RAIN HITS SCOTTISH WOMEN COUNTY GOLF FINALS

Rain halted play on the second day of the Scottish women's county golf championship finals at Dumfries and County Golf Club today (Saturday). Only the foursomes were  completed before the course became too wet. The singles ties will be played on Sunday morning with the final set of matches being decided over six singles each in the afternoon. Midlothian beat Ayshire 6-3 and Dumfries-shire beat Perth and Kinross 6 1/2 to 2 1/2 on Friday. Saturday's foursomes results: MIDLOTHIAN lead PERTH and KINROSS 3-0 Karen Marshall and Wendy Nicholson bt Laura Walker and Eilidh Watson 2 and 1. Kate McIntosh and Linda Bain bt Steph Crolla and Nicola Robertson 2 holes. Gabrielle Macdonald and Kirsten Blackwood bt Jill Milne and Eve Muirhead 5 and 4. AYRSHIRE lead DUMFRIES-SHIRE 2 1/2- 1/2 Lesley Hendry and Jenny Linklater bt Jordana Graham and Emma Greenlees 3 and 2. Gillian Arnott and Debbie Watt halved with Diane Macdonald and Lindsay Kirkwood. Connie Jaffrey and Audrey Thompson bt Rachel Walker and Katie McCracken 7 and 5. ends