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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

HOME INTERNATIONALS - Scotland beaten by England on day 1.

Scotland's bid for the Raymond Trophy at the Home Internationals got off to a bad start at Hillside G.C. on Wednesday with a 9.5 - 5.5 defeat at the hands of the host nation, England.

The foursomes were shared 2.5 - 2.5 with Ayrshire's Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) combining with Wallace Booth to beat Sam Hutsby & Chris Paisley by 5 & 4.

In the singles, Stewart lost to Paisley by one hole whilst fellow Ayrshireman Steven McEwan (Caprington) beat Luke Goddard by the same margin.

Match details were :-

SCOTLAND 5 1/2, ENGLAND 9 1/2

FOURSOMES (2 1/2-2 1/2) - (Scotland names first)

Gavin Dear & Keir McNicoll halved with Matt Haines & Tommy Fleetwood
Wallace Booth & Michael Stewart bt Sam Hutsby & Chris Paisley 5 and 4
James White & David Law lost to Dale Whitnell & Luke Goddard 3 and 2
Ross Kellett & James Byrne bt Jamie Abbott & Stiggy Hodgson 1 hole
Glenn Campbell & Paul O'Hara lost to James Robinson & Matthew Nixon 2 holes

SINGLES (3-7)

Wallace Booth lost to Matt Haines 3 and 2
Gavin Dear lost to Dale Whitnell 3 and 2
Ross Kellett lost to Sam Hutsby 1 hole
Michael Stewart lost to Chris Paisley 1 hole
James Byrne halved with Matthew Nixon
David Law halved with Jamie Abbott
Keir McNicoll lost to Tommy Fleetwood 7 and 5
Steven McEwan bt Luke Goddard 1 hole
Glenn Campbell bt Stiggy Hodgson 3 and 2
Paul O'Hara lost to Farren Keenan 5 and 4

In the other match on Wednesday, Wales beat Ireland by 8 - 7.

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