DORSET WIN PLACE IN ENGLISH
COUNTY FINALS AT LONG ASHTON

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Dorset have beaten off the challenge of five rivals to play their way into the final of the English women's county championship.
The county finals take place at Long Ashton Golf Club, Bristol, from September 15-19 and will be contested by the winners of the county match weeks in each of the six regions of the English Women’s Golf Association.
Dorset booked their place when they hosted the South West county matches at Dudsbury Golf Club and won four of their five matches. Their closest rivals were Devon, with three points, followed by Somerset and Cornwall, who each scored 2½. Wiltshire won two matches while Gloucestershire had one win.
Dudsbury was a good viewing course for spectators and an interesting challenge for players and referees – with water on 13 of the 18 holes.
The Dorset team was:
Carly Cummins (Parkstone), Ilona Davidson (Yeovil), Hayley Davis (Ferndown), Sue Ellis (Ferndown), Fern Grimshaw (Weymouth), Georgia Hall (Ferndown), Kerry Anne Haskell (Broadstone), Marketa Mann (Broadstone), Melissa McMahon (Yeovil), Harriet Legg (Ferndown) and Chantal Scott (Dudsbury).
Reserve: Jordan Mabb (Weymouth).
Melissa McMahon and Hayley Davis are both members of EWGA’s Select South West Squad. Kerry Anne Haskell is a past winner of the English girls’ championship and Sue Ellis was the 2007 English seniors’ champion.
Results.
Day 1:
Wiltshire bt Gloucestershire 5½-3½.
Cornwall bt Devon 5-4.
Dorset bt Somerset 5½-3½.
Day 2:
Devon bt Somerset 6½-2½.
Dorset bt Gloucestershire 5½-3½.
Cornwall bt Wiltshire 6-3.
Day 3:
Wiltshire bt Devon 5-4.
Somerset bt Gloucestershire 6-3.
Dorset bt Cornwall 7-2.
Day 4:
Cornwall halved with Somerset.
Dorset bt Wiltshire 5-4.
Devon bt Gloucestershire 6½-2½.
Day 5:
Somerset bt Wiltshire 7½-1½.
Devon bt Dorset 6½-2½.
Gloucestershire bt Cornwall 5½-3½.