Solid start by Scots in defence of European title

FROM THE SCOTTISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE
Scotland sit in a tie for third spot behind first round leaders England after their defence of the European Amateur Team Championship got underway in Sweden.
Ross Kellett was out early and got the Scots off to a good start, posting a two-under par 70 which was matched by Amateur Championship runner-up James Byrne in the afternoon. Michael Stewart, who like Kellett was a member of the victorious team twelve months ago in Wales, dropped a shot on the last to finish level par and Greg Paterson recovered from a double-bogey seven at the 13th hole to record a creditable one-over par 73.
Philip McLean and Kris Nicol, making their full Scotland debuts, were two-over and four-over respectively with the Fraseburgh man’s score non-counting to leave the Scots on one-under par overall, six shots behind the English.

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND
Leading eight teams after second round will qualifying for championship match-play flight
Best five scores per team count daily.
354 ENGLAND (C Paisley 68, L Canter 70, T Lewis 70, E Pepperell 73, T Fleetwood 73, B Hemstock 74).
355 DENMARK.
359 FINLAND, SCOTLAND ( J Byrne 70, R Kellett 70, M Stewart 72, G Paterson 73, P McLean 74, K McNicol 76).
362 WALES (J Frazer 70, R Pugh 72, O Farr 73, R Enoch 73, B Westgate 74, A Jones 75).
367 GERMANY.
368 ITALY, NORWAY.
369 FRANCE, NETHERLANDS.
370 BELGIUM.
372 SPAIN.
373 PORTUGAL.
374 IRELAND (D Lernihan 71, P Cutler 74, A Dunbar 75, P Dunne 76, P Murray 78, C Curley 80), Sweden.
379 Austria.
381 Switzerland.
383 Iceland.
391 Poland.
395 Slovakia.