ENGLAND v IRELAND FOR EURO TITLE AS
SCOTS PLAY SPAIN FOR FIFTH PLACE

Scotland beat Italy 3 1/2-1 1/2 in the European men's amateur team golf championship at Royal Park Golf Club in Turin, Italy today and will play Spain, 3-2 winners over Sweden in the fifth place play-off on Saturday, the last day of the tournament.
Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) and Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) lost the only foursome by 3 and 2 to C Terragni and C Vigano.
Calum Macaulay (Tulliallan) was held to a square match in the top singles tie by Andrea Pavan. But Wallace Booth (Comrie), Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) and Paul O'Hara (Colville) all won their ties to clinch victory for the Scots..
England, 5-2 semi-final winners over France, conquerors of top seeds Scotland on Thursday, will play Ireland in the final. The Irish beat Germany 5-2.
Friday details:

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Semi-finals
France 2, England 5
Foursomes: A Kaleka & B Hebert bt C Ford & M Haines 4 and 3; J-J Wolff & V Dubuisson lost to S Uzzel & D Whitnell 1 hole (1-1).
Singles: Dubuisson lost to C Wood 6 and 5, Hebert halved with Uzzell, E Dubois lost to S Hutsby 1 hole, D Antoneli halved with Haines, Kaleka lost to Ford 6 and 4 (1-4).
Ireland 5, Germany 2
Foursomes: S Lowry & G Shaw bt S Gross & S Einhaus 5 and 4; JCaldwell & P Cutler bt A Knappe & M Keiffer 2 and 1 (2-0).
Singles: Shaw halved with Knappe, Cutler bt Gross 5 and 3, Caldwell bt Einhaus 3 and 2, P O'Hanlon halved with Keiffer, Lowry lost to A John 5 and 4 (3-2)

Fifth place play-offs
Scotland 3 1/2, Italy 1 1/2
Foursomes: K McNicoll & M Stewart lost to C Terragni & C Vigano 3 and 2 (0-1).
Singles: C Macaulay halved with A Pavan, W Booth bt F Colombo 4 and 3, G Dear bt M Manassero 2 and 1, P O'Hara bt N Bertasio 3 and 2 (3 1/2-1/2).
Spain 3, Sweden 2.

FLIGHT 2
Netherlands 3, Denmark 2.
Austria 3, Portugal 2.
Norway 5, Belgium 0.
Wales 3, Finland 2.
FLIGHT 3
Switzerland 4, Estonia 1.
Iceland 5, Poland 0.