KirkwoodGolf: ENGLISH GIRLS CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP

Friday, July 30, 2004

ENGLISH GIRLS CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP

IT'S MELISSA v KIRAN FOR THE TITLE

It will be Melissa Reid (Chevin), the leading qualifier for the match-play stages, against Kiran Matharu (Sand Moor) for the English girls' closed championship at Gainsborough Golf Club, Lincolnshire on Saturday.
In the semi-finals, Melissa, the leading qualifier for the match-play stages beat Jodi Ewart (Catterick) by 4 and 3 while Kiran beat Rachel Jennings (Izaaok Walton) by the same margin.

In the quarter-finals Melissa beat Laura Cutler (Warley Park) 2 and 1; Jodi Ewart beat Natasha Podmore (High Legh Park) 2 and 1; Rachel beat Claire Aitken (Mid-Kent) 4 and 3 and Kiran, with five birdies on the back nine, beat Felicity Johnson (Harborne) 3 and 2, having been three down at one time during the match.