SCOTS WOMEN WIN ON THE FINAL DAY AT THE EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Our women's squad were the only Scottish winners on the final day of the European team championships Austria
The Scots women beat Slovakia 4.5-0.5 and finished fifth of eight in their Flight B table.

Scotland's girls were whitewashed 5-0 by Norway in Sweden and finished fourth of eight in Flight B.

Scotland Girls before their last match -- Photo Courtesy of Team manager Karyn Dallas

SCOTLAND WOMEN 4.5, SLOVAKIA 0.5
Foursome
C Goadby and G Batty bt S Zrnikova and R J Hnidkova 3 and 1.
Singles
H McCook halved with L Kilmentova.
E Briggs bt N Heckova 1 hole.
C Jaffrey bt L Hrindova 1 hole.
S McWilliam bt A Bolcikova 3 and 2.

SCOTLAND GIRLS 0, NORWAY GIRLS 5
Foursome
C Griffiths and J Rankine lost to  K Klubben and O S Kilsti 5 and 3.
Singles
K Brodie lost to T Mazarino 2 holes
L McClymont lost to A C Krekling 5 and 4.
L Duncan lost to E Overas 1 hole.
H Darling lost to F Slipe 2 and 1

FLIGHT A

Sweden have won the European Ladies' Team Championship at Golf Club Murhof, Austria.They defeated number-one seeds, France, in the Flight A final to claim their eight title in the event, and their first since 2011.
Denmark defeated last year's silver medallists, Italy, in the bronze medal match to finish third. 

Italy have won the European Girls' Team Championship at Forsgardens Golfklubb, Sweden. They defeated Spain, who will take home the silver medal, 6-1 in the final to win the trophy for the second time in three years. Sweden triumphed against the Czech Republic by a score of 5-2 to finish third and take home the bronze medal.

SCOTS WOMEN WIN AND THE GIRLS LOSE

The women's team  beat Austria 4-1 in Flight B tie at Murhof, Austria in the European Team Championship Flight B. They now play Slovakia 

Scotland's girls team lost 3-2 to Switzerland in Sweden and now play Norway on the final day. 

SCOTLAND WOMEN 4, AUSTRIA WOMEN 1

Foursome: 

C Goadby and G Batty halved with J Unterweger and L Zeitler.

Singles

H McCook bt L Bettel 2 and 1.

E Briggs bt J Tottimann 3 and 1.

C Jaffrey bt K Muhlbauer 4 and 3.

S McWilliam halved with E Spitz.

SCOTLAND GIRLS 2, SWITZERLAND 3

Foursome: 

C Griffiths and J Rankine bt G Lee and L Huerlimann 5 and 4.

Singles

L Duncan lost to Y Berger 3 and 2.

L McClymont lost to V Monod 3 and 1.

K Brodie lost to C Sturdza 2 holes

H Darling bt K Wildhaber 4 and 2.

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SCOTLAND GIRLS WIN AGAINST IRELAND AND WOMEN'S TEAM LOSE TO THE NETHERLANDS

Jennifer, Louise, Lorna, Hannah, Carmen and Shannon
Photo courtesy of Team Manager Karyn Dallas

Scotland Girls won 4-1 against Ireland in the quarter finals of Flight B of the Matchplay stages of the Girls European Team Championship today in Sweden. They now meet Switzerland on the Semi Finals tomorrow.

RESULTS:
Foursome
Carmen Griffith and Jennifer Rankine bt Karen Lanigan and Nicole Joyce Mereno 2&1
Singles 
Hannah Darling halved with Sara Byrne
Kirsty Brodie bt Beth Coulter 7&6
Lorna McClymont halved with Aine Donegan 
Louise Duncan bt Valerie Clancy 5&3 

Scotlands Senior Team - in Flight B lost to the Netherlands 3&2 in a very close match with 2 of the games going to the 18th hole. They now play Austria who lost to Belgium today. 

RESULTS:
Foursome
E Briggs and C Jaffrey bt M Hoogeboom and J Sepere 5 and 3.
Singles
H McCook lost to R Meekers 2 holes.
G Batty lost to P Coffa 1 hole.
C Goadby lost to D Weber 4 and 3.
S McWilliam bt Z Bontan 4 and 3.

