GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND WIN THE 39th CURTIS CUP

The Great Britain and Ireland - Winning Curtis Cup Team
Captain - Elaine Farquarson- Black 

Great Britain & Ireland v USA in the 39th Curtis Cup at Dun Laoghaire south of Dublin.

Great Britain and Ireland have won the 39th Curtis Cup match by 11.5 points t to 8.5 points after a tension-packed final day at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club near Dublin.

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SOME FINAL PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FROM THE CURTIS CUP

Eilidh and Captain Teg on Day 3 - Photo Courtesy of Gillian Kirkwood

Tegwen joins in on our Curtis Cup Supporters Song -- Thanks Teg- Photo Courtesy of Gillian Kirkwood

Eilidh halves her singles Match - Photo Courtesy of Gillian Kirkwood

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SOME HIGHLIGHTED VIDEOS :

EILIDH ON DAY 1



CURTIS CUP CAPTAIN TEGWEN MATHEWS IS INTERVIEWED AND EILIDH RESPONDS WITH ANOTHER BIRDIE



BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPION GEORGIA HALL SHOWS HOW GOOD SHE IS !!



SCOT GEMMA DRYBURGH FINISHES OFF IN STYLE

USA WIN CURTIS CUP MATCH 13-7

USA WIN CURTIS CUP MATCH 13-7 AFTER GB and I WIN SINGLES 4.5-3.5

Beth congratulates Eilidh on her halved match in the singles
Photo courtesy of Gillian Kirkwood

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE USGA
ST. LOUIS – The USA won three singles matches and halved a fourth on Sunday to regain the Curtis Cup, 13-7, and cap a dominant week over Great Britain and Ireland (GB&I) at St. Louis Country Club.
The winning point came courtesy of 2013 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Emma Talley. Playing in the opening singles match, the 20-year-old from Princeton, Ky., made a 3-foot par putt on the 15th green to defeat Bronte Law, 19, of England, 4 and 3.
“Dreams do come true, that's for sure,” said a jubilant Talley, who went 3-0-1 during the Match. “This was the best week ever. I'm just happy to play with my friends and to do it for my country is even better.”
“That is the coolest trophy of all the seven that I've ever won,” said a proud USA Captain Ellen Port, who has captured six individual USGA championships. “That is the most special trophy, always, that I will ever have, and ever have been a part of.”
The Curtis Cup Match is a biennial competition between the USA and GB&I that dates to 1932 and is conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA) and Ladies Golf Union (LGU).
A point is awarded for each victory and a half-point goes to each side for a draw. GB&I needed 10 points to retain the Cup, while the USA needed 10½ points to regain the Cup. Each team consists of eight female amateur golfers.
Talley, a rising junior at the University of Alabama, continued the steady play that was the hallmark of the USA Team throughout the three days of competition. After taking a 2-up lead with consecutive wins at the fourth and fifth holes, Talley maintained the advantage for the remainder of the match.
Talley knew that the honor of leading her team onto the course – and potentially securing the winning point – was not something to be taken lightly.
“It was a privilege that I got to go out first,” said Talley, one of three Curtis Cup players who will compete in the U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in two weeks. “I was very happy that I got that opportunity and glad I got to secure the point.”
Ally McDonald, 21, of Fulton, Miss., earned the second point for the USA. The 2013 North & South Women’s Amateur champion won the par-4 sixth with a birdie to go 1 up and cruised to a 4-and-3 victory over Annabel Dimmock, 17, of England.
“It was a blessing to have been chosen (for the team), and I just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity and make memories and play the best golf that I could,” said McDonald, who will join Talley and GB&I’s Stephanie Meadow at the Women’s Open. “I expected coming in to be a big part of the team and to contribute as much as I could, and I think I played really well.”
GB&I rallied to take four of the remaining six singles matches and tighten the large deficit.
“I’m so proud of the girls for how they rallied all day today,” said GB&I Captain Tegwen Matthews, who is now 1-1 as captain after she led her team to victory in 2012. “Especially when they knew the match was gone, and yet they never gave up. That could have put the chins really even further down.
“But no, we won the afternoon singles session. So that's a great way to finish and gives everyone a bit of a boost to say the least from a pretty disastrous two days.”
Georgia Hall, 18, of England, holed out for eagle from the fairway on 15 in her 3-and-2 victory over Kyung Kim, 20, of Chandler, Ariz. The hole-out came after Kim’s approach landed a foot from the hole.
Gemma Dryburgh, 20, of Scotland, lost a 3-up lead to Ashlan Ramsey, 18, of Milledgeville, Ga., but was able to eke out a 1-up victory.
The final GB&I point went to Meadow, 22, of Northern Ireland. The recent University of Alabama graduate rallied from an early deficit to notch a 2-and-1 win over Alison Lee, 19, of Valencia, Calif.
The 2014 Curtis Cup Match was Meadow and Ramsey’s final event as amateurs, as they will turn professional immediately following the event.
Mariah Stackhouse, 20, of Riverdale, Ga., carried a 1-up lead over Eilidh Briggs, 21, of Scotland, to the 18th. However, Stackhouse’s double bogey after going long over the green halved the match.
The USA’s 9½-2½ lead following the first four sessions was the largest four-round lead since the playing format was expanded to five sessions over three days in 2008, bettering the 2010 USA mark of 8½-3½.
The 2016 Curtis Cup Match will be conducted at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club, outside of Dublin, Ireland.
Christina Lance is the assistant manager of championship communications for the USGA. Email her at clance@usga.org.
Results
ST. LOUIS – Results from the singles matches at the 2014 Curtis Cup Match, played Sunday, June 8, 2014, at the par-71, 6,190-yard St. Louis Country Club:

