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Monday, June 22, 2009

WEST OF SCOTLAND LADIES JAMBOUREE - Ayrshire lose narrowly on day 1

From the www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk website :-

Renfrewshire, the defending champions, made an impressive start to their 2009 campaign to retain the West Division women's inter-county team championship at Stathaven Golf Club today.They beat Lanarkshire, without Vagliano Trophy player Pamela Pretswell, soundly by the resounding margin of 8-1.

The writing was on the wall for Lanarkshire after they lost the morning foursomes 3-0.

Dunbartonshire & Argyll, without their GB&I team selection and county champion Kylie Walker managed to edge a 5-4 win over Ayrshire, which represented a good afternoon's work by Ayrshire.

They had lost the morning foursomes 2-1 but battled hard to share the singles.

Tomorrow, it's Renfrewshire v Ayrshire and Lanarkshire v Dunbartonshire & Argyll.

On Wednesday, it's Lanarkshire v Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire & Argyll v Renfrewshire.

The winners of the West Division title qualify for the four-cornered contest for the Scottish women's county team championship at Baberton Golf Club, Edinburgh in September.

TODAY'S DETAILS

RENFREWSHIRE 8, LANARKSHIRE 1

Renfrewshire names first

FOURSOMES (3-0)
Eilidh Briggs & Megan Briggs bt Sheena Wood & Elaine Cuthill 6 & 5
Clare-Marie Carlton & Alyson McKechin bt Angela Devine & Fiona Norris 6 & 5
Donna Jackson & Liz Stewart bt Lesley Lloyd & May Hughes 3 & 2

SINGLES (5-1)
Megan Briggs bt Norris 3 & 2
Carlton bt Wood 4 & 2
Eilidh Briggs lost to Lesley Lloyd 4 & 3
McKechin bt Cuthill 2 holes
Gillian Kyle bt Ruth Rankin 2 & 1
Carol Whyte bt Joanna Scott 6 & 5

DUMBARTONSHIRE 5, AYRSHIRE 4

D&A names first

FOURSOMES (2-1)
Anne Laing & Jill Meldrum bt Lesley Hendry & Rachael McQueen 1 hole
Nicola Ferguson & Louisa Ruane lost to Audrey Thompson & Liz Keohone 3 & 2
Suzanne Cadden & Laura McGeachy bt Alex Glennie & Catherine Malcolm 2 holes

SINGLES (3-3)
Laing bt Hendry 6 & 4
Ferguson bt McQueen 6 & 5
Meldrum bt Lesley Williamson 3 & 2
McGeachy lost Julie Linklater 5 & 4
Lorraine Campbell lost to Thompson 4 & 3
Cadden lost to Malcolm 4 & 3

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