North Division title at stake in Downfield finale

ANGUS v PERTH & KINROSS FOR
PLACE IN SCOTTISH FINALS

Host county Angus will meet Perthshire & Kinross at Downfield Golf Club, Dundee on Monday with the North Division women’s inter-county team golf championship at stake.
A halved match would be enough to put P&K, conquerors so far of Northern Counties and then Aberdeenshire, through to the Scottish county finals at Inchmarlo Golf Resort, Banchory from September 19 to 21.
Angus, who have beaten Aberdeenshire and drawn with Northern Counties, must beat P&K to top the table.
Defending champions Aberdeenshire have underachieved compared with last season when they not only won the North Division title but only lost the Scottish title to Midlothian on a games-won countback.
Perthshire & Kinross beat Shire 5-4 today when 16-year-old Carly Booth from Comrie beat Scottish champion Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) in a battle between Curtis Cup team-mates from the recent St Andrews match.
Carly won by 3 and 2.
In the morning foursomes Carly and Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) had halved with Michele and Alford’s Laura Murray.
There was nothing to choose between Angus and Northern Counties. They split the foursomes 1 ½-1 ½ and then the singles 3-3 for a 4 ½-4 ½ draw today.
Rebecca Wilson (Monifieth), who had a square match with Michele Thomson on Saturday, again played well for Angus in the lead-off singles tie. She beat the experienced Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch) 3 and 2.

Weekend results:

SATURDAY
ANGUS 5 ½, ABERDEENSHIRE 3 ½
Foursomes: R Wilson & A Ramsay lost to M Thomson & L Murray 4 and 3; M Summers & A Hunter bt C Wilson & L McLardy 5 and 3; K McNicoll & S Raitt lost to S Wood & D Pocock 1 hole (1-2).
Singles: Wilson halved with M Thomson, McNicoll bt Pocock 3 and 2, H Anderson bt Wood 3 and 2, Raitt bt S Thomson 5 and 4, J Brown bt J Harrison 3 and 2, Ramsay lost to Murray 3 and 2 (4 1/2-1 ½).
NORTHERN COUNTIES 3, PERTHSHIRE & KINROSS 6
Foursomes: K MacDonald & C Gruber bt L Walker & E Muirhead 2 and 1; M Smith & S Vass lost to E Ogilvy & C Booth 5 and 3; J Milne & P Mackay lost to A Bushby & A Niven 7 and 6 (1-2).
Singles: MacDonald lost to Walker 6 and 5, Gruber bt J Milne 4 and 2; A Ingram lost to Ogilvy 5 and 4, Mackay lost to Booth 4 and 3, Vass bt Niven 1 hole, Smith lost to Bushby 5 and 4 (2-4).

SUNDAY
ABERDEENSHIRE 4, PERTHSHIRE & KINROSS 5
Foursomes: M Thomson & L Murray halved with E Ogilvy & C Booth; J Harrison & S Thomson lost to A Bushby & A Niven 3 and 2; S Wood & D Pocock halved with L Walker & E Muirhead (1-2).
Singles: M Thomson lost to Booth 3 and 2; Murray lost to Ogilvy 2 and 1; L McLardy lost to Walker 2 and 1; Wood bt Bushby 4 and 3, C Wilson bt C Muir 6 and 5, Pocock bt J Milne 5 and 4 (3-3).
NORTHERN COUNTIES 4 ½, ANGUS 4 ½
Foursomes: C Gruber & K MacDonald bt A Ramsay & R Wilson 5 and 4; S Vass & A Ingram lost to M Summers & A Hunter 1 hole; P Mackay, E Mackay halved with K McNicoll & S Raitt (1 ½-1 ½).
Singles: Gruber lost to Wilson 3 and 2; MacDonald bt McNicoll 2 and 1; Ingram bt J Brown 1 hole; P Mackay lost to Ramsay 4 and 2, E Mackay bt H Anderson 1 hole; Vass lost to Raitt 4 and 2 (3-3).
HOW THEY STAND
1 Perthshire & Kinross 2 pt; 2 Angus 1 1/2pt; 3 Northern Counties 1/2pt; 4 Aberdeenshire 0pt.
FINAL MATCHES
Angus v Perthshire & Kinross.
Aberdeenshire v Northern Counties.