SCOTTISH WOMEN'S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

FIFE WIN TITLE WITH VICTORY
OVER RENFREWSHIRE

Fife regained the Scottish women’s county golf team championship they last won in 1995 when they beat Renfrewshire 6 ½-2 ½ on a very wet day at the Hirsel Golf Club near Coldstream today.
That victory (2-1 in the foursomes and 4 ½-1 ½ in the singles) in the title-decider gave Fife a 100 % winning record over the three-day programme, having earlier beaten Galloway 7-2 and Perth & Kinross 6-3 on Saturday. Pictured above (left to right) with the trophy are: Katrina Milne, Krystle Caithness, Fiona Lockhart, Louise Kenney, Dorothy Ford (county captain), Jocelyn Carthew, Elaine Moffat, Lorna Bennett and Becky Copland (picture by Gillian Kirkwood).
It is a victory to be savoured by Fife who have not won the title all that often since their memorable hat-trick in 1965-66-67. They recaptured it in 1974 but went another 21 years before becoming Scottish champions again.
Strength in depth was the secret of Fife’s success at the Hirsel. Their line-up included Curtis Cup reserve and Scottish Under-21 champion Krystle Caithness and two former Scottish women’s champions, Fiona Lockhart and Elaine Moffat, all members of the St Regulus club, St Andrews.
Lockhart was the player of the tournament with six wins out of six, closely followed by Caithness with 5 1/2pt out of 6.
Perth & Kinross beat Galloway 6-3 in their final match to finish third in the table.
Final-day details:

FIFE 6 1/2, RENFREWSHIRE 2 1/2
Fife players first
Foursomes – L Kenney, J Carthew lost to C Whyte, L Robertson 2 and 1; E Moffat, F Lockhart bt D Jackson, G McGinlay 2 and 1; K Caithness, K Milne bt M Briggs, C-M Carlton 1 hole (2-1).
Singles – Caithness halved with Carlton, Kenney lost to Briggs, Lockhart bt Jackson 3 and 2, Carthew bt McGinlay 4 and 2, Moffat bt Robertson 6 and 5, Milne bt Whyte 6 and 5 (4 ½-1 1/2).

PERTH & KINROSS 6, GALLOWAY 3
P&K players first
Foursomes – J Milne, F Ramsay bt S McMurtrie, A Shamash 5 and 4; A Bushby, S Shepherd bt C Meldrum, G Robson 3 and 2; J Yellowlees, G Lambie lost to T Milligan, G Monteith 7 and 5 (2-1).
Singles – Milne bt Shamash 4 and 3, Bushby bt Milligan 2 and 1, Shepherd lost to Monteith 2 and 1, Yellowlees lost to McMurtrie 2 and 1, Ramsay bt Meldrum 5 and 3, E Napper bt P Magill 3 and 2 (4-2).

HOW THEY FINISHED
Fife 3pt, Renfrewshire 2pt, Perth & Kinross 1pt, Galloway 0.