Thursday, 6 September 2012

England win the Home Internationals

In the title decider between the teams that had both beaten Scotland and Ireland, England retained the championship by the narrowest of margins. They drew with Wales 4 1/2-4 1/2 for both teams to finish with 2 1/2 match points.
The tie-breaker was individual games won and that went in favour of England by 18 1/2-16 1/2. Their 9-0 win over Ireland on the opening day proved decisive in the end.
Scotland lost to Ireland 5-4 . Scotland won all 3 morning foursomes but unfortunately only 16 year  Lauren Whyte managed to win her singles match.
Results
SCOTLAND 4, IRELAND 5
Foursomes - Kelsey MacDonald and Rachael Watton bt Mary Dowling and Jessica Carty 5 and 3, Alyson McKechin and Lauren Whyte bt Gillian O'Leary and Sarah Cunningham 2 and 1, Eilidh Briggs and Jane Turner bt Deirdre Smith and Chloe Ryan 2 and 1 (3-0).
Singles - MacDonald lost to Dowling 4 and 3, Laura Murray lost to Ryan 4 and 2, Watton lost to Carty 3 and 2, Whyte bt Lucy Simpson 2 and 1, Briggs lost to Smith 5 and 4, McKechin lost to Maria Dunne 6 and 4 (1-5)
Final Positions
1st England 2 1/2 pt (Games won 18 1/2)
2nd Wales 2 1/2 pt (Games won 16 1/2)
3rd Ireland 1pt
4th Scotland 0 pt