HOME INTERNATIONALS - Winning start for Scotland against Wales

Scotland got off to a winning start on Wednesday 14 August in their defence of the Raymond Trophy at Ganton in the Home Internationals, beating Wales by 9.5 - 5.5.

Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) contributed two pints, teaming up with Graeme Robertson in the morning foursomes for a 3 & 2 win and following that with a 6 & 4 win in his afternoon singles.

In the other opening match, England had a narrow win over Ireland by 8 - 7.

Match details - Day 1

Scotland				Wales
Wednesday 14th August 2013
Foursomes
1	Jack McDonald Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club & Graeme Robertson Glenbervie Golf Club	Won 3 & 2			Richard James Aberystwyth Golf Club & Alistair Jones Radyr Golf Club
2	Scott Borrowman Dollar Golf Club & Grant Forrest Scotland	Won 5 & 3			Lee Jones Conwy (Caernarvonshire) & Craig Melding Neath Golf Club
3	Ewan Scott St Andrews Golf Club (The ) & James Ross Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh	Halved			David Boote Walton Heath Golf Club (Old Course) & Jason Shufflebotham Prestatyn Golf Club
4	Matthew Clark Kilmacolm Golf Club & Alexander Culverwell Dunbar Golf Club	Won 3 & 2			Jack Bush Morlais Castle Golf Club & Zach Galliford Borth & Ynyslas Golf Club
5	Bradley Neil Blairgowrie Golf Club & Daniel Young Craigie Hill Golf Club	Won 5 & 4			Mike Hearne Southerndown Golf Club & Ben Westgate Trevose Golf Club
	Foursomes Total	4½		½
Singles
6	Graeme Robertson Glenbervie Golf Club			Won 3 & 2	Jason Shufflebotham Prestatyn Golf Club
7	Grant Forrest Scotland	Won 3 & 2			Matthew Moseley Carmarthen Golf Club
8	Jack McDonald Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club	Won 6 & 4			Jack Bush Morlais Castle Golf Club
9	James Ross Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh	Won 3 & 2			Lee Jones Conwy (Caernarvonshire)
10	Alexander Culverwell Dunbar Golf Club			Won 3 & 2	Craig Melding Neath Golf Club
11	Scott Crichton Aberdour Golf Club			Won 1 Hole	Zach Galliford Borth & Ynyslas Golf Club
12	Ewan Scott St Andrews Golf Club (The )			Won 6 & 4	David Boote Walton Heath Golf Club (Old Course)
13	Scott Borrowman Dollar Golf Club	Won 2 & 1			Alistair Jones Radyr Golf Club
14	Bradley Neil Blairgowrie Golf Club			Won 1 Hole	Richard James Aberystwyth Golf Club
15	Matthew Clark Kilmacolm Golf Club	Won 1 Hole			Ben Westgate Trevose Golf Club
	Singles Total	5		5
	Wednesday Total	9½		5½
Ireland				England
Wednesday 14th August 2013
Foursomes
1	Dermot McElroy Ballymena Golf Club & Kevin Phelan Waterford Castle Golf Club	Won 2 & 1			Callum Shinkwin Moor Park Golf Club & Toby Tree Worthing Golf Club
2	Reeve Whitson Mourne & Brian Casey Headfort Golf Club			Won 1 Hole	Craig Hinton Oxfordshire (The) Golf Club & Ben Stow Rushmore Golf Club
3	Rory McNamara Headfort Golf Club & Gary Hurley West Waterford Golf Club			Won 4 & 2	Ryan Evans Wellingborough Golf Club & Paul Howard Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club
4	Paul Dunne Greystones Golf Club, Ireland & Jack Hulme Ireland	Halved			Michael Saunders Dartford Golf Club & Jamie Rutherford Knebworth Golf Club
5	Gavin Moynihan Donabate & Chris Selfridge Moyola Park			Won 2 & 1	Harry Casey Enfield Golf Club & Nick Marsh Huddersfield Golf Club
	Foursomes Total	1½		3½
Singles
6	Kevin Phelan Waterford Castle Golf Club	Halved			Callum Shinkwin Moor Park Golf Club
7	Reeve Whitson Mourne	Won 1 Hole			Craig Hinton Oxfordshire (The) Golf Club
8	Cormac Sharvin Ireland			Won 1 Hole	Toby Tree Worthing Golf Club
9	Dermot McElroy Ballymena Golf Club	Won 3 & 2			Ben Stow Rushmore Golf Club
10	Gary Hurley West Waterford Golf Club			Won 4 & 2	Jimmy Mullen Royal North Devon Golf Club
11	Brian Casey Headfort Golf Club	Won 1 Hole			Paul Howard Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club
12	Paul Dunne Greystones Golf Club, Ireland			Won 6 & 5	Ryan Evans Wellingborough Golf Club
13	Chris Selfridge Moyola Park			Won 5 & 3	Harry Casey Enfield Golf Club
14	Rory McNamara Headfort Golf Club	Won 4 & 3			Jamie Rutherford Knebworth Golf Club
15	Gavin Moynihan Donabate	Won 3 & 1			Nick Marsh Huddersfield Golf Club
	Singles Total	5½		4½
	Wednesday Total	7		8