SCOTLAND v IRELAND DECIDER IN
WOMEN’S HOME INTERNATIONALS
For the second year in a row Scotland are involved in a last-day title decider at the women’s home amateur golf internationals at Whitchurch Golf Club, Cardiff.
Today the Scots beat England 5-4 and Ireland beat Wales 6-3
So it is going to be Scotland v Ireland for the Miller Trophy.
Scotland have not been champions since 1991 at Aberdovey. Ireland last won the Miller Trophy in 2004.at Royal Porthcawl.
The Scots and the Irish are the only teams with 100 per cent win records after two days’of match-play.
Scotland team captain Lesley Nicholson said:
“We won the foursomes 3-0 against England today, which was a major boost. We knew that England would come back at us in the six singles – and they did by winning four of them.
“But it wasn’t as nail-biting a result as that suggests because Pamela Pretswell and Megan Briggs, both playing very well, established big leads which we knew would give us the two points we needed to clinch a win over England,
“So, the title is there for us to win. Ireland are not unbeatable. There is no reason why Scotland cannot be champions.”
A draw would be enough for Ireland to be crowned champions because they have a total of 14pt from individual games won and halved. Scotland’s total in that column is 11.
The Irish have won 11 out of 12 singles ties they have played this week. Only three players have won all four games they have played this week – Scotland’s Pamela Pretswell and the 15-year-old Irish twins, Leona and Lisa Maguire.
The Scotland v England top singles tie between Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) and Kelly Tidy was a replay of the Ladies’ British open amateur championship final at Ganton. It produced the same winner – Kelly Tidy, this time by 3 and 2.
MacDonald was either one up or all square over the first seven holes but Tidy never looked back after going ahead for the first time by winning the eighth hole.
Scotland got one of the two singles wins they needed to be sure of overall victory when Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) won by 5 and 4 against English champion Hayley Davis. Charlie Douglass scored England’s second win of the afternoon when she beat Rachael Watton by 8 and 7. The Mortonhall teenager never won a hole. and lost the first and third to be two down early on. Douglass hit a purple patch to win six holes in a row from the sixth to end the match on the 11th green.
England got another one back when Nikki Foster beat Laura Murray 7 and 5.
Foster took the lead for the first time at the third, went two up at the sixth and three up with a birdie 4 at the long eighth.
Scotland clinched victory over England when Megan Briggs secured the fifth point by beating 14-year-old Charley Hull by 6 and 5. Briggs took a grip on this match which was all square after five holes by winning the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, 10th and 11th Her great run included a birdie at the ninth, an eagle at the 10th and a birdie at the 11th. Halves at the 12th and 13th ended the match.
England won their fourth singles tie with a 5 and 4 verdict for Hannah Barwood over Louise Kenney.
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
SCOTLAND 5, ENGLAND 4
Foursomes (3-0)
Kelsey MacDonald and Louise Kenney bt Charlie Douglass and Nikki Foster 3 and 2.
Rachael Watton and Megan Briggs bt Charlotte Ellis and Tara Watters 1 hole.
Pamela Pretswell and Laura Murray bt Kelly Tidy and Hayley Davis 2 and 1.
Singles (2-4)
MacDonald lost to Tidy 3 and 2.
Pretswell bt Hayley Davis 5 and 4..
Watton lost to Douglass 8 and 7.
Murray lost to Foster 7 and 5.
Briggs bt Charley Hull.6 and 5.
Kenney lost to Hannah Barwood 5 and 4.
WALES 3, IRELAND 6
Foursomes (2-1)
Tara Davies and Becky Harries bt Danielle McVeigh and Charlene Reid 3 and 1.
Amy Boulden and Gemma Bradbury lost to Leona Maguire and Lisa Maguire 2 holes.
Katie Bradbury and Sam Birks bt Mary Dowling and Gillian O’Leary 4 and 3.
Singles (1-5)
Boulden lost to McVeigh 3 and 2.
Gemma Bradbury lost to Lisa Maguire 2 and 1.
Katie Bradbury lost to Charlene Reid 1 hole..
Kath O’Connor lost to Leona Maguire 8 and 7.
Davies bt Louise Coffey 1 hole.
Harries lost to Sinead O’Sullivan 3 and 2.
HOW THEY STAND
Ireland 2pt (14 game points).
Scotland 2pt (11 ½).
Wales 0pt (5 ½).
England 0pt (5).
FINAL MATCHES
Scotland v Ireland
England v Wales.
