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ENGLISH GIRLS GOLF HIT BY RAIN

Play in the English girls’ Under-13 and Under-15 championships was suspended due to rain.

The Under-15 championship round one is due restart on Wednesday at 8.16am. One round of stroke play to be played, after which the first 16 will qualify for Flight 1 and the second 16 qualify for Flight 2.

The Under-13 first-round scores will count for qualifying. The second round has been abandoned due to rain.

The first 16 qualify for Flight 1 and the remaining 16 qualify for Flight 2.

Kelly Tidy (Manchester), 12 years old, is the leading qualifier with a score of 76. Kelly will play Rebecca McIntyre (Eden) in the first round of match play.

Kelly plays off a 7.3 handicap and is a member of the England Birdie Squad and the Lancashire county girls’ team, having held the Lancs Under-12 title last year. Kelly has played since the age of five. She first went to the driving range with her father and grandmother, Margaret Tidy.

Margaret said "Kelly is a smashing golfer and we are all so proud of her".

FLIGHT

Kelly Tidy (Manchester) 76

Raphaela Dyer (Hayling) 80

Georgina Kilby (Warren) 83

Katie Thompson (Corhampton) 83

Sian Evans (Sittingbourne & Milton) 85

Lucy Cutler (Warley Park) 86

Holly Clyburn (Kenwick Park 87

Lauren Oleksik (Wolstanton) 87

Siobhan Pamenter (Chelmsford) 88

Tiffany Hewetson (East Brighton) 88

Nikki Foster (Accrington & Dist) 90

Hollie Weatherburn (Furness) 90

Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) 91

Rebecca Gibbs (Burnham & Berrow) 91

Madeleine Kuhler (Walton Heath) 92

Rebecca McIntyre (Eden) 93