SCOTS SENIOR MEN LEAD IN PORTUGAL

Scotland have made an excellent start to the European senior men's amateur team golf championship at Estoril, Portugal. They are leading at the end of the first qualifying round, spearheaded by a 66 from former shinty star John Fraser (Royal Burgess). FIRST ROUND TOTALS 353 SCOTLAND (John Fraser 66, David Gardner 71, Ian Brotherston 71, Fraser McCluskey 72, Lindsey Blair 73, Gordon MacDonald 74) 358 ENGLAND (John Ambridge 68, Tyrone Carter 69, Martin Galway 72, Andrew Stracey 72, Alex Squires 77, Chris Reynolds 78). 360 IRELAND (Garth McGimpsey 67, Maurice Kelly 69, Adrian Morrow 73, John Mitchell 74, Arthur Piersse 77, Michael Coote 78). 364 GERMANY 366 SPAIN 372 BELGIUM 378 PORTUGAL 379 SWITZERLAND 380 ITALY Meanwhile, the Scotland squad competing in the European senior women's team championship at Lugano, Switzerland are lying 11th at the end of the first qualifying round. They have a total of 408, some 30 strokes behind joint leaders England and France. FIRST ROUND TOTALS Par 70 378 ENGLAND (Christine Quinn 73, Susan Dye 73, Rozalyn Adams 75, Caroline Berry 77, Janet Melville 80, Barbara Laird 81), FRANCE 390 SPAIN 394 GERMANY 399 ITALY 400 BELGIUM, ICELAND 404 SWEDEN 407 AUSTRIA 408 SCOTLAND (Mary Smith 78, Alex Glennie 80, Fiona De Vries 82, Lorna Bennett 82, Alison Bartlett 86, Heather Anderson 86) 410 NETHERLANDS 411 DENMARK 428 FINLAND 445 ICELAND ENDS