IRISH HOLD OFF RALLYING SCOTS TO WIN MARY McKENNA TROPHY

Mary McKenna, in white, with the Irish and Scottish teams at Craigielaw.

Scotland, despite a brave fightback in the singles, lost 6 1/2-5 1/2 to Ireland in the two-day senior women's amateur golf international match for the Mary McKenna Trophy at Craigielaw Golf Club today. The Irish built up a three-point lead in Sunday's four-ball foursomes when the Scots could muster only half a point from the four ties.
The home team took the singles 5-3 today with wins by Moira Thomson, Anne Ryan,
Lorna Bennett, Elaine Allison and Alison Bartlett but it was not enough to make up the leeway.
Ireland thus won for the second year in a row but Scotland still lead 6-5 overall since the match was started in the year 2000.

SCOTLAND 5 1/2, IRELAND 6 1/2


SUNDAY FOUR-BALL FOURSOMES (1/2-3 1/2)
Scottish names first
Lorna Bennett and Elaine Allison lost to Sheena McElroy and Phil O'Gorman 2 and 1
Heather Anderson and Anne Ryan lost to Niamh Giblin and Mairead MacNamara 4 and 3
Moira Thomson and May Hughes lost to Valerie Hassett and Violet McBride 3 and 2
Mary Smith and Allison Bartlett halved with Helen Jones and Pat Doran.


MONDAY SINGLES (5-3)
Thomson bt McNamara 2 and 1.
Hughes lost to McElroy 2 and 1.
Ryan bt McBride 1 hole.
Bennett bt Giblin 3 and 2.
Smith lost to Doran 2 and 1.
Allison bt O'Gorman 1 hole.
Bartlett bt Hassett 6 and 4,
Anderson lost to Jones 2 holes.

OVERALL SCOREBOARD OF MARY McKENNA TROPHY RESULTS

YEAR ..... VENUE .... WINNING TEAM2000 Royal Portrush Golf Club/ Ireland 1
2001 Gleneagles Golf Club/ Ireland 2
2002 Royal County Down Golf Club/ Ireland 3
2003 Old Prestwick Golf Club/ Scotland 1
2004 Hermitage Golf Club/ Scotland 2
2005 Gullane Golf Club/ Scotland 3
2006 No Match
2007 Southerness Golf Club/ Scotland 4
2008 St Margarets Golf Club/ Scotland 5
2009 Cruden Bay Golf Club/ Scotland 6
2010 Portmarnock Links Hotel and Golf Club/ Ireland 4
2011 Craigielaw Golf Club/ Ireland 5
2012 Templepatrick Golf Club