English Pairs qualify for Australian Spoons national finals
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Pairs of golfers from Somerset and Cumbria have become the latest regional winners to book places in the national final of EWGA’s Australian Spoons competition.
Maureen Williams and Sue Kinch, from Worlebury, Somerset, will represent EWGA’s South West region, while Joan Dent and Bridget Carruthers from Penrith, Cumbria, will represent the North.
They will join four other pairs of regional winners at Kedleston Park, Derbyshire, on September 17 for the grand final of the stableford foursomes competition for players with handicaps 21-36.
Maureen Williams and Sue Kinch (pictured with Gloucestershire president Di Honey) were in the second group out at the South West regional final at Brickhampton Court, Gloucestershire. They returned 41 points and then faced a long wait before confirming they had won through. They were never passed although they were closely challenged, first by the home pair of Linda Clarke and Tina Howman, and then by the Bernie Oxley and Louise Cameron of Broadstone, Dorset, who both scored 40 points.
The North regional final at Ringway, Cheshire, was also a tight affair. The winners, Joan Dent and Bridget Carruthers, scored 40 points and won on countback from Mavis Smith and Sheila Rothwell of Harwood, Lancashire.
The competition has its roots in 1966 when they Australian Ladies' Golf Union presented a pair of spoons to each of England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales. They were awarded as trophies to the winners of annual competitions organised to raise money for the International Match Fund, with each country deciding on its own method of play.
In England, the competition fell into abeyance in 1971 after the method of raising funds was reorganised. However it was revived in 1981 for Bronze Division players and the current format of has been used since 1986. Players first take part in club qualifying rounds with the top scorers going forward to regional and national finals.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press and PR Officer
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Pairs of golfers from Somerset and Cumbria have become the latest regional winners to book places in the national final of EWGA’s Australian Spoons competition.
Maureen Williams and Sue Kinch, from Worlebury, Somerset, will represent EWGA’s South West region, while Joan Dent and Bridget Carruthers from Penrith, Cumbria, will represent the North.
They will join four other pairs of regional winners at Kedleston Park, Derbyshire, on September 17 for the grand final of the stableford foursomes competition for players with handicaps 21-36.
Maureen Williams and Sue Kinch (pictured with Gloucestershire president Di Honey) were in the second group out at the South West regional final at Brickhampton Court, Gloucestershire. They returned 41 points and then faced a long wait before confirming they had won through. They were never passed although they were closely challenged, first by the home pair of Linda Clarke and Tina Howman, and then by the Bernie Oxley and Louise Cameron of Broadstone, Dorset, who both scored 40 points.
The North regional final at Ringway, Cheshire, was also a tight affair. The winners, Joan Dent and Bridget Carruthers, scored 40 points and won on countback from Mavis Smith and Sheila Rothwell of Harwood, Lancashire.
The competition has its roots in 1966 when they Australian Ladies' Golf Union presented a pair of spoons to each of England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales. They were awarded as trophies to the winners of annual competitions organised to raise money for the International Match Fund, with each country deciding on its own method of play.
In England, the competition fell into abeyance in 1971 after the method of raising funds was reorganised. However it was revived in 1981 for Bronze Division players and the current format of has been used since 1986. Players first take part in club qualifying rounds with the top scorers going forward to regional and national finals.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press and PR Officer
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