Emma Talley, Princeton, Ky. (USA) beat Bronte Law, England (GB&I), 4 and 3
Ally McDonald, Fulton, Miss. (USA) beat Annabel Dimmock, England (GB&I) 4 and 3
Georgia Hall, England (GB&I) beat Kyung Kim, Chandler, Ariz. (USA), 3 and 2
Gemma Dryburgh, Scotland (GB&I) beat Ashlan Ramsey, Milledgeville, Ga. (USA), 1 up
Charlotte Thomas, England (GB&I) beat Erynne Lee, Silverdale, Wash. (USA), 2 up
Eilidh Briggs, Scotland (GB&I) halved with Mariah Stackhouse, Riverdale, Ga. (USA)
Annie Park, Levittown, N.Y. (USA) beat Gabriella Cowley, England (GB&I), 5 and 4
Stephanie Meadow, Northern Ireland (GB&I) beat Alison Lee, Valencia, Calif. (USA), 2 and 1

EILIDH GETS A HALF IN THE SINGLES AND USA WIN BACK THE CURTIS CUP

USA 13 GB&I 7

Sunday Singles

Bronte Law lost Emma Talley 4&3
Annabel Dimmock lost Ally McDonald 4&3
Georgia Hall beat Kyung Kim 3 & 2
Gemma Dryburgh beat Ashlan Ramsey 1 up
Charlotte Thomas beat Erynne Lee 2 up
Eilidh Briggs Halved Mariah Stackhouse
Gabriella Cowley lost Annie Park 5&4
Stephanie Meadow beat Alison Lee 2&1

EILIDH IS PLAYING NUMBER 5 IN THE SINGLES ON DAY 3 OF THE CURTIS CUP IN THE USA

Curtis Cup Singles Final Day -- DAY 3 -- have now started -- I think it is on SKY Sports 4 at 11pm -- Give your best shot GB&I
EILIDH IS PLAYING NUMBER 5  against Meriah Stackhouse
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SOME GREAT PUTTS BY EILIDH
Day 1 Foursomes -- GREAT PUTT BY EILIDH
Day 2 Foursomes ---CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE EILIDH AGAIN PUTT WELL  --  MESSAGE FROM CAPTAIN TEGWEN MATHEWS -- NEEDING MORE BIRDIES ---
EILIDH RESPONDS AGAIN WITH A GREAT PUTT  -- CLICK HERE

