Press Release
English Ladies’ Golf Association

ENGLISH GIRLS CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP
Porters Park Golf Club
29 July – 1 August

A total of 64 girls have finished the qualifying two 18-hole rounds for this year’s English Girls Close Champion title. The weather started mild, with rain following mid afternoon resulting in a late finish but this didn’t prevented excellent results from many of the girls.

Round 1 saw Sian Reddick (Sene Valley, Kent) make a good start with 68, 5 under par, Sain had 6 birdies, 1 bogey and pars. She put this fantastic result down to sound putting and a good start to the game. Hannah Grant (Enmore Park, Somerset), Kerry-Anne Haskell (Broadstone, Dorset) and Kelly Anne Travers all tied in second position with 70 at the end of the first round.

Round 2 Sian completed another excellent 71 score where at mid play she leads the field with a total qualifying score of 140. Kelly Anne Haskell also kept her round 1 form, scoring 71, 3 under par a total qualifying round of 141. Kiran Matharu scored 4 under par in her second round, 76 / 69 total 145.

Hannah Burke (Mid Herts, Hertfordshire) entered the field as a late reserve and finished –joint 6th overall and will qualify for knockout match play. The cut is at 154 and 2 flights knock out match play will commence Wednesday 30 July, flight 2 will be three players lighter due to injury.



COMPETITOR CLUB Round 1 Round 2 Total
Sian Reddick Sene Valley 68 72 140
Kerry-Anne Haskell Broadstone 70 71 141
Anna Scott Consett & District 72 71 143
Joanne Hodge Knowle 71 73 144
Florentyna Parker Royal Birkdale 73 71 144
Hannah Burke Mid- Herts 72 73 145
Kiran Matharu Sand Moor 76 69 145
Alexandra Marshall Toft Hotel 72 73 145
Layla Ahmed Waterlooville 73 73 146
Katrina Holford Ingestre Park 70 76 146
Jodi Ewart Catterick 74 74 148
Felicity Johnson Harborne 75 73 148
Melissa Reid Chevin 76 73 149
Claire Aitken Mid-Kent 74 75 149
Julia Norman Exeter 72 77 149
Jessica Pearcey Ferndown 74 75 149
Annabel Silk Corhampton 75 74 149
Roseann Youngman Oundle 77 73 150
Chloe Rogers Braintree 75 75 150
Catherine Roberts Hart Common 77 74 151
Natalie Haywood Rotherham 76 75 151
Hannah Grant Enmore Park 70 81 151
Kelly Anne Travers Alresford 70 81 151
Kate Turner Studley Wood 73 78 151
Rachel Jennings Izaak Walton 78 74 152
Charlotte Dean Royston 74 78 152
Kirsty Law Evesham 76 76 152
Emma Sheffield Newark 77 76 153
Rachel Graves Colchester 79 74 153
Hannah Coles Maxstoke Park 79 74 153
Melanie Temple Seascale 77 76 153
Portia Abbott Kingsdown 78 76 154
Rebecca Dowell Enmore Park 75 79 154
Lucinda Davies Peterborough Milton 79 75 154
Emma Parr Northamptonshire County 77 78 155
Nicola Ford Shaw Hill 81 74 155
Hannah Ralph Goodwood 77 78 155
Henrietta Brockway Yeovil 83 73 156
Danielle Gibb Rochester & Cobham 77 79 156
Laura Cutler Warley Park 74 82 156
Becky Davies Retford 78 78 156
Mary Ruddy Manchester 82 75 157
Corisande Lee Pleasington 78 79 157
Fiona Telfer-Brunton Perranporth 81 76 157
Janet Phipps Gog Magog 76 82 158
Sarah Crowther Willow Valley 81 77 158
Fern Grimshaw Weymouth 77 81 158
Harriet Carr Bedfordshire 80 78 158
Donna O’ Connell Burnham & Berrow 82 77 159
Amy Olding Shirley Park 77 82 159
Clara Leathers Ellesborough 79 80 159
Emma Tipping Sandiway 76 84 160
Tracey Willmont Worldham Park 80 80 160
Jemma Ridley Croham Hurst 78 84 162
Joanne Thompson Royal Liverpool Ladies 86 78 164 Retired injured
Stacie Morton Hobson 84 81 165
Laura Harvey Richmond 86 79 165
Sian Porter Wellow 85 81 166 Retired injured
Vicki Power Brampton Park 82 84 166 Retired injured
Sarah Purdy Stoke Rochford 79 87 166
Victoria Willdigg Astbury 84 84 168
Frances Rohan Durham City 84 85 169
Gemma Thornell Oswestry 82 89 171
Sarah Woods Great Lever & Farnworth 92 83 175





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