Double delight for Chris Quinn as shecompletes English seniors double
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Hampshire’s Chris Quinn completed a title double when she won the English senior women’s stroke-play championship at Royal Ashdown Forest in Sussex by four shots today.
She adds the crown to the English senior amateur championship which she won at Hunstanton in April. “I’m thrilled to bits, I just can’t express it. It’s the sort of thing you dream about - to win them both in one season is just fantastic, amazing,” she said.
Chris, pictured above, sealed the title with the low score of the week, a one-over par 74, which she added to her earlier rounds of 80 and 79.
Hampshire’s Chris Quinn completed a title double when she won the English senior women’s stroke-play championship at Royal Ashdown Forest in Sussex by four shots today.
She adds the crown to the English senior amateur championship which she won at Hunstanton in April. “I’m thrilled to bits, I just can’t express it. It’s the sort of thing you dream about - to win them both in one season is just fantastic, amazing,” she said.
Chris, pictured above, sealed the title with the low score of the week, a one-over par 74, which she added to her earlier rounds of 80 and 79.
Defending champion Janet Melville was runner-up, just pipping Norfolk’s Jo Ashmore by virtue of the better last round.
Division B was won by Oxfordshire’s Judy McCairns whose third round 80 was her best score of the 54-hole event and put her one shot clear of the field.
At the start of the final round Chris Quinn was one of six players within a shot of each other at the top of the leaderboard. The scratch golfer started with bogeys on the first two holes but she soon made up ground and passed her rivals with a string of steady pars, a birdie on the par-5 eighth and a chip-in eagle 3 on the long 10th.
“I got a little bit defensive on the way in, but I was steady and I just dropped shots on the two occasions when I left myself with fast putts from above the hole,” added Chris, who bogeyed the 14th and 15th.
She had a tune-up lesson just a few days before the championship and came determined to do her best to win her second title of the year. She adds it to her impressive collection of senior honours: one British championship and three other English titles.
Oxfordshire’s Judy McCairns also adds her title to a host of previous Division B wins, in both stroke-play and match-play championships.
Judy took up golf only in her mid 40s, having been a county tennis player, and her first senior successes came quickly.
Division B was won by Oxfordshire’s Judy McCairns whose third round 80 was her best score of the 54-hole event and put her one shot clear of the field.
At the start of the final round Chris Quinn was one of six players within a shot of each other at the top of the leaderboard. The scratch golfer started with bogeys on the first two holes but she soon made up ground and passed her rivals with a string of steady pars, a birdie on the par-5 eighth and a chip-in eagle 3 on the long 10th.
“I got a little bit defensive on the way in, but I was steady and I just dropped shots on the two occasions when I left myself with fast putts from above the hole,” added Chris, who bogeyed the 14th and 15th.
She had a tune-up lesson just a few days before the championship and came determined to do her best to win her second title of the year. She adds it to her impressive collection of senior honours: one British championship and three other English titles.
Oxfordshire’s Judy McCairns also adds her title to a host of previous Division B wins, in both stroke-play and match-play championships.
Judy took up golf only in her mid 40s, having been a county tennis player, and her first senior successes came quickly.
“It’s nice to be able to win again when you feel that age is not helping any more – and when all those young 50-year-olds are coming in!”
Judy’s scores improved every day as she got used to the challenging course but she thought she’d blown her chances in the final round when she double bogeyed the 13th. But she held her nerve to finish one shot clear of Sue Timberlake of Edgbaston.
Judy’s scores improved every day as she got used to the challenging course but she thought she’d blown her chances in the final round when she double bogeyed the 13th. But she held her nerve to finish one shot clear of Sue Timberlake of Edgbaston.
“It was all very tight and I’m chuffed to bits to win – and I think I’ll get my handicap down too!”
Judy also won the Division B handicap prize. Norfolk’s Jo Ashmore (Barnham Broom) took the honours in Division A. The over-65 trophy was won by Lesley Marsh of Ponteland in Northumberland.
The new County Team Trophy was won by the Surrey pair of Felicity Coulter (Banstead Downs) and Rozalyn Adams (Addington Court) who scored 321 and pipped Nottinghamshire (Janet Melville and Andrea Stockdale) by one shot.
Judy also won the Division B handicap prize. Norfolk’s Jo Ashmore (Barnham Broom) took the honours in Division A. The over-65 trophy was won by Lesley Marsh of Ponteland in Northumberland.
The new County Team Trophy was won by the Surrey pair of Felicity Coulter (Banstead Downs) and Rozalyn Adams (Addington Court) who scored 321 and pipped Nottinghamshire (Janet Melville and Andrea Stockdale) by one shot.
Northumberland (Ally Hansen and Elaine Elliott) were third on 324. Scores in the first two rounds counted for the trophy.
Leading final scores
Leading final scores
Par 219 (3x73) CSS 76 76 75
Division A
233 Chris Quinn (Hockley) 80 79 74.
237 Janet Melville (Sherwood Forest) 81 78 78, Jo Ashmore (Barnham Broom) 78 80 79.
238 Sue Dye (Delamere Forest) 80 78 80.
239 Rozalyn Adams (Addington Court) 81 81 77.
240 Geraldine Bray (Littlestone) 83 82 75.
241 Felicity Coulter (Banstead Downs) 81 78 82.
242 Elaine Elliott (Whitley Bay) 80 78 84.
245 Caroline Marron (Bromborough) 87 77 81, Paula Parker (Abbotsley) 78 82 85.
Division B
249 Judy McCairns (Oxford Ladies) 86 83 80
250 Sue Timberlake (Edgbaston) 86 83 81.
252 Luci Foster (Bramhall) 81 88 83.
262 Lynn Griffiths (Reading) 87 83 92.
264 Sue Pidgeon (Wrekin) 90 89 85, Kate Rowe (West Sussex) 83 95 86.
265 Janet Alldread (Sundridge Park) 93 88 84
266 Eppie Zandvoort (Eaton, Norwich) 87 82 97.
266 Eppie Zandvoort (Eaton, Norwich) 87 82 97.
269 Gill McMillan (Littlestone) 93 91 85.
270 Frances Lindley (Minchinhampton) 97 86 87, José Kellenberger (Camberley Heath) 93 87 90, Chris Means (Woodhall Spa) 89 86 95.
Full hole-by-hole scores: www.englishwomensgolf.org
Lyndsey Hewison
Lyndsey Hewison
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