SSWGA v Ireland 2025
Bruntsfield Links GC
Sunday, April 6th .. Foursomes
Monday, April 7th .. Singles
SSWGA Team Scotland
Gillian Kyle - East Renfrewshire GC, West
Elaine Moffat - St Regulus Ladies GC, Midlands
Alison Davidson - Stirling GC, Midlands
Karen Marshall - Baberton GC, East
Margo Gardiner - West Lothian GC, Midlands
Louise Fraser - Kingsknowe GC, East
Hilary Laughland - Mortonhall GC, East
Jackie Brown - Monifieth GC, NorthHilary
March 30th 2025:
Due to injury Hilary Laughland and Alison Davidson have had to retire from the team.
They are replaced by
Sheena Wood, Aberdeen Ladies GC, North
Diane Macdonald, Dumfries & County GC, Dumfriesshire
Scotland lost the foursomes 3-1 on the opening day of the Mary McKenna Trophy
Results
Sunday Foursomes
G Kyle/E Moffat. 2-1 G Lintern/F Halpin
S Wood/L Fraser. T Eakin/S Real 3-2
K Marshall/ D Macdonald.D Walsh/S Benadetti 1up
M Gardiner/J Brown. L Cullen/N Currie 3-2
All to play for tomorrow in the singles
Monday 7th April
Our girls put up a great fight this morning to share the spoils of the singles at 4-4. Alas it was not enough as we lost the match by 7-5
Gardner bt Real 4-3
Macdonald lost to Eakin 6-5
Kyle bt Cullen 1up
Marshall bt Halpin 4-3
Brown and Currie halved
Moffat lost to Walsh 4-3
Wood lost to Benadetti 3-2
Fraser and Linter halved
The Mary McKenna Trophy has now concluded and unfortunately our girls have not had the best of experiences with Ireland running out winners in the singles by a margin of 7-1 and the match by 11.1. Whilst the bad weather has had a bearing on the match our girls were hopeful to do better this afternoon. Full results as follows :
Foursomes
Tracey Eakin 3/2 Karen Marshall
Lisa Cullen Alison Davidson
Laura Webb 2/1 Sheena Wood
Alison Taylor Ruth Hunter
Suzanne Corcorran 2/1 Gillian Kyle
Gertie McMullen Elaine Moffat
Deirdre Walsh 4/3 Diane McDonald
Carol Wickham Karen Ferguson Sneddon
Singles
Taylor 2/1 Wood
Corcoran 5/3 Kyle
Eakin 2/1 Moffat
Webb 3/2 Ferguson Sneddon
Cullen Marshall 2/1
McMullen 4/2 Hunter
Walsh 4/3 Davidson
Wickham 4/3 McDonald