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

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

Format

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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

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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

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

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Earlier England–Scotland matches

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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]

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

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Earlier Ireland–Wales matches

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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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