Cathy Panton-Lewis wins pro

title at French seniors

Cathy Panton-Lewis, a part-time tour professional these days - she is secretary at Sunningdale Ladies Golf Club, won the professional section of the French senior ladies open championship at Chantaco Golf Club on the Basque Coast near Biarritz in southwest France last week.

Cathy, pictured right, had scores of 78, 74 and 71 for a 54-hole total of 223 - two shots ahead of American Corinne Reybroek who scored 75 74 and 76.

The amateur title was won by France's dominating senior in recent seasons, Virginie Burrus of the St Cloud club with scores of 74, 70 and 78 for a total of 222.

She won by a shot from the evergreen Cecilia Mourgue d'Algue who scored 72, 79 and 72.

Lancashire-based Scot Dr Maureen Richmond finished seventh in the amateur ladies section with scores of 74, 75 and 81 for 230.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

PROFESSIONALS

223 Cathy Panton-Lewis (Sco) 78 74 71.

225 Corinne Reybroeck (US) 75 74 76.

228 Rose Nalakia (Kenya) 80 74 74, Anne-Marie Palli (Spa) 73 77 78.

233 Nathalie Jeansson (Fra) 80 77 76, Helen Reid (Eng) 77 76 80.

234 Jane Forrest (Eng) 75 81 78, Rica Comstock (US) 78 75 81.

253 Ana Montfort (Spa) 82 80 91.

AMATEURS

222 Virginie Burrus (Fra) 74 70 78.

223 Cecilia Mourgue d'Algue (Fra) 72 79 72.

224 Jane Rees (Wal) 75 77 72.

225 Vicky Pertierra (Spa) 76 72 77.

226 Khadija Boutahchicht (Fra) 75 76 75.

229 Petra Muller (Swe) 75 77 77.

230 Maureen Richmond (Sco) 74 75 81.

Selected totals:

237 Susan Glen (Sco) 81 76 80 (jt 13th).

240 Janet Doleman (Wal) 77 83 80 (jt 20th).

243 Denise Parker (Ire) 86 79 78, Hilary Smith (Eng) 84 81 78 (jt 23rd).

244 Ruth Lindley (Eng) 84 83 77 (27th).

246 Sara Reston (Eng) 83 80 83 (31st).

248 Julie Ballard (Eng)87 79 86 (jt 34th).

249 Pat Bennett (Eng) 82 86 81, Janice Paterson (Sco) 84 82 83 (jt 37th).

252 Susan Pidgeon (Eng) 85 85 82 (jt 43rd).

253 Lynn Griffiths (Eng) 82 86 85 (jt 46th).

MISSED THE CUT

172 Vivien Saunders (Eng) 85 87.

173 Barbara Biggart (Sco) 87 86.

186 Helen Heggarty (Eng) 98 88.

French junior lady championship qualifying rounds

A Tidy performance by Kelly

is England's best at St Cloud

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Lancashire’s Kelly Tidy was England’s leading scorer on the first day of the French lady junior championship at St Cloud Golf Club, near Paris.
The 17-year-old from Royal Birkdale, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, shot a two-over par 73 in the first round of stroke-play qualifying and is currently in ninth place.
Kelly, who represented Europe in last year’s junior Ryder Cup after reaching the final of the British girls open championship at Monifieth, had three consecutive birdies in her round from the 14th.
Defending champion Rachel Jennings is two shots behind after opening her campaign with a four-over 75, which included just one birdie. She is lying 25th. After 36 holes of stroke-play the leading 32 players will qualify for the match-play stages of the championship. That means the other four members of the English Women’s Golf Association squad need to improve their positions in the second round to keep their title hopes alive.
FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 71
69 Marieke Nivard (Netherlands).
70 Leona Maguire (Ireland), Rocio Sanchez Lobito (Spain).
71 Karianne Hillaas (Norway), Jennifer Weise (Germany), Lucie Andre (France).
72 Friederke Reuter (Germany).
73 Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale), Klara Spilkova (Czech Republic), Julie Maisongrosse (France), Marion Kaddouchie (France), Miereia Prat (Spain), Nicola Rossler (Germany).
74 Rosanna Crepiat (France), Daisy Nielsen (Denmark), Elia Folch (Spain), Audrey Goumard (France), Joana Yanes (Spain), Lisa Maguire (Ireland), Emilie Alonso (France), Ana Fernandez Mesa (Spain), Eugenia Ferrego (Italy), Johanna Tillstrom (Sweden).
Selected scores:
75 Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton)
77 Hannah Barwood (Knowle).
78 Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa).
79 Rachel Connor (Manchester), Alex Peters (Notts Ladies).
81 Louise Marnagh (Ireland).
82 Aedin Murphy (Ireland).

