England trail in Women's Nations Cup - ninth

 of 10 with a round to go at Sotogrande


England, represented by Gemma Clews, Samantha Giles and Sophie Lamb,  are lying ninth in a field of 10 teams with one round to go in the Women's Nations Cup tournament at Sotogrande on Spain's Costa del Sol.
Hosts Spain (442) lead by five shots from Austria) 447) with France (452) third and the Netherlands (455) fourth.
England have a 54-hole team total of 481, 39 strokes behind leaders Spain. Only Belgium (500) are behind England in the table.
Austria's Emma Spitz leads the individual event with a three-round tally of 219 - two shots ahead of Maria Parra Luque (Spain).

THIRD-ROUND TEAM SCOREBOARD
442 SPAIN
447 AUSTRIA
452 FRANCE
455 NETHERLANDS
460 NORWAY
463 SWITZERLAND
471 DENMARK
472 GERMANY
481 ENGLAND
500 BELGIUM

INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD
219 Emma Spitz (Austria) 75 74 70
221 Maria Parra Luque (Spain) 76 78 67
224 Luna Sobron (Spain) 73 77 74, Ros Haarman (Netherlands) 82 71 74.

ENGLISH SCORES
240 Samantha Giles 76 83 81 (20th)
244 Sophie Lamb 78 82 84 (T23)
246 Gemma Clews 82 83 81 (T25)

+Former Scottish U18 girls champion Fiona Liddell is playing for Germany and has scored 85, 80 and 77 for 21st position  on 242.
Scotland did not enter a team.