England play Scotland in European

championship quarter finals at La Manga

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England qualified third in the European ladies’ team championship at La Manga Club, Spain, and will play Scotland in tomorrow’s quarter-finals.
Curtis Cup player Rachel Jennings led the England team’s scoring with a level par 73 on another very hot day. She was followed by Irish open strokeplay champion Hannah Burke on one-over 74.
Overall, the team scored 13 shots worse than their first day total and slipped back from second place. But they finished a very comfortable nine shots ahead of fourth-placed Denmark.
Team captain Julie Otto remarked: “Today was certainly tricky, but credit to Rachel Jennings and Hannah Burke who held scores together over the last few holes.
“We are looking forward to going into the match play stages tomorrow."
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SCOTSWATCH:
A nine-shot improvement from an opening 82 to a second-round par 73 at La Manga by Scottish champion Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) and a solid 74 by St Rule Trophy winner Laura Murray (Alford) cemented Scotland's qualification for the championship flight.
But the Scots' sixth place means they will play third-placed England in the first round of the match-play series.
Sweden (730) were the top qualifiers ahead of Spain (731) with England (741) thired, Denmark (750) fourth, Germany (756) fifth, Scotland (757) sixth, Netherlands (759) seventh.
Austria and France both finished on 760 and France were placed eighth under some tie-breaker system which did not involve the usual comparision of second-round totals as Austria had the better second round total (377 to 383).
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT QUALIFIERS
730 SWEDEN 361 369.
731 SPAIN 368 363.
741 ENGLAND 364 377 (Hannah Barwood 74-75, Hannah Burke 74-74, Holly Clyburn 71-80, Hayley Davis 73-79, Charlie Douglass 74-76, Rachel Jennings 72-73.
750 DENMARK 369 381.
756 GERMANY 381 375.
757 SCOTLAND 379 378 (Megan Briggs 77-77, Louise Kenney 77-78, Kelsey MacDonald 82-73, Laura Murray 77-74, Pamela Pretswell 74-76, Jane Turner 74-80).
759 NETHERLANDS 381 378.
760 FRANCE 377 383

SECOND FLIGHT
760 AUSTRIA 383 377
761 SWITZERLAND 376 385.
764 NORWAY 379 385
769 BELGIUM 381 388
782 WALES 391 381 (Germma Bradbury 78-79, Samantha Birks 79-76, Amy Boulden 77-73, Tara Davies 78-77, Rebecca Harries 78-78, Katgherine O'Connor 79-77).
782 IRELAND 387 385 (Victoria Bradshaw 82-80, Mary Dowling 75-77, Danielle McVeigh 78-71, Gillian O'Leary 81-84, Sinead O'Sullivan 75-77, Charlene Reid 78-80.
785 FINLAND 386 389, ITALY 387 388.

803 ICELAND 402 401