EAST LOTHIAN COME FROM BEHIND TO bt Stirling and Clackmannan

CHAMPIONS MIDLOTHIAN LOSE FIRST

MATCH  TO FIFE AT NORTH BERWICK
 
Scottish champions Midlothian's hopes of retaining the East Division inter-county women's team title at North Berwick don't look too good at the end of the first day.
Fife beat Midlothian 5 1/2 -3 1/2 while East Lothian edged a 5-4 win over a Stirling and Clackmannan line-up that included former Curtis Cup player and past British champion Alison (Rose) Davidson.
East Lothian trailed 1-2 after the foursomes but took the singles 4-2, thanks to wins by Mary Lou Watkins, Charlotte Munro, Liz Dunn-Butler and Keren Ward.
Fife took the foursomes 2-1 against Midlothian and also the singles 3 1/2-2 1/2 with afternoon/evening wins by Susan Jackson, Lorna McKinlay and former Scottish champion Elaine Moffat. Lorna Bennett halved her match.

Details:

MIDLOTHIAN 3 1/2, FIFE 5 1/2

Foursomes (1-2)
Kate McIntosh and Alison McBride lost to Susan Jackson and Lorna Bennett
Hannah Scott and Louise Fraser bt Elaine Moffat and Karin Sharp
Wendy Nicholson and Karen Marshall lost to Sam Munro and Lorna McKinlay

Singles (2 1/2-3 1/2)
Fraser lost to Jackson
McIntosh halved with Bennett
Emily Dalgetty bt Sharp
Kirsten Blackwood bt Munro
Scott lost to Moffat
Nicholson lost to McKinlay

EAST LOTHIAN 5, STIRLING and CLACKMANNAN 4

Foursomes (1-2)
Jane Herd and Mary Lou Watkins lost to Jennifer Allan and Louise Macgregor
Liz Dunn-Butler and Keren Ward bt Linda Allan and Claire Capocci
Lesley Atkins and Dawn Young lost to Laura Bisset and Alison Davidson
Singles (4-2)
Atkins lost to Macgregor
Watkins bt Bisset
Joanne Free lost to Davidson
Charlotte Munro bt Allan
Dunn-Butler bt Margo Gardner
Ward bt Elaine Allison


Rest of programme:
TUESDAY
Fife v East Lothian
Stirling and Clackmannan v Midlothian
WEDNESDAY
Fife v Stirling and Clackmannan
Midlothian v East Lothian 

Already through to the Scottish county finals at Hilton Park GC, September 19 to 21 are:
North Division title winners - Angus
West Division title winners - Renfrewshire