Moira Thomson set for Berlin next week in Senior European Team Event

Moira Thomson of Gullane is sneaking in last minute practice and polishing up on her German before she flies off to Berlin at the weekend. She is one of a six-man team representing Scotland in the Senior European Individual Team Championship, starting Wednesday 1st September. This is notably the last time this will be an annual event, as it will revert to taking place every second year. The course venue is the tip-top Sporting Club Berlin. Information from the website reports on there being 63 holes but the star attraction is the Nick Faldo Course. Although Arnold Palmer first laid out his course in 1995, Nick Faldo came on the scene and created a masterpiece of a course in 1997. The main feature in this admittedly fairly flat course is the expert and crafty positioning of the bunkers. Indeed the par 5, eleventh hole has no fewer than 14 bunkers!

As expected, the holes are reported to be completely individual, each being recognisably different from any other. The greens are large and very quick so that should suit our girls who are all well used to playing on our fast links courses. And if there is any aspect of their game not entirely to their satisfaction, there are great practice facilities, with special scope for perfecting the short-game.

Our team is
Heather Anderson (Alyth)
Lorna Bennett (Ladybank)
Fiona de Vries (St Rule)
Anne Ryan (Tain)
Mary Smith (Tain)
Moira Thomson (Gullane)
First reserve Noreen Fenton (Dunbar)
Second reserve Fiona Hunter (Baberton)
Captain Pamela Williamson (Baberton)
Manager Janet Wake (Merchants)

For those at home wishing to keep up with minute by minute action, you can keep right up to date with Live Scoring on the EGA site (go into Kirkwoodgolf - useful links - EGA and follow the directions) Day One and Two are strokeplay days where five of the six team scores count. The aggregate over the two days determines which flight the teams get into. Thereafter matchplay. All members of the team play every day, four singles and one foursome, all gaining the same points value. It is a most exciting but stressful format and we wish them the very best of luck.