Scotland retained the Mary McKenna Perpetual Trophy by a 1pt (6 1/2-5 1/2)margin over their Irish veteran women rivals in a thrilling finish to the annual two-day match at St Margaret's Golf Club, Dublin
FIRST DAY RESULTS
IRELAND 2, SCOTLAND 2
Irish names first:
FOUR-BALLS
Mary Madden & Carmel Cahill lost to Heather Anderson & Margaret Tough 4 and 2.
Valerie Hassett & Pamela Morgan lost to Lorna Bennett & Fiona de Vries 3 and 2.
Marilyn Henderson & Nano Brennan beat Helen Faulds & Fiona Hunter 2 and 1.
Sheena O'Brien-Kenney & Violet McBride beat Pamela Williamson & Kathleen Sutherland 1 hole.
SINGLES: Ireland 3 1/2- Scotland 4 1/2)
Mary McKenna lost to Kathleen Sutherland 1 hole..
Mary Madden halved with Margaret Tough.
Eileen MacMullen lost to Pamela Williamson 2 and 1.
Sheena O'Brien-Kenney beat Helen Faulds 3 and 2.
Pamela Morgan lost to Fiona De Vries 1 hole.
Violet McBride halved with Lorna Bennett.
Marilyn Henderson halved with Fiona Hunter.
Valerie Hassett beat Heather Anderson 7 and 6.
Thanks go to Gillian Kirkwood and Colin Farquharson for all the results and the photograph