USA LEAD GB and IRELAND 9.5 - 2.5 AT END OF DAY 2 in 38th CURTIS CUP MATCH

The USA Team continued its dominance of the 2014 Curtis Cup Match at rainy St. Louis Country Club, claiming four victories in five completed matches on Saturday for a 9.5 -2.5  advantage over Great Britain and Ireland.
DAY 2 SATURDAY RESULTS
Par 71. Yardage: 6190
USA names first
FOUR-BALLS
Kyung Kim and Alison Lee beat Stephanie Meadow and Georgia Hall 4 and 2.
Erynne Lee and Annie Park lost to Annabel Dimmock and Bronte Law 1 hole.
Emma Talley and Mariah Stackhouse beat Gabriella Cowley and Gemma Dryburgh 2 and 1.

FOURSOMES
Ashlan Ramsey and Alison Lee beat Charlotte Thomas and Dryburgh 2 and 1.
Kim and Erynne Lee beat Eilidh Briggs and Cowley
3 and 2.
Ally McDonald and Stackhouse halved with Meadow and Hall (Finished on Sunday after delay due to darkness)
 CLICK HERE -- For all results

DAY 2 -- GB&I WIN THEIR FIRST FOURBALL MATCH -- USA 7 GB&I 2

SLGA President Janet Brown and (Renfrewshire's) SLGA Chairman Beth Paterson
Photo Courtesy of Gillian Kirkwood

Curtis Cup Captain Tegwen Mathews with Renfrewshire's Eilidh Briggs
Photo Courtesy of Gillian Kirkwood

United States have extended their four-point overnight lead to a 7-2 advantage by taking the Day 2 morning four-balls 2-1 at the 38th Curtis Cup match at St Louis Country Club, Missouri.
But at least GB and Ireland have broken the ice as far as a game victory is concerned.
Gillian Kirkwood writes: Bronte Law and Annabel Dimmock won the last three holes to record a one-hole win against Erynne Lee and Annie Park.
Bronte holed a 20ft putt for a birdie at the 16th; she was conceded her putt for a win on 17th, and Annabel got down in 4 on the last, lagging a 40ft putt to 18 inches. An American ball was much closer but both US players took 5.
The British reticence at applauding a missed putt changed into a cheer when we realised Bronte and Annabel had won.
Let's hope that this gives the GB and I team room the fillip they need and we come out fighting this afternoon. First match will be at 3:45pm local time.
The Americans' two victories this morning were achieved by Kyung Kim and Alison Lee, who beat GB and I's top world-ranked pair, Stephanie Meadow and Georgie Hall, 4 and 2 in the lead-off tie this morning, and by Emma Talley and Mariah Stackhouse who were two up after 15 against Gabriella Cowley and Gemma Dryburgh and won the point by a 2 and 1 margin.

DAY 2 FOUR-BALLS
United States 2, GB and Ireland 1
USA names first
Kyung Kim and Alison Lee beat Stephanie Meadow and Georgia Hall 4 and 2.
Erynne Lee and Annie Park lost to Annabel Dimmock and Bronte Law 1 hole.
Emma Talley and Mariah Stackhouse beat Gabriella Cowley and Gemma Dryburgh 2 and 1.
OVERALL SCORELINE
United States 7, GB and Ireland 2

To follow the live scoring from the afternoon foursomes games     CLICK HERE

AFTERNOON FOURSOMES LINE-UP
Ashlan Ramsay and Alison Lee v Charlotte Thomas and Gemma Dryburgh.
Kyung Kim and Erynne Lee v Eilidh Briggs and Gabriella Cowley.
Ally McDonald and Mariah Stackhouse v Stephanie Meadow and Georgia Hall.