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Lyndsey Hewison

Press Officer

English Women's Golf Association

Lesley Atkins leading Scot as

English have ups & downs

There was good and bad news for followers of England's fortunes on the first day of the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association Under-16 girls' 36-hole open stroke-play championship at windy Craigielaw Links, near Edinburgh.

The good news? Hayley Davis (Ferndown), winner of two Under-16 girls' events at the Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival in Spain in February, is continuing in excellent form.

She has set the first-round clubhouse target of 73, two-over-par and only one over the eventual CSS on a quite windy day which began with heavy rain. Hayley birdied the first, the long 11th and par-4 14th but dropped shots at the third, seventh, ninth, 13th and 18th in halves of 37 (two over par) and 36 (level).

Her golfing buddy, Hannah Turland (Tidworth Garrison) chased her up with a 74 which included a double-bogey 7 at the fourth.

Although she also bogeyed the fifth, ninth and 16th, Hannah did produce birdies at the short 10th and the 15th for halves of 39 (four over par) and 35 (one under).

The bad news? Jamie-Leigh Voss, the current English schoolgirls champion from Kirkby Muxloe, was taken ill on the course and retired after slumping to eight over par for only nine holes (she played the second nine first) and had to ferried to the nearest doctor by referee Gillian Kirkwood.

And later Haedi Beck (Felixstowe Ferry), one of the leading English players, was disqualified for failing to sign her scorecard which had added up to 81 with a triple bogey 8 at the fourth and a double bogey 6 at the 12th.
Scottish Under-14 girls champion Lesley Atkins (Minto), pictured above, is the big home hope, despite a four-putt green on her way to a 78, five shots off the pace but in a creditable joint fifth position.
Lesley birdied the long second and also the ninth but sandwiched three bogeys, at the third, fifth, and eighth between them in an outward half of one-over-par 36.

She had no birdies to compensate for a rash of bogeys after the turn, at the 11th, 12th, 16th and 17th, before she finished on a low note with a double bogey 7 at the long last hole for 42 home.
One behind Atkins is home-course player Gabrielle MacDonald with halves of 42 and 37 for 79.
Scotland could claim the best, most accurate shot of the day - Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) had a hole in one at the third (132yd) on her way to an 81 (37-44).

