Girls Home Internationals

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Girls Home Internationals
Tournament information
Established1969
Course(s) Downfield Golf Club (2019)
FormatTeam match play
Month playedAugust
Current champion
Flag of England.svg  England

The Girls Home Internationals was an amateur team golf championship for girls between the four Home Nations. Ireland was represented by the whole island of Ireland.The event was organised by The R&A. The inaugural event was held in 1969 and the venue cycled between the four nations. The winning team received the Stroyan Cup. Originally it was played immediately before, and at the same venue, as the Girls Amateur Championship. However it was later held as a separate event. In 2021 the match was replaced by a combined Girls and Boys Home Internationals.

Contents

A match between Scotland and England girls had been played since 1935 while Ireland and Wales had also played earlier matches.

Format

In its final format, the championship was played over three days with the four teams competing against each other in individual matches. A match consists of three foursomes and six singles each over 18 holes. The scores were calculated by team results with each team scoring one point for a team win and half a point for a halved match. Ties were resolved by the number of individual matches won. Each team had 7 players, although up to 2015 there were teams of 8.

History

From 1969 to 1975 the event was played on the Monday and Tuesday before the Girls Amateur Championship, with matches consisting of 7 singles matches over 18 holes. Two matches were played on the Monday and one on the Tuesday. From 1976 to 1978 it was held on the previous Thursday and Friday before returning to Monday and Tuesday in 1979. In 1990 the event was expanded to three days matches consisting of three foursomes and six singles.

Results

YearVenueLocationWinnerScoreRef.
2020 Royal St David's WalesCancelled [1]
2019 Downfield ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 2½ points [2]
2018 Ballybunion IrelandFlag of England.svg  England 2½ points [3]
2017 Little Aston EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [4]
2016 Conwy WalesFour Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland 2½ points [5]
2015 Lanark ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [6]
2014 Donabate IrelandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [7]
2013 St Annes Old Links EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 2 points [8]
2012 Radyr WalesFlag of England.svg  England 2½ points [9]
2011 Gullane No.2ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 2½ points [10]
2010 Bangor IrelandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [11]
2009 Fairhaven EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [12]
2008 Panmure ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [13]
2007 Southerndown WalesFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3 points [14]
2006 Portstewart IrelandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3 points [15]
2005 Worplesdon EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 2 points [16]
2004 Strathaven ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 2 points [17]
2003 Pyle & Kenfig WalesFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [18]
2002 Hermitage IrelandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [19]
2001 Brough EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points
2000 Downfield ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points
1999 High Post EnglandFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 3 points
1998 Mullingar IrelandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2 points
1997 Forfar ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points
1996 Formby Ladies EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points
1995 Northop Country Park WalesFlag of England.svg  England 3 points
1994 Gog Magog EnglandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2½ points
1993 Helensburgh ScotlandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3 points
1992 Moseley EnglandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3 points
1991 Whitchurch WalesFlag of England.svg  England 2½ points
1990 Penrith EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points
1989 Carlisle EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [20] [21]
1988 Pyle & Kenfig WalesFlag of England.svg  England 2½ points [22] [23]
1987 Barnham Broom EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [24] [25]
1986 West Kilbride ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [26] [27]
1985 Hesketh EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [28]
1984 Llandudno (Maesdu) WalesFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3 points [29] [30]
1983 Alwoodley EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [31] [32]
1982 Edzell ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [33] [34]
1981 Woodbridge EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [35] [36]
1980 Wrexham WalesFlag of England.svg  England 2½ points [37] [38]
1979 Edgbaston EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 2½ points [39]
1978 Largs ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [40] [41]
1977 Formby EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 2½ points [42] [43]
1976 Pyle & Kenfig WalesFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3 points [44] [45]
1975 Henbury EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 2½ points [46] [47]
1974 Dunbar ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [48] [49]
1973 Northamptonshire County EnglandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3 points [50] [51]
1972 Royal Norwich EnglandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3 points [52]
1971 North Berwick ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [53] [54]
1970 North Wales WalesFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [55] [56]
1969 Ilkley EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 3 points [57]

Source: [58]

Earlier England–Scotland matches

Before the Girls Home Internationals was founded, an annual match had been played between England and Scotland since 1935. It was played immediately before the Girls Amateur Championship at the same venue.

The first match was held on Monday 2 September 1935 at Stoke Poges, before the Girls Amateur Championship. There were 7 singles matches, with Scotland winning 5 and England 2. [59] Extra holes were played to ensure a result. Scotland won all four matches that were played before World War II. [60] The match restarted in 1949 and was won first the first time by England. [61] There were just 5 singles matches in 1949 and 1950 but the number returned to 7 from 1951. [62] Foursomes matches were introduced in 1954, the match consisting of three foursomes and six singles. [63] Only five singles matches were played in 1955 with seven played in 1959. [64] [65] In 1960 the match was extended to four foursomes and eight singles and resulted in a 6–6 tie. [66] Extra holes were dropped from 1964. [67] In 1965 the format returned to the earlier three foursomes and six singles, and resulted in a 4½–4½ tie. [68] In 1966, at Troon Portland, Scotland won for the first time since 1938. [69] In 1968 at Leven, the final match played before the start of the Home Internationals, resulted in the third tie in the match, 4½–4½. [70]

YearVenueLocationWinnerScoreRef.
1968 Leven ScotlandTie4½–4½ [70]
1967 Liphook EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 7–2 [71]
1966 Troon Portland ScotlandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 5½–3½ [69]
1965 Formby Ladies EnglandTie4½–4½ [68]
1964 Camberley Heath EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 9½–2½ [67]
1963 Gullane No. 2ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 9–3 [72]
1962 Alnmouth EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 9–3 [73]
1961 Beaconsfield EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 9–3 [74]
1960 Kilmarnock (Barassie) ScotlandTie6–6 [66]
1959 Woolaton Park EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 7–3 [65]
1958 Cotswold Hills EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 7–2 [75]
1957 North Berwick ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 8–1 [76]
1956 Seaton Carew EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 9–0 [77]
1955 Beaconsfield EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 7–1 [64]
1954 West Kilbride ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 8–1 [63]
1953 Woodhall Spa EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 4–3 [78]
1952 Stoke Poges EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 4–3 [79]
1951 Gullane ScotlandFlag of England.svg  England 6–1 [62]
1950 Formby EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 3–2 [80]
1949 Beaconsfield EnglandFlag of England.svg  England 4–1 [61]
1939–1948: No tournaments
1938 Stoke Poges EnglandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4–3 [60]
1937 Stoke Poges EnglandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 6–1 [81]
1936 Stoke Poges EnglandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4–3 [82]
1935 Stoke Poges EnglandFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 5–2 [59]

Source: [58]

Earlier Ireland–Wales matches

Ireland and Wales played their first girls international at Llandudno in August 1965, Wales winning 5–4. A second match was played on the Valley course at Royal Portrush in 1966, Ireland winning. In 1967 and 1968 the match was played on the same day as the England–Scotland match. Ireland won 7–2 in 1967 and 6½–2½ in 1968. [71] [70] The teams competed for the Swansea Spoon, later presented to the runners-up in the Home Internationals.

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