Wednesday 11 July 2012

Scottish Girls Team fails to qualify for top flight

Scotland failed by a wide margin to be one of the eight teams who qualified for the top match-play flight in the European girls' golf team championships at St Leon-Rot Golf Club, Germany.

England, who had four players in the top five individual scorers over the 36 holes stroke-play section, were leading qualifiers with a 35-under-par total of 685, 21 shots ahead of No 2 seeds Spain.

Ireland (753) finished 13th, Scotland (759) 14th and Wales (782) 19th of 20.

Scotland's scores were:
147 Clara Young (North Berwick) 70 77 (T40)
151 Rachel Walker (Dumfries & Co) 72 79 (T67)
155 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies0 77 78, Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) 77 78 (T86)
156 Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) 75 81, Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 80 76.
Report by Colin Farquarson
Elaine said "The lassies played their hearts out today and are ready to rock flight 2 v Czech Republic tomorrow".