Girls Home Internaionals Update - Courtesy of Kirkwood Golf

HOW THEY STAND
Ireland 2pt, England 1.5, Wales 0.5, Scotland 0



FRIDAY'S FINAL MATCHES

8.30 and 13.10 Ireland v England

9.00 and 14.10 Scotland v Wales



Day Two

SCOTLAND FIGHTBACK JUST FAILS AGAINST ENGLAND
SECOND IRELAND WIN SETS THEM UP FOR TITLE DECIDER


Scotland, whitewashed 3-0 by England in the morning foursomes, staged a great fightback in the singles but lost narrowly, 5-4, in the rain on Day 2 of the Girls Home Internationals over the Gullane No 2 links.

Ireland made it two wins out of two by beating Wales 5-4 and meet England, winners of the Stroyan Cup for the past three years in the title decider on Friday.

Ireland have never won the Girls Home Internationals title and to do so without the services of their world-class twins, Lisa and Leona Maguire, would be a tremendous achievement - yet another in a string of successes by Irish golfers.

The Scots picked themselves up well after their morning drubbing with Eilidh Briggs scoring a splendid 3 and 1 win over Hayley Davis in a battle between the girls champions of their respective countries.

Alyson McKechin put another point on the board for the Scots by beating Georgia Hall by one hole.

Gemma Dryburgh finished well to get a halved match with Brogan Townend.

Lesley Atkins lost by 4 and 3 to Bronte Law but Ailsa Summers won by 2 and 1 against Elizabeth Mallett.

With England leading by 4.5 to 3.5, Scotland's hopes of salvaging a creditable draw rested on the shoulders of 14-year-old Clara Young, the Junior Vagliano Trophy player from North Berwick.

Clara went one up on Alex Peters by winning the 16th with the rain pouring down but not damping the mounting tension in both camps. The 17th was halved but Peters won the last hole with an excellent approach shot to within 3ft of the flagstick setting up a birdie 3 to gallant Clara's par 4 to halve an absorbing contest which England scraped home to a 5-4 victory.

Day 2

WALES 4, IRELAND 5

Foursomes

Amy Boulden and Chloe Williams halved with Paula Grant and Jessica Carty.

Katie Bradbury and Jessica Evans bt Ariana Coyle-Diez and Jean O'Driscoll 1 hole.

Myriam Hassan and Sara Rees-Evans lost to Chloe Ryan and Sinead Sexton 8 and 7 (1.5-1.5)

Singles

Williams halved with Grant.

Boulden bt Carty 3 and 2.

Bradbury bt Sexton 3 and 2.

Georgia Lewis lost to Coyle-Diez 4 and 3.

Nia Greville lost to O'Driscoll 5 and 4.

Evans lost to Ryan 3 and 2 (2.5-3.5)

ENGLAND 5, SCOTLAND 4

Foursomes

Hayley Davis and Georgia Hall bt Eilidh Briggs and Gemma Dryburgh 4 and 3.

Alex Peters and Meghan MacLaren bt Alyson McKechin and Clara Young 2 and 1.

Bronte Law and Emily Taylor bt Lauren Whyte and Hannah McCook 4 and 3 (3-0).

Singles

Davis lost to Briggs 3 and 1.

Hall lost to McKechin 1 hole

Brogan Townend halved with Dryburgh.

Elizabeth Mallett lost to Ailsa Summers 2 and 1.

Peters halves with Young

Law bt Lesley Atkins 4 and 3.


Day One

SCOTLAND LOSE TO IRELAND AND WALES STUN ENGLAND
Scotland's hopes of winning the Girls Home Internationals' Stroyan Cup for the first time in four years all but evaporated under a hot summer sun at the Gullane No 2 links today.

Skipper Karen Marshall's team slid from a 3-2 lead to a 6-3 defeat by Ireland - who did not win a match 12 months ago on home turf at Bangor, near Belfast.

McIlroy, McDowell, Clarke ... now the Irish girls team, even without wonder twins Lisa and Leona Maguire, are on a roll. Where will it all end?

If the Scots failure to repeat last year's 5.5-3.5 win over Ireland was a surprise, then England being held to a 4.5-4.5 draw by Wales - whom they beat 9-0 last year year - bordered on the sensational.

England's girls have won this Under-18 title for the past three years and came to the Lothians venues ready to make short work of the opposition once again.

But it didn't happen, even though England led 2.5 to 0.5 after the foursomes. Chloe Williams, Amy Boulden and Katy Bradbury wiped out the deficit for Wales by winning the top three singles and the Red Dragon's tail wagged with a win by Jessica Evans for Wales to take the singles 4-2 and a earn a creditable drawn.

Scotland trailed 2-1 from the foursomes against Ireland but girls champion Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) and beaten finalist Gemma Dryburgh from Aberdeen looked to have turned it round by winning the top two singles.

Unfortunately, Scotland then lost the last four singles with Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Lauren Whyte (St Regulus), Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) and Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) all going under.

RESULTS

Day 1

SCOTLAND 3, IRELAND 6

Foursomes - Eilidh Briggs and Gemma Dryburgh lost to Paula Grant and Jessica Carty 2 and 1; Alyson McKechin and Clara Young bt Olivia Mehaffey and Hannah Henderson 1 hole; Lauren Whyte and Hannah McCook lost to Chloe Ryan and Sinead Sextion 1 hole (1-2).

Singles - Briggs bt Grant 5 and 4, Dryburgh bt Carty 5 and 4, McKechin lost to Ariana Coyle-Diez 2 and 1, Whyte lost to Mehaffey 2 holes, Lesley Atkins lost to Jean O'Driscoll 4 and 3, Ailsa Summers lost to Ryan 2 holes (2-4).



ENGLAND 4.5, WALES 4.5

Foursomes - Bronte Law and Emily Taylor bt Amy Boulden and Katie Bradbury 4 and 3; Elizabeth and Brogan Townend halved with Chloe Williams and Sara Rees-Evans; Hayley Davis and Georgia Hall bt Myriam Hassan and Nia Greville 3 and 23 (2.5- 0.5).

Singles - Davis lost to Williams 3 and 1, Law lost to Boulden 2 and 1, Taylor lost to Bradbury 3 and 2, Alex Peters bt Hassan 3 and 2, Mallett lost to Jessica Evans 1 hole, Hall bt Rees-Evasns 8 and 6 (2-4).