Senior Scots beat France to earn semi-final 

against England in European championships

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Scotland swept through to a semi-final meeting against England with a 4-1 win over France while, the top seeds, Ireland went down to a shock 3-2 defeat by the eight qualifier, Italy, in today's quarter-finals of the European senior men's amateur team championship at the Diners Golf and Country Club, Ljubljana in Slovenia.
Ronnie Clark (5 and 4), Nick Robson (3 and 2) and Graham Bell (4 and 3) were individual winners for the Scots.
Ian Brotherston had a square match and so too had the foursomes pairing of David Gardner and Malcolm Reid.
RESULTS
QUARTER-FINALS
SCOTLAND 4, FRANCE 1
D Gardner and M Reid halved with P Abraham and D Santa.
R Clark bt F Illoux 5 and 4.
N Robson bt P Loumaigne 3 and 2.
I Brotherston halved with D Clerget
G Bell bt J-M Megroz 4 and 3.

ENGLAND 3, SPAIN 2
I Crowther and D Nelson bt J C Tinture and XXX  4 and 3.
S East bt J G Comin 6 and 4.
R Latham lost to A Rodriguez 2 and 1. 
A Mew bt M Preyser 3 and 2.
D Niven lost to I Gonzalez 4 and 3. 

IRELAND 2, ITALY 3
M Kelly and A Morrow lost to L Vista and M Franco 2 and 1.
A Pierse lost to L Sartori 2 and 1.
J Carvill bt G Bolla 2 and 1.
T Cleary lost to M De Rossi 1 hole
G McGimpsey bt F Lang 5 and 4.

GERMANY 3, SWEDEN 2 

FRIDAY SEMI-FINALS
England v Scotland
Italy v Germany