MEGAN BRIGGS SINKS VITAL PUTT

                        Renfrewshire with the West championship trophy. Picture by Carol Fell.

RENFREWSHIRE RETAIN WEST TITLE

BY NARROWEST OF MARGINS

Renfrewshire retained the West Division women's inter-county team championship after an exciting finish at Haggs Castle today.
They beat Dunbartonshire and Argyll 5 1/2-3 1/2 while their main rivals, Lanarkshire, beat Ayrshire 6-3.
Renfrewshire won title and a place in the Scottish finals by the smallest of margins over Lanarkshire - 16 ½ - 16 games .
It all came down to the Megan Briggs v Nichola Ferguson match.  After an up and down match, Megan sank a brilliant putt for a birdie 3 at the 17th  for a half with Nichola which proved to be the winning putt for Renfrewshire.


AYRSHIRE 3, LANARKSHIRE 6

FOURSOMES (0-3)
C Jaffrey and A Thompson lost to E Caddow and L d'Ambrosio  3 and 1
L Allan and J Linklater lost to F Norris and J Potter   2 and 1

A Glennie and H MacGarvie lost to R Cassidy and L Lloyd  2 and 1.

SINGLES (3-3)

Allan lost to d'Ambrosio 3 and 1.

Malcolm lost to Wood 4 and 2.

Jaffrey bt Potter 6 and 5

MacGarvie bt Lloyd  3 and 2.

Thompson bt Cassidy 2 and 1.

Purdom lost to Caddow 4 and 3.

RENFREWSHIRE 5 1/2, DUNBARTONSHIRE and ARGYLL 3 1/2

FOURSOMES (2-1)
E Briggs and K Milne lost to C Hargan and J Farrell 6 and 4.

M Briggs and C Whyte bt N Ferguson and L McGeachy  4 and 3.

G Kyle and D Jackson  bt A Laing and A Baker  2 holes.

SINGLES (3 1/2-2 1/2)

E Briggs bt Campbell  4 and 3.

Milne lost to Farrell  2 and 1.

Whyte lost to Hargan 5 and 3.

Jackson bt McGeachy  1 hole.

M Briggs halved with Ferguson

Stewart bt Laing 4 and 3.

Final Placings

1 Renfrewshire     5 match points    individual games 16½

2 Lanarkshire       5 match points    individual games  16

3  Dunbarton and Argyll  1 match point   individual games  11½

4.  Ayrshire   1 match point   individual games  10