Schools Internationals

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

SCOTLAND SCHOOLGIRLS DRAW, 

SCOTLAND SCHOOLBOYS

LOSE THRILLER TO ENGLAND

Scotland’s golfing schoolgirls drew 4 ½-4 ½ with their England counterparts but England’s schoolboys beat the Scots boys 10-8 in the annual schools international golf match, hosted this year by the Scots at Westerwood Hotel’s golf course, Cumbernauld today.
Scotland’s schoolgirls trailed 2-1 after the morning foursomes but singles wins by Rachael Watton, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, (Firrhill High, Edinburgh and Gullane Ladies Golf Club ), Lesley Atkins (Loretto School and Gullane Ladies Golf Club ), and Gabrielle Macdonald (Trinity Academy, Edinburgh ) plus a halved match by Eilidh Briggs (Gryffe High, Johnstone) enabled them to share the honours at the end of the day.
The situation was reversed in the boys’ match with the Scots leading 3 ½-2 ½ after the foursomes.
England made up the one-point deficit and some by taking the singles 7 ½- 4 ½
The contest did go to the last green in the last match. Jamie Arthur (Kinross High) needed to beat Matt Birch from Leicestershire for a 9-9 finish but in a tension-packed finish the English boy won by one hole to produce the 10-8 scoreline in favour of his country.
Collated results:
SCOTLAND SCHOOLBOYS 8, ENGLAND SCHOOLBOYS 10
Foursomes (3 ½-2 ½)
Grant Forrest (Stewart’s Melville Coll) & Calum Stewart (Golspie High) lost to Gavin Samuels (Essex) & Patrick Spraggs ( Suffolk ) 1 hole.
Scott Gibson (Dumfries Acad) & Liam Johnston ( St Joseph ’s Coll, Dumfries ) bt Tom Anderson (Hertfordshire) & Ross Dickson (Middlesex) 1 hole.
Paul McPhee (Perth Acad) & Jamie Arthur (Kinross High) bt James Burnett ( Lincolnshire ) & Patrick Kelly ( Lincolnshire ) 2 and 1.
Tom Blennerhasset (Balerno High) & Stuart Boyle (West Calder High) halved with Paul Howard (Lancashire) & Sean Towndrow ( Lancashire ).
Graeme Duncan (Calderhead High) & Simon Fairburn (Galashiels Acad) bt Levi Desmond ( Lincolnshire ) & Kit Holmes ( Norfolk ) 4 and 3.
Neil Beattie (Madras Coll) & Calum McLean (Hillpark Secondary, Glasgow) lost to Matt Kippen ( Somerset ) & Matthew Birch (Leicestershire) 6 and 5.
Singles (4 ½ - 7 ½)
Gibson halved with Samuels.
McPhee lost to Dickson 1 hole.
Stewart bt Anderson 4 and 2.
Blennerhasset bt Spraggs 4 and 3.
Forrest lost to Burnett 6 and 5.
Johnston lost to Kelly 3 and 2.
Boyle bt Howard 2 and 1.
Fairburn lost to Towndrow 2 and 1.
Beattie lost to Desmond 2 holes.
McLean bt Holmes 1 hole.
Duncan lost to Kippen 4 and 3.
Arthur lost to Birch 1 hole.

SCOTLAND SCHOOLGIRLS 4½, ENGLAND SCHOOLGIRLS 4½
Foursomes (1-2)
Rachael Watton (Firrhill High) & Eilidh Briggs (Gryffe High) lost to Raffi Dyer (Hampshire) & Bethany Garton ( Lancashire ) 5 and 3.
Lesley Atkins (Loretto School ) & Alyson McKechin (Trinity High, Renfrew) lost to Ashley Cramond (Leicestershire) & Kirsty Condon ( Lincolnshire ) 3 and 2.
Ailsa Summers (Dundee High) & Gabrielle Macdonald (Trinity Acad, Edinburgh) bt Katie Thompson (Hampshire) & Melissa McMahon ( Somerset ) 3 and 2.
Singles (3½-2½)
Watton bt Dyer 2 and 1.
McKechin lost to Cramond 3 and 2.
Briggs halved with Garton.
Atkins bt Condon 7 and 5.
Macdonald bt McMahon 2 holes.
Summers lost to Thompson 1 hole.