SCOTS GIRLS WIN, SCOTS BOYS LOSE IN EUROPE

Scotland's girls beat Turkey 3-2 in the European girls team golf championship at St Leon-Rot GC, Germany today but Scotland lost 3-2 to Ireland in the European boys team championship at Lidingo GC, Sweden. Scotland's girl winners were Clara Young (at 19th), Jessica Meek (2 and 1) and Lesley Atkins (4 and 3). Losers were the foursomes pairing of Rachel Walker and Lauren Whyte (3 and 2) and Ailsa Summers (3 and 2) in the singles. The full list of results in Flight B were: Ireland 3, Finland 2 Belgium 3, Czech Republic 2 Scotland 3, Turkey 2 Norway 4, Switzerland 1. The Scots girls will play Norway in their final fixture. In the girls' championship flight, today's results were: Sweden 5 1/2, Italy 1 1/2 Spain 4 1/2, Denmark 2 1/2 England 3 1/2, Netherlands 1 1/2 Germany 3 1/2, France 1 1/2 That means that Sweden will play Spain in Saturday's final. England will play Germany for fifth or sixth place. Winners for Scotland boys were the foursomes pairing of Greig Marchbank and Jamie Savage (4 and 3) and Lawrence Allan (6 and 4) in the singles. Losers were Ewan Scott (4 and 3), Bradley Neil (1 hole) and Craig Howie (2 and 1). Sweden have a chance of pulling off a boys-girls title double because they are also in the boys championship final on Saturday with Italy their opponents. England will play Germany for third and fourth place. France will play Ireland for fifth and sixth place Norway will play Scotland for seventh and eighth place. FROM THE ENGLAND GOLF WEBSITE England bounced back from disappointment in the European girls’ team championship to beat the Netherlands today 3½-1½ at St Leon Rot, Germany. “The Netherlands gave us a great game and the girls were playing very good golf,” said team captain Julie Sparrow. The new foursomes pairing of Charley Hull and Meghan MacLaren worked very well, despite a shaky start. The girls pulled back and went on to claim their point on the 18th. Georgia Hall and Bronte Law secured the victory when they produced convincing wins. With the result decided, the match of Emily Taylor was declared halved. In Saturday’s final day England take on Germany in the play-off for fifth place. It would be the best they could achieve after their medal hopes were dashed yesterday when they were beaten by Sweden. Julie commented: “After such a disappointment you could easily put your head down and say ‘That’s it, we’re not going to win anything.’ But we’ve turned it round. We’ve pointed out to the girls that if they turn professional they would be fighting for their prize money and the difference between fifth and eighth place is huge. They’ve responded really well and the golf has been very good.” England results: ENGLAND 3 1/2, NETHERLANDS 1 1/2 FoursomesMeghan MacLaren (Wellingborough) and Charley Hull (Woburn) bt Gulia van den Berg and Charlotte Puts 1 hole. SinglesElizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield Ladies) lost to Anne van Dam 2 holes. Georgia Hall (Remedy Oak) bt Elise Boehmer 2 holes.               Bronte Law (Bramhall) bt Dewi Weber 4 and 2          Emily Taylor (Hillside) halved with Ileen Domela Nieuwenhuis. ANOTHER PRESS RELEASE FROM ENGLAND GOLF England’s hopes of becoming European Boys champions for the first time in eight years were dashed when they were beaten 4½ – 2½ by Italy in the semi-finals at Lindingo in Sweden. In the morning foursomes, Toby Tree (Worthing, Sussex) and Ashton Turner (Kenwick Park, Lincolnshire) won 3&2 against Giulio Castagnara and Renato Paratore, but the second game proved decisive. Max Orrin (North Foreland, Kent) and Matthew Fitzpatrick (Hallamshire, Yorkshire) were all square playing the 18th against Filippo Campigli and Luigi Botta drove wildly to the right but found a lie and played their second to 12 feet. Unfortunately, Orrin left his approach short of the green, Fitzpatrick chipped to eight feet but the Italians holed for a birdie three to win 1up and go into lunch level at 1-1. Thunder and lightning delayed the singles for several hours and for most of the time games were close. However, Orrin lost on the 18th and Fitzpatrick was all square with his opponent and a halved game was declared as fading light prevented the contest going to extra holes. Nick Marsh (Huddersfield, Yorkshire) went 1up through 16 after his opponent’s putt horseshoed from two feet, but lost the next two holes to par to lose by one hole. Patrick Kelly (Boston West, Lincolnshire) was three down through 12 holes and never made up the deficit to lose 3 and 1. Although Tree completed a solid 3 and 2 victory the Italians were over the line, leaving England to face Germany on Saturday to decide third place. Meanwhile, the Italians will meet hosts Sweden in the final.