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From Colin Farquharson
Lanark's shaky start to defence of West title
LANARKSHIRE made a shaky start to their defence of the West Division women's
inter-county team golf championship at Cochrane Castle Golf Club yesterday
(Monday).
They lost 5-4 to Renfrewshire after trailing 2-1 from the morning foursomes
and drawing the singles 3-3.
Lanarkshire champion Clare Queen and Fiona Prior won as a lead foursomes
partnership and also as Nos 1 and 2 in the singles line-up but it was
not enough to compensate for Renfrewshire's greater strength in depth
on the day.
Karen Fitzgerald and Jennifer Jenkins were double morning and afternoon
winners for Renfrewshire.
Dunbartonshire & Argyll had a crushing 8-1 win over Ayrshire who did
not field their county champion, Sharon Lambie, in the morning foursomes
which Dunbartonshire & Argyll won 2 1/2-1/2. In the singles, Miss
Lambie lost the No 1 tie by one hole to D&A county champion Claire
McNeil.
West of Scotland champion Anne Laing and Sara Bishop won as a top foursomes
pairing and both won in the singles.
Results:
LANARKSHIRE 4, RENFREWSHIRE 5
Foursomes: C Queen & F Prior beat D Jackson & S Harman 3 and 2;
E Cuthill & S Wood lost to K Fitzgerald & J Jenkins 3 and 2; M
Hughes & J Wilson lost to C Whyte & G McGinley (2-1).
Singles: Queen beat Harman 5 and 4, Prior beat Jackson 3 and 2; Wilson
lost to Fitzgerald 5 and 4, A Young lost to A Shamash 1 hole, L Lloyd
lost to Jenkins 6 and 5, Cuthill beat M Skinner 1 hole (3-3).
DUNBARTONSHIRE & ARGYLL 8, AYRSHIRE 1
Foursomes: A Laing & S Bishop beat P Feggans & C Malcolm 5 and
3; C Hargan & C McNeil halved with C Taylor & R Kennedy; J Galbraith
& H Faulds beat M McQueen & G Lockhart 1 hole (2 1/2-1/2).
Singles: McNeil beat S Lambie 1 hole, Hargan beat Malcolm 7 and 6, Bishop
beat McQueen 6 and 5, LO Ruane halved with Kennedy; F McLean beat A Thompson
3 and 1; Laing beat Taylor 4 and 3 (5 1/2-1/2).
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