KirkwoodGolf: ENGLISH GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

ENGLISH GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS

HENNI IS LEADING QUALIFIER IN
ENGLISH U-18 CHAMPIONSHIP


Yeovil's Henni Brockway shot four-under par 69 in the English Under-18 girls' championship at Kings Norton Golf Club today to lead the qualifiers into the match-play stages.
Meanwhile, Manchester's Kelly Tidy - who has won the English Under-13 title for the past two years - is six shots clear at the halfway stage of the Under-15 championship at Kidderminster Golf Club.
In the English Under-13 girls' championship, also being played at Kidderminster, Alex Peters (Notts Ladies) was the only player to break 80 in both rounds, scoring 78, 79, and she leads by two shots.
Henni Brockway, 16, had four consecutive birdies in her round and her 36-hole total of four-under 142 (73, 69) put her five shots clear of the field. Top seed Henni is a past winner of both the English Under-13 and Under-15 girls chanmpionships. She reached the Under-18 quarter-finals last year.
Sian James (Bristol and Clifton) took second place among the qualifiers on 147 (72, 75). Ellie Givens of Blackwell Grange (75, 73) and Rachel Jennings of Izaak Walton (73, 75) are a shot further back. Two players scored holes in one: England international Jodi Ewart (Catterick) made short work of the 145-yard 14th while Jessica Burrows (Ellesborough) aced the 153-yard 17th.