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Thursday, August 04, 2016

HOME INTERNATIONALS - Girls team home in on title

Scotland Girl’s team go into the final day of the Girl’s Home Internationals at Conwyn, Wales, on Friday 5th August, knowing that a draw against Ireland will be good enough to win the Home Internationals title in nine years.

Playing against the defending champions, England on the second day, Scotland took a 2.5 – 0.5 lead after the foursomes with Hazel McGarvie (Troon Ladies) contributing with a 5 & 4 victory.

In the afternoon singles, Louise Duncan (West Kilbrdie) halved her match whilst Hazel McGarvie won by 5 & 3.

Scotland eventually overcame England by 6 – 3

Match details (England names first):-

L-M Humphreys & A Williamson lost to S McWilliam & J Free by 2 & 1
E Price & I Wardle halved with J Rankine & J MacKintosh.
L Brunt & A Fuller lost to H MacGarvie & J Farrell by 5 & 3

L-M Humphreys lost to S McWilliam by 3 & 2
E Price beat J Free by 2 & 1
A Williamson halved with L Duncan
L Brunt beat J Rankine by 2 & 1
A Fuller lost to J Farrell by 4 & 3
I Wardle lost to H MacGarvie by 4 & 3

ENGLAND    3     SCOTLAND     6

In the Woman’s Home Internationals, also being played at Conwyn, Wales, Scotland suffered a second successive defeat in the series, going down by 6 – 3 overall for their second defeat of the week.

Scotland led 2 – 1 after the morning foursomes, With Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) combining with Clara Young to win their tie by 3 & 1.

In the afternoon singles, England almost swept the board, winning by 5 – 1 overall.

Match details (England names first):-

L Prior & E Allen lost to J Meek & H Munro by 1 hole
M MacLaren and O Winning beat E Briggs and H McCook by 1 hole
G Clews & S Lamb lost to C Young and C Jaffrey by 3 & 1

G Clews beat H McCook by 6 & 4
M MacLaren beat E Briggs by 6 & 5
S Lamb beat Meek by 3 & 1
S Giles beat C Goadby by 2 & 1
O Winning beat Clara Young by 2 & 1
prior to losing lost to Munro 4 & 2

ENGLAND  6   SCOTLAND  3

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