Tara Watters is top seed in English mid-amateur championship

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Middlesex golfer Tara Watters leads the qualifiers for the matchplay stages of the English women’s open mid-amateur championship at Bristol and Clifton Golf Club.

Tara, from Muswell Hill, enjoys the big stage. In May she was runner-up, for the second time, in the English amateur championship.

“I do like big championships, I like the challenge,” she said after returning a three-over par total for the 36-hole qualifying. “I always seem to come second so it’s great to be first for a change. But there’s nowhere safe in the matchplay draw! There will be lots of good girls lower down who just had a bad day.”

Tara qualified one shot ahead of her playing partner, the England international Charlotte Ellis (pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency) of Gloucestershire.

“Playing with Charlotte was really good , there was nothing much between us and it was almost like match-play. It certainly kept the momentum going,” said Tara.

Her game plan was to keep the ball straight and it worked. “As long as you keep it out of the bunkers and keep straight you’re fine. I made a mess of one of the easiest par fives but, apart from that, I was steady and played consistently.”

Defending champion Katie Mundy reached the knock-out stages with a pair of 79s and the host club’s Sian James also made it through, despite a disappointing 84 in the first round. She came back with a fighting 76 which included an eagle and a birdie and qualified in 22nd place.

Tara’s afternoon 73 equalled the low round of the day. Lincolnshire’s Jess Schiele set the standard in her morning round and it was also matched by Charlotte Ellis in the afternoon. Another Lincolnshire player, Jess Wilcox, had a second round 74.

The tournament is contested by players aged 18 and over and the top 32 competitors qualified for the knock-out stages

SCOREBOARD

Par 144 (2x72) CSS 76 76

1 147 +3 Tara Watters (ENG) Muswell Hill Golf Club 74 73 »»

2 148 +4 Charlotte Ellis (ENG) Minchinhampton Golf Club 75 73 »»

3 152 +8 Rachel Drummond (ENG) Beaconsfield Golf Club 76 76 »»

4 152 +8 Daisy Dyer (ENG) Chigwell Golf Club 77 75 »»

5 152 +8 Danielle Anderson (ENG) Rochford Hundred Golf Club 77 75 »»

6 153 +9 Rosie Davies (ENG) Saunton Golf Club 77 76 »»

7 154 +10 Jessica Wilcox (ENG) Blankney Golf Club 80 74 »»

8 154 +10 Michele Holzwarth (GER) BGC Gatow 79 75 »»

9 156 +12 Sophie Beardsall (ENG) Greetham Valley Golf Club 78 78 »»

10 156 +12 Stacey Rodger (ENG) West Hove Golf Club 79 77 »»

11 156 +12 Emilee Taylor (ENG) Gainsborough Golf Club 79 77 »»

12 157 +13 Hannah Grant (ENG) Enmore Park Golf Club 80 77 »»

13 157 +13 Hermione FitzGerald (ENG) Royal Worlington and Newmarket G 78 79 »»

14 157 +13 Elizabeth Haycock (ENG) Moseley Golf Club 79 78 »»

15 157 +13 Jessica Schiele (ENG) Kenwick Park Golf Club 73 84 »»

16 158 +14 Charlotte Dalton (ENG) Ladbrook Park Golf Club 80 78 »»

17 158 +14 Emma Sheffield (ENG) Newark Golf Club 81 77 »»

18 158 +14 Katie Mundy (ENG) Dunwood Manor Golf Club 79 79 »»

19 159 +15 Chelsea Masters (ENG) Highwoods (Bexhill) Golf Club 81 78 »»

20 159 +15 Ellie Robinson (ENG) Middlesbrough Golf Club 79 80 »»

21 160 +16 Olivia Jordan-Higgins (ENG) Royal Jersey Golf Club 81 79 »»

22 160 +16 Sian James (ENG) Bristol and Clifton Golf Club 84 76 »»

23 160 +16 Jane Binning (ENG) Frilford Heath Golf Club 83 77 »»

24 160 +16 Georgina Dunn (ENG) Peterborough Milton Golf Club 79 81 »»

25 161 +17 Clare Partridge (ENG) Moor Park Golf Club 80 81 »»

26 161 +17 Lucinda Mileham (ENG) Aldwickbury Park Golf Club 80 81 »»

