JENNA WILSON 69 AS SCOTS JOINT

SIXTH IN EUROPEAN WOMEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST Q ROUND

Scotland were lying joint sixth at the halfway stage of the stroke-play qualifying competition in the European women's amateur team championship at Golf Club Castelconturbia, Italy.

Anna Nordqvist (Sweden), beaten in the final of the recent Ladies' British open amateur championship, showed the low-scoring possibilities with a course-record 64, the lowest score ever recorded by anyone, male or female, amateur or professional at this Italian venue.

Even Jose Maria Olazabal and Costantino Rocca could not do better than 66s in their day.

Anna had eight birdies and no bogeys.

Carlota Ciganda, who beat Miss Nordqvist in the final at Alwoodley, spearheaded Spain into the lead with a 66, closely followed by compatriot Emma Cabrera.

England did best of the four home countries with a first-round team total of 363 to put them in fourth place after Spain (349), Sweden (357) and Germany (359).

Rachel Bell and Melissa Reid top-scored for England with 71 apiece. England were able to discard one of their 74s.

Contrast that with Scotland who had to count a 75 (from Rachael Livingstone), a 76 (from Michele Thomson) and a 77 (from Heather MacRae). Emily Ogilvy (78) had Scotland's non-counting score.

Jenna Wilson, pictured above, had a good day with a three-under-par 69 which included five birdies and two bogeys.

Next best in the Scotland camp was Roseanne Niven with a 74.

The Scots are in joint sixth place on 371 with France.

Ireland (369) are just ahead of Scotland in fifth place. Danielle McVeigh was the Irish pin-up girl with a 68.

Wales are in eighth place - and only eight teams make up the championship flight - with 372. Sahra Hassan was the Welsh best with a 73.

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND
349 Spain (C Ciganda 66, E Cabrera 67, A Munoz 71, A Felgueroso 71, B Mozo 74. NC: C Perez-Narbon 76).
357 Sweden (A Nordqvist 64, K Kinnerud 71, P Lindberg 73, C Westrup 74, S Wikstrom 75. NC: C Lennarth 76).
359 Germany.
363 England (R Bell 71, M Reid 71, F Parker 73, N Edwards 74, J Ewart 74. NC: K Smith 74).

369 Ireland (D McVeigh 68, D Smith 73, T Delaney 75, M Riordan 76, K Delaney 77. NC: M Morrin 78).

371 Scotland (J Wilson 69, R Niven 74, R Livingstone 75, M Thomson 76, H MacRae 77. NC: E Ogilvy 78), France
372 Wales (S Hassan 70, T Davies 73, B Harries 75, L Hall 76, B Loucks 78. NC: J Nicholson 79).
372 Belgium, Italy.
378 Austria, Switzerland
379 Finland
382 Netherlands
384 Norway
403 Slovenia