To view Gillian Kirkwood's pictures from St Louis CC, Missouri
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK --- GILLIAN KIRKWOOD PHOTOS FROM THE CURTIS CUP

DAY 1 - CURTIS CUP USA 5 GB&I 1

Gabriella Cowley and Eilidh Briggs
(Photo courtesy go Gillian Kirkwood)

Eilidh Briggs and Gabriella Cowley made their Curtis Cup debuts in this afternoon foursomes on the opening day.

They were not played in the morning four-balls which the United States swept 3-0.

Morning four-balls:
United States 3, Great Britain and Ireland 0
Afternoon foursomes
United States 2, GB and Ireland 1.


Day 1 scoreline: US 5, GB and Ireland 1.
Afternoon Foursomes
Ashlan Ramsay and Ailson Lee halved with Stephanie Meadow and Georgia Hall.
Erynne Lee and Annie Park beat Eilidh Briggs and Gabriella Cowley 3 and 1.
Emma Talley and Ally McDonald halved with Annabel Dimmock and Bronte Law.



GB&I CAPTAIN TEGWEN MATTHEWS FRIDAY QUOTES  CLICK HERE

CURTIS CUP -- DAY 1 GB&I LOSE OPENING FOURSOMES 3-1

Beth Paterson, Gemma Dryburgh, Eildh Briggs and SLGA President Janet Brown
at the Opening Ceremony (Photo courtesy of the SLGA)

The 38th Curtis Cup begins today at  St Louis Country Club, Missouri, USA
Renfrewshire County Champion Eilidh Briggs is in the team and is joined by fellow Scot Gemma Dryburgh. 
SLGA Chairman  and Renfrewshire's Past County Captain Beth Paterson is also there ---

OPENING CEREMONY VIDEO -- CLICK HERE
FLAG OPENING CEREMONY PHOTOGRAPHS - CLICK HERE

The DAY 1 FOURBALL MATCHES RESULTS

Mariah Stackhouse & Emma Talley beat Stephanie Meadow & Georgia Hall 2&1
Alison Lee & Kyung Kim beat Annabel Dimmock & Gemma Dryburgh 4&3
Annie Park & Ally McDonald beat Bronte Law & Charlotte Thomas 4&3

By Lisa D. Mickey
June 6, 2014 ST. LOUIS – If those who live near St. Louis Country Club were hoping to sleep in this morning, the beginning of the 38th Curtis Cup Match probably forced a change of plans.

GB&I Supporters - sing the Curtis Cup Song

 That’s because the voices of numerous Great Britain & Ireland fans rang out in the morning on the first tee, serenading their team members with the same “Curtis Cup Song” – penned to the tune of “A Long Way to Tipperary” – they sang two years ago in Scotland when GB&I captured the Cup. -- CLICK HERE FOR WEST OF SCOTLAND VERSION

Curtis Cup Coverage

USA Sweeps Friday Morning Four-Ball Matches

Photos: Friday Morning Highlights

“We have a passion for the Curtis Cup,” said Maureen Lockett, a past president of the Scotland-based Ladies Golf Union, which along with the USGA conducts the biennial Curtis Cup Match. “We’re here to see old friends and to support the amateur side of golf.”

Lockett, who attended her first Curtis Cup in 1960, along with her GB&I compatriots, waved flags and sang along as the players filed onto the first tee for the opening four-ball matches. Players from both teams arrived with their nations’ flags painted on their faces and American and GB&I team supporters cheered as USA Captain and St. Louis resident Ellen Port embraced GB&I’s captain, Tegwen Matthews.

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Players who sat out of the morning matches were allowed to practice or to follow and cheer for their teammates. Several holes behind the last group, GB&I players Eilidh Briggs, of Scotland, and Gabriella Cowley, of England, played several holes in preparation for the afternoon foursomes session.

In their first Curtis Cup appearances, the two admitted they were warming up on the holes “to get some of the nerves out.”

By morning’s end, however, their team was down 3-0 and the pressure was mounting. Both knew they needed to perform for GB&I in the afternoon.

“Obviously, I’ll be nervous on the first tee, but this helps,” added Briggs.

