MIDLOTHIAN HELD BY FIFE BUT RETAIN EAST DIVISION TITLE

        Midlothian team with the trophy at Glenbervie.

      Picture by courtesy of Mary Richardson

Midlothian drew their final East Division women's inter-county team fixture with Fife 4 1/2-4 1/2 but that was enough to see them retain the title and join Aberdeenshire and Renfrewshire in the Scottish county finals at Stirling Golf Club in September.
The four-cornered line-up will be completed when the South Division championship is played this coming weekend.
Midlothian and Fife shared the singles and also the foursomes.
East Lothian beat Stirling and Clackmannan 5-4 in the other match.
The Final Standings were:
Midlothian  5 pts, East Lothian 4, Stirling and Clackmannan 2 Fife 1.
DAY 3 RESULTS
EAST LOTHIAN 5, STIRLING and CLACKMANNAN 4
Foursomes (1-2)
Yasemin Sari  bt Louse Macgregor and Linda Allan 3 and 1
Hilary Wardell and Lesley Atkins lost to Claire Capocci and Laura Bisset 4 and 2.
Mary-lou Watkins and Keren Ward lost to Mhairi Hall and Margo Gardner 3 and 1
Singles (4-2)
Sari bt Macgregor 3 and 2.
Clara Young bt Allan 3 and 2
Lesley Nicholson lost to Bisset 7 and 5
Atkins bt Elaine Allison 5/4
Ward lost to Claire Capocci 1 hole
Wardell bt Karin Burns 2 and 1.

FIFE 4 1/2, MIDLOTHIAN 4 1/2
Foursomes (1 1/2-1 1/2)
Elaine Moffat and Lauren Whyte halved with Rachael Watton and Kate McIntosh
Fiona Hastie and Sam Munro lost to Jane Turner and Gabrielle MacDonald 6 and 5.
Karin Sharp and Lorna McKinlay bt Rachael Livingstone and Emily Dalgetty 1 hole
Singles (3-3)
Whyte lost to Watton 1 hole
Rachel Hanlon halved with Hannah Scott
Moffat bt MacDonald 2 and 1
Hastie bt Livingstone 5 and 4
Munro halved with Louise Fraser
Sharp lost to Turner 5 and 4.