STEADY START BY SCOTS

WOMEN IN BERLIN


Scotland made a steady start to the qualifying rounds from which the leading eight teams will make up the championship match-play flight in the European senior women's amateur team championship at Sporting Club Berlin today
On a testing course playing long, England's 23-over-par total of 383 - helped by a hole in one from Rozalyn Adams - was good enough to lead the first qualifying round by eight shots from France with defending champions Germany (394) third, Sweden (396) fourth and Scotland (399) fifth.
Fiona de Vries (St Rule), pictured, top-scored for the Scots with a 78, the joint sixth best overall. She was backed up by Heather Anderson (Alyth) and Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) with 79s, one ahead of Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies). Anne Ryan (Tain) had an 83 but her sister Mary Smith had a non-counting 85.


FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND
383 England (Caroline Marron 73, Christine Quinn 74, Rozalyn Adams 78, Susan Dye 78, Felicity Christine 80. Non-counting: Janet Melville 85).
391 France.
394 Germany.
396 Sweden.
399 Scotland (Fiona de Vries 78, Lorna Bennett 79, Heather Anderson 79, Moira Thomson 80, Anne Ryan 83. Non-counting: Mary Smith 85).
404 Switzerland.
411 Spain.
415 Ireland (Pat Doran 79, Violet McBride 82, Helen Jones 82, Sheena McElroy 85, Phil O'Gorman 87. Non-counting: Niamh Giblin 89) 
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421 Italy, Austria.
423 Belgium, Netherlands.
441 Denmark.
444 Portugal.
452 Finland.

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England – helped by a hole-in-one from Roz Adams – are the leaders after the first round of qualifying for the European senior ladies’ team championship at The Sporting Club, Berlin.
The team made a great start to the event: English senior champion Caroline Marron returned the low score of the day with a one-over 73, while Chris Quinn was just one stroke behind her.
Team captain Sue Westall said; “We have had a fantastic day. This is absolutely the start we wanted and the whole team is very buoyant.”
Altogether, with five scores counting from six, England hold an eight-shot lead over France at the halfway stage of qualifying. Defending champions, Germany are a further three shots back. At the end of tomorrow’s second round the top eight will go forward to the championship matchplay flight, while the other seven countries play off for places.
Roz Adams set England on course for a successful day when, playing in the second group out, she aced the seventh hole. The English senior strokeplay champion used a six iron for the 130-metre shot, which was her first hole-in-one in her golfing career. She went on to return a score of six-over 78.
Caroline Marron – who is making her debut as a senior international – reached the turn in one-under par, thanks to eight pars and one birdie, and dropped just two shots on the way home.
Chris Quinn, who has held both English and British senior titles, played a perfect front half of nine straight pars before also dropping two on the way in to return 74.
Sue Dye, another past national champion, was five over on the outward half but played in with a very good one-over 37 to score 78. New cap Felicity Christine provided England’s fifth counting score with a round of 80.
England scores
73 Caroline Marron (Bromborough)
74 Chris Quinn (Hockley)
78 Sue Dye (Delamere Forest), Roz Adams (Addington Court Ladies’)
80 Felicity Christine (Banstead Downs)
83 (discounted) Janet Melville (Sherwood Forest)

The England team is completed by Jo Ashmore (Barnham Broom) who was rested on the first day but who will play tomorrow.





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