SENIOR WOMEN'S HOME INTERNATIONALS AT HUDDERSFIELD
SCOTS LET FOURSOMES LEAD SLIP IN SINGLES AGAINST WELSH DRAGONS
Scotland's hopes of winning the Senior Women's Home Internationals title at Huddersfield Golf Club, Yorkshire suffered a body blow when they lost their opening match 4 1/2-3 1/2 to Wales.
In the other opening match, Ireland, champions for the past two years, were cut down to size by England 5 1/2-2 1/2.
Things looked promising for the Scots when they took the morning foursomes 2-1 but they were outplayed by the Welsh dragons in the singles.
Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) and Anne Ryan (Tain) both fell two down very early on to Jane Rees and Ann Lewis respectively. In the end Wood lost by 3 and 2, Ryan by 5 and 3.
Scotland's only double winner was Northern Counties LGA secretary Alison Bartlett who formed a good foursomes partnership with Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) and then beat former Curtis Cup player Vicki Thomas by 2 and 1.
Mary Smith (Tain) was held to a square match and Fiona de Vries (St Rule) lost heavily, 6 and 5, in the final tie against Sharon Roberts.
SENIOR WOMEN'S HOME INTERNATIONALS
Huddersfield Golf Club.
DAY ONE
SCOTLAND 3 1/2, WALES 4 1/2
Foursomes: 2-1
S Wood and L Lloyd lost to S Roberts and V Thomas 3 and 2.
A Bartlett and A Glennie bt J Ace and ODavies 1 hole.
M Smith and F De Vries bt A Lewis and J Rees 3 and 1.
Singles: 1 1/2, 3 1/2
Wood lost to Rees 3 and 2.
A Ryan lost to Lewis 5 and 3.
Bartlett bt Thomas 2 and 1.
Smith halved with C Harries
De Vries lost to Roberts 6 and 5.
ENGLAND 5 1/2, IRELAND 2 1/2
Foursomes: 1-2
J Brown and A Mayne lost to C Wickham and S McElroy 1 hole.
C Quinn and L Housman lost to P Doran and H Jones 5 and 3.
C Rawthore and K Russell bt L Webb and S Corcoran 2 and 1.
Singles: 4 1/2- 1/2
Rawthore bt Webb 1 hole.
Brown bt Wickham 5 and 4.
Mayne halved with Doran
D Ricdhards bt G McMullen 3 and 2.
Russell bt McElroy 1 hole.
Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report.
