JESSICA MEEK NOW IN PORTUGUESE TOP 20

AMY BOULDEN ... leading the British and Irish challenge in Portugal                                        Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency Carnoustie teenager Jessica Meek, who will enrol at Missouri University in August, climbed to joint 18th position with a par-matching 72 in the second round of the 72-hole Portuguese international women's amateur golf championship at Montado Golf Resort on the Costa Azul. Meek's  147 tally leaves her nine shots behind the joint leaders, Germany's Vicki Troeltsch (67-71) and Roberta Liti from Italy (68-70). Leading the British and Irish challenge is Curtis Cup player Amy Boulden from Wales. She had a 70 for 144. Next comes Jessica Meek (pictured right)  on 147, a shot ahead of England’s Gabriella Cowley (West Essex), the Scottish Under-16 girls’ open champion, who slashed eight shots off her first-round effort with a two-under-par 70 for 148, the same mark as Wales’ Katie Bradbury who went the other way with a 77. LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS Par 144 (2x72) 136 Vicki Troeltsch (Ger) 67 71, Roberta Liti (Ita) 68 70. 138 Cara Baena Sanchez (Spa) 71 68. SELECTED SCORES 144 Amy Boulden (Wal) 74 70 (T11). 147 Jessica Meek (Sco) 75 72 (T18). 148 Gabriella Cowley (Eng) 78 70, Katie Bradbury (Wal) 71 77 (T20). 150 Amber Ratcliffe (Eng) 77 73 (T27). 151 Aedin Murphy (Ire) 76 75 (T31). 153 Becky Harries (Wal) 75 78 (T39). 158 Dulcie Sverdloff  (Eng) 75 83 (T64). 162 Jessica Evans (Wal) 77 85 (T76).