RENFREWSHIRE, LANARKSHIRE MAKE WINNING STARTS

West Division title-holders Renfrewshire made a winning start to this week's campaign at Bothwell Castle. They beat Dunbartonshire and Argyll 7 1/2-1 1/2 after taking the foursomes 2-1 and the singles 5 1/2-1/2.
Lanarkshire were 6-3 winners over Ayrshire in the other match. Lanarkshire won the foursomes 2 1/2-1//2 and the singles 3 1/2-2 1/2
Details:

RENFREWSHIRE 7 1/2, 
DUNBARTONSHIRE and ARGYLL 1 1/2
Foursomes: Alyson McKechin, Eilidh Briggs bt Laura McGeachy, Jill Meldrum 7 and 5; Donna Jackson, Iona Stephen lost to Anne Laing, Nichola Ferguson 3 and 2; Megan Briggs, Carol Whyte bt Aileen Baker, Lorraine Campbell 5 and 3 (2-1).
Singles - McKechin bt McGeachy 65 and 5, Megan Briggs bt Sheena McDonald  8 and 7, Eilidh Briggs bt Laing 5 and 3, Gillian Kyle bt Cathy Skinner 3 and 2; Whyte halved with Ferguson; Gillian McGinlay bt Meldrum 1 hole (5 1/2-1/2).

LANARKSHIRE 6, AYRSHIRE 3
Foursomes: Rachel Cassidy, Lesley Lloyd halved with Audrey Thompson, Connie Jaffrey; Fiona Norris, Jenny Porrter bt Alex Glennie, Jenny Linklater 6 and 4; Susan McGrenaghan, S Wood bt Roz Purdom, Emma Hale 2 and 1 (2 1/2-1/2).
Singles: Emma Caddow lost to Jaffrey 4 and 3, Norris halved with Hale, Wood bt Linklater 5 and 4, Potter lost to Glennie 1 hole, Ruth Rankin bt Katie McGarvIe 5 and 3, Cassidy bt Mhairi McKay 4 and 3 (3 1/2-2 1/2).