Friday 12 July 2019

Scotland beat Ireland in the European Team Championships

The fourth day of action and the second day of match play has been completed at the European Team Championships across the continent. It is now known who will face-off in saturday's finals. 
Spain and Sweden will both have two chances at securing gold medals on the last day of action: the Swedes have teams in both the men's and ladies' finals, while the Spanish ladies' and girls' teams both made the finals of their events. 
Spain were the first team to qualify for Saturday's final at Is Molas Resort on Friday, upsetting the hosts, and the top-qualifiers, in the semi-finals. The morning session was dominated by the Spaniards, winning both foursomes matches by the 16th hole. 
The Italian team fought back in the afternoon however: Alessia Nobilio, Alessandra Fanali, and Letizia Bagnoli all won their matches by three holes, giving the Italians a 3-2 advantage. But Ana Pelaez maintained a comfortable lead over Clara manzilini for Spain to put a third point on the board, and Elena Hualde closed out her match on the 17th hole to earn the Spaniards a spot in the final.
The Spanish team, searching for their sixth championship title, will face defending champions, Sweden in Saturday's final match.
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Scotland beat Ireland and now play England for a chance of 5th place 
Friday Results: 
Italy 3 Spain 4 
Germany 1 Sweden 6 
Scotland 3.5 Ireland 1.5 
England 3.5 Denmark 1.5