ENGLAND PIP IRELAND FORF TEAM TITLE AT ROYAL ASHDOWN

Lauren Taylor and Charley Hull with the international team trophy they won for England at Royal Ashdown Forest. The third member of the team, Charlotte Ellis withdrew after the first round for personal reasons. Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

England pipped Ireland for the international team title after they both finished with aggregates of 305 over the first two rounds of the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Royal Ashdown Forest.
England did it with a two-man team, Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) withdrawing from the tournament after a first-round 79.
That left the teenage Woburn pair of Charley Hull and Lauren Taylor to prevail with both their scores having to count in the second round. Fortunately Charley had a 74 and Lauren a 76.
Ireland's trio who also totalled 305 were Leona and Lisa Maguire and Charlene Reid.
It went to a countback and England's better second-round total of 159 to Ireland's 151 was the deciding issue.
Wales (308) finished third and Scotland (317) last. Eilidh Briggs, the Scotland girls champion, withdrew from the event a week or so in advance but no replacement was named, even though there were a total of 13 Scots taking part in the British championship.
Eilidh's absence meant that the scores of her elder sister Megan and Pamela Pretswell had to count in both rounds.
FINAL TOTALS
305 ENGLAND  156 150 (Charley Hull 79 74, Lauren Taylor 76 76, Charlotte Ellis 79 withdrew). England won with better second-round total
305 IRELAND 154 151 (Leona Maguire 75 75, Lisa Maguire 78 81, Charlene Reid 79 76).
308 WALES 152 156 (Amy Boulden 73 76, Samantha Birks 79 80, Katherine O'Connor 88 80).
317 SCOTLAND 159 158 (Megan Briggs 83 82, Pamela Pretswell 76 76, Eilidh Briggs withdrew).