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SCOTLAND'S WOMEN AND GIRLS TEAM QUALIFY FOR FLIGHT 2

Scotland's women's team, competing at Murhof GC, Austria, finished 11th of 19 with a 721 total. (Best 5 scores each day )

The Scots' scores were:

139 H McCook 66 73. (Tied 10th in the individual scoring)

143 S McWilliam 69 74. 

148 G Batty 77 71, C Goadby 75 73. 

149 E Briggs 78 71.

The Scotland girls' team finished 12th of 19 at Forsgardens Golf Club, Sweden

Scots' scores were:

146 H Darling 73 73. (Tied 11th in the individual scoring)
149 L Duncan 76 73. 
155 L McClymont 78 77. 
157 K Brodie 77 80. 
160 C Griffiths 82 78. 
161 J Rankine 85 76.

Both Teams are in Flight B 

The Women's team play Netherlands and the Girls' Play Ireland

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HANNAH AND SHANNON LEAD THE SCOTS IN AUSTRIA

by Colin Farquharson

LADIES TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 

Hannah McCook shot a six-under-66 and Shannon McWilliam a 69 but Scotland were only tied for eighth place on 359 with Austria and Spain after the first qualifying round of the European women's team championship at Murhof Golf Club, Austria.

Only the leading eight sides will make up the championship match-play flight after the second stroke-play round on Wednesday.

Curtis Cup player Olivia Mehaffey had the lowest round of 65.

The Scots' individual scores, only five of which count each day, were:

66 Hannah McCook

69 Shannon McWilliam

72 Connie Jaffrey

75 Chloe Goadby

77 Gemma Batty

78 Eilidh Briggs

The leading 10 teams are:

344 France

347 England

348 Sweden

350 Italy

353 Germany

354 Denmark, Ireland

359 Austraia, Scotland Spain.

GIRLS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 

Scotland are in 13th place after the first stroke-play qualifying round, will need a better all-round team effort in the second round  if they are to make the top eight who will advance to the match-play championship flight of the European girls team championship at Forsgardens Golf Club, Sweden.

Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) led the Scots with a creditable 73 -(tied 7th in the individual scores)  but two individual scores in the 80s were disappointing from a team which looked strong on paper. 

The Scots' individual efforts were:

73 Hannah Darling.

76 Louise Duncan

77 Kirsty Brodie

78 Lorna McClymont

82 Carmen Griffiths

85 Jennifer Rankine

LIVE SCORING FROM THE LADIES AND GIRLS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

 About the Strokeplay rounds: 

In the four main draw team championships this week (men, ladies', boys' and girls'), the format is as follows: 

Each team consists of six players. Over the first two days, all players play two rounds of individual stroke play, with each team's five lowest scores out of six counting each day. 

 The team classification following day two will decide the seeding for the match play flights, which are played on the following three days. The match play flights are divided into Flight A, the top eight teams, and Flight B, the teams ranked 9th-16th.

To read more go to the European Team Championship Website

For all Live Scoring CLICK HERE

SCOTS ARRIVE IN SWEDEN AND AUSTRIA FOR THE EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

The European Ladies and Girls Matches begin tomorrow -- Good Luck to all the Scots.

Girls Team -- Hannah Darling, Carmen Griffiths, Kirsty Brodie,
Jennifer Rankine, Louise Duncan, Lorna McClymont
Photo courtesy of team manager - Karyn Dallas

European Girls Team Championship | Forsgardens, Sweden | 10-14 July 2018 

Kirsty Brodie (Strathmore) 
Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) 
Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) 
Carmen Griffiths (Aboyne) 
Lorna McClymont (Milngavie) 
Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle)

Ladies Team Back row : Shannon McWilliam, Gemma Batty, Chloe Goadby
Front : Hannah McCook, Eilidh Briggs, Louise Duncan
Selfie Photo courtesy of Hannah McCook

European Ladies Team Championship | Murhof Golf Club, Austria 10-14 July 2018 

Gemma Batty (West Linton) 
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 
Chloe Goadby (St Regulus)
Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 
Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) 
Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne)