Second-round play washed out in English  senior women's  championship   The second round of the English senior women’s championship at Ross-on-Wye Golf Club was washed out today by torrential rain. Play was abandoned when greens and fairways flooded on the course, which was already soaked from yesterday’s heavy rain. Qualifying for the matchplay stage of the championship has been decided on the first round scores, with the leading 16 players going forward. A tie for 16th place was decided on a card countback. The qualifiers, who include defending champion Helen Lowe, are:  Katherine Russell (Royal Ashdown Forest), Jackie Foster (Bishops Stortford), Karen Jobling (Richmond, Yorks), Cath Rawthore (Sale), Helen Lowe (Scraptoft) Helen Braddock (Bolton Old Links), Sue Dye (Delamere Forest), Debbie Warren (Kings Norton), Jo Shorrocks (Bigbury), Caroline Berry (Bromborough), Aileen Greenfield (Pyecombe), Angela Jones (Chart Hills), Felicity Christine (Woking), Carol Houghton (The Nottinghamshire), Jenny Deeley (La Moye, Jersey), Julie Wheeldon (Wakefield). The match-play will take place over the next two days with the final played on Friday afternoon. Spectators are welcome. Players placed 17th to 64th qualify for the second flight stroke play competition which will also be played tomorrow and on Friday. England Golf Tournament Director Scott Allison said: “Everyone is very disappointed that the weather made it impossible to play the second qualifying round. “We are very grateful to the green staff for their fantastic work, which meant we could play the first round, but in the end the heavy rain beat us. The forecast for the next couple of days is much better and we look forward to good golf in kinder conditions.” First round match-play draw, play starts at 8am tomorrow:  Russell v Wheeldon; Warren v Shorrocks; Rawthore v Christine; Lowe v Jones; Foster v Deeley; Dye v Berry; Jobling v Houghton; Braddock v Greenfield. Click here for full scores and tournament information. Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 07825 752 193