Shannon McWilliam moves into top 10 at British stroke play

Aboyne teenager Shannon McWilliam had one of the better third rounds - a level par 73 - as the wind began to rise on the last day of the British women's open amateur stroke play championship at Knock Golf Club, Belfast.
Shannon has moved up to a share of 10th place on 225 - 10 strokes behind the 14-year-old leader from Italy, Alessia Nobilio, beaten semi-finalist in last month's British girls open amateur championship at Harlech and winner since then of the Belgian girls' international stroke-play title.
Nobilio shot a two-under-par 71 in the third round to go into the final 18 holes on four-under-par 215.
Only one player looks close enough to catch Alessia - 19-year-old Sophie Lamb (Clitheroe) who had a 72 for 217.
Moffat-based Gemma Batty, Annabel Wilson (Lurgan) and Alessia Cristin Avanzo are joint third on 222. Batty and Wilson shot 74s this morning, Avanzo a 75.
Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) had her best score yet, a one-under-par 72 to be tied 12th on 226.
Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) had a 75 for 232 and a share of 31st place.
Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) had a 79 for 239 and 38th place.

LEADERBOARD
Par 219
215 Alessia Nobilio (Italy) 73 71 71
217 Sophie Lamb (Clitheroe) 77 68 72
222 Gemma Batty (Moffat) 77 71 74, Annabel Wilson (Lurgan) 74 74 74, Alessia Cristin Avanzo (Italy) 74 73 75

SELECTED SCORES
223 Chloe Williams (Wrexham) 71 77 75, Georgia Price (Bude and Cornwall) 73 72 78
225 Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) 76 76 73, Jessia Ross (Clandeboye) 73 74 78
226 Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) 80 74 72
232 Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) 76 81 75
239 Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) 81 76 79.