Kelsey MacDonald only Scot among leading 32 at Pals

Hannah Barwood is top
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British qualifier for Spanish
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match-play stages

England and Wales both have two players among the 32 who today qualified for the match-play stages of the Spanish women's international amateur championship at Pals, Girona in the north-east of Spain.
Scotland has one qualifier and Ireland none.
Hannah Barwood (Knowle), pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, English women's champion of two years ago, was the leading British qualifier in joint seventh place with a pair of 75s for 150 over the par-73 course.
The other English qualifier was Rachel Jennings with scores of 82 and 71 for 153. That gave her the No 22 slot in the draw.
Welsh champion Tara Davies, who played very well in the Portuguese women's amateur international championship on the Algarve at the end of January, qualified in joint ninth place on 151 with scores of 79 and 72.
Another member of the Wales team who have won the title at the past two Women's Home Internationals, Amy Boulden (Maesdu), also qualified on 151 with scores of 74 and 77 as did Scottish Under-21 champion for the past two years, Kelsey MacDonald (Stirling University & Nairn Dunbar) with rounds of 75 and 76.
Scotland internationals Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) and Laura Murray (Alford) missed the cut by varying margins.
Kenney had rounds of 84 and 74 for 158 - four shots too many.
Murray scored 84 and 80 for 164.
Majorca-based Scots girl Lauren Mackin had scores of 82 and 80 for 162.
Among the big names who failed to reach the match-play stages were Curtis Cup team contenders Charlie Douglass, the left-handed English champion, and Northern Ireland's Danielle McVeigh who won the British women's amateur stroke play at Royal Aberdeen last year.
Douglass had rounds of 86 and 74 for 160, McVeigh 83 and 79 for 162.
Welsh cap Gemma Bradbury, a student at St Andrews University, missed out with scores of 78 and 81 for 159.

MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
Par 146 (2x73)
1 ANDRE LUCIE 147 77 70 FRA
2 ARRESE, ANNA 147 76 71 SPA
3 STEMPFLE, LAURA 148 76 72 GER
4 STERNEBECK, VALERIE 148 75 73 GER
5 NILSSON, EMMA 149 75 74 SWE
6 SALAVERRIA , NEREA 149 75 74 SPA
7 KIRCHMAYER, STEPHANIE 150 77 73 GER
8 BARWOOD, HANNAH 150 75 75 ENG
9 DAVIES, TARA 151 79 72 WAL
10 HEDBERG BERTRAND, CAMILLA 151 78 73 SPA
11 KATZY, LARA 151 75 76 GER
12 MACDONALD, KELSEY 151 75 76 SCO
13 BOULDEN, AMY JANE 151 74 77 WAL
14 JANSON , JOSEPHINE 151 73 78 SWE
15 DAHLBERG-SODERSTROM, ANNA 152 81 71 SWE
16 SPILKOVA, KLARA 152 79 73 CZE
17 BLASCO, ALMUDENA 152 78 74 SPA
18 CHARPIER, LÉA 152 78 74 FRA
19 FOLCH, ELIA 152 77 75 SPA
20 PRAT, MIREIA 152 77 75 SPA
21 BUENDIA, BELEN 152 76 76 SPA
22 DELACOUR, PERRINE 153 82 71 FRA
23 JENNINGS, RACHEL 153 79 74 ENG
24 GIDALI, MANON 153 77 76 FRA
25 JIMENEZ, NOEMI 153 77 76 SPA
26 RIDDERSTROM, LOUISE -153 75 78 SWE
27 SOBRON GALMES, LUNA 154 84 70 SPA
28 HOLLEDER, NINA 154 81 73 GER
29 TILLSTROM, JOHANNA 154 79 75 SWE
30 LUNDSTROM, EMELIE 154 78 76 SWE
31 PROVOT, ARIANE 154 76 78 FRA
32 BOUTIER, CÉLINE 154 75 79 FRA

MISSED THE CUT (scores of 154 or better qualified)
Selected scores:
156 Charlotte Ellis (Eng) 81 75.
158 Louise Kenney (Sco) 84 74, Katherine O'Connor (Wal) 81 77.
159 Gemma Bradbury (Wal) 78 81.
160 Charlie Douglass (England) 86 74.
162 Danielle McVeigh (Ireland) 83 79, Lauren Mackin (Sco) 82 80.
164 Laura Murray (Sco) 84 80.
167 Aedin Murphy (Ire) 91 76.
Field of 95 competitors.