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Alex Peters wins Roehampton Gold Cup 

by 4 strokes on her debut appearance

FROM CAROLINE SCALLON

Alexandra Peters, 22, from Shifnal, Shropshire on 

Saturday won the prestigious 89th Roehampton Gold 

Challenge Cup, open to lady and girls amateurs and 

professional golfers, on her maiden appearance at 

the southwest London venue.

  

Following torrential rain on the previous day, which necessitated practice rounds being cancelled and players being called in off the flooding greens, the weather was far more favourable on Saturday than had been predicted. 

With a gentle north wind bringing in some very cold air, the course was playing long and the balls were holding on the greens.   

 A high class international field of 59 competitors assembled to tackle the parkland course with its well-guarded greens. As well as home England players, others came from Wales, Scotland and for the first time, from Belgium and the USA.   

 Two Roehampton players were in the field – sisters Samantha and Annabel Fuller – the latter having come a very close second in the recent Scottish Under 16 Championship.  

 Alex Peters, a former England amatuer international and in her second year as a Ladies European Tour member,  won the Gold Cup by four strokes with rounds of 71 and  70 – for a total of 141. 
She was the only player to finish under par for the 36 holes. 

 Second was Jessica Bradley, a professional from Tiverton, on 145 (74,71) together with a Belgian professional from Ypres, Laurence Herman, also on 145 (71,74).    

Kent player Sharna Dutrieux from Wrotham Heath was leading amateur on 147 (71,76).   

 The 2015 winner Hannah Ralph, professional from Cowdray Park, put up a good defence of her title on 148 (76,72) – five shots lower than her winning score last year.   The low round of the day prize went to Wales and Surrey amateur Katherine O’Connor from West Byfleet with a record three-under-par 69 in the afternoon.
 TWO SCOTS IN LEADING TEN

Former Renfrewshire women's county champion Iona Stephen (Wentworth) and Heather MacRae, now attached to Archerfield Links, finished tied sixth and 10th respectively in a field of 59, writes Colin Farquharson

Stephen had rounds of 72 and 77 for 149.

MacRae, playing the southwest London course for the first time in several years, shot rounds of 79 and 72 for 151 - 10 shots behind the winner

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72). CSS for amateurs: 77 and 75
p denotes professional.
141 Alex Peters (Shifnal) p 71 70 (£1,500)
145 Jessica Bradley (Tiverton) p 74 71, Laurence Herman (Belgium) p 71 74 (£600 each).
147 Sharna Dutrieux (Wrotham Heath) 71 76 (leading amateur).
148 Hannah Ralph (Cowdray Park) p 76 72
149 Luan Skeates (Cuddington) 77 72, Iona Stephen (Wentworth) p 72 77
150 Katherine O'Connor (West Byfleet) 81 69, Sophie Walker p 73 77
151 Heather MacRae (Archerfield Links) p 79 72, Holly Aitchison p 77 74

REST OF FINAL TOTALS
12th    Kendall Griffin USA    79    73    152
13th    Suzanne Dickens (p)    77    75    152
14th    Kym Larratt (p)    76    76    152
15th    Annabell Fuller    76    76    152
16th    Sophie Keech (p)    78    75    153
17th    Sarah Attwood (p)    77    76    153
18th    Rebecca McGinley (p)    78    76    154
19th    Samantha Fuller    80    75    155
20th    Melissa Nicol (p)    78    77    155
21st    Kelly Hutcherson     82    74    156
22nd    Charlotte Thompson (p)    80    76    156
23rd    Marie Martindale (p)    79    77    156
24th    Stacey Rodger (p)    78    78    156
25th    Brandy Rook    84    73    157
26th    Lisa Shervill (p)    81    76    157
27th    Rhiannon Thomas    80    77    157
28th    Emma Goddard (p)    80    77    157
29th    Lauren Horsford    79    78    157
30th    Keely Chiericato (p)    80    78    158
31st    Tracey Boyes (p)   79    79    158
32nd    Jade Guest    79    79    158
33rd    Aimee Paterson   79    79    158
34th    Sophie Mills     79    80    159
35th    Nikki Dunn (p)    82    78    160
36th    Ainee O'Connor    81    79    160
37th    Lauren Blease (p )   80    81    161
38th    Katie Rule (p)    80    81    161
39th    Gemma Allman     85    77    162
40th    Louisa Tarn    81    81    162
41st    Emily Slater    81    81    162
42nd    Anna Collis    76    86    162
43rd    Annabel Dimmock (p)    84    79    163
44th    Ashley Croft     80    83    163
45th    Maria Tulley (p)    80    83    163
46th    Kim Morris     84    80    164
47th    Joanne Hodge (p)    83    81    164
48th    Chloe Rogers (p)    84    81    165
49th    Lauren Hillier    84    82    166
50th    Jelina Fernando    83    85    168
51st    Julia Brook   88    81    169
52nd    Charlotte Hope (p)    88    82    170
53rd    Emily Toy    84    86    170
54th    Katherine Russell     85    86    171
55th    Pavani Kumar    87    87    174
56th    Sophie Kennard    87    87    174
57th    Abbie Symonds    90    89    179
58th    Nicole Stewart    90    95    185
WD   Charlotte Austwick (p)    89    withdrew