FIRST-DAY WINS FOR NORTHERN COUNTIES, ANGUS AT MONIFIETH

Defending champions Perth and Kinross were beaten 5 1/2-3 1/2 by Northern Counties on the first day of the Northern Division women's inter-county team golf championship at Monifieth today
P and K took a 2-1 lead from the morning foursomes but Angus made up the leeway by winning the singles 4 1/2-1 1/2 with victories for Hannah McCook, Craa Gruber, Mary Smith and Sammy Vass.
Similarly, Angus trailed 2-1 to Aberdeenshire after the foursomes but swept to a 6 1/2-2 1/2 victory by winning five singles and halving the other.
Young Jessica Meek had a good 3 and 2 win over Scottish champion Laura Murray in the top singles
The Northern Division champions go forward to the four-cornered contest at the Scottish women's county finals at Montrose Links from September 21 to 23.

 P and K  3 1/2,  Northern Counties 5 1/2

FOURSOMES (2-1)
L Walker and E Watson bt H McCook and C Gruber 3 and 1.
S Crolla and N Robertson lost to M Smith and A Bartlett 2 and 1.
J Milne and E Muirhead bt A Ryan and S Vass 1 hole.


SINGLES (1 1/2-4 1/2)
Walker lost to McCook 1 hole.
Muirhead lost to Gruber 7 and 6.
F Ramsay lost to Smith 6 and 5.
Robertson bt C Ross 2 and 1.
Crolla halved with Ryan
Watson lost to Vass 4 and 3.


Angus  6 1/2, Aberdeenshire  2 1/2

FOURSOMES (1-2)
R Wilson and A Summers lost to L Murray and R Polson 4 and 3.
J Meek and A Ramsay halved with S Wood and C Wilson.
C Penman and K Reid halved with S Mathieson and K Beveridge.


SINGLES (5 1/2- 1/2)
Meek bt Murray 3 and 2.
Ramsay bt Wood 2 holes
Reid bt S Leslie 3 and 1.
J Chalmers bt Wilson 2 holes
A Smith halved with Polson
Summers bt Mathieson 5 and 4.


HOW THEY STAND
Angus 2pt, Northern Counties 2pt, Perth and Kinross 0pt, Aberdeenshire 0 pt.


MATCHES TO COME


SUNDAY
Aberdeenshire v Northern Counties, Angus v Perth and Kinross
MONDAY
Angus v Northern Counties, Aberdeenshire v Perth and Kinross