CURTIS CUPPER AMY BOULDEN WINS THE LEVERET TROPHY

Amy Boulden, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, in last weekend's Curtis Cup selection trial at The Nairn.

WELSH 1-2 IN FIRST BIG 36-HOLE EVENT OF SEASON

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Amy Boulden celebrated her selection to play for GB and Ireland in the Curtis Cup match at The Nairn from June 8 to 10 by winning the first prestigious 36-hole women's open tournament of the season -  The Leveret Trophy over the Formby Ladies Golf Club course in Lancashire.
Welsh girl Amy, an 18-year-old member of Conwy Golf Club, made the most of a flying start - a brilliant seven-under-par 64 in the first round which gave her a two-stroke lunchtime lead over Rachael Goodall (Heswall).
That 64, by the way, equalled the course record set many years ago in the tournament by Elaine Ratcliffe who played for GB and I in the Curtis Cup matches of 1996 and 1998.
There have been slight alterations to the course since then but the yardage - 5,374 - remains the same, according to former Scottish women's champion Fiona Anderson who ran "The Leveret Trophy" for a number of years.
Amy Boulden cooled off just a wee bit with a one-under-par 70 in the afternoon for 134 but that eight-under-par total was good enough to see her the winner by two shots from Wrexham 17-year-old Chloe Williams who had a pair of 68s for six-under 136.
Chloe, a Junior Vagliano Trophy player last season when she was beaten by Bronte Law in a play-off for the Scottish Under-16 girls' open championship, also played in last week's Curtis Cup selection trial as a substitute for Lauren Taylor (Woburn).
Rachael Goodall finished third on 140, adding a 74 to her opening 66.
Bronte Law (Bramhall), the other Curtis Cup team member in the field, finished sixth equal on 143 (69-74)

ALL THE FINAL TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71) CSS 72 72
134 Amy Boulden (Conwy) 64 70.
136 Chloe Williams (Wrexham) 68 68.
140 Rachael Goodall (Heswall) 66 74.
142 Poppy Finlay (Whitby) 74 68, Charlotte Austwick (Pike Hills) 74 68.
143 Sarah Gabbutt (Ganton) 73 70, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 71 72, Bronte Law (Bramhall) 69 74.
144 Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield Ladies) 77 67, Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield) 75 69.
145 Nicola Haynes (Gosforth Park Ladies) 75 70, Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham and St Annes) 71 74, Charlotte Field (Bishops Stortford) 73 72, Charlotte Wild (Mere) 72 73, Olivia Winning (Rotherham) 69 76.
146 Nikki Foster (Pleasington) 73 73, Abbi Laker (Burford) 72 74, Katherine O'Connor (Tadmarton) 72 74.
147 Gemma Clews 76 71, Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough) 74 73, Janet Melville 74 73, Bethan Popel 74 73.
148 Lauren Blease 77 71, Jade Downes 75 73.
149 Jessica Rigby 77 72, Emma Goddard 76 73, Brogan Townend 75 74, Jess Wilcox 72 77.
150 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), Samantha Fuller 77 73, Gilian Nutter 77 73, Nicole Whitmore 75 75, Becky Harries (Haverfordwest) 75 75, Laura Watkins 74 76.
151 Ellie Goodall 77 74, Annabel Dimmock 76 75, Emma Newlove 75 76, Reb ecca Gibbs 73 76.
152 Nicola Rawlinson 79 73, Lusy Gould (Bargoed) 77 75, Naomi Edwards (Ganton) 77 75, Dulcie Sverdloff 75 77, Samantha Birks (Wolstanton) 73 79, Lucy Evans 72 80.
153 Victoria Mallett 78 75, Elizabeth Stebbing 76 77.
154 Annabel Bailey 81 73, Lucinda Mileham 75 79.
156 Shelby Smart 77 79.
157 Gemma Batty 80 77, Daisy Dyer 78 79.
158 Bronwyn Davies 81 77, Lianna Bailey 78 80.
159 Charlotte Hindmore 79 80.
161 Emma Harris 83 78.
163 Sara Cousins 82 81.
165 Samantha Round 82 83, Sophie Powell 76 89.
167 Rebecca Horner 83 84.
NR Rebecca Frost 85 NR