England’s hat trick triumph in Senior Home
Internationals
6 October
2005
England won the Senior Home Internationals for the
third year in a row when they beat Ireland 6-1 on
the final day of the matches at Radyr, near Cardiff.
ELGA chairman Jenny Clink said: “It was a fantastic
win. Our seniors’ champion, Chris Quinn, led
from the front with six wins from six matches, but
it was a really great team effort and everyone played
their part.”
The triumph crowns a superb year for England, completing
a hat trick of wins in the Home Internationals, Senior
Home Internationals and Girls’ International
Matches. England also took gold and silver medals
in European team championships and England players
were crucial to GB&I’s Vagliano Trophy win
over Europe.
England is the only nation to have won the Senior
Home Internationals since the championship was launched
in 2003 and the team retained their title in style.
They beat all three of their rival nations, won 16
out of their 21 matches, halved two and conceded just
four points during the series.
On the final day the team got off to a perfect start
against Ireland, winning both morning foursomes. English
seniors’ champion Chris Quinn scored the first
singles point with a fine 7/6 win and then Carole
Caldwell secured the victory when she beat her opponent
2/1. More points were added by Pat Wrightson and Chris
Stirling who both also won 2/1.
Scotland beat Wales 6½ -½ to take second
place in the series.
The England team, captained by Hilary Green (Royal
Lytham & St Anne’s), was: Geraldine Bray
(Littlestone), Carole Caldwell (Sunningdale), Christine
Quinn (South Winchester), Hilary Smyth (Pannal), Christine
Stirling (Meon Valley) Christine Watson (Beaconsfield)
and Pat Wrightson (Huddersfield).
England take lead in Senior Home internationals
5 October
2005
England beat Scotland 4½-2½ in a tightly
contested battle to take the lead after the second
day of the Senior Home Internationals at Radyr, near
Cardiff.
The result, following Tuesday’s win over Wales,
puts the team on course to realise their ambition
of scoring a third consecutive win in this championship.
Now, England play Ireland, who lost 6-1 to Scotland
on the first day of the tournament and were then beaten
4½-2½ by Wales.
All England’s points against Scotland were
scored on either the 17th or 18th holes and team captain
Hilary Green said: “It was very exciting, very
close and the standard of golf was absolutely tremendous.”
English seniors’ champion Chris Quinn continued
her winning foursomes partnership with Pat Wrightson
and then triumphed in a titanic singles battle to
again contribute the maximum two points to the scoreline.
Chris and her singles opponent, Pam Williamson, halved
the first nine holes before the Scot won the 10th
with a birdie. Chris pulled her straight back on the
11th but immediately lost the 12th to another birdie.
The England player squared the match with a birdie
on the 14th, also won the 15th and 16th and settled
the match with a half on 17. “Chris played absolutely
stunning golf,” said Hilary.
Chris Stirling secured her point with a brave up-and-down
on the 18th, which halved the hole and gave her a
one-up win. Then Carole Caldwell, who was never behind
in her match, sealed the day’s victory with
a 2/1 success. A final half point was added by Hilary
Smyth.
England beat Wales for winning start to Senior Home
Internationals
4 October
2005
England made a winning start to their defence of
the Senior Home Internationals, beating Wales 5½-1½
on the first day of the matches at Radyr.
The team, who are bidding for a hat trick of wins,
won both morning foursomes and then followed up with
3½ points from the afternoon’s five singles.
English seniors champion Chris Quinn and partner
Pat Wrightson led the way in the foursomes when they
fought back to win a tight match against Vicki Thomas
and Verona Mackenzie. The England pair were ahead
only on the 16th and 17th – but that was enough
for a 2/1 win.
Meanwhile Chris Stirling and Hilary Smyth took the
lead on the third hole and were always in front until
they closed out the opposition 4/2.
In the singles, Chris Quinn and Chris Stirling made
certain of the win with two confident performances.
Chris Quinn again got the better of Vicki Thomas
in a match of two halves. The Welsh player held the
advantage for much of the front nine but Chris moved
ahead on the 10th and went on to win 3/2. Chris Stirling
won the first hole of her singles and was never behind
in her match, finishing off with a convincing 5/4
scoreline.
Another point came from Carole Caldwell who showed
all her fighting qualities when she won three of the
last four holes to come back from 2 down to 1 up.
Chris Watson had victory snatched from her grasp when
she lost the last hole and had to settle for a half.
Now, England play Scotland, who beat Ireland 6-1
on the opening day’s play.
England hope for Senior Home Internationals hat-trick
12 September
2005
The third
Senior Home Internationals competition is taking place
at Radyr Golf Club, Wales 4 – 6 October. The
England team having won the inaugural competition
in 2003 and dominated the 2004 championship, winning
18 of the 21 matches are hoping to build on this success
with a third win.
The strong team consists of current Senior Ladies’
Champion Christine Quinn (South Winchester), former
Curtis Cup player Carole Caldwell (Sunningdale) and
fellow Home International players Christine Stirling
(Meon Valley) and Christine Watson (Beaconsfield)
they will be joined by new caps Geraldine Bray (Littlestone),
Hilary Smyth (Pannal) and Pat Wrightson (Huddersfield)
The 2005 captain Hilary Green said; “I think
we have a fantastic team, I’m sure they’ll
all be trying very hard to win the trophy for the
third consecutive year”.
This year the teams will consists of seven players
as opposed to six players in the previous two years.
The matches however will remain the same with 2 foursomes
and 5 singles matches each day.
The reserves are: 1st Vivien Saunders (Cambridge
Meridian), 2nd Ruth Lindley (Hartlepool) and 3rd Carolyn
Kirk (York).
Cathy Bowerbank, previous ELGA Chairman will be the
team manager.
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