Monday, April 18, 2011

Scotland v Ireland Vets Match - - THE IRISH HOLD OFF RALLYING SCOTS TO WIN MARY McKENNA TROPHY

The annual Veteran's match against Ireland for the Mary McKenna Perpetual Trophy has been played at Craigielaw yesterday and today. West Vets May Hughes was playing for Scotland

Scotland, despite a brave fightback in the singles, lost 6 1/2-5 1/2 to Ireland in the two-day senior women's amateur golf international match for the Mary McKenna Trophy at Craigielaw Golf Club today. The Irish built up a three-point lead in Sunday's four-ball foursomes when the Scots could muster only half a point from the four ties.
The home team took the singles 5-3 today with wins by Moira Thomson, Anne Ryan,
Lorna Bennett, Elaine Allison and Alison Bartlett but it was not enough to make up the leeway.

SCOTLAND 5 1/2, IRELAND 6 1/2

SUNDAY FOUR-BALL FOURSOMES (1/2-3 1/2)
Scottish names first
Lorna Bennett and Elaine Allison lost to Sheena McElroy and Phil O'Gorman 2 and 1
Heather Anderson and Anne Ryan lost to Niamh Giblin and Mairead MacNamara 4 and 3
Moira Thomson and May Hughes lost to Valerie Hassett and Violet McBride 3 and 2
Mary Smith and Allison Bartlett halved with Helen Jones and Pat Doran.

MONDAY SINGLES (5-3)
Thomson bt McNamara 2 and 1.
Hughes lost to McElroy 2 and 1.
Ryan bt McBride 1 hole.
Bennett bt Giblin 3 and 2.
Smith lost to Doran 2 and 1.
Allison bt O'Gorman 1 hole.
Bartlett bt Hassett 6 and 4,
Anderson lost to Jones 2 holes.

TO READ THE FULL REPORT GO TO THE EAST VETS WEBSITE