Foundation Final
Australia completed a runaway victory in the Golf Foundation team championship for schools' international final over the Old Course, St Andrews, yesterday.
Leaders by 11 strokes overnight from England and New Zealand, the young Australians won the R&A Trophy by 16 shots in the end with a two-over-par team aggregate of 434 for the 36-hole tournament.
England faded into third place on 457, leaving New Zealand to fill the runner-up spot on 450.
Defending champions South Africa finished fourth on 464 with Wales and Scotland tied for fifth place on 474.
The Scots, represented by Bearsden Academy, Glasgow, improved by eight strokes, thanks to a par round of 72 by Martin Laird. Scott Dickson returned a 79 and David Rodger an 82.
Australia completed a double in the individual championship, with the PGA European Tour Trophy going to Gavin Flint, who shot a four-under-par 140. Final totals:
434 - Australia 215, 219 (G Flint 140, A Buckle 141, M Cooper 153).
450 - New Zealand 226, 224 (A Doyle 144, T Evett 152, E Lee 154).
457 - England 226, 231 (T Dainty 149, S Dainty 151, N Howe 157).
464 - South Africa 232, 232 (T Van Aswegen 151, G Botha 153, N Sanith 160).
474 - Wales 248, 226 (T Dykes 148, C Hodges 155, A Bostock 171); Scotland 241, 233 (M Laird 151, D Rodger 159, S Dickson 164).
481 - France 240 241 (G Chauvel 155, F Samade 161, N Mecz 165).
482 - Ireland 241 241 (M Kynes 157, D Lewis 159, M Flynn 166).
483 - Sweden 242 241 (A Christensson 156, A Ganestam 158, Margot Hansson 169).
511 - Germany 264 247 (M Marten 163, M Breidenbach 166, X Bertoli 182).
520 - Hong Kong 251 269 (G Moore 169, C Streit 169, Jacqueline Cheng 182).
523 - Netherlands 263 260 (E Mantz 164, Jasper Dupuis 168, Just Dupuis 191).
Best individual scores: 140 - G Flint (Australia) 67, 73. 141 - A Buckle (Australia) 72, 69. 144 - A Doyle (New Zealand) 72, 72.
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