Scotland Vets make good start

to title defence at Bath

Scotland made a good start to their defence of the Miller Stirling Trophy in the Veteran Ladies Golf Association Jamboree at Bath Golf Club today (Tuesday).
On a very wet day, they splashed their way to a 7 ½-1 ½ win over England North, whose line-up included former Scottish women’s champion Fiona Anderson from Blairgowrie but now living and working in the Manchester area.
The Scots took the foursomes 3-0 and wins in the singles by Fiona de Vries, Kathleen Sutherland, Mary Smith and Helen Faulds and a square match by Lorna Bennett gave them 4 ½ pt out of a possible six in the afternoon.
DETAILS:
SCOTLAND 7 1/.2, ENGLAND NORTH 1 ½
Foursomes (3-0)
Fiona de Vries & Lorna Bennett bt Fiona Anderson & Pat Wrightson 2 and 1.
Heather Anderson & Fiona Hunter bt Caroline Marron & Elaine Elliot 6 and 5.
Mary Smith & Moira Thomson bt Sue Dye & Lucy Newton 5 and 4.
Singles (4 ½-1 ½)
De Vries bt Marron 2 and 1.
Bennett halved with Dye.
H Anderson lost to F Anderson 1 hole.
Kathleen Sutherland bt Alyson Wood 3 and 1.
Smith bt Ruth Lindley 3 and 1.
Helen Faulds bt Newton 2 and 1.