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from Colin Farquharson
Thursday results
EUROPEAN JUNIOR WOMEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Moscow Golf & Country Club, Russia
Quarter-finals
ITALY 3, SCOTLAND 4
Foursomes: F Piovano & G Garbaccio lost to V Laing & S Laing 1
hole; M Rigon & T Calzavara beat C Queen & L Kenney 5 and 3 (1-1).
Singles: M Quartana lost to V Laing 6 and 5, Rigon lost to P Feggans 3
and 2, B Vianello beat S Laing 6 and 5, Calzavara beat Kenney 3 and 2,
Piovano lost to Queen at 21st (2-3).
GERMANY 5, SWITZERLAND 1
SWEDEN 4, ENGLAND 3
Foursomes: G Johansson & K Borjeskog lost to F More & A Keighley
2 and 1; K Sjodin & S Andersson berat D Masters & S Heath 3 and
2 (1-1).
Singles: E Bjarvall lost to More 2 and 1, Sjodin beat Heath 1 hole, Andersson
beat S Walker 1 hole, Borjeskog beat Masters 2 and 1, E Svenningsson lost
to Keighley 4 and 3 (3-2).
SPAIN 6, RUSSIA 1
Second flight results
WALES 3, FINLAND 4
NETHERLANDS 4 1/2, IRELAND 2 1/2
CLARE Queen was the soft-drink toast of the Scotland camp after she won
a thrilling match at the 21st to earn her team-mates a place in the semi-finals
of the European junior women's team golf championship at Moscow Golf and
Country Club, Russia.
With the Italy-Scotland quarter-final tie deadlocked at 3-3, everything
hinged on the result of the final singles in which Claire Queen, the British
girls double champion from last season and again Lanarkshire women's county
title-winner this year, played Federica Piovana.
It went to three extra holes and Clare again showed her terrific tenacity
as a match-player to win at the 21st.
The morning foursomes had been shared 1-1 with Vikki and Suzi Laing winning
the top tie but Clare Queen and Louise Kenney finishing well down in the
second.
In the sigles, Vikki Laing got the Scots off to a great start with a 6
and 5 win over Monica Quartana and then Pam Feggans, playing at No 2 in
the line-up, came good with a 3 and 2 win over Margherita Rigon.
That put Scotland ahead 3-1 but then the Italians began a revival. Suzi
Laing lost by 6 and 5 to Barbara Vianello and Louise Kenney went down
by 3 and 2 to former British girls open champion Tullia Calzavara.
Then came Clare Queen to save the day for Scotland who now play leading
qualifiers Germany (5-1 winners over Switzerland) in the first semi-final.
The second tie features Sweden, 4-3 conquerors of England, against Spain
who thrashed Russia 6-1.
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