Nottinghamshire’s Janet Melville scores a senior hat trick

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Nottinghamshire’s Janet Melville  has claimed a hat trick of victories in a regional seniors tournament.
Janet, from Sherwood Forest, scored a one-shot win in the 36-hole senior English women’s midlands regional tournament at Walmley Golf Club, Warwickshire. She is the first player to hold the trophy three times.
On the previous two occasions Janet – a senior international – won by the margin of nine shots. This time she was involved in a tight tussle with her playing partner Anne Bridges (Mentmore).
Anne shared the first round lead when she returned an opening 78, one shot better than Janet. The deficit was wiped out on the first hole of the second round and Janet moved in to the lead on the second hole. However Anne scored an eagle three on the ninth and the two players reached the turn on level terms.
A birdie on the 10th put Janet two clear and she extended her lead to three shots with another birdie on the 12th. But Anne struck back with a birdie on the 14th and another on the difficult 16th, which Janet bogeyed.
Crucially, though, Janet parred the 17th, while her opponent bogeyed the hole and the title was again hers when both players took three on the short 18th.
Janet, a former British champion and winner of the English senior strokeplay title, was quick to pay tribute to her caddy for his accurate club selection on the last which helped her to a par and to maintain her lead.
Division B was won by Pauline Olliver (Burnham Beeches) who edged ahead of Julie Rawdon (Stoneham) and Marie Watson (Chesterfield) on countback.
Leading placings:
Par 146 (2x73) CSS 74 73
156 Janet Melville (Sherwood Forest) 79 77
157 Anne Bridges (Mentmore) 78 79
160 Gabi Heuchel (East Berkshire) 78 82
163 Gillian Curley (Northants Co) 80 83; Judy Butler (Malton and Norton) 80 83


Bronte Law wins Northern Ladies’ championship

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Cheshire teenager Bronte Law(pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency) won the Northern ladies’ championship when she beat Lancashire’s Emma Clegg 2 and 1 in the final at Clitheroe.
This is the latest in a string of titles for Bronte, 15, who will represent England in the girls’ Home Internationals and the European Young Masters.
The championship produced excellent golf and low scoring. Cheshire’s Rachael Goodall set a new course record when she shot six-under par 68 in the second qualifying round. She added it to her first round 76 to lead the qualifiers by two shots.
Meanwhile, Emma Clegg, playing on her home course, had a hole-in-one on the 17th in her second round which helped her to a two-under 72.
The championship was contested by the top 16 players in the 36 hole strokeplay qualifying. The next eight played for the Millennium Bowl which was won by Steph Hall (Lindrick) who beat Nicola Rawlinson (Royal Birkdale) 4 and 3 in the final.
MATCH-PLAY RESULTS
First round
Rachael Goodall (Heswall) bt Kirsty O’Connor (Nelson) 3 and 2.
Nikki Foster (Pleasington) bt Natalie Lowe (Prestbury) 4 and 3.
Helen Searle (Halifax West End) bt Brogan Townend (Pleasington) 2 and 1.
Emma Clegg (Clitheroe) bt Elaine Clark (Manchester) 6 and 5.
Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham and St Annes) bt Donna Barnes (Manchester) 7 and 6.
Charlotte Wild (Mere) bt Ellie Robinson (Middlesborough) 2 and 1.
Bronte Law (Bramhall) bt Elizabeth Stebbings (Wilpshire) 4 and 3.
Ami Storey (Ponteland) bt Sophie Myles (Ilkley) 2 and 1.
Quarter finals
Foster bt Goodall 1 hole.
Clegg bt Searle 4 and 2.
Garton bt Wild at 20th
Law bt Storey at 20th
Semi finals
Clegg bt Foster 2 and 2.
Law bt Garton 6 and 5.
Final
Law bt Clegg 2 and 1.

Lyndsey Hewison
Press and PR Officer
EWGA





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Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer