SOPHIE KEECH WINS ENGLISH SCHOOLGIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP
FROM THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION WEBSITE
Dorset’s Sophie Keech won the English schoolgirls’ championship at Belton Park Golf Club in Lincolnshire on a day when the ladies’ course record was broken three times.
Gloucestershire’s Shelby Smart started the ball rolling with a two-under par 71 in the morning round, which knocked two shots off the old record. Defending champion Meghan MacLaren of Northamptonshire bettered it with a 70 in the afternoon.
Finally, Sophie Keech went one better with a four-under par 69. The Lyme Regis player, who was representing Millfield School, Somerset, added it to her first round 72 for a five-under total and a two-shot win, ahead of Meghan and Shelby. All three train with EWGA squads.
It was a low-scoring day with the top three players all under par for 36 holes and a total of nine sub-par scores returned during the day.
The boys’ event was won by Jamie Bower from Yorkshire who shot 72 in the morning and a course record 64 in the afternoon. He had a back nine of six-under par 29.
The girls selected for the annual schools’ internationals are
England v Scotland
Sophie Keech (Lyme Regis), Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough), Shelby Smart (Knowle), Lianna Bailey (Notts Ladies), Georgina Mundy (Dunwood Manor), Alison Knowles (Hickleton).
Reserves: Emily Mae Hall (Notts Ladies), Abi Laker (Burford), Dulcie Sverdloff (Thorpe Hall).
England v Wales
Sophie Keech, Meghan MacLaren, Emma Carberry (Highwoods).
A place is reserved for the winner of the English U16 schools championship.
Reserves: Hollie Vizard (Pleasington), Lucie Walker (Ormskirk)
Leading scores
Par 146 (2x73) SSS 72 CSS 72 71
141 Sophie Keech (Lyme Regis/Millfield) 72 69
143 Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough/ Ferrers Arts College) 73 70; Shelby Smart (Knowle/Filton College) 71 72
147 Lianna Bailey (Notts Ladies/De Lisle College) 75 72
148 Emma Carberry (Highwoods/Filton College) 73 75
149 Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham and St Annes/Baines) 78 71; Ellie Goodall (Selby/Airedale High) 74 75
150 Georgina Mundy (Dunwood Manor/Brockenhurst College)78 72; Alison Knowles (Hickleton/Mexborough) 75 75
151 Emily Mae Hall (Notts Ladies/Frederick Gent) 77 74
153 Abi Laker (Burford/Henry Box) 78 75; Dulcie Sverdloff (Thorpe Hall/Shoeburyness) 76 77;
154 Hollie Vizard (Pleasington/Tottington High) 79 75; Lucie Walker (Ormskirk/Winstanley College) 77 77; Rachael Boulton (Notts Ladies/All Saints RC) 75 79
Dorset’s Sophie Keech won the English schoolgirls’ championship at Belton Park Golf Club in Lincolnshire on a day when the ladies’ course record was broken three times.
Gloucestershire’s Shelby Smart started the ball rolling with a two-under par 71 in the morning round, which knocked two shots off the old record. Defending champion Meghan MacLaren of Northamptonshire bettered it with a 70 in the afternoon.
Finally, Sophie Keech went one better with a four-under par 69. The Lyme Regis player, who was representing Millfield School, Somerset, added it to her first round 72 for a five-under total and a two-shot win, ahead of Meghan and Shelby. All three train with EWGA squads.
It was a low-scoring day with the top three players all under par for 36 holes and a total of nine sub-par scores returned during the day.
The boys’ event was won by Jamie Bower from Yorkshire who shot 72 in the morning and a course record 64 in the afternoon. He had a back nine of six-under par 29.
The girls selected for the annual schools’ internationals are
England v Scotland
Sophie Keech (Lyme Regis), Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough), Shelby Smart (Knowle), Lianna Bailey (Notts Ladies), Georgina Mundy (Dunwood Manor), Alison Knowles (Hickleton).
Reserves: Emily Mae Hall (Notts Ladies), Abi Laker (Burford), Dulcie Sverdloff (Thorpe Hall).
England v Wales
Sophie Keech, Meghan MacLaren, Emma Carberry (Highwoods).
A place is reserved for the winner of the English U16 schools championship.
Reserves: Hollie Vizard (Pleasington), Lucie Walker (Ormskirk)
Leading scores
Par 146 (2x73) SSS 72 CSS 72 71
141 Sophie Keech (Lyme Regis/Millfield) 72 69
143 Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough/ Ferrers Arts College) 73 70; Shelby Smart (Knowle/Filton College) 71 72
147 Lianna Bailey (Notts Ladies/De Lisle College) 75 72
148 Emma Carberry (Highwoods/Filton College) 73 75
149 Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham and St Annes/Baines) 78 71; Ellie Goodall (Selby/Airedale High) 74 75
150 Georgina Mundy (Dunwood Manor/Brockenhurst College)78 72; Alison Knowles (Hickleton/Mexborough) 75 75
151 Emily Mae Hall (Notts Ladies/Frederick Gent) 77 74
153 Abi Laker (Burford/Henry Box) 78 75; Dulcie Sverdloff (Thorpe Hall/Shoeburyness) 76 77;
154 Hollie Vizard (Pleasington/Tottington High) 79 75; Lucie Walker (Ormskirk/Winstanley College) 77 77; Rachael Boulton (Notts Ladies/All Saints RC) 75 79
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