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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

BOYS HOME INTERNATIONALS - Scotland defeated by Ireland on day 1

Scotland, with Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) in the team, lost their opening match at the 2009 Boys Home Internationals at Hankley Common, England.

McDonald and his partner Daniel Young, who performed well together in the European Boys Team Championships recently, went down by 6 & 5 in the morning foursomes and the Ayrshire boy fared little better in the afternoon, losing his match by 5 & 4.

Match results

IRELAND 9 SCOTLAND 6


Foursomes (3-2)

Paul Dunne & Ciaran Boggan lost to David Law & Paul Shields 1 hole
Chris Selfridge & Michal Durcan bt Sandy Bolton & Chris Robb 5 and 4
Reeve Whitson & Ian O'Rourke bt Jack McDonald & Daniel Young 6 and 5
Brian Casey & Danbiel Muphy lost to Jack Scott & Scott Bibson 1 hole
Colin Fairweather & Garth McGee bt Grant Forrest & Calum Stewart 6 and 5


Singles (6-4)

Dunne bt Law 4 and 3
McElroy halved with Shields
Selfridge lost to Robb 4 and 3
Whitson lost to Bolton 4 and 2
Durcan bt Redford 3 and 1
O'Rourke bt McDonald 5 and 4
Casey lost to Scott 2 and 1
Murphy bt Gibson 1 hole
McGee bt Forrest 5 and 4
Fairweather halved with Stewart.

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