HACIENDA DEL ALAMO WOMEN'S/GIRLS' GOLF FESTIVAL

By LEE HARRINGTON
Tournament Director.
Shame for Ella Ofstedahl who had to withdraw, and for Eadaoin Cronin who had to retire after five holes with illness, but a glorious, sunny Murcian spring day, with temperatures getting up to the mid 20s!
Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) certainly turned up the heat with a four-under-par 68 in the HdA Ladies' 54-hole open stroke play.
She leads by five from another talented teenager, Bronte Law (Bramhall) who won the Murcia Ladies Open over 36 holes earlier in the week.
Amber had a bogey-free round, studded with birdies at the fourth, seventh, 10th and 18th in halves of 34 both ways.

SCOREBOARD
HACIENDA DEL ALAMO LADIES' 54-HOLE OPEN STROKE-PLAY

FIRST ROUND

Par 72

SCRATCH

68 AMBER RATCLIFFE (ROYAL CROMER) (1) net 67

73 BRONTE LAW (BRAMHALL) (+1) net 74
78 DAISY DYER (CHIGWELL) (scr) net 78

79 LAUREN BLEASE (COOMBE HILL) (1) net 78

83 MARY MACLAREN (WELLINGBOROUGH) (4) 79

85 PAULA CRABTREE (BRISTOL and CLIFTON) (7) net 78

87 BECKY GEE (WELLINGBOROUGH) (1) net 86

90 LOUISE CHURCH (HENBURY) (8) 82

AMBER RATCLIFFE

HACIENDA DEL ALAMO UNDER-16 GIRLS'
54-HOLE OPEN STROKE PLAY                                                 
FIRST ROUND
SCRATCH
76 GABRIELLA COWLEY (WEST ESSEX) (4) net 72
78 ALICE HEWSON (BERKHAMSTED) (4) net 74
79 SOPHIE LAMB (CLITHEROE) (11) net 68
81 ELOISE HEALEY (Lee Park) (6) net 75.
85 PAIGE KEMP (BOYCE HILL) (5) net 80
85 DULCIE SVERDLOFF (THORPE HALL) (3) net 82
85 AMELIA TAYLOR (St ANNES OLD LINKS) (8) net 77
86 NICOLA CALLANDER (MILL GREEN) (5) net 81
89 GEMMA McCARTHY (CLONMEL) (13) net 76
89 GEORGIA OBOH (REDBOURN) (17) net 72
Withdrew: ELLA OFSTEDAHL (MILL GREEN) (6) W/D
+Sophie Lamb broke 80 for the first time over a course as long as this Dave Thomas-designed lay-out and her net 68 was by far the best first-round return under handicap. Sadly Sophie had to return to England for a country training session and was able only to play the one round. Perhaps next year?
HACIENDA DEL ALAMO UNDER-18 GIRLS' 54-HOLE OPEN STROKE-PLAY
FIRST ROUND
SCRATCH
74 DAISY-MAY KENNY (CUDDINGTON) (3) net 71 76 MEGHAN MACLAREN (WELLINGBOROUGH) (scr) net 76.
82 KATHERINE CARRAGHER (JOHN O'GAUNT) (9) net 73 
82 GEORGIA GILLING (ROCHFORD HUNDRED) (5) net 77
Retired: EADAOIN CRONIN (BANTREE) (5) RET

 HACIENDA DEL ALAMO SENIOR LADIES' OPEN 36-HOLE STABLEFORD
FIRST ROUND
39pt PENNY BURROWS (HACIENDA) (28) 
38pt MARY HASKINS (HACIENDA) (22)
33pt SUSAN HOCKLEY (ENMORE PARK) (26).
32pt MARILYNN PEARCE (HACIENDA) (25).
28pt ROSEANNE REES (EAST BRIGHTON) (16) 
28pt LINDA MARR (FLEETWOOD) (28). 
27pt KATH WHITE (DUNSCAR) (25).
26pt GILLIAN GARDINER (FLEETWOOD) (31).
26pt KATE HILTON (DUNSCAR) (20). 
26pt MARY OBOH (REDBOURN) (26).
24pt AUDREY LEE (FLEETWOOD) (23).


GIRLS' UNDER-16 STABLEFORD
 FIRST ROUND
24pt REBECCA MACLAREN (WELLINGBOROUGH) (36).