Scotland win the Bronze Medal at the European Team Championship

Scotland beat Germany 5-2 in the play-off for the bronze medals on the final day of the European women's amateur team championship at La Manga, Spain.
Spain, conquerors of the Scots in Friday's semi-finals won the gold, beating Sweden 4-3 in the championship final.
Scotland took a 3-0 grip on the match against the Germans by winning the two foursomes - Pamela Pretswell and Laura Murray, and Kelsey MacDonald and Louise Kenney, then taking the top singles with a 20th hole great win by Kelsey over Valerie Sternebeck.
Pretswell and Murray lost their singles 3 and 2, and 4 and 2 respecitvely before Jane Turner steadied the ship with her best performance of the week. The Craigielaw player beat US college circuit player Stephanie Kirchmayr 5 and 4.
That gave Scotland a winning lead and, in the tradition of these championships, any other matches still out on the course automatically stop with the player in the lead at that time declared the winner. That gave Kenney a victory although she was just one up after 12 holes on Pia Halbig.
England's form nosedived after their defeat in Thursday's quarter-finals by Scotland. They finished on a downer by losing 4.5 to 0.5 to France.
Results:
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Final
SPAIN 4, SWEDEN 3

Play-off for third place
GERMANY 2, SCOTLAND 5
Foursomes (0-2)
P Halbig and T Hoffmeister lost to P Pretswell and L Murray 3 and 2.
L Katzy and S Kirchmayr lost to K MacDonald and L Kenney 1 hole.
Singles (2-3)
V Sternebeck lost to MacDonald at 20th.
Hoffmeister bt Pretswell 3 and 2.
Katzy bt Murray 4 and 2.
Kirchmayr lost to J Turner 5 and 4.
Halbig lost to Kenney (1 up after 12 holes).

Also:
FRANCE 4.5, ENGLAND 0.5
Foursome (1-0)
A Riguelle and I Lescudier bt C Douglass and H Burke 4 and 3.
Singles (3.5-0.5)
M Bazin de Jessey bt R Jennings 1 hole.
L Andrew bt H Clyburn 2 and 1.
V Derrey bt H Davis 3 and 2.
M Ricordeau halved with H Barwood.

DENMARK 4, NETHERLANDS 1

FLIGHT B
WALES 3, SWITZERLAND 2
NORWAY 4, AUSTRIA 1

Thanks go to Colin Farquarson for the report