Bronte Law from Bramhall wins title on Costa del Sol

Lesley Atkins finishes third in

Andalucia Under-16 girls' event

Lesley Atkins (Minto), winner of the Scottish Under-14 girls' title last year, finished third behind eight-stroke winner Bronte Law (Bramhall) and English schoolgirls champion Jamie-Leigh Voss (Kirby Muxloe) in the Under-16 girls' section of the Andalucia Junior European Open championship on the Costa del Sol, Spain.
In sometimes very warm and also quite windy conditions over two very good links-style courses - Finca Cortesin and Alcaidesa Links - Bronte had rounds of 77, 74 and 74 for a total of 225. She is a member at Bramhall Golf Club, Stockport in Cheshire.
The 15-year-old , who was introduced to golf by her dad at the age of four, won by eight shots from Jamie-Leigh on 233. Lesley's total was 240. Lesley Atkins is pictured on the left.
Sorry we don't have the individual rounds, except in relation to Bronte Law who by the way wants to go to an American university when she is old enough and study for a sports science degree.
GIRLS' FINAL PLACINGS
225 Bronte Law (Bramhall) 77 74 74.
233 Jamie-Leigh Voss (Kirby Muxloe).
240 Lesley Atkins (Minto).
241 Hayley Davis (Ferndown).
242 Lauren Davis (Meon Valley).
246 Tiffany Hewetson (East Brighton).
252 Daisy Wakelin (East Brighton.

BEN TAYLOR WINS BOYS' TITLE BY 12 STROKES

The Andalucian Under-16 boys' championship was won by Ben Taylor (Walton Heath), 16-year-old son of the Pachesham Par, Leatherhead professional Phil Taylor.

Sixteen-year-old Ben's ambition is to play in the Ryder Cup - remember the name!

BOYS' FINAL PLACINGS

218 Ben Taylor (Walton Heath).

230 Harry Whittle (Woburn).

232 Craig Cameron (Wentworth).

233 Harry Mitchell (Ferndown).

235 Adam Woodhead (Stoke by Nayland).

236 Gareth Johnson (Howley Hall).

237 Greg Eason (Kirby Muxloe).

238 Dean Newbold (Frilford Heath).

240 Joe Richardson (Frilford Heath), Joe Sullivan (Stock Brock Manor).

245 Kishan Patel (Grimsdyke).

246 Danny Vallis (North Wilts).

250 Jack Orme (Drayton Park).

251 Mark Orrin (North Foreland).

Rhian seventh, Kylie

ninth as Portuguese

championship is cut

to three rounds

The 79th Portuguese women's open amateur championship has been reduced from four rounds to 54 holes following the loss of Friday's play because of flooding at the Quinta do Peru course near Lisbon.

Leading British or Irish player after Saturday's second round is Rhian Wyn Thomas (Vale of Glamorgan) whose last competitive event was the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School at La Manga.

Rhian, pictured, has scored 77 and 75 for a two-round tally of eight-over-par 152. She birdied the eighth today but dropped shots at the fourth, 10th, 17th and 18th. The late, back-to-back bogeys were costly because they dropped her down from sixth place.

Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle), the only Scot in the field and another player who has gone to Portugal from failure to win LET status at the Q School, dropped down to a share of ninth place with scores of 76 and 77.

St Rule Trophy winner Kylie has had only one birdie in 36 holes - at the 12th today. She dropped shots at the second, third, fifth, ninth, 11th and 13th in halves of 40 and 37.

In this championship last year, won by Spain's Carlota Ciganda, who enrolled at Arizona State University earlier this month, Kylie finished seventh. To equal or better than performance will be the red-head's target in Sunday's third and final round.

French players are occupying first and second places ahead of the demoted first-round leader, Lara Katzy (Germany).

Lucie Andre is now in the pole position on level par 144 with a pair of 72s. She leads by two from compatriot Rosanna Crepiat.

SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD

Par 144 (2 x 72)

144 Lucie Andre (Fra) 72 72 (36-36).

146 Rosanne Crepiat (Fra) 74 72 (38-34).

147 Lara Katzy (Ger) 71 76 (41-34).

149 Marion Duvernay (Fra) 78 71 (38-33), Irene Diaz-Negete (Spa) 74 75 (38-37).

150 Anna Arese (Spa) 76 74 (36-39).

152 Rocio Sanchez (Spa) 78 74 (38-36), Rhian Wyn Thomas (Wal) 77 75 (36-39) (jt 7th).

153 Kylie Walker (Sco) 76 77 (40-37), Mariona Ricordeau (Fra) 76 77, Cristina Turegano Mate (Spa) 76 77.

154 Adriana Zwanck (Spa) 78 76, Jane Niebralla (Ger) 78 76, Laura Stempfl (Ger) 77 77, Mandy Goyos (Spa) 77 77.

Selected scores:

156 Katherine O'Connor (Wal) 80 76 (jt 17th).

159 Hannah Jenkins (Wal) 83 76 (jt 23rd).

160 Tara Davies (Wal) 80 80, Niamh Kitching (Ire) 80 80 (jt 31st).

MISSED THE CUT (162 or better qualified for final round)

