ENGLAND IN SECOND PLACE AFTER FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND
 England
began the defence of the European Men’s Team Championships
in fine style by filling second place after the opening day
of qualifying at Western Gailes in Ayrshire.
With five scores from six to count, England returned 355,
two behind France and two ahead of third placed Scotland.
The main objective is to be among the top eight teams after
the second round because only they go forward to the championship
flight match-play. You cannot win the European title if you
finish ninth in the qualifying.
Jamie Moul and Paul Waring (pictured left - photo courtesy
of Tom Ward) both went round in three-under-par 68 and were
backed by a 70 from Gary Wolstenholme, playing in his seventh
European Men’s Team Championships.
John Parry added 74 and Gary Boyd 75 with David Horsey’s
76 proving the non-counting card.
France also had three sub-par scores but their worst counting
return was 73.
Scotland’s best return was Kevin McAlpine with 68 while
Ireland’s Rory McIlroy went round in a fine 67 to leave
his side in fourth place on 358.
First Round scores: Par 355 (5 x 71)
353 France (J Wolff 69, V Dubuisson 69, A Bernadet 70, A Kaleka
72, K Le Sager 73. NC: R Bechu 74).
355 England (J Moul 68, P Waring 68, G Wolstenholme 70, J
Parry 74, G Boyd 75. NC: D Horsey 76).
357 Scotland (K McAlpine 68, R Ramsay 70, J King 70, L Saltman
74, J Byrne 75. NC: K McNicoll 77).
358 Ireland (R McIlroy 67, S Ward 71, R Kilpatrick 73, G Shaw
73, J Caldwell 74. NC: S Lowry 74); Denmark.
360 Norway
365 Germany, Spain
367 Sweden
368 Wales (Evans 72, R Thomas 73, N Edwards 74, R Enoch 74,
L Matthews 75. NC: R Davies 75)
370 Netherlands, Portugal
376 Austria, Iceland
379 Belgium
380 Turkey
382 Czech Republic
383 Italy
385 Finland
386 Switzerland
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