Day 2 of Girls Home Internationals at Fairhaven
Eilidh and Rachael keep Scotland's hopes
alive by winning foursome v England
Scotland's final foursomes pairing of Eilidh Briggs and Rachael Watton kept alive hopes going into the afternoon singles by beating England's Holly Clyburn and Alexandra Peters by two holes on a hot and sunny Day 2 of the Girls Home Internationals at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lancashire.
That cut the England lunchtime lead to 2-1, instead of the 3-0 advantage they established over Wales in Tuesday's foursomes.
Wales bounced back from their 8-1 defeat by England to take a 2-1 lead from the foursomes against Ireland.
HOW WALES TOOK A 2-1 LEAD OVER IRELAND
Katie Bradbury and Chelsey Herbert scored a notable win for Wales over the Vagliano Trophy pairing of Lisa and Leona Maguire.
The Irish twins were expected to win but, in fact, their Welsh opponents were never behind in an absorbing contest.
Bradbury and Herbert went three up aftere eight holes with successes at the fifth, seventh and eighth holes. The Maguire girls came back strongly to square the match at the 14th but they were held at bay over the 15th, 16th and 17th holes before Bradebury and Herbert birdied the long last hole for a one-hole victory.
Wales went 2-0 with a 2 and 1 win by Amy Boulden and Gemma Bradbury over Carla Reynolds and Patrice Delaney. Here again the Welsh pair were never behind after surging three holes up by the seventh tee. Reynolds and Delaney came back into it with successes at the 10th and 12th but the Welsh pair were either two or one hole to the good over the closing holes and a par 3 at the 17th clinched a 2 and 1 win for Boulden and Bradbury.
Ireland got a point on the board with a 3 and 1 win in the final foursomes by Laura McCarthy and Emma O’Driscoll over Chloe Williams and Natasha Gobey. After an early exchange of holes, the Irish pair went two up by winning the eighth and ninth.
That was the decisive move of the match. The Welsh pair got their deficit back to one hole by winning the 12th but it was so far and no further. McCarthy and O’Driscoll won the 17th to finish the match.
HOW ENGLAND TOOK A 2-1 LEAD OVER SCOTLAND
England’s Heidi Baek and Kelly Tidy won the sixth, seventh and eighth to go three up on Scotland’s Ailsa Bain and Sammy Leslie before winning the top foursomes tie in the second match by 3 and 2.
That lead stretched for four holes at the 11th. The Scots won back the 12th and 13th but Baek and Tidy won the 14th to go three up again with four to play. Halves at the 15th and 16th ended the contest in England’s favour.
England went 2-0 with a 2 and 1 victory by Hannah Turland and Hayley Davis over Sammy Vass and Rachael Taylor, neither of whom figured in Scotland’s first-day win over Ireland.
Turland and Davis had the edge early on but the Scots got their act together to win four holes in a row from the four and were still two up at the turn. England squared matters by winning the 10th and 11th.. After three halves in a row, England made the winning move by capturing the 15th and 16th and then halving the 17th for a 2 and 1 win.
Scotland needed a point to keep their afternoon hopes alive and they got it from the final pairing of Eilidh Briggs and Rachael Watton. They won by two holes over Holly Clyburn and Alexandra Peters.
It was a ding-dong struggle for most of the way with neither side able to go more than one hole up. Then Briggs and Watton, who had gone one up for a second time by winning the 12th, doubled their advrange with a birdied 4 at the long 16th to be two up with two to play.
Clyburn and Peters hit back by winning the short 17th but the Scots won the last hole for a two-hole victory.
alive by winning foursome v England
Scotland's final foursomes pairing of Eilidh Briggs and Rachael Watton kept alive hopes going into the afternoon singles by beating England's Holly Clyburn and Alexandra Peters by two holes on a hot and sunny Day 2 of the Girls Home Internationals at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lancashire.
That cut the England lunchtime lead to 2-1, instead of the 3-0 advantage they established over Wales in Tuesday's foursomes.
Wales bounced back from their 8-1 defeat by England to take a 2-1 lead from the foursomes against Ireland.
HOW WALES TOOK A 2-1 LEAD OVER IRELAND
Katie Bradbury and Chelsey Herbert scored a notable win for Wales over the Vagliano Trophy pairing of Lisa and Leona Maguire.
The Irish twins were expected to win but, in fact, their Welsh opponents were never behind in an absorbing contest.
Bradbury and Herbert went three up aftere eight holes with successes at the fifth, seventh and eighth holes. The Maguire girls came back strongly to square the match at the 14th but they were held at bay over the 15th, 16th and 17th holes before Bradebury and Herbert birdied the long last hole for a one-hole victory.
Wales went 2-0 with a 2 and 1 win by Amy Boulden and Gemma Bradbury over Carla Reynolds and Patrice Delaney. Here again the Welsh pair were never behind after surging three holes up by the seventh tee. Reynolds and Delaney came back into it with successes at the 10th and 12th but the Welsh pair were either two or one hole to the good over the closing holes and a par 3 at the 17th clinched a 2 and 1 win for Boulden and Bradbury.
Ireland got a point on the board with a 3 and 1 win in the final foursomes by Laura McCarthy and Emma O’Driscoll over Chloe Williams and Natasha Gobey. After an early exchange of holes, the Irish pair went two up by winning the eighth and ninth.
That was the decisive move of the match. The Welsh pair got their deficit back to one hole by winning the 12th but it was so far and no further. McCarthy and O’Driscoll won the 17th to finish the match.
HOW ENGLAND TOOK A 2-1 LEAD OVER SCOTLAND
England’s Heidi Baek and Kelly Tidy won the sixth, seventh and eighth to go three up on Scotland’s Ailsa Bain and Sammy Leslie before winning the top foursomes tie in the second match by 3 and 2.
That lead stretched for four holes at the 11th. The Scots won back the 12th and 13th but Baek and Tidy won the 14th to go three up again with four to play. Halves at the 15th and 16th ended the contest in England’s favour.
England went 2-0 with a 2 and 1 victory by Hannah Turland and Hayley Davis over Sammy Vass and Rachael Taylor, neither of whom figured in Scotland’s first-day win over Ireland.
Turland and Davis had the edge early on but the Scots got their act together to win four holes in a row from the four and were still two up at the turn. England squared matters by winning the 10th and 11th.. After three halves in a row, England made the winning move by capturing the 15th and 16th and then halving the 17th for a 2 and 1 win.
Scotland needed a point to keep their afternoon hopes alive and they got it from the final pairing of Eilidh Briggs and Rachael Watton. They won by two holes over Holly Clyburn and Alexandra Peters.
It was a ding-dong struggle for most of the way with neither side able to go more than one hole up. Then Briggs and Watton, who had gone one up for a second time by winning the 12th, doubled their advrange with a birdied 4 at the long 16th to be two up with two to play.
Clyburn and Peters hit back by winning the short 17th but the Scots won the last hole for a two-hole victory.
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