ANGUS LEAD TABLE AFTER RENFREWSHIRE


RALLY TO DRAW WITH MIDLOTHIAN

Angus top the first-day table at the Scottish women’s county golf championship finals at Bothwell Castle.
They beat Dumfries-shire 6 ½-2 ½ while Renfrewshire rallied from a 3-0 drubbing in the morning foursomes to salvage a 4 ½-4 ½ draw with Midlothian.
Renfrewshire’s recovery saw them win the first four afternoon singles.
In the top match former Scottish champion Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) clinched a two-hole victory against Scotland team-mate Jane Turner (Craigielaw) by holing her third shot from 60 yards for an eagle 3 at the long 18th.
When Baberton’s experienced campaigner Karen Marshall stopped the slide by winning her match by 3 and 2 against Renfrewshire, that meant the teams were left at 4pt apiece.
In the last match to finish Renfrewshire’s Liz Stewart was one down to Wendy Nicholson but she pitched and putted to save par at the last. Wendy’s par putt to win the tie and give Midlothian overall victory just missed, leaving the teams tied at 4 1/2pt each.
Angus established a 2-1 foursomes lead over Dumfrie-shire and clinched victory by winning the last three singles through Jackie Brown and teenagers Jessica Meek and Ailsa Summers, the Angus county champion.


DAY 1 RESULTS


RENFREWSHIRE 4 ½, MIDLOTHIAN 4 1/2
(Renfrewshire names first)
FOURSOMES (0-3)
Eilidh Briggs and Megan Briggs lost to Jane Turner and Rachael Watton 1 hole.
Donna Jackson and Alyson McKechin lost to Kirsten Blackwood and Gabrielle Macdonald 3 and 1.
Gillian Kyle and Carol Whyte lost to Karen Marshall and Wendy Nicholson 1 hole.


SINGLES (4 ½-1 ½)
Megan Briggs bt Turner 2 holes.
Eilidh Briggs bt Watton 6 and 5.
Jackson bt Kate McIntosh 3 and 1.
McKechin bt Louise Fraser 4 and 2.
Liz Stewart halved with Nicholson.
Whyte lost to Marshall 3 and 2.


DUMFRIES-SHIRE 2 ½, ANGUS 6 1/2
(Dumfries-shire names first)
FOURSOMES (1-2)
Diane MacDonald and Lindsey Kirkwood bt Ann Ramsay and Ailsa Summers 6 and 4.
Jordana Graham and Trish Lilly lost to Claire Penman and Ashley Smith 5 and 4.
Rachel Walker and Katie McCracken lost to Fiona Gilbert and Jessica Meek 3 and 2.
SINGLES (1 ½-4 ½)
MacDonald halved with Rebecca Wilson
Kirkwood lost to Penman 4 and 3.
Graham bt Ramsay 2 holes.
Walker lost to Jackie Brown 1 hole.
McCracken lost to Meek 3 and 1.
Lilly lost to Summers 3 and 2.


WEEKEND MATCHES
Spectators will be made welcome at Bothwell Castle Golf Club
Foursomes start 9.30am; singles at 1.30pm.
SATURDAY
Midlothian v Dumfries-shire.
Renfrewshire v Angus.
SUNDAY
Dumfries-shire v Renfrewshire.
Angus v Midlothian.


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