GOOD EVANS! SIAN THROUGH TO MID-AMATEUR QUARTER-FINALS

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Kent’s Sian Evans has reached the quarter-finals of the English open mid-amateur championship at Collingtree Park, Northamptonshire – after qualifying for the match-play stages in a play-off.
Sian, pictured, clinched her place as the 32nd and last qualifier after winning on the second extra hole at about 9pm last evening. Today, she set about making the most of her fortune.
First she toppled the No 1  seed, Kim Bradbury of Derbyshire, winning on the 16th after a steady display of hitting fairways and greens.
Evans followed up with a one-hole win in a tight match against former English girls’ champion Kerry-Anne Haskell of Dorset. Sian was behind for most of the game until, crucially, she birdied the 17th to go ahead for the first time.
Kerry-Anne had a putt of about 4ft on the last for a birdie, which would have taken the players up the 19th, but the ball horse-shoed out of the hole.
Sian has just completed her first year at East Tennessee State University where she has been so successful on the US women’s college circuit that she was named freshman of the year for her conference.
Now, she plays Emma Sheffield (Newark) who toppled former English stroke-play champion, Charlotte Wild (Mere) in another close game. Emma was two down at the turn and trailing by one after 14, but made her move by winning the 15th and 16th before halving the last two holes.
The quarter-finals are:
Sian Evans (Faversham) v Emma Sheffield (Newark)
Jo Hodge (The Kendleshire) v Claire Smith (Silsden)
Emma Clegg (Clitheroe) v Jessica Bradley (Tiverton)
Ellie Robinson (Middlesbrough) v Emilee Taylor (Holme Hall)

MATCH-PLAY RESULTS
Round one
Sian Evans (Faversham) bt Kim Bradbury (Cavendish) 3 and 2.
Kerry-Anne Haskell (Ferndown) bt Jane Rees (Hendon) 4 and 2.
Emma Sheffield (Newark) bt Kate Whitmore (Tadmarton Heath) 2 and 1.
Charlotte Wild (Mere) bt Lauren Spray (Stanton-on-the-Wolds) 2 and 1.
Jo Hodge (The Kendleshire) bt Carley Warrington (Sickleholme) at 19th
Nicole Whitmore (Woburn) bt Kirsty O'Connor (Nelson) 5 and 3.
Claire Smith (Silsden) bt Kirsty Condon (Blankney) 2 and 1.
Sophie Powell (Manchester) bt Tara Watters (Muswell Hill) 2 and 1.
Jess Wilcox (Blankney) bt Sarah-Jane Boyd (Truro) 3 and 2.
Emma Clegg (Clitheroe) bt Katie Mundy (Dunwood Manor) 5 and 4.
Stacey Rodger (West Hove) bt Hannah Grant (Enmore Park) 5 and 4.
Jessica Bradley (Tiverton) bt Ami Storey (Ponteland) 1 hole.
Ellie Robinson (Middlesbrough) bt Melissa Siviter (Enville) 1 hole.
Chelsea Masters (Highwoods) bt Gemma Fuster (Spain) 1 hole
Rebecca Gibbs (Burnham and Berrow) bt Jerry Lawrence (Rochester and Cobham Park) 3 and 2.
Emilee Taylor (Holme Hall) beat Lucy Padley (Knowle) 3 and 2.

Round two
Evans bt Haskell 1 hole
Sheffield bt Wild 1 hole
Smith bt Powell 1 hole
Hodge bt N Whitmore 2 and 1.
Clegg bt Wilcox 1 hole.
Bradley bt Rodger 2 and 1.
Robinson bt Masters 3 and 2. 
Taylor bt Gibbs 2 holes.


Lyndsey Hewison
Press and PR Officer
EGWA