27 162 +18 Kirsty Rands (ENG) Burhill Golf Club 82 80 »»

28 162 +18 Tilly Magill (ENG) Woburn Golf and Country Club 80 82 »»

29 162 +18 Raffi Dyer (ENG) Hayling Golf Club 81 81 »»

30 162 +18 Kimberley Bradbury (ENG) Cavendish Golf Club 81 81 »»

31 162 +18 Melissa Siviter (ENG) Enville Golf Club 79 83 »»

32 163 +19 Jerry Lawrence (ENG) Rochester and Cobham Park Golf C 79 84 »»

MISSED THE CUT

33 164 +20 Lauren Blease (ENG) Coombe Hill Golf Club 85 79 »»

34 164 +20 Laura Jones (ENG) Royal Liverpool Ladies Golf Cl 86 78 »»

35 164 +20 Nicola Taylor (ENG) Walton Heath Golf Club 82 82 »»

36 164 +20 Carley Warrington (ENG) Sickleholme Golf Club 83 81 »»

37 165 +21 Charlotte Hope (ENG) Wrotham Heath Golf Club 85 80 »»

38 165 +21 Nicole Shaw (ENG) West Essex Golf Club 82 83 »»

39 166 +22 Megan Burgess (ENG) Cavendish Golf Club 78 88 »»

40 167 +23 Suzette Worthington (ENG) Bristol and Clifton Golf Club 84 83 »»

41 168 +24 Katie Burman (ENG) John O'Gaunt Golf Club 79 89 »»

42 169 +25 Julia Brook (ENG) Croham Hurst Golf Club 82 87 »»

43 170 +26 Emily Mumford (ENG) Oxley Park Golf Club Ltd 85 85 »»

44 170 +26 Dana Greenslade (ENG) Wentworth Golf Club 80 90 »»

45 172 +28 Felicity Christine (ENG) Banstead Downs Golf Club 85 87 »»

46 172 +28 Madeleine Kuhler (ENG) Walton Heath Golf Club 85 87 »»

47 174 +30 Alice Barnes (ENG) West Chiltington Golf Club 90 84 »»

48 174 +30 Laura Cutler (ENG) Warley Park Golf Club 84 90 »»

49 174 +30 Farah Ahyauddin (ENG) Welwyn Garden City Golf Club 86 88 »»

50 175 +31 Alison Gee (ENG) Walton Heath Golf Club 83 92 »»
51 176 +32 Janet Ball (ENG) Sundridge Park Golf Club 83 93 »»
52 179 +35 Lizi Sweetnam (ENG) Leighton Buzzard Golf Club 94 85 »»
53 181 +37 Judith Barnard-Lee (ENG) Royal Wimbledon Golf Club 91 90 »»
54 184 +40 Arlene Castle (ENG) Camberley Heath Golf Club 87 97 »»
First round draw
Tara Watters (Muswell Hill) v Jerry Lawrence (Rochester and Cobham Park)
Emma Sheffield (Newark) v Charlotte Dalton (Ladbrook Park)
Sophie Beardsall (Greetham Valley) v Georgina Dunn (Peterborough Milton)
Clare Partridge (Moor Park) v Michele Holzwarth (GER)
Danielle Anderson (Rochford Hundred) v Tilly Magil (Woburn)
Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Royal Jersey) v Hannah Grant (Enmore Park)
Hermione FitzGerald (Royal Worlington) v Ellie Robinson (Middlesbrough)
Raffi Dyer (Hayling) v Daisy Dyer (Chigwell)
Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield) v Kimberley Bradbury (Cavendish)
Chelsea Masters (Highwoods, Bexhill) v Elizabeth Haycock (Moseley)
Emilee Taylor (Gainsborough) v Sian James (Bristol and Clifton)
Kirsty Rands (Burhill) v Rosie Davies (Saunton)
Jessica Wilcox (Blankney) v Lucinda Mileham (Aldwickbury Park)
Jane Binning (Frilford Heath) v Stacey Rodger (West Hove)
Jessica Schiele (Kenwick Park) v Katie Mundy (Dunwood Manor)
Melissa Siviter (Enville) v Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton)

Lyndsey Hewison
Press and PR Officer
EWGA