ANGLO-SCOT GEMMA BATTY FINISHES 10TH IN PORTUGAL

ANGLO-SCOT GEMMA BATTY FINISHES 10TH BEHIND PORTUGUESE TITLE WINNER FROM ITALY

Letizia Bagnoli (Italy) led from start to finish in winning the Portuguese women's amateur international championship by three strokes at Montado Golf Resort on the Costa Azul near Lisbon.

She had rounds of 67, 74, 72 and 70 for a six-under-par total of 282.

Denmark's Line Toft Hansen was runner-up with rounds of 68, 73, 75 and 69.

The three players who tied for third place on 286 included Julia Engstrom (Sweden) who, at the age of 15, was the youngest ever winner of the British women's open amateur championship at Dundonald Links last summer.

The leading British and Irish player was Gemma Batty, York-born but a Stirling University student who lives at Moffat where she is a member of the local golf club.

She had expressed a desire to represent Scotland rather than England and qualifies to do so through her years of residence in this country.

Batty shot 72, 73, 75 and 69 to finish 10th on one-over-par 289.

Chloe Goadby, a member of the St Regulus Club, St Andrews finished T24 on 296 with scores of 73, 74, 74 and 75.

Players with three-round totals of 228 and higher missed the cut for the final day's play.

PORTUGUESE WOMEN'S AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Montado Golf Resort, Costa Azul, nr Lisbon
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
par 288 (4x72)
282 Letizia Bagnoli (Ita) 67 73 72 70
285 Line Toft Hansen (Den) 68 73 75 69
286 Beatrice Wallin (Swe) 73 72 72 69, Mahile Claisse (Fra) 70 75 72 69, Julia Engstrom (Swe) 69 73 72 72

SELECTED TOTALS
289 Gemma Batty (Sco) 72 73 75 69 (10th)
292 Chloe Ryan (Ire) 72 76 72 72 (T13)
294 Jessica Hall (Eng) 74 76 74 70, Annabel Wilson (Ire) 74 74 74 71 (T18).
296 Chloe Goadby (Sco) 73 74 74 75, Annabel Bailey (Eng) 73 74 77 72 (T24).
297 Isobel Wardle (Eng) 78 73 76 70, Julie McCarthy (Ire