The Asia-Pacific team won the inaugural Patry Hankins Trophy against Europe despite wins by England's Meghan MacLaren and Chloe Williams from Wales.
England's Meghan MacLaren and Chloe Williams from Wrexham, Wales both won their ties for Europe on the final day of singles but that was not enough to prevent Asia-Pacific winning the inaugural Patsy Hankins Trophy three-day match by a 17-15 margin at Vidago Palace golf course in northern Portugal today.
MacLaren, who flew to Porto earlier in the week from Arizona where she had been competing for her USA college, Florida International, beat Hyun Kyuung (South Korea) by 3 and 1, finishing strongly to clinch the tie.
Williams, a late subsitute for the sick Olivia Mehaffey (Ireland), recaptured the form which made her a GB and I international in beating Han-Hsuan Yung (Chinese Taipei) 6 and 5, having been five holes up on the ninth tee.
Asia Pacific jumped into a 7-3 lead at the end of the Day 1 foursomes and four-balls but Europe took the Day 2 honours by a 6.5 to 3.5 margin, which reduced the Asia-Pacific lead to 1pt (10.5 to 9.5) with 12 singles to finish the programme today (Friday).
Asia Pacific managed to edge the singles 6.5 to 5.5 for their overall 2pt victory.
In the men's match for the Bonallack Trophy at the same venue, Europe took the singles 8-4 for a 21.5-10.5 overall victory.
CREDIT CAL CARSON GOLF AGENCY