England finish ninth of 10 behind winners 

Spain in Women's Nations Cup at Sotogrande

By COLIN FARQUHARSON 
England gave a disappointing performance to finish second last in a field of 10 teams at the Women's Nations Cup at Sotogrande on Spain's Costa del Sol.
Hosts Spain won the title by six shots from Austria (who produced the individual winner in Emma Spitz) with France third.
England's best in a team of three were Gemma Clews and Samantha Giles, joint 22nd in a field of 31 players. They both totalled   323 - 27 shots behind Emma Spitz.

FINAL WOMEN'S TEAM TOTALS
Teams were able to discard their worst individual score per round
594 SPAIN (Maria Parra Luque 76 (78) 67 77, Luna Sobron 73 77 (74) 75, Silvia Banon Ibanez (79) 76 73 (81)
602 AUSTRIA
604 FRANCE
608 NETHERLANDS
619 DENMARK
621 SWITZERLAND, NORWAY
633 GERMANY
641 ENGLAND (Gemma Clews (82) (83) 81 77, Samantha Giles 76 83 81 83, Sophie Lamb 78 82 (84) (84)
665 BELGIUM

LEADING FINAL INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
296 Emma Spitz (Austria) 75 74 70 77
298 Maria Parra Luque (Spain) 76 78 67 77
299 Luna Sobron (Spain) 73 77 74 75.

ENGLISH PLACINGS
323 Gemma Clews 82 83 81 77, Samantha Giles 76 83 81 83 (T22)]
328 Sophie Lamb 78 82 84 84 (25th)
Field of 31 players