+For a fuller description of all Thursday's matches, log on to www.lgu.org
WOMEN’S HOME INTERNATIONALS
For the second year in a row Scotland are involved in a last-day title decider at the women’s home amateur golf internationals at Whitchurch Golf Club, Cardiff.
Today the Scots beat England 5-4 and Ireland beat Wales 6-3
So it is going to be Scotland v Ireland for the Miller Trophy.
Scotland have not been champions since 1991 at Aberdovey. Ireland last won the Miller Trophy in 2004.at Royal Porthcawl.
The Scots and the Irish are the only teams with 100 per cent win records after two days’of match-play.
Scotland team captain Lesley Nicholson said:
“We won the foursomes 3-0 against England today, which was a major boost. We knew that England would come back at us in the six singles – and they did by winning four of them.
“But it wasn’t as nail-biting a result as that suggests because Pamela Pretswell and Megan Briggs, both playing very well, established big leads which we knew would give us the two points we needed to clinch a win over England,
“So, the title is there for us to win. Ireland are not unbeatable. There is no reason why Scotland cannot be champions.”
A draw would be enough for Ireland to be crowned champions because they have a total of 14pt from individual games won and halved. Scotland’s total in that column is 11.
The Irish have won 11 out of 12 singles ties they have played this week. Only three players have won all four games they have played this week – Scotland’s Pamela Pretswell and the 15-year-old Irish twins, Leona and Lisa Maguire.
The Scotland v England top singles tie between Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) and Kelly Tidy was a replay of the Ladies’ British open amateur championship final at Ganton. It produced the same winner – Kelly Tidy, this time by 3 and 2.
MacDonald was either one up or all square over the first seven holes but Tidy never looked back after going ahead for the first time by winning the eighth hole.
Scotland got one of the two singles wins they needed to be sure of overall victory when Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) won by 5 and 4 against English champion Hayley Davis. Charlie Douglass scored England’s second win of the afternoon when she beat Rachael Watton by 8 and 7. The Mortonhall teenager never won a hole. and lost the first and third to be two down early on. Douglass hit a purple patch to win six holes in a row from the sixth to end the match on the 11th green.
England got another one back when Nikki Foster beat Laura Murray 7 and 5.
Foster took the lead for the first time at the third, went two up at the sixth and three up with a birdie 4 at the long eighth.
Scotland clinched victory over England when Megan Briggs secured the fifth point by beating 14-year-old Charley Hull by 6 and 5. Briggs took a grip on this match which was all square after five holes by winning the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, 10th and 11th Her great run included a birdie at the ninth, an eagle at the 10th and a birdie at the 11th. Halves at the 12th and 13th ended the match.
England won their fourth singles tie with a 5 and 4 verdict for Hannah Barwood over Louise Kenney.
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
SCOTLAND 5, ENGLAND 4
Foursomes (3-0)
Kelsey MacDonald and Louise Kenney bt Charlie Douglass and Nikki Foster 3 and 2.
Rachael Watton and Megan Briggs bt Charlotte Ellis and Tara Watters 1 hole.
Pamela Pretswell and Laura Murray bt Kelly Tidy and Hayley Davis 2 and 1.
Singles (2-4)
MacDonald lost to Tidy 3 and 2.
Pretswell bt Hayley Davis 5 and 4..
Watton lost to Douglass 8 and 7.
Murray lost to Foster 7 and 5.
Briggs bt Charley Hull.6 and 5.
Kenney lost to Hannah Barwood 5 and 4.
WALES 3, IRELAND 6
Foursomes (2-1)
Tara Davies and Becky Harries bt Danielle McVeigh and Charlene Reid 3 and 1.
Amy Boulden and Gemma Bradbury lost to Leona Maguire and Lisa Maguire 2 holes.
Katie Bradbury and Sam Birks bt Mary Dowling and Gillian O’Leary 4 and 3.
Singles (1-5)
Boulden lost to McVeigh 3 and 2.
Gemma Bradbury lost to Lisa Maguire 2 and 1.
Katie Bradbury lost to Charlene Reid 1 hole..
Kath O’Connor lost to Leona Maguire 8 and 7.
Davies bt Louise Coffey 1 hole.
Harries lost to Sinead O’Sullivan 3 and 2.
HOW THEY STAND
Ireland 2pt (14 game points).
Scotland 2pt (11 ½).
Wales 0pt (5 ½).
England 0pt (5).
FINAL MATCHES
Scotland v Ireland
England v Wales.
+For a fuller description of all Thursday's matches, log on to www.lgu.org
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