Saturday 25 July 2009

GB&I win final set of singles but Continent of Europe win the Vagliano Trophy

Pamela Pretswell, Kylie Walker and Sally Watson - Click to enlarge Pamela Pretswell, Kylie Walker and Sally Watson - courtesy of Gillian Kirkwood - Click to enlargeGBI Vagliano Team - Click to enlarge The GB&I Team -- Courtesy of Gillian Kirkwood - Click to enlarge

Skipper Mary McKenna's Great Britain & Ireland team finished with their tails up by winning the final singles 5-3 - the only one of the four sessions of play over the two days that they did not lose - but the Continent of Europe retained the Vagliano Trophy women's biennial amateur international trophy by a 13-11 margin at Hamburger Golf Club, Falkenstein in Germany.
Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle)and Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) halved their foursomes tie this morning and Pamela had a comfortable win in the singles this afternoon.

Gillian Kirkwood -- Click to enlarge

To read the full report go to the Gillan Kirkwood Website

(Gillian -- pictured left --was a referee at the event)

For a printout of all the results Click Here