RENFREWSHIRE START WEST DIVISION
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A WIN

Defending champions Renfrewshire were the only team to make a winning start to the West Division women’s inter-county team golf championship at Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club today.
They beat Ayrshire 5-4 after taking the foursomes 2-1. The singles were shared 3-3.
Renfrewshire won three of the first four singles to gain a winning lead through Megan Briggs (pictured right), Claire-Marie Carlton and Gillian Kyle.
Lanarkshire drew 4 ½-4 ½ with Dunbartonshire & Argyll. Lanarkshire had a 2-1 foursomes lead but D&A took the singles 3 ½-2 ½.
Lanarkshire had two good wins in the top singles, county champion Pamela Pretswell beating Kylie Walker 3 and 2 while Susan Wood was a 2 and 1 winner over another international team player, Gemma Webster.
D&A’s tail wagged with wins by Sara Bishop and Anne Laing over Ruth Rankin and Alyson Hendry respectively.
The winners of the West Division championship will complete the set of four divisional qualifiers for the Scottish county finals at Tulliallan GC at the end of August.
Already through are Aberdeenshire, Midlothian and Dumfries-shire.

Results:
RENFREWSHIRE 5, AYRSHIRE 4
Foursomes: M Briggs & C-M Carlton bt L Hendry & M MacPherson 2 and 1; E Briggs & G McGinlay lost to D Watt & R Purdom 3 and 2; D Jackson & G Kyle bt C Maqlcolm & R McQueen 5 and 3 (2-1).
Singles: M Briggs bt Hendry 4 and 3, Carlton bt L Williamson 8 and 7, Jackson lost to Purdom 1 hole, Kyle bt L Keohone 2 and 1, McGinlay lost to Malcolm 5 and 4, J Wilson lost to Watt 4 and 3 (3-3).

LANARKSHIRE 4 ½, DUNBARTONSHIRE & ARGYLL 4 ½
Foursomes: E Cuthill & P Pretswell bt K Walker & G Webster 2 holes; S Wood & A Hendry bt S Cadden & J Meldrum 2 and 1; M Hughes & L Lloyd lost to A Laing & S Bishop 2 holes (2-1).
Singles: Pretswell bt Walker 3 and 2, Wood bt Webster 2 and 1, Cuthill lost to H Faulds 4 and 3, A Devine halved with J Galbraith, R Rankin lost to Bishop 3 and 1, Hendry lost to Laing 5 and 4 (2 ½-3 ½).