Golf: East girls defend their silverware
This year’s event was played at Whitekirk, where Gullane Ladies’ duo Lesley Atkins and Charlotte Munro joined forces with Clara Young (North Berwick) and Keren Ward (The Glen) to stage a successful defence of the small, but nonetheless prestigious trophy.
In a re-match of last year’s first-round encounter, East Lothian halved with Fife 2-2 but progressed to the final courtesy of the holes-won ruling in the tournament. It was also needed to split Midlothian and Stirling & Clackmannanshire in the other match, with Midlothian edging that to set up a repeat of last year’s final.
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Hide AdAnd, though East Lothian won 4-0 in the end, it was a much closer contest than the scoreline suggested as a Mid team made up of Glencorse sisters Emily and Jessica Dalgetty, Broomieknowe’s Hannah Scott and Kirsty Burgess of Silverknowes, went down fighting.
Fife finished third after beating Stirling & Clackmannanshire 2-0 in the consolation play-off.