SCOTLAND GIRLS OUTCLASSED BY SPANIARDS IN SWEDEN

Scotland were outclassed by Spain who beat them 6-1 in the quarter-finals of the European girls' team championship at Linkopings Golf Club, Sweden today.
The Spanish girls took the foursomes 2-0 and the singles 4-1.
Lauren Whyte and Connie Jaffrey halved their singles.

SCOTLAND 1, SPAIN 6
Foursomes (0-2)
Lauren Whyte and Lesley Atkins lost to Nuria Iturrios and Ainhoa Olarra 6 and 4.
Clara Young and Heather Munro lost to Alejandra Pasarin and Harang Lee 6 and 4.
Singles (1-4)
Whyte halved with Iturrios.
Atkins lost to Pasarin 4 and 2.
Connie Jaffrey halved with Clara Baena.
Fiona Liddell lost to Olarra 5 and 3.
Young lost to Lee 6 and 5.

OTHER RESULTS: 
France 5, Norway 2
England 4, Italy 3
Sweden 5 1/2, Finland 1 1/2

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ENGLAND  fightback wins European semi-final place England’s girls staged a great singles fightback to beat Italy and win through to the semi-finals of the European girls’ team championship at Linköpings, Sweden. They bounced back from defeat in both foursomes to win four out of the five singles. Now they will play France tomorrow, while the other semi-final is contested by Spain and Sweden. England coach Scott Godfrey commented: “We’ve had a fantastic day and the girls are over the moon. Italy really wanted to win this championship and they had a very strong team.” He added: “We were a bit disappointed by the foursomes but we knew we were playing well and we felt we could go out and give it a good go – and we did!” He added: “We’re really looking forward to getting back out there. The girls are on a bit of a high at the moment and we’re enjoying it, but tomorrow we’ll draw a line under it and get stuck in to another good game.” Amber Ratcliffe (image © Leaderboard Photography) led the way in the singles and was quickly up in her match and stayed in control throughout. Sophie Madden held her nerve to win on the 18th, despite a determined challenge from her opponent over the closing holes. Sophie Lamb faced possibly the toughest player on the Italian team. She played well but was unable to recover fully from a slow start and bowed out 2 and 1. Olivia Winning, winner of the Helen Holm Trophy at Troon in April, was neck and neck with her opponent over the outward half but enjoyed a good run on the back nine as she played her way to a win on the 17th. Gabriella Cowley was in another tight game and was one down after 10, but with the help of some impressive birdies closed out her opponent 2/1. ENGLAND 4, ITALY 3 Foursomes (0-2) Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) and Sophie Madden (West Essex) lost to Roberta Liti and Camilla Mortigliengo 2 holes        Gabriella Cowley (Brocket Hall) and Sophie Lamb (Clitheroe) lost to Virginia Carta and Martina Flori 2 holes.         Singles (4-1) Ratcliffe bt Mortigliengo 2 and 1 Madden bt Carta 1 hole. Lamb lost to Liti 3 and 1, Olivia Winning (Rotherham) bt Flori 2 and 1             Cowley bt Camilla Mazzola 2 and 1 Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.or