ROZ ADAMS THROUGH AT 19th INTO ENGLISH SENIOR SEMI-FINALS

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Surrey’s Roz Adams won a ding-dong battle of the internationals to claim her place in tomorrow’s semi-finals of the English women’s senior championship at Tidworth Garrison, Wiltshire.
She eagled the 18th to square her quarter-final against fellow senior international Janet Melville – and then parred the 19th to claim her place in the final four.
Roz, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, will play Berkshire’s Linda Hunt, who is playing in the event for the first time. The other semi-final will be contested by three-times champion Chris Quinn of Hampshire and Dorset’s Carol Cass
The competitors had to contend with rain, mainly in the morning, and increasingly strong winds which became very blustery in the afternoon. But they replied with plenty of fine golf.
Roz Adams (Addington Court Ladies) came through two tight matches, first beating Joan Pullen (Basingstoke) on the 18th before taking on Janet Melville (Sherwood Forest).
Roz appeared to have the upper hand after three consecutive birdies took her to the turn two up. But Janet pulled her back and won the 17th to go one up, before losing the 18th to that eagle.  
“After those three birdies I thought all I had to do was par in, but Janet just kept going, she never lets you go,” said Roz.
Linda Hunt (Newbury & Crookham) has played only one other senior event and is making a quick impact, having finished 10th in last year’s English senior stroke play championship. She played level par golf this morning to beat Yorkshire’s Pat Wrightson and then took on Somerset champion Amanda Mayne, who was making her senior debut.
Their quarter final was very tight, with only two holes changing hands on the outward half. Linda critically moved one up with a birdie at 14 and then won the 15th to go two up. Two halved holes were enough to take her through to the next round.
Chris Quinn (Hockley) made short work of her morning match, which she won on the 13th, and looked to be heading to another big-margin win in the afternoon against Lulu Housman (Highgate).
Chris, who had a chip-in birdie and an eagle in the front nine, was five up after 12. But Lulu narrowed the gap to three with a fine short game display on the next two holes, before Chris won the 15th to take the match.
Carol Cass (Broadstone) takes her place in the quarter-finals after defeating Jeannie O’Keeffe (Hankley Common) 2 and 1. Carol had a walkover in the first round after her opponent withdrew. Jeannie won her first round match on the 19th.
In Flight Two, two former English senior champions are through to the last four. The 2006 champion, Christine Watson Beaconsfield) will play Karen Lobb (Northamptonshire County), while 2010 champion Caroline Berry (formerly Marron, of Bromborough) will play Barbara Laird (Sandiway).
The shot of the day was played by Oxfordshire county captain Annie Gowing (Frilford Heath) who had a hole in one on the 11th in her first round match in Flight Two. She won the game but was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Karen Lobb.
The consolation Stableford for players who did not reach the match-play stages was won by Jill Edwardes (Newbury and Crookham), who scored 34 points. The 73-year-old is playing only her second senior event and joked “The old girl done good!”
TODAY'S RESULTS

Championship flight
First round
Janet Melville (Sherwood Forest) bt  Pat West (Spalding) 6 and 5.
Roz Adams (Addington Court Ladies) bt  Joan Pullen (Basingstoke) 1 hole
Linda Hunt (Newbury and Crookham) bt Pat Wrightson (Huddersfield) 4 and 3.
Amanda Mayne (Saltford) bt Carol Duncumb (Rothley Park) 6 and 5.
Lulu Housman (Highgate) bt Gillian Curley (Northamptonshire County) 5 and 4. 
Chris Quinn (Hockley) bt Elaine Barrow (Brokenhurst Manor) 6 and 5
Jeannie O'Keeffe (Hankley Common) bt Sarah Arnold (Henley) at 19th
Carol Cass (Broadstone) wo Jane Bennett (Lee-on-the-Solent) scr

Quarter-finals
Adams bt Melville at 19th
Hunt bt Mayne 2 and 1
Quinn bt Housman 4 and 3.
Cass beat O’Keeffe 2 and 1.

Semi-finals
Adams v Hunt
Quinn v Cass
Flight two
First round
Christine Watson (Beaconsfield) bt Alison Blackmore (Newbury and Crookham) 1 hole
Airlie Dyson (Batchworth Park) bt Jackie Barraclough (East Bierley) 4 and 2. 
Annie Gowing (Frilford Heath) bt Debbie Richards (Burhill) 6 and 5.
Karen Lobb (Northamptonshire Co) bt Sandra Paul (Huddersfield) 5 and 4.
Sandra Moses (Knebworth) bt Jane Shergold (Blackmoor) 1 hole.
Caroline Berry (Bromborough) bt Katherine Russell (Royal Ashdown Forest) 4 and 3.
Jayne Long (Tidworth Garrison) bt Beverley Moss (Camberley Heath) 1 hole.
Barbara Laird (Sandiway) bt Judie Lewis (Hockley) 4 and 2.

Quarter-finals
Watson bt  Dyson 6 and 5.
Lobb bt Gowing 4 and 3.
Berry bt Moses 6 and 5.
Laird bt Long 5 and 3. 

Semi-finals
Watson v Lobb
Berry v Laird



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