And when asked how it felt to hear her name in a song by GB&I supporters on the first tee earlier today, Cowley admitted, “It makes you feel proud and ready to go.” 

Report by --- Lisa D. Mickey who is a Florida-based freelance writer whose work has previously appeared on USGA websites.

GOOD LUCK TO EILIDH AND THE TEAM IN THE CURTIS CUP IN THE USA

To the tune “It’s a long way to Tipperary”

C - 's for the Curtis Cup where

U - our fans process.

R - eady to cheer and holler

T - egwen's Troops' success.

I - reland and Wales and England

S - cotland all unite,

C - heering on the team to certain vict'ry,

U - ‘ll  win through alright.

P - lay well, Gemma, Charlotte,

L - et each ball tell,

A - im high, Bronte, Georgia,

D - rive straight, Annabel,

U - 're great, Gabriella,

E -ilidh, Stephanie,

Know your country will be right behind you,

You’ll do it – you’ll see.

EILIDH'S CURTIS CUP DREAM COMES TRUE BUT STILL A CAREER-AMATEUR

NEWS RELEASE FROM SLGA

By ELSPETH BURNSIDE

Just a week after her 21st birthday and a dream came true for Scot Eilidh Briggs (pictured) when she won the Welsh women's open amateur stroke-play championship over 54 holes at Prestatyn and clinched a place in the GB and Ireland team to defend the Curtis Cup at St Louis Country Club, Missouri from June 6-8.
The 2013 SLGA Order of Merit winner and Gemma Dryburgh, an Aberdeen-born student at Tulane University, New Orleans, are the two Scots included in the eight-strong team.
“It really was a whirlwind few days,” admitted Briggs. “I didn’t know that winning the Welsh would secure one of the two Curtis Cup spots from the LGU Order of Merit but it certainly worked out well.
“At the start of the year, I had a hope of making the team. Now I am absolutely thrilled.
“Becoming a Curtis Cup player is something I’ve dreamed about since I took up golf.”
Briggs is different from so many of the modern day amateurs. She is not a teenager just biding her time before making the switch to the professional ranks.
The Kilmacolm golfer manages to combine elite sport with her studies for a teaching degree in physical education at Stirling University.
“The University is great and so supportive,” she said. “I have extended my degree to five years and been able to reorganise my teaching practices from the summer to the autumn terms. I should qualify in 2016. I love teaching PE and am so glad to be able to do both golf and university. And I’ll still be an amateur by the time of the next Curtis Cup.”
Briggs took up golf when she was just seven and her record is impressive. In 2011, she won the Scottish Girls’ Championship and reached the final of the Scottish Championship.
She is a three-time Renfrewshire county champion, a three time winner of the SLGA Girls’ Order of Merit and has played for Scotland in two Women's Home Internationals and at the World Amateur Team Championship.
All her family - the family home is at Lochwinnoch - are great supporters. Older sister Megan - the 2009 Scottish women's amateur champion and a solicitor – and Mum Dorothy will both be going to St Louis as spectators and Dad Ian often caddies for his daughters.
It is Briggs’ consistency which has impressed over the last few years. “I had a lot of top tens in LGU events but needed the win,” said the player who is coached by Gregor Howie.
“Finally making the breakthrough in Wales was perfect timing.”
As a Stirling University Curtis Cup player, Briggs is following in famous footsteps. Catriona Matthew, the 2009 Women’s British Open Champion, played in the team three times during her period studying for a business degree.
Two years ago, Briggs watched on TV as GB and Ireland won the Curtis Cup at Nairn. Now she is looking forward to her US adventure.
“The University always sends players to the Orange Blossom Tour in Florida in January so I have played some golf in America and I’ll get advice from the Scots that are studying over there,” she said. “I know it is going to be a fantastic experience.”
The Curtis Cup team flies out to Atlanta and then on to St Louis on May 26. Before then, Eilidh will be competing in the Scottish Ladies’ Amateur Championship at Prestwick from May 20-24.

CURTIS CUP JUBILATION.

