Scotland girls in action at Panmure: left Rebecca Wilson and Annabel Niven on right. Click on images to enlarge (Cal Carson Golf Agency, all rights reserved)

SCOTLAND LEAD WALES

2-1 AFTER FOURSOMES

Scotland drew first blood in the Girls Home Internationals at Panmure Golf Club, Barry near Carnoustie.

Carly Booth and Kelsey MacDonald (pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, all rights reserved) beat the lead-off Welsh pairing of Chloe Williams and Katie Bradbury.

The Scots were never behind after winning the first and second holes.

Wales levelled matters by winning the third match in which Amy Boulden and Katherine O'Connor won by 4 and 3 against Annabel Niven and Eilidh Briggs.

The Scots square matters at the 11th but Wales won the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th for match.

Scotland's Rebecca Wilson and Sammy Vass put the home team in for lunch with a 2-1 lead when they beat Kelly Miller and Gemma Bradbury by 3 and 1.

The Scots squared the match at the ninth

and then won the 11th, the 16th (with a birdie) and the 17th.

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SCOTLAND LEAD WALES, IRELAND

AHEAD OF ENGLAND AFTER FOURSOMES

Scotland, Stroyan Cup-winners for the past two years but with only two survivors from last year's line-up, made an encouraging start to the Girls Home International matches at Panmure Golf Club, Barry near Carnoustie.They led Wales 2-1 at the end of the opening foursomes.

England, on paper, favourites to regain the title after their second place finish in the recent European girls' team championship at Murcar Links, were given a hard fight by Ireland who led in all three foursomes in the closing stages and also led 2-1 at lunchtime.

Scotland put the first point on the board when their lead-off pairing of Carly Booth and Kelsey MacDonald beat Chloe Williams and Karie Bradbury 5 and 4.

The Scots won the first two holes and were threee up after six.

Wales squared the contest overall when their girls' champion Amy Boulden and Katherine O'Connor won by 4 and 3 against Annabel Niven and Eilidh Briggs. The Welsh pair won the first two holes but were pulled back to all square at the 11th. Then Boulden and O'Connor pulled away again with wins at the 12th, 13th, 14th and a birdie 2 at the 15th.

Rebecca Wilson and Sammy Vass put the Scots in for lunch with a 2-1 lead by beating Kelly Miller and Gemma Bradbury 3 and 1 in the last tie to finish. All square after 10, Wilson and Vass won the 11th, the 16th with a birdie and the 17th.

MAGUIRE TWINS HOLD ON FOR VICTORY

The Maguire twins Lisa and Leona won the first foursomes for Ireland against England by one hole. The Maguires looked to have taken a commanding grip of the proceeding when they won the ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th to surge four up.

But Hannah Barwood, the English women's champion, and Holly Clyburn were not finished yet. They won back the 13th, but lost the 14th, before exerting pressure on their 13-year-old opponents by winning the 15th, 16th and 17th to be one down on the 18th tee.

The last hole was halved in nail-biting 5s.

Stephanie Meadow and Sarah Louise Winter put Ireland 2-0 when they beat Rachel Connor and Heidi Baeck by 3 and 1. The English pair won only two holes, the 10th and 14th, but Meadow and Winter were only one up on the 15th tee.

The Irish pair clinched victory with a strong finish, winning the 16th and 17th.

Kelly Tidy and Alexandra Peters kept alive England's hopes of salvaging a vital point from the morning foursomes by coming back from four down after seven holes to square the last match against Sarah Cunningham and Emma O'Driscoll at the 15th.

Tidy and Peters, who had not lost a hole since the seventh, kept up their momentum to win the 16th and go one up for the first time since the first hole. And they completed a great fightback by winning the 17th for a 2 and 1 victory.

COLLATED FOURSOMES RESULTS:

SCOTLAND lead WALES 2-1

Carly Booth and Kelsey MacDonald bt Chloe Williams and Katie Bradbury 5 and 4.

Rebecca Wilson and Sammy Vass bt Kelly Miller and Gemma Bradbury 3 and 1.

Annabel Niven and Eilidh Briggs lost to Amy Boulden and Katherine O'Connor 4 and 3.

IRELAND lead ENGLAND 2-1

Lisa & Leona Maguire bt Hannah Barwood and Holly Clyburn 1 hole.

Stephanie Meadow and Sarah Louise Winter bt Rachel Connor and Heidi Baek 3 and 1.

Sarah Cunningham and Emma O'Driscoll lost to Kelly Tidy and Alexandra Peters 2 and 1.