Vagliano Trophy tees off at Malone GC, Belfast
GB and Ireland 2, Team Europe 2
after first morning foursomes
The first-morning foursomes honours were shared with GB and I and Team Europe locked together at 2-2 going into the afternoon singles.
"I'm happy with that," said GB and I team captain Elaine Farquharson-Black (Deeside), the Aberdeen solicitor who is trying to end Team Europ's dominance of the biennial tournament since 2007.
The all-Ireland pairing of world No 1 Leona Maguire and Olivia Mehaffey drew first blood for GB and I by beating the French partnership of Celine Boutier, recent winner of the British women's open amateur championship at Portstewart and Justine Dreher
Maguire and Mehaffey won the first and were never in arrears after that.
Boutier and Dreher squared it at the second but went one down again at the third before getting back on level terms by winning the fourth.
After a series of halves, Maguire and Mehaffey won the seventh, ninth and 11th to take a three-hole lead they preserved through halves from the 12th to the 16 inclusive for a 3 and 2 victory.
Team Europe's Noemi Jimenez Martin and Luna Sobron from Spain levelled it at 1-1 by beating Bronte Law and Chloe Williams by two holes ... but it was close.
After a tight first 10 holes, it was all square on the 11th tee but Team Europe made their winning move by taking first the 11th and then the 13th for a two-hole lead.
Holes 14 to 16 were halved before Law and Williams won the 17th to be one down.
Jimenez and Sobron won the 18th for a two-hole victory
Meghan MacLaren and Alice Hewson put GB and I back in the lead with a grandstand finish for a one-hole victory over Albane Valenzuela and Nuria Iturrios.
Team Europe were one up after six holes. Then followed a sequence of nine halved holes until MacLaren and Hewson squared the contest by winning the 16th and birdieing the par-5 17th to lead for the first time in the match.
A half at the 18th saw MacLaren and Hewson confirmed as winners by one hole.
Team Europe won the last of the four morning foursomes to make it 2-2 at lunch.
The all-Spanish pair of Linnea Strom and Madelene Sagstrom beat Hayley Davis and Charlotte Thomas by 2 and 1 after a ding-dong struggle with only one hole in it either way for the first 16 holes.
Strom and Sagstrom won the 15th to sChow ahead for the second time in the match.
After a half at the 16th, Team Europe won the 17th for a 2 and 1 victory.
FIRST DAY RESULTS
FOURSOMES
GB and Ireland 2, Continent of Europe 2
Leona Maguire and Olivia Mehaffey bt Celine Boutier and Justine Dreher 3 and 2.
Bronte Law and Chloe Wlliams lost to Noemi Jimenez Martin and Luna Sobron 2 holes.
Meghan MacLaren and Alice Hewson bt Albane Valenzuela and Nuria Iturrios 2 holes
Hayley Davis and Charlotte Thomas lost to Linnea Strom and Madelene Sagstrom 2 and 1.
after first morning foursomes
The first-morning foursomes honours were shared with GB and I and Team Europe locked together at 2-2 going into the afternoon singles.
"I'm happy with that," said GB and I team captain Elaine Farquharson-Black (Deeside), the Aberdeen solicitor who is trying to end Team Europ's dominance of the biennial tournament since 2007.
The all-Ireland pairing of world No 1 Leona Maguire and Olivia Mehaffey drew first blood for GB and I by beating the French partnership of Celine Boutier, recent winner of the British women's open amateur championship at Portstewart and Justine Dreher
Maguire and Mehaffey won the first and were never in arrears after that.
Boutier and Dreher squared it at the second but went one down again at the third before getting back on level terms by winning the fourth.
After a series of halves, Maguire and Mehaffey won the seventh, ninth and 11th to take a three-hole lead they preserved through halves from the 12th to the 16 inclusive for a 3 and 2 victory.
Team Europe's Noemi Jimenez Martin and Luna Sobron from Spain levelled it at 1-1 by beating Bronte Law and Chloe Williams by two holes ... but it was close.
After a tight first 10 holes, it was all square on the 11th tee but Team Europe made their winning move by taking first the 11th and then the 13th for a two-hole lead.
Holes 14 to 16 were halved before Law and Williams won the 17th to be one down.
Jimenez and Sobron won the 18th for a two-hole victory
Meghan MacLaren and Alice Hewson put GB and I back in the lead with a grandstand finish for a one-hole victory over Albane Valenzuela and Nuria Iturrios.
Team Europe were one up after six holes. Then followed a sequence of nine halved holes until MacLaren and Hewson squared the contest by winning the 16th and birdieing the par-5 17th to lead for the first time in the match.
A half at the 18th saw MacLaren and Hewson confirmed as winners by one hole.
Team Europe won the last of the four morning foursomes to make it 2-2 at lunch.
The all-Spanish pair of Linnea Strom and Madelene Sagstrom beat Hayley Davis and Charlotte Thomas by 2 and 1 after a ding-dong struggle with only one hole in it either way for the first 16 holes.
Strom and Sagstrom won the 15th to sChow ahead for the second time in the match.
After a half at the 16th, Team Europe won the 17th for a 2 and 1 victory.
FIRST DAY RESULTS
FOURSOMES
GB and Ireland 2, Continent of Europe 2
Leona Maguire and Olivia Mehaffey bt Celine Boutier and Justine Dreher 3 and 2.
Bronte Law and Chloe Wlliams lost to Noemi Jimenez Martin and Luna Sobron 2 holes.
Meghan MacLaren and Alice Hewson bt Albane Valenzuela and Nuria Iturrios 2 holes
Hayley Davis and Charlotte Thomas lost to Linnea Strom and Madelene Sagstrom 2 and 1.
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