Northern Division inter-county women's team championship
ANGUS AND ABERDEENSHIRE WIN
OPENING MATCHES AT CRUDEN BAY
A 6-3 win by Aberdeenshire over title-holders Perth & Kinross - who won all three matches at Crieff 12 months ago - was not entirely unexpected on the opening day of the Northern Division women's inter-county team championship at Cruden Bay today.
But for Angus to beat Northern Counties, champions three years in a row unless finishing runners-up to P&K last year, 5 1/2-3 1/2 was a surprise to everyone except the Angus players and officials.
Angus clicked right away in the morning foursomes, taking them 2 1/2-1/2 and the confidence derived from that spilled over into the singles which were shared 3-3.
Dawn Dewar, a former Angus county champion as a teenager, had a very good win by two holes over the talented Kelsey MacDonald.
Shonagh Raitt won by 4 and 3 over Ashton Ingram and Angus's third singles point came from Fiona Gilbert, by one hole over Laura Walker.
Aberdeenshire, like Angus, carried over a 2pt lead into the singles and what a difference that makes. Shire won two singles through Laura Murray and debutante Sara Thomson and halved three other ties.
The most meritorious half-point for Aberdeenshire was secured by Laura McLardy who was four down with five to play against Scotland international Roseanne Niven and secured a square game out of it. Some finish!
Saturday details:
ANGUS 5 1/2, NORTHERN COUNTIES 3 1/2
FOURSOMES (2 1/2-1/2)
Shonagh Raitt & Fraces Millar halved with Kelsey MacDonald & Jenny Milne.
Heather Anderson & Mary Summers bt Kerri Harper & Laura Walker 3 and 2.
Dawn Dewar & Ann Ramsay bt Donna MacLeod & Eileen Manson 5 & 3.
SINGLES (3-3)
Summers lost to Harper 3 and 2.
Dewar bt MacDonald 2 holes.
Raitt bt Ashton Ingram 4 and 3.
Kathleen Sutherland lost to Milne 4 and 2.
Ramsay lost to Mary Smith 1 hole.
Fiona Gilbert bt Walker 1 hole.
ABERDEENSHIRE 6, Perth & Kinross 3
FOURSOMES (2 1/2-1/2)
Laura Murray & Michele Thomson bt Alexandra Bushby & Roseanne Niven 4 and 3.
Donna Pocock & Sheena Wood bt Emily Ogilvy & Eve Muirhead 2 and 1.
Jill Harrison & Carol Wilson halved with Jane Yellowlees & Jacqueline Sneddon.
SINGLES (3 1/2-2 1/2)
Michele Thomson halved with Bushby.
Murray bt F Ramsay 5 and 4.
Laura McLardy halved with Niven.
Wood lost to Ogilvy 5 and 4.
Sara Thomson bt Gwen Lambie 2 holes.
Wilson halved with Sneddon.
SUNDAY'S PROGRAMME
Aberdeenshire v Northern Counties
Foursomes: 9.30, 9.38 and 9.46.
Singles: 2pm, 2.08, 21.6, 2.25, 2.32, 2.40.
Angus v Perth & Kinross.
Foursomes: 9.54, 10.02 and 10.10.
Singles: 2.48, 2.56, 3.04, 3.12, 3.20.
MONDAY'S PROGRAMME
Perth & Kinross v Northern Counties
Foursomes: 9.30, 9.38 and 9.46.
Singles: 2pm, 2.08, 2.16, 2.24, 2.32 and 2.40.
Angus v Aberdeenshire.
Foursomes: 9.564, 10.02 and 10.10.
Singles: 2.48, 2.57, 3.04, 3.12, 3.20 and 3.28.
OPENING MATCHES AT CRUDEN BAY
A 6-3 win by Aberdeenshire over title-holders Perth & Kinross - who won all three matches at Crieff 12 months ago - was not entirely unexpected on the opening day of the Northern Division women's inter-county team championship at Cruden Bay today.
But for Angus to beat Northern Counties, champions three years in a row unless finishing runners-up to P&K last year, 5 1/2-3 1/2 was a surprise to everyone except the Angus players and officials.
Angus clicked right away in the morning foursomes, taking them 2 1/2-1/2 and the confidence derived from that spilled over into the singles which were shared 3-3.
Dawn Dewar, a former Angus county champion as a teenager, had a very good win by two holes over the talented Kelsey MacDonald.
Shonagh Raitt won by 4 and 3 over Ashton Ingram and Angus's third singles point came from Fiona Gilbert, by one hole over Laura Walker.
Aberdeenshire, like Angus, carried over a 2pt lead into the singles and what a difference that makes. Shire won two singles through Laura Murray and debutante Sara Thomson and halved three other ties.
The most meritorious half-point for Aberdeenshire was secured by Laura McLardy who was four down with five to play against Scotland international Roseanne Niven and secured a square game out of it. Some finish!
Saturday details:
ANGUS 5 1/2, NORTHERN COUNTIES 3 1/2
FOURSOMES (2 1/2-1/2)
Shonagh Raitt & Fraces Millar halved with Kelsey MacDonald & Jenny Milne.
Heather Anderson & Mary Summers bt Kerri Harper & Laura Walker 3 and 2.
Dawn Dewar & Ann Ramsay bt Donna MacLeod & Eileen Manson 5 & 3.
SINGLES (3-3)
Summers lost to Harper 3 and 2.
Dewar bt MacDonald 2 holes.
Raitt bt Ashton Ingram 4 and 3.
Kathleen Sutherland lost to Milne 4 and 2.
Ramsay lost to Mary Smith 1 hole.
Fiona Gilbert bt Walker 1 hole.
ABERDEENSHIRE 6, Perth & Kinross 3
FOURSOMES (2 1/2-1/2)
Laura Murray & Michele Thomson bt Alexandra Bushby & Roseanne Niven 4 and 3.
Donna Pocock & Sheena Wood bt Emily Ogilvy & Eve Muirhead 2 and 1.
Jill Harrison & Carol Wilson halved with Jane Yellowlees & Jacqueline Sneddon.
SINGLES (3 1/2-2 1/2)
Michele Thomson halved with Bushby.
Murray bt F Ramsay 5 and 4.
Laura McLardy halved with Niven.
Wood lost to Ogilvy 5 and 4.
Sara Thomson bt Gwen Lambie 2 holes.
Wilson halved with Sneddon.
SUNDAY'S PROGRAMME
Aberdeenshire v Northern Counties
Foursomes: 9.30, 9.38 and 9.46.
Singles: 2pm, 2.08, 21.6, 2.25, 2.32, 2.40.
Angus v Perth & Kinross.
Foursomes: 9.54, 10.02 and 10.10.
Singles: 2.48, 2.56, 3.04, 3.12, 3.20.
MONDAY'S PROGRAMME
Perth & Kinross v Northern Counties
Foursomes: 9.30, 9.38 and 9.46.
Singles: 2pm, 2.08, 2.16, 2.24, 2.32 and 2.40.
Angus v Aberdeenshire.
Foursomes: 9.564, 10.02 and 10.10.
Singles: 2.48, 2.57, 3.04, 3.12, 3.20 and 3.28.
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