Bronte Law and his sister Bella

Flashback to last Sunday and a picture - even though it's slightly out of focus with the moving figures and taken from some distance away - that's worth publishing because it encapsules the unbounded joy of GB and I winning for the first time since 1996. 

That's Bronte Law with her back to the camera and that's her kid sister Bella, obviously delighted and excited, as she runs towards her.
Stephanie Meadow, who had just clinched victory for GB and I, is just behind Bella Law.

Image by CAL CARSON GOLF AGENCY -- Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the flashback story and photograph.

PAST CURTIS CUP PLAYERS MATCH --- THE SCOTS AND IRISH WIN

FLASHBACK to last week's Curtis Cup match and the Past Players' Match which helped to raise the curtain for the 37th encounter.  The former Curtis Cup players who travelled to Nairn were split into two teams - Scotland and Ireland versus The Rest (who included United States stalwart Carol Semple Thompson who has made most appearances in Curtis Cup matches, both as a player and as a captain).The Scotland/Ireland team won the Neville Trophy and they have pride of place in the above picture taken on the steps of The Nairn clubhouse.


 Past Curtis Cup Players Match played on Thursday 7th June -- This is the Neville Trophy, won by the Scots/Irish players from the USA/England/Wales/ -- Thanks go to Mary McKenna for the photograph and Colin Farquharson for the report . (Renfrewshire's Wilma Leburn and Maureen Richmond were both playing)

CAPTION (back row first, then descending, names left to right); 

Ada O'Sullivan (Ireland), Anne Laing (Scotland), Margaret Pickard (England), Maureen Madill (Ireland).

Suzanne Cadden (Scotland), Maureen Richmond (Scotland), Jill Thornhill (England), Lady Angela Bonallack (England)

Linda Bayman (England), Claire Hourihane (Ireland), Bridget Jackson (England), Diane Bailey (England)

Breanne Loucks (Wales), Vivien Saunders (England), Ann Howard (England), Carole Semple Thompson (United States)

Ita Butler (Ireland), Wilma Leburn (Scotland), Mary McKenna (Ireland), Elaine Farquharson-Black (Scotland), Gillian Stewart (Scotland).

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Just a wee note from the "Far East" ( ie St Rule!) to thank you for all the super photos/videos we are all enjoying on your website over here. What a fantastic job you did. Congratulations.


Kind regards
Liz Childs

Thanks Liz -- It was a fantastic result and we all had a great time !!

Thanks also for the photo of your carrier bag !!

THE CURTIS CUP CLOSING CEREMONY

APOLOGIES FOR THE SOUND QUALITY -- THE WIND WAS BLOWING AND YOUR AMATEUR WEBMASTER ONLY HAS A "WEE CAMERA" !!

SOME PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FROM NAIRN

YOU WILL FIND LINKS TO PHOTOS ON THE LHS OF THIS WEBSITE. They are also in the photo albums link at the top of the website where you can download any that you wish.
More Videos are on the Video Channel.

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PHOTOS AND VIDEOS TO FOLLOW SOMETIME !!

Your Webmaster Carol and Tegwen Mathews with the Curtis Cup

As you will have guessed I have been out on the course for most of the day amidst the excitement of winning the Curtis Cup -- The first time since 1996.
I have lots of photos and a few videos to sort out and this cannot be done until sometime later this week.
Meantime I am very proud to have been part of this wonderful event.