163 Amy Boulden (Wal) 87 76 (jt 43rd).

165 Rachel Drummond (Eng) 82 83 (48th).

167 Anna McCormack (Ire) 84 83 (jt 49th).

169 Victoria Bradshaw (Ire) 85 84 (jt 55th).

174 Sara Crowe (Ire) 90 84 (jt 63rd).

179 Aoife Lowry (Ire) 99 82 (69th 0f 70).

TEEforeTWO Links Golfers Looking

for Friendship on the Fairways

A brand new golf networking website, www.teeforetwo.co.uk, officially launches today, aimed at golfers looking for friendship on the fairways.
Whilst TEEforeTWO is pitched at single male and female golfers at every level of the game, it is more of a social forum for like-minded individuals who love to play golf and share a similar lifestyle that includes meeting new people, travelling and enjoying an active life.
“With TEEforeTWO we are looking to connect golfers who quite simply would like to play more golf,” explains Janet Rampton, co-founder of TEEforeTWO with Michael Rayment.
Some individuals may be looking for a relationship on TEEforeTWO while others may simply wish to widen their circle of friends or play the occasional round with someone of a similar outlook and standard of golf at a different course.
“Golf is a lifestyle thing and, like pleasures such as food, wine and travel, it is something that, in our view, can only really be enjoyed if you have someone to share it with," continues Janet.
“So Michael and I decided to set up TEEforeTWO with the aim of creating an online club community where golfers can interact, share experiences, arrange to play and hopefully find friendship and enjoyment together.”
TEEforeTWO is unique in that the common interest of all its members is golf. Its establishment joins a trend towards niche networking websites that eradicate the need for individuals to spend hours and hours trawling through profile after profile to find someone with similar interests.
“So many of the social networking websites in existence are far too generalised so it seemed to make absolute sense to cut out all the peripheral interests that people list and focus on the one common thing that they enjoy most - golf,” concludes Janet.
Janet and Michael were both single when they met playing golf, making them the perfect advert for their new web venture.
"Janet and I met each other playing golf and really enjoyed each other's company. Immediately the ice was broken, it was very easy to move on and we found we had many other interests in common,” comments Michael.
“It seemed such a simple idea to try to create a forum whereby golfers can look for new partners and straight away they have something in common... the love of golf. It is also a great, and safe, environment to meet new people."
Although it is only in its infancy, TEEforeTWO has already attracted hundreds of registrations from all regions of the UK and Ireland. Golfers of all handicaps and ages (ranging from 23 to 71 years old) have joined, with the ratio of male to female currently standing at 3:2.
Membership of TEEforeTWO is free of charge – there is a simple registration process involved – and allows users to view other members’ profiles, as well as the general member benefits. However, those wishing to interact with other individuals will need to upgrade their membership and pay a subscription fee, which costs from as little as £6 per month.
Members can link up with other users in their area, as well as those further afield if they have spare time during a business trip or would like to meet new friends on holiday or on a weekend away. To ensure a good match, members are encouraged to upload their profiles (including their golf handicap), post comments on the online Members’ Notice Board, search for events taking place nearby and make use of related websites to which there are links.
TEEforeTWO members are also encouraged to take advantage of member benefits (offered by site partners in sectors such as insurance, wine and golf holidays) and sign up for golf days around the UK run by TEEforeTWO and its partners.
To join and find out more about TEEforeTWO, click on www.teeforetwo.co.uk

