Kyra Horlock, 14, wins South West title
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATIONWiltshire 14-year-old Kyra Horlock won the South West regional championship at China Fleet Country Club, Saltash, Cornwall.
Kyra, who is already the Wiltshire county champion, is a member of EWGA’s Select South West Squad. She defeated Melissa McMahon of Dorset in the final. The losing semi-finalists were Gloucestershire’s Bethan Popel, who recently won the Harper Salver, and Dorset’s Georgia Hall, the 2009 English U13 champion.
The qualifying rounds produced excellent play with plenty of sub-par golf. Gloucestershire’s Shelby Smart led the way with a new course record of three-under par 73; four players shot one-under 72 and another scored 71.
The leading qualifier was Katie Rule (Cornwall) with two steady rounds of 72, while the best handicap score was returned by Natia Spencer (Devon) who shot net 67, 66, playing off 18.
The players had to contend with some heavy showers on the first two days but the finals were played early and successfully avoided a torrential downpour. However there were strong winds throughout the event.
Championship match-play
FIRST ROUND
Katie Rule (Cornwall) beat Jan Harrison (Cornwall) 2 holes.
Kyra Horlock (Wilts) beat Kerry-Anne Haskell (Dorset) 2 holes.
Jessica Bradley (Devon) beat Leah Roelich (Devon) 4 and 3.
Bethan Popel (Glos) beat Sarah-Jane Boyd (Cornwall) 3 and 2.
Melissa McMahon (Dorset) beat Shelby Smart (Glos) 2 and 1.
Jo Hicks-Beach (Devon) beat Hannah Grant (Soms) 2 holes.
Georgia Hall (Dorset) beat Alice Plumb (Dorset) 3 and 1.
Samantha Giles (Cornwall) beat Sophie Keech (Dorset) 1 hole.
QUARTER-FINALS
Horlock beat Rule at 19th
Popel beat Bradley 4/3
McMahon beat Hicks-Beach at 19th
Hall beat Giles 4/3
SEMI-FINALS
Horlock beat Popel 4/3
McMahon beat Hall at 19th
FINAL
Horlock bt McMahon 7 and 6.

SECOND FLIGHT MATCH-PLAY
FIRST ROUND
Becky Gibbs (Soms) bt Katie Warren (Wilts) 2 and 1.
Danielle Bradly (Dorset) bt Micah Carroll (Cornwall) 2 and 1.
Amy McSweeny (Devon) bt Abbie Moyes (Devon) 1 hole.
Lauren Pearce (Devon) bt Corinne Durber (Glos) 3 and 1.
Charlotte Humphries (Soms) bt Natia Spencer (Devon) 3 and 1.
Jan Teague (Cornwall) bt Gill Brown (Soms) 5 and 4.
Ely Walmsley (Devon) bt Frances Lindley (Glos) 4 and 2.
Amanda Mayne (Soms) bt Mercy Lamb (Cornwall) 8 and 7.

Quarter finals
Bradly beat Gibbs at 20th
McSweeny beat Pearce 4/3
Teague beat Humphries 3/1
Mayne beat Walmsley 3/1

Semi finals
Bradly beat McSweeny 1 up
Mayne beat Teague 2/1

Final
Mayne beat Bradly 5/3

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Lyndsey Hewison
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