WOMEN'S HOME INTERNATIONALS
Skipper Lesley changes winning
foursomes line-up for title decider
Lesley Nicholson, skipper of a Scotland team that will play Ireland in the women’s home golf internationals title decider at Whitchurch Golf Club, Cardiff tomorrow, has taken the bold step of changing the foursomes line-up that gave Scotland a 3-0 lead over England at lunchtime today.
She has dropped Mortonhall teenager Rachael Watton and Alford’s experienced Laura Murray, both of whom were beaten by significant margins in the afternoon singles as Scotland won only two out of six, enough to give the Scots a 5-4 win and maintain their 100 per cent record.
Into the morning line-up comes Selkirk’s 45-year-old Martine Pow to replace Watton as Megan Briggs’ partner and Aberdeen student Jane Turner (Craigielaw) teams up with Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell). one of only three players in the tournament with four wins from four games (Ireland’s talented 15-year-old twins Lisa and Leona Maguire are the others).
Ireland have won 11 of the 12 singles ties over Wednesday and Thursday’s play but if they have a weak point it is in the foursomes.
Somehow or other Scotland have to establish a 2-1 lead before lunchtime and share the singles by winning the three ties that don’t feature the Maguires or the third Curtis Cup player in the Irish line-up, Danielle McVeigh.
But skipper Nicholson doesn’t see it that way.
“There is absolutely no reason why we cannot beat Ireland and win the home internationals title for the first since 1991,” she said.
MORNING FOURSOMES LINE-UP
ENGLAND v WALES
Charlie Douglass and Nikki Foster v Tara Davies and Becky Harries.
Charlotte Ellis and Tara Watters v Amy Boulden and Gemma Bradbury.
Kelly Tidy and Hannah Barwood v Katie Bradbury and Sam Birks.
IRELAND v SCOTLAND
Danielle McVeigh and Charlene Reid v Kelsey MacDonald and Louise Kenney.
Sinead O’Sullivan and Gillian O’Leary v Megan Briggs and Martine Pow.
Leona Maguire and Lisa Maguire v Pamela Pretswell and Jane Turner.
*Whitchurch Golf Club has a problem with bugs that bite out on the course. SLGA president Emma Wilson suffered enough bites on her legs and ankles over two days to warrant a visit to the local Accident and Emergency Hospital for treatment to the sores. Most of the players have also been the victims of the “beasties” but not badly enough to land them in hospital.
foursomes line-up for title decider
Lesley Nicholson, skipper of a Scotland team that will play Ireland in the women’s home golf internationals title decider at Whitchurch Golf Club, Cardiff tomorrow, has taken the bold step of changing the foursomes line-up that gave Scotland a 3-0 lead over England at lunchtime today.
She has dropped Mortonhall teenager Rachael Watton and Alford’s experienced Laura Murray, both of whom were beaten by significant margins in the afternoon singles as Scotland won only two out of six, enough to give the Scots a 5-4 win and maintain their 100 per cent record.
Into the morning line-up comes Selkirk’s 45-year-old Martine Pow to replace Watton as Megan Briggs’ partner and Aberdeen student Jane Turner (Craigielaw) teams up with Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell). one of only three players in the tournament with four wins from four games (Ireland’s talented 15-year-old twins Lisa and Leona Maguire are the others).
Ireland have won 11 of the 12 singles ties over Wednesday and Thursday’s play but if they have a weak point it is in the foursomes.
Somehow or other Scotland have to establish a 2-1 lead before lunchtime and share the singles by winning the three ties that don’t feature the Maguires or the third Curtis Cup player in the Irish line-up, Danielle McVeigh.
But skipper Nicholson doesn’t see it that way.
“There is absolutely no reason why we cannot beat Ireland and win the home internationals title for the first since 1991,” she said.
MORNING FOURSOMES LINE-UP
ENGLAND v WALES
Charlie Douglass and Nikki Foster v Tara Davies and Becky Harries.
Charlotte Ellis and Tara Watters v Amy Boulden and Gemma Bradbury.
Kelly Tidy and Hannah Barwood v Katie Bradbury and Sam Birks.
IRELAND v SCOTLAND
Danielle McVeigh and Charlene Reid v Kelsey MacDonald and Louise Kenney.
Sinead O’Sullivan and Gillian O’Leary v Megan Briggs and Martine Pow.
Leona Maguire and Lisa Maguire v Pamela Pretswell and Jane Turner.
*Whitchurch Golf Club has a problem with bugs that bite out on the course. SLGA president Emma Wilson suffered enough bites on her legs and ankles over two days to warrant a visit to the local Accident and Emergency Hospital for treatment to the sores. Most of the players have also been the victims of the “beasties” but not badly enough to land them in hospital.
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