Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Eilidh knocked out in the first round of the British Girls' Matchplay

Eildh lost in the 1st round of the matchplay stages of the British Girls when she was beaten 3 Clemence Abrahamian (FRANCE):

NO SCOTS LEFT IN BRITISH GIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP (THANKS GO TO COLIN FARQUHARSON FOR THE REPORT)

Two rounds of match-play have whittled the British girls' open amateur championship field of 64 qualifiers down to 16 players at West Lancashire Golf Club.
But it took only one round to snuff out the Scottish challenge.
Renfrewshire's Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) and Carly Booth from Comrie, who qualified in ninth and 10th position respectively, were beaten by Continental players who were 55th and 56th best at the end of the stroke-play eliminator.
After a fairly even start through four holes, Eilidh had slumped to three down against Clemence Abrahamian and her French opponent went on to win by 3 and 2.
Carly lost by 2 and 1 to Spain's Luna Sobron who had been one up after four and two up at the turn.
England have the biggest representation in the last 16 - six players - Wales have one, Ireland and Scotland 0. But Spain, to be fair, have only one.

To read who eventually won the title go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website