SCOTTISH UNDER-16 GIRLS’ OPEN STROKE-PLAY

CHAMPIONSHIP SCOREBOARD
Craigielaw Links, nr Edinburgh

FIRST ROUND
Par 71. CSS 72
73 Hayley Davis (Ferndown) 37-37.
74 Hannah Turland (Tidworth Garrison) 39-35.
76 Ashley Cramond (Warwickshire) 39-37, Bronte Law (Bramhall) 37-39.
78 Olivia Winning (Rotherham) 37-41, Lesley Atkins (Minto) 36-42.
79 Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) 42-37, Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough) 41-38, Gemma Clements (Sutdley Wood) 40-39, Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham)39-40, Nicola Haynes (Gosforth Park) 37-42.
80 Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) 41-39, Amy Boulden (Llandudno) 41-39, Katie Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 38-42, Chloe Williams (Wrexham) 37-43, Lucy Evans (Lilleshall Hall) 36-40.
81 Ellie Goodall (Selby) 43-88, Lianna Bailey (Notts Ladies) 43-38, Jessica Boal (Larne) 41-40, Julie Vass (Tain) 41-40, Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) 40-41, Jemma Chalmers (Monifieth) 38-43, Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 37-44.
82 Amelia Covell (Huddersfield Fixby) 43-39, Hannah-Rachel Edmunds (Woodhall Spa) 42-40, Amy Marper (Hillsborough) 41-41, Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 41-41, Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield Ladies) 39-43.
83 Gail Wilson (Monifieth) 42-41.
84 Lauren Taylor (Woburn) 45-39, Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 44-40, Jasmine Johnson (Gosfield Lake) 43-41, Myriam Hassan (Southerndown) 4-2-42, Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) 42-42, Abigail Laker (Burford) 41-43.
85 Tara MacTaggart (Minto) 43-42), Emma Murphy (Wexford) 41-44.
86 Jennifer Hide (Royal Norwich) 43-43, Charlotte Hindmoore (Blackwell Grange) 43-43, Sophie Alexander (Deeside) 43-43, Emily Cheshire (Notts Ladies) 41-45, Emily Aird (Strathmore) 41-45, Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) 41-45, Hannah McCook (Abernethy) 39-47.
87 Emily Chan (South Herts) 44-43, Megan Aird (Strathmore) 43-044, Kirsten MacCallum (Newburgh on Ythan) 43-44, Nicola Taylor (Dunnikier) 42-45, Brogan Townend (Pleasington) 41-46, Steph Hall (Lindrick) 40-47, Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 39-48.
88 Poppy Finlay (Vicars Cross) 41-47, Paula Grant (Lisburn) 44-44, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 43-45, Florence King (Forest Hill) 43-45, Lydia Johnston (Harleyford) 43-45, Kyra Horlock (Broadstone) 40-48.
89 Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) 42-47, Sophie Myles (Ilkley) 47-42, Laura Jane Barrow (Brokenhurst Manor) 42-47, Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 40-49.
90 Rachel Walker (Crichton) 40-50, Clara Young (North Berwick) 45-45, Samantha Munro (Aberdour) 42-48.
91 India Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 48-43, Francesca Young (Ferndown) 46-45, Emily-mae Hall (Coxmoor) 44-47, Alexandra Tait (St Regulus) 44-47, Amy Chambers (Dunfanaghy) 44-47, Nicole Underhill (Falkirk Tryst) 430-48, Kelly McNulty (Whitley Bay) 42-49, Eodain Cronin (Bantry Bay) 41-50.
92 Hollie Vizard (Pleasington) 48-44, Louise McGillivray (Banchory) 47-45, Grace Anderson (Morpeth) 47-45, Linsey Stevenson (Elie & Earlsferry) 42-50.
93 Lucie Walker (Ormskirk) 51-42, Jenny Hennesset (Ennis) 48-45, Megan Clyne (Deeside) 46-47, Emma Caddow (Colville Park) 40-53.
95 Annabel Bailey (Notts Ladies) 52-43,Heather Munro (Monifieth) 50-45,Keren Ward (Glen) 42-53.
96 Erin Millar (Pitlochry) 43-53, Courtney Milburn (Heysham) 47-49, Shannen McGuire (Canmore) 46-50, Alexis Hutton (Falkirk Tryst) 50-46, Rebecca Horner (Woodham) 44-52, Rachel Bruce (Ponteland) 42-54.
97 Harriet Wilson (Lincoln) 51-46, Chloe Beckwith (Blyth) 49-48, Emma Hale (Troon Bentinck) 47-50, Amelia Taylor (St Annes Old Links) 45-52.
98 Charlotte Ann Barrow (Brokenhurst Manor) 49-49, Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 47-51.
99 Amy Taylor (Kirriemuir) 51-48.
100 Rachel Irvine (Largs) 43-57.
104 Katie McCracken (Powfoot) 49-55.
108 Rosie Everett (Kilspindie) 52-56.
Retired: Jamie-Leigh Voss (Kirkby Muxloe).
Disqualified: Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry).

+Championship is over 36 holes with the second and final round on Friday.