Strong local challenge for
English mid-am title
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Local interest will be strong when the English women’s open mid-amateur championship takes place at Wallasey, Cheshire, next week from August 12-15.
The full field includes 15 competitors from Cheshire clubs together with players from 19 other English counties and representatives from Wales and Scotland.
Former English champion Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) is one of the lowest handicappers in the field. She plays off +2, as does Holly Aitchison (Bedfordshire) who was the 2007 Portuguese champion.
They are both members of the English Women’s Golf Association Performance squad which also includes Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall), who plays off +1, and scratch golfer Sian James (Bristol & Clifton).
Gloucestershire’s Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) will be looking to regain the title she won in 2006 and the South-West champion has been in good form all season. Last year’s runner-up, Jenny Pease (Braintree) will also be hoping to go one better this year. There are a number of competitors who will soon be returning to the USA to continue their studies and their golf at American universities.
They include Ellie Givens (Blackwell Grange), who was the 2007 English girls’ champion, Fern Grimshaw (Weymouth) and local player Laura Jones (Royal Liverpool Ladies). Laura, who is at Oklahoma City University and has won on the college circuit, is likely to be at the forefront of the Cheshire challenge in this championship.
Other strong local contenders on this links course could include Stephanie Farrar (Sandiway) who was the 2007 county champion and her club colleague Kate Whitmore; the up-and-coming player Claire Fry (Royal Liverpool) who is enjoying good form; and Caroline Marron (Bromborough) who is a past winner of the English stroke-play championship.
The championship, which is open to players aged 18-50, starts on Tuesday, August 12, with two strokeplay qualifying rounds.
The leading 32 players go forward to the match-play stages and the final will be played on the morning of Friday, August 15.
Full details: www.englishwomensgolf.org
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer
English mid-am title
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Local interest will be strong when the English women’s open mid-amateur championship takes place at Wallasey, Cheshire, next week from August 12-15.
The full field includes 15 competitors from Cheshire clubs together with players from 19 other English counties and representatives from Wales and Scotland.
Former English champion Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) is one of the lowest handicappers in the field. She plays off +2, as does Holly Aitchison (Bedfordshire) who was the 2007 Portuguese champion.
They are both members of the English Women’s Golf Association Performance squad which also includes Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall), who plays off +1, and scratch golfer Sian James (Bristol & Clifton).
Gloucestershire’s Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) will be looking to regain the title she won in 2006 and the South-West champion has been in good form all season. Last year’s runner-up, Jenny Pease (Braintree) will also be hoping to go one better this year. There are a number of competitors who will soon be returning to the USA to continue their studies and their golf at American universities.
They include Ellie Givens (Blackwell Grange), who was the 2007 English girls’ champion, Fern Grimshaw (Weymouth) and local player Laura Jones (Royal Liverpool Ladies). Laura, who is at Oklahoma City University and has won on the college circuit, is likely to be at the forefront of the Cheshire challenge in this championship.
Other strong local contenders on this links course could include Stephanie Farrar (Sandiway) who was the 2007 county champion and her club colleague Kate Whitmore; the up-and-coming player Claire Fry (Royal Liverpool) who is enjoying good form; and Caroline Marron (Bromborough) who is a past winner of the English stroke-play championship.
The championship, which is open to players aged 18-50, starts on Tuesday, August 12, with two strokeplay qualifying rounds.
The leading 32 players go forward to the match-play stages and the final will be played on the morning of Friday, August 15.
Full details: www.englishwomensgolf.org
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer
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