll 7-2. Earlier in the week Renfrewshire had beaten Ayrshire 6 1/2-2 1/2 and Lanarkshire 7-2.
Three Renfrewshire players won six out of six games over the three days - Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) and Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze).
The other match today resulted in a draw between Ayrshire and Lanarkshire.
Renfrewshire are the first of the divisonal champions to qualify for the Scottish county finals at Bothwell Castle from September 17 to 19.

Today's details;

AYRSHIRE 4 1/2, LANARKSHIRE 4 1/2
Foursomes (2-1)
C Malcolm and M McKay lost to F Norris and S Wood 1 hole.
L Hendry and L Barker bt L Lloyd and M Hughes 1 hole.
L Allan and M McPherson bt E Cuthill and E Caddow 4 and 2.
Singles (2 1/2-3 1/2)
Hendry lost to Norris 3 and 2..
R McQueen lost to Wood 2 holes.
D Watt lost to Cuthill 6 and 4.
Barker bt F Scott 2 holes.
Allan bt Hughes 5 and 4.
Malcolm halved with A Devine.

RENFREWSHIRE 7, DUNBARTONSHIRE and ARGYLL 2
Foursomes (3-0)
E Briggs and M Briggs bt S Bishop and L McGeachy 5 and 4.
A McKechin and C-M Carlton bt N Ferguson and J Meldrum 4 and 3.
G Kyle and C Whyte bt S Cadden and L Campbell 4 and 3.
Singles (4-2)
E Briggs lost to Bishop 3 and 2.
Carlton bt Ferguson 2 and 1.
M Briggs bt Meldrum 3 and 1.
McKechin bt Cadden 7 and 5.
L Stewart lost to H Faulds 4 and 3.
D Jackson bt McGeachy 7 and 6.

FINAL PLACINGS
1 Renfrewshire, 2 Lanarkshire, 3 Dunbartonshire and Argyll, 4 Ayrshire.