SINGLES WINS BY BURNS, FERGUSON AND MACINTYRE

SCOTS BEAT ENGLISH IN EUROPEAN

BOYS' IN 3rd PLACE NORWAY PLAY-OFF

Scotland's Under-18 juniors succeeded where their older compatriots failed by beating England 4-3 in a third place play-off at the European boys team championship at Oslo, Norway.
After the foursomes were shared 1-1, Scotland took the singles 3-2 for a splendid overall victory.
George Burns capped his great week by winning the top singles 4 and 3 and his example was followed by British boys champion Ewen Ferguson and left-handed Robert MacIntyre who both won their ties by one hole.
Ben Kinsey lost by 2 and 1 and Murray Naymsith went down by two holes but they had played their part in Scotland's earlier matches.
Italy beat Sweden 5 1/2-3 1/2 to win the European boys' team title.
Wales lost 3-2 to Denmark.

SCOTLAND 4, ENGLAND 3
Foursomes: E Ferguson and M Naysmith bt B Moore and H McCullen 2 and 1; G Burns and C Fyfe lost to A Turner and M Penge at 19th (1-1)
Singles: Burns bt Penge 4 and 3, B Kinsey lost to McCullen 2 and 1, Ferguson bt J Dick 1 hole, R MacIntyre bt Moore 1 hole, Naysmith lost to Turner 2 holes (3-2).