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from Colin Farquharson
Aberdeenshire win North Division title
Winners - Aberdeenshire
ABERDEENSHIRE staged a last-day singles charge to come from behind to
win the North Division women's inter-county team golf championship at
windy Glenisla, Alyth yesterday (Monday).
They beat Perth & Kinross 6 1/2-2 1/2 to finish the three-day programme
with three wins out of three. Defending champions Northern Counties, who
beat Angus 7 1/2-1 1/2, were runners-up with two wins.
It was Shire's first overall victory since Lossiemouth in 1997 and sends
them on the long trip to Portpatrick Dunskey for the Scottish county finals
from September 20 to 22. They join Dunbartonshire & Argyll and Border
Counties. The four-team line-up will be completed tomorrow (Wed) with
the conclusion of the East Division inter-county tournament at Haddington.
Although they had beaten Northern Counties and Angus on the first two
days of the tournament, Aberdeenshire were in a tricky situation after
yesterday morning's foursomes when they trailed 2-1 to Perth & Kinross.
If they failed to retrive the situation in the afternoon singles, Aberdeenshire
might well have been pipped for the trophy by Northern Counties on a countback
of the individual games.
But captain Pat Wilson's team put the issue beyond doubt by winning the
singles 5 1/2-1/2.
Aberdeenshire's most successful players over the three days were Sheena
Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) and Lyndsey Devenish (Cruden Bay), with 4 1/2 pts
each from six ties.
Christine Middleton (Cruden Bay) made a very good comeback to county golf
by winning the four ties she played.
Northern Counties will be rueing their opening-day defeat by Aberdeenshire.
They went on to score big wins over Perth & Kinross and Angus but
the damage had been done. Northern Counties had the "player of the
tournament" in New Zealander Liz McKinnon who won five of her six
games.
Monday's results:
ABERDEENSHIRE 6 1/2, PERTH & KINROSS 2 1/2
Foursomes: S Wood & L Devenish halved with C Meir, J Milne; L Urquhart
& G Melvin lost to J Yellowlees & E Ogilvy 2 and 1; J Harrison
& C Wilson halved with N Harding & E Napper (1-2).
Singles: Urquhart halved with Meir, C Middleton beat Ogilvy 3 and 2, Wood
beat Yellowlees 3 and 1, Wilson beat D Butchart 4 and 3, Harrison beat
Harding 2 and 1, Devenish beat Milne 3 and 2 (5 1/2-1/2).
ANGUS 1 1/2, NORTHERN COUNTIES 7 1/2
Foursomes: D Dewar & L Fenton lost to L Mackay & P McLennan 2
and 1; A Hay & S Arbuckle beat C Gruber & L Walker 3 and 2; S
Raitt & L Fotheringham lost to L McKinnon & J Milne 2 and 1 (1-2).
Singles: Dewar lost to McKinnon 2 and 1, Ramsay lost to Gruber 3 and 2,
Arbuckle lost to Mackay 4 and 2, Hay lost to McLennan 1 hole, Fotheringham
lost to Milne 3 and 1, Raitt halved with S Main (1/2-5 1/2).
HOW THEY FINISHED
1 Aberdeenshire 3pt, 2 Northern Counties 2pt, 3 Perth & Kinross 1pt,
4 Angus 0pt.
Angus
Perth and Kinross
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