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| Euan Walker |
After
a bright start in the competition, Scotland’s bid for the European Boys Team
Championship at Murcar Links this week faultered in the quarter finals against
Norway on Thursday and suffered a further setback against Ireland on Friday,
leaving a best finish of seventh place at stake if they can bounce back to beat
Sweden in the last round of matches on Saturday.
With
Ayrshire’s Euan Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) in the team, Scotland stormed into
the top flight of the Matchplay stages in third spot with Walker contributing a
72 in the first round and a 73 in the second round to the Scotland total of 721
TOP
FLIGHT QUALIFIERS
715
- Italy718 - England
721 - Scotland
726 - France
730 - Denmark
735 - Norway
738 - Ireland
742 – Sweden
This left the quarter final line up as :- Italy v Sweden, France v Denmark, Scotland v Norway & England v Ireland.
In
the quarter finals on Thursday things were looking good for Scotland after the
opening foursomes with Walker in action as the home side took a 2 – 0 lead over
Norway.
Things
turned sour for the Scots side in the afternoon singles, defeat in four of the
five ties sending Scotland crashing to a 4 – 3 defeat.
Match details :-
SCOTLAND 3 NORWAY 4
Foursomes
Connor Syme & Calum Hill beat Kristogger Reitan and Kristian Johannsen by 3 & 2
Robert MacIntyre & Euan Walker beat Andreas Halvorsen and Kristoffer Ventura by 3 & 2
Singles
Ewen Ferguson lost to Halvorsen by 5 & 4
Syme lost to Viktor Hovland at the 20th
Hill beat Reitan by 3 & 1
MacIntyre lost to Johannsen by 3 & 2
Walker lost to Venture by 4 & 3
Ewen Ferguson lost to Halvorsen by 5 & 4
Syme lost to Viktor Hovland at the 20th
Hill beat Reitan by 3 & 1
MacIntyre lost to Johannsen by 3 & 2
Walker lost to Venture by 4 & 3
On Friday, Scotland faced Ireland in the
hope of securing fifth spot overall, but again suffered disappointment. With
only one foursomes and four singles to play, Euan Walker was selected for the
foursomes with Ewen Ferguson but lost narrowly by one hole as the scots lost
out to ireland by 3.5 – 1.5 overall.
Match details :-
SCOTLAND 1.5 IRELAND 3.5
Foursomes
Foursomes
Ewen Ferguson & Euan Walker lost to Alex Myles &
Sean Flanagan by 1 hole
Singles
Connor Syme lost to Robin Dawson by 2 & 1
Calum Hill halved with Gareth Lapin
Ben Kinsley lost to Paul McBridge by 2 & 1
Robert McIntyre beat James Sugrue by 1 hole
Connor Syme lost to Robin Dawson by 2 & 1
Calum Hill halved with Gareth Lapin
Ben Kinsley lost to Paul McBridge by 2 & 1
Robert McIntyre beat James Sugrue by 1 hole
In the final on Saturday, Italy face Norway
for the European Boys Team title.
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