Gwladys Nocera third with one


round to go in NZ Open

FROM THE TOURNAMENT WEBSITE
Let the battle resume was the catch-cry today from the two in-form Australian professionals at the inaugural $150,000 New Zealand Women’s Open golf tournament at the Clearwater course in Christchurch.
Sarah Oh, from New South Wales, and Katherine Hull, from Queensland, went head-to-head in the final round of the New South Wales Open last Sunday with Oh’s superior touch on the greens taking her to a three-shot victory. Both have shown superb putting skills at Clearwater in the first two rounds of the New Zealand event and that, coupled with their consistency and accuracy from tee to green, has set up a replay of a week ago.
And to add to the familiarity theme, Gwladys Nocera, pictured above, the accomplished French woman who won the European Tour’s order of merit last year, will again join Oh and Hull in the final group tomorrow. Oh had a bogey-free five-under par 67 to finish the 36 holes on 135, nine-under par, with Hull three shots back on six-under 138 after bogeys at 17 and 18 resulted in her carding a one-over 73 and losing valuable ground.
A shot behind Hull is Nocera, who had four birdies in her 68 and no bogeys, and a further stroke back was young Korean professional Bobea Park, who had six birdies in her 67, the equal best round of the day, and Australian Sarah Kemp, who had four birdies along with an eagle at the par-5 fifth.
The leading New Zealander and tied for sixth on two-under par is outstanding 14-year-old Aucklander, Cecilia Cho, who backed an opening 69 with a one-over 73.
She was disappointed at dropping three shots in the last five holes including a double-bogey at the last. Although three shots behind Oh, Hull has several factors on her side. She is the 26th world-ranked player, has been a professional for seven years, and won more than $1 million alone on the United States LPGA Tour last year.
Oh, 20, whose world ranking improved more than 100 places to 339th after her New South Wales Open triumph, is in her third year as a professional and has yet to reach $A50,000 in earnings.
However, she won the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour’s Rookie of the Year award last year after finishing third on the order of merit and has shown remarkable self-belief for a relative greenhorn. Oh had five birdies today and has dropped just one shot in 36 holes.
ALL THE SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
Players from Australia unless stated
135 Sarah Oh 68 67.
137 Katherine Hull 65 73.
139 Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 71 68.
140 Bobea Park (SKo) 73 67, Sarah Kemp 73 67.
142 Cecilia Cho (NZ) (am) 69 73, Lee-Anne Pace (SAf) 70 72.
143 Nikki Garrett 72 71, Wendy Doolan 71 72.
144 Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 71 73, Martina Eberl (Ger) 71 73, Yeon Song Kim (SKo) 69 75.
145 Julie Tvede (Den) 73 72, Mollie Fankhauser (US) 70 75, Stacey Keating (am) 70 75.
146 Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 72 74, Lotta Wahlin (Swe) 72 74, Sarah Nicholson (NZ) 71 75, Sarah-Jane Smith 73 73, Trish Johnson (Eng0 74 71, Vicky Thomas 72 74, Zoe Brake (NZ) (am) 73 73.
147 Caroline Bon (NZ) (am) 73 74, Melanie Holmes-Smith 73 74, Nancy Harvey (Can) 70 77, Yuki Sakurai (Jap) 74 73.
148 Joanne Mills 74 74.
149 Becky Brewerton (Wal) 73 76, Dana Lacey 74 75, Lydia Hall (Wal) 73 76, Rica Tse (NZ) (am) 72 77, Sunny Park 72 77, Verity Knight 77 72.
150 Becky Morgan (Wal) 72 78, Beth Bader (US) 74 76, Clare Choi 74 76, Danielle Montgomery (Eng) 75 75, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 72 78, Sarah King (am) 75 75.
151 Angela Tunchon 74 77, Cherie Byrnes 78 73, Dana Kim (NZ) (am) 75 76, Emma Cabrera-Bello (Spa) 80 71, Karen Lunn 69 82, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 77 74.
152 Anna Knutsson (Swe) 76 76, So Hee Kim (SKo) 76 76, Stacey Tate (NZ) 75 77.
153 Cathryn Bristow (NZ) (am) 77 76, Emily Perry (NZ) (am), Heiji Kim (SKo) 75 78, Kiran Matharu (Eng) 74 79, Laura Davies (Eng) 77 76, Whitney Hillier (am) 75 78.
154 Angela Harris 76 78, Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra) 71 83, Carmen Hajjar 81 73, Corinne Furnell 74 80, Kate Combes 76 78, Kristie Smith 78 76, Nhung Thi Tang (Vie) 78 76, Penny Smith (NZ) (am) 78 76.
155 Jane Kim 79 76, Jenny Park (SKo) 80 75, Jenny Sim (NZ) (am) 79 76, Katy Jarochowicz 76 79, Kerryn Starr (NZ) 75 80, Stephanie Na 73 82.
156 Aram Cho (SKo) 78 78, Diana D'Alessio (US) 76 80, Min Gyung Suk (SKo) 72 84, Tamara Hyett 76 80, Vikki Tutt 78 78.
MISSED THE CUT
157 Becky Walsh (NZ) 78 79, Bree Turnbull 77 80, Kirsty S Taylor (Eng) 75 82, Priscilla Duffield 81 76, Renee Fowler (NZ) 75 82.
158 Jane Lee (NZ) (am) 81 77, Larissa Eruera (NZ) 79 79, Susan Farron (NZ) 76 82, Tammy Clelland NZ) (am) 74 84.
159 Da Som Lee (NZ) 79 80, Nicole Montgomery 81 78, Polly Travica 79 80, Tania Tare (NZ) (am) 81 78, Wendy Hawkes (NZ) 78 81.
160 Elizabeth McKinnon (NZ) 79 81, Kasey Henshaw 79 81, Rosemary MacDonald 80 80.
161 Joon Young Choi (SKo) 82 79, Lisa Jean 8 80, Sharon O'Neill-Hemps 82 79.
162 Lynn Kenny (Sco) 83 79, Nicky Henderson 84 78, Rebecca Green 81 81, Marousa Polias 79 84.
163 Shelley Duncan (NZ) 81 82.
164 Chantelle Cassidy (NZ) (am) 79 85, Jody Fleming 81 83, Pam Sowden (NZ) 82 82.
166 Christina Beltran 79 86.
168 Angela Hawks (NZ) 70 89.
170 Emily Gray 86 84.
173 Caroline Malone (NZ) 173.