GB&I WIN THE CURTIS CUP

GB&I Curtis Cup Winners

Great Britain and Ireland staged a brilliant last-day surge to win back the Curtis Cup at The Nairn Golf Club today. They finished victors by 10 1/2pt to 8 1/2.
Trailing by 1pt going into the final set of eighth singles, captain Tegwen Matthews' team notched individual wins by Kelly Tidy, who was three down after six holes, 
Amy Boulden, Holly Clyburn, Charley Hull and the clincher from Stephanie Meadow.
The last time GB and I beat the Americans was at Killarney in 1996. The US were bidding to win the Curtis Cup for an eighth straight occasion in the biennial fixture.
This is believed to be the first time since 1956 that the United States have lost a Curtis Cup match after leading into the final set of singles.
The Ryder Cup, Walker Cup, Solheim Cup and now the Curtis Cup all now rest on this side of the Atlantic.
English amateur champion Kelly Tidy came back from three down after six to put the first point of final day on the board at around 1pm.
The English champion's 2 and 1 victory over Austin Ernst in the lead-off singles squared the match overall at 6 1/2pt each.
GB and I's overall points total rose to 8 1/2 with wins by Holly Clyburn (3 and 2 over Erica Popson) and Amy Boulden (3 and 1 over Emily Tubert).
The United States advanced their overnight points total of 6 1/2 by one with Lisa McCloskey beat Scotland's Pamela Pretswell 4 and 3.
Charley Hull played sub-par golf to beat Lindy Duncan 5 and 3 - GB and I now on 9 1/2pt to United States' 7 1/2
The Americans' total moved up to 8 1/2 with Brooke Pancake registering a 6 and 5 win over Leona Maguire in the eighth singles.
Stephanie Meadow produced the clinching point by beating Amy Anderson 4 and 2. Stephanie's figures of four under par were the best of the day, surpassing Charley Hull#s earlier three-under-par effort.
The Olympic Torch (unlit) was on the first tee. Perhaps it lit the flame of fighting spirit among Tegwen's Troopers.
It was a dull, overcast morning, no sunshine but no rain and relatively no wind.

Results : GB and I names first

Kelly Tidy beat Austin Ernst 2&1
Amy Boulden beat Emily Tubert 3&1
Holly Clyburn beat Erica Popson 3&2
Pamela Pretswell lost to Lisa McCloskey 4&3
Bronte Law lost to Tiffany Lua 2 holes
Charley Hull beat  Lindy Duncan 5 & 3
Stephanie Meadow beat Amy Anderson 4 &2
Leona Maguire lost Brooke Pancake 6 & 5

Singles --- GB&I 5 USA 3

Overall result -- GB&I 10.5 USA 9.5

Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report

LIVE SCORING FROM NAIRN-- FINAL DAY SINGLES

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THE LINE-UP IS
GB and I names first
Kelly Tidy v Austin Ernst.
Amy Boulden v Emily Tubert
Holly Clyburn v Erica Popson.
Pamela Pretswell v Lisa McCloskey
Bronte Law v Tiffany Lua
Charley Hull v Lindy Duncan.
Stephanie Meadow v Amy Anderson.
Leona Maguire v Brooke Pancake.

FOURSOMES AND FOURBALL CURTIS CUP RESULTS DAY 2

Not so many spectators at The Nairn GC for the start of Day 2 in the 37th Curtis Cup but the weather is a lot worse than it was on Friday when 2,690 turned up.
It's miserably gloomy and pouring with rain.
Pamela Pretswell and Charley Hull lost to Anderson and Lua . The Americans started birdie birdie and despite the GB&I pairing get birdies at the 5th and 7th the weather appeared to take its toll with pars being difficult for both sides and eventually Pamela and Charley lost 3&2

The weather in the afternoon improved and the GB&I team came to the fore by winning 2 matches and halving the third

Foursomes Results -- USA Names First

Amy Anderson and Tiffany Lua beat Pamela Pretswell and Charley Hull 3&2
Austin Ernst and Brooke Pancake beat Holly Clyburn and Amy Boulden 2 holes
Lindy Duncan and Lisa McCloskey lost to  Stephanie Meadow and Leona Maguire. 3&1

Match stands at USA 6 GB&I 3

Afternoon Fourball


Tubert and Anderson lost to Holly Clyburn and Kelly Tidy 1 Hole
Brooke Pancake and Austin Ernst halved with Leona McGuire and Bronty Law
Popson and Tiffany Lua lost to Stephanie Meadow and Pamela Pretswell 2 holes

TOTAL AFTER DAY 2 USA 6.5 GB&I 5.5


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