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from Colin Farquharson
Dunbartonshire & Argyll win West title.
D &A team in navy blue sweaters
L to R Fiona Cowan (county captain), Helen Faulds (Bearsden), Fiona McLean
(Hilton Park), Sara Bishop (Windyhill), Louisa Ruane (Cardross), Claire
Hargan (Prestonfield), Anne Laing (Vale of Leven), Claire McNeil (Milngavie),
Judy Galbraith (Cowal), Anna Telfer (county vice-captain).
Dunbartonshire & Argyll will represent the West Division in the Scottish
women's county championship finals at Portpatrick Dunskey from September
20 to 22.
They won the regional title at Cochrane Castle although losing their 100
per cent record over the three days in the final match against defending
champions Lanarkshire.
The exciting match finished in a 41/2-41/2 draw. The heroine for Lanarkshire
was teenager Jenna Wilson, who won the last hole in her singles tie against
Judy Galbraith to halve her game and provide the half-point Lanarkshire
needed to gain a draw.
Lanarkshire had taken a 2-1 lead from the morning foursomes and had singles
winners in Clare Queen and Lesley Lloyd but Dunbartonshire & Argyll
had three afternoon wins from the experienced backbone of their line-up
- Anne Laing, Claire Hargan and Sara Bishop.
Renfrewshire inflicted on Ayrshire their third defeat of the programme,
winning 6 1/2-2 1/2 after taking the foursomes 2-1 and the singles 4 1/2-1
1/2
"Player of the Tournament"
Two Dunbartonshire & Argyll players, Anne Laing and Sara Bishop, shared
the unofficial "player of the tournament" honours, each with six wins
out of six for the title-winners. The next best from the four counties'
records was Addi Shamash with five wins out of five - she was not played
in the opening foursomes against D&A - for Renfrewshire.
Results
LANARKSHIRE 4 1/2, DUNBARTONSHIRE & ARGYLL 4 1/2
Foursomes: C Queen & F Prior lost to A Laing & S Bishop 1 hole;
J Wilson & A Young beat J Galbraith & L Ruane 2 and 1; E Cuthill
& S Wood beat C Hargan & C McNeil 2 and 1 (2-1).
Singles: Queen beat McNeil 3 and 2, Young lost to Laing 5 and 3, Cuthill
lost to Hargan 2 and 1, J Wilson halved with Galbraith, L Lloyd beat Ruane
1 hole, Prior lost to Bishop 6 and 5 (2 1/2-3 1/2).
AYRSHIRE 2 1/2, RENFREWSHIRE 6 1/2
Foursomes: P Feggans & S Lambie lost to D Jackson & A Shamash
2 and 1; C Malcolm & A Thompson beat K Fitzgerald & J Jenkins
1 hole; M McQueen & G Lockhart beat G McGinlay & C Whyte 7 and
6 (1-2).
Singles: Lambie lost to Jackson 4 and 3, Feggans lost to Shamash 4 and
3, C Taylor lost to Whyte 5 and 3, Malcolm halved with McGinlay, Lockhart
lost to M Skinner 9 and 7, Thompson beat Jenkins 3 and 2 (1 1/2-4 1/2).
D & A team in royal blue sweaters:
L to R Anna Telfer (county vice-captain), Claire McNeil (Milngavie), Helen
Faulds (Bearsden), Fiona McLean (Hilton Park), Louisa Ruane (Cardross),
Claire Hargan (Prestonfield), Sara Bishop (Windyhill), Anne Laing (Vale
of Leven), Judy Galbraith (Cowal) and Fiona Cowan (county captain).
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