MARCHBANK DISQUALIFIED, SCOTLAND MISS OUT BY ONE STROKE

Greig Marchbank (Dumfries and Co), pictured by Kenny Smith, joint best of the Scots in the first round of the stroke-play qualifying, was disqualified for a "scorecard inaccuracy" in the second round today - and Scotland failed by one shot to be one of the top eight teams who go forward to the championship match-play flight in the European boys team golf championship at Lidingo Golf Club, Sweden. Following Marchbank's disqualification, Scotland had to count all their remaining five second-round scores - instead of being able to discard the worst - and this meant that a 77 by Scottish boys match-play champion Craig Howie (Peebles) had to be included. Bradley Neil (Blairgowrie) had scored a one-under-par 69, Ewan Scott (St Andrews) a 71, Jamie Savage (Cawder) a 73, and Lawrence Allan (Alva) a 75. Scotland totalled 731 - one shot more than the eighth placed France and cannot now win the title. Italy (712) were the top qualifiers ahead of Sweden (714). England (727) and Ireland (727) made it to the top flight in joint fifth place. Scotland's scores: 141 Bradley Neil (Blairgowrie) 72 69. 145 Ewan Scott (St Andrews) 71 74.  149 Lawrence Allan (Alva) 74 75, Jamie Savage (Cawder) 73 73. 152 Craig Howie (Peebles) 75 77. Disqualified - Greig Marchbank (Dumfries and  Co) 71 dq.  CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT QUALIFIERS 712 Italy. 714 Sweden 723 Spain 234 Norway 727 England, Germany, Ireland. 730 France. OTHER TOTALS 731 Scotland 735 Finland 736 Austria 742 Denmark, Netherlands. 760 Czech Republic, Switzerland, Wales. THURSDAY MATCH-PLAY Championship Flight Sweden v Germany Ireland v Spain Norway v England France v Italy Other Flight Finland v Switzerland Czech Republic v Austria Denmark v Netherlands Wales v Scotland