SARAH-JANE BOYD WINS HAMPSHIRE ROSE

England halve with France in Under-18 girls' 

championship warm-up at St Cloud

England ‘played with heart’ to halve an international match against a team of French U18 girls at St Cloud, near Paris
The match was a warm-up for the French Lady Junior Championship, and the players earned the praise of Rebecca Wood, the England Golf Women’s Performance Manager.

“The players really fought it out and played with heart which was great to see,” she remarked. “We couldn’t have asked for better weather and the course is in stunning condition.”

All but one of the matches was very tight and there was some great play over the closing holes.

Gabriella Cowley finished with three birdies, holing a 35-footer on the last to win. Sammy Fuller  followed her with another grandstand finish, knocking a wood to about 5ft from the hole on the last to secure her point.  Sophie Lamb played a very controlled game and managed the course very well on her way to a win.  The half point was secured by Alice Hewson.

Results
England 3½ France 3½

Annabel Dimmock (Wentworth) lost to Mathilde Cappeliez 2 and 1
Gabriella Cowley (Hanbury Manor)  bt Eva Gilly 1 hole
Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted) halved with Lauralie Migneaux
Sammy Fuller (Roehampton) bt Manion Veysseyre 1 hole
Sophie Lamb (Clitheroe) bt Chloe Caron 2 holes
Sophie Keech (Parkstone)  lost to Elise Genoux 2 holes
Alex Peters (Notts Ladies) lost to Elizabeth Codet 6 and 5
 14 April 2014

Sarah-Jane Boyd wins Hampshire Rose

English champion Sarah-Jane Boyd has won the 2014 Hampshire Rose at North Hants by three shots, with a seven-under par total for 36 holes.
The Truro player had 10 birdies during the two rounds: three in her morning 70 and seven in her afternoon 69, which was the low-score of the day.

The runner-up was Lizzie Prior from Surrey, who had two rounds of 71 and was four-under par - one shot better than last year when she was third.  Girl international Alice Hewson from Berkhamsted was third with scores of 73 and 71, including six birdies in her afternoon round.

Dorset’s Georgia Hall – the winner for the past two years – missed out this time, having had an eight at the par 5, 16th in the first round.  But she finished in style in the afternoon with an eagle at the same hole followed by two birdies.

Other highlights included a one-under par 72 in the morning round from Woburn’s Shamiso Hatchard, who was playing off four handicap.  Meanwhile Gloucestershire’s Bethan Popel had the second lowest score with a 70 in the afternoon.

Leading Scores:
Par 73, CSS 73 73

139 Sarah-Jane Boyd (Turo) 70 69  
142 Elizabeth Prior (Burhill) 71 71  
144 Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted) 73 71
145 Eloise Healy (West Lancs) 73 72; Alex Peters (Notts Ladies) 72 73      
146 Samantha Giles (St Mellion) 73 73      
147 Bethan Popel (Long Ashton) 77 70; Georgia Hall (Parkstone) 74 73;
Jerri Sewell (Shooters Hill) 72 75      
148 Shelby Smart (Knowle) 73 75; Rochelle Morris (Woodsome Hall) 72 76  
149 Georgina Mundy (Corhampton) 74 75  
150 Lauren Horsford (Wimbledon Park) 74 76  
151 Sophie Keech (Parkstone) 76 75  
152 Ashleigh Greenham (West Essex) 79 73; Iona Stephen (Wentworth) 78 74; Cloe Frankish (Chart Hills) 75 77; Annabel Silk (Corhampton) 75 77; Tara Watters (Muswell Hill) 74 78      
153 Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) 76 77; Shamiso Hatchard (Woburn) 72 81   
154 Emma Allen (Meon Valley) 80 74      

English girls’ champion Sophie Keech was leading amateur at the Roehampton Gold Cup, finishing fourth overall with a score of 146 (72 74). She was closely followed by Gabriella Cowley from Hanbury Manor, Hertfordshire, with 147 (74, 73).  
Gabriella won the England Golf Girls’ Order of Merit in 2013, and she and Sophie are in the England squad for this week’s French Lady Junior Championship. The Gold Cup was won by former England international Emily Taylor of Lancashire, who is in her second year on the Ladies European Tour. She scored 140 (68 72).