Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Renfrewshire wins Inter County Matches by narrow margin from Lanarkshire

Renfrewshire retained the West Division women's inter-county team championship after an exciting finish at Haggs Castle today.
They beat Dunbartonshire and Argyll 5 1/2-3 1/2 while their main rivals, Lanarkshire, beat Ayrshire 6-3.
Renfrewshire won title and a place in the Scottish finals by the smallest of margins over Lanarkshire - 16 ½ - 16 games .
It all came down to the Megan Briggs v Nichola Ferguson match.  After an up and down match, Megan sank a brilliant putt for a birdie 3 at the 17th  for a half with Nichola which proved to be the winning putt for Renfrewshire.
Results
Ayrshire v Lanarkshire   3 - 6
Foursomes    0 - 3
Jaffrey/Thompson lost to Caddow/d'Ambrosio  3/1
Allan/Linklater lost to Norris/Potter  2/1
Glennie/MacGarvie lost to Cassidy/Lloyd 2/1
Singles  3 - 3
Allan lost to d'Ambrosio 3/1
Malcolm lost to Wood 4/2
Jaffrey bt Potter 6/5
MacGarvie bt Lloyd  3/2
Thompson bt Cassidy 2/1
Purdom lost to Caddow 4/3

Renfrewshire v Dunbarton & Argyll   5½ 3½
Foursomes   2 - 1
E Briggs/Milne lost to Hargan/Farrell   6/4
M Briggs/Whyte bt Ferguson/McGeachy  4/3
Kyle/Jackson bt Laing/Baker  2 up
Singles    5½ - 3½
E Briggs bt Campbell  4/3
Milne lost to Farrell  2/1
Whyte lost to Hargan 5/3
Jackson bt McGeachy  1 up
M Briggs halved with Ferguson
Stewart bt Laing 4/3

Final Places:
1.   Renfrewshire     5 match points    individual games 16½
2.  Lanarkshire       5 match points    individual games  16
3.   Dunbarton & Argyll  1 match point   individual games  11½
4.  Ayrshire   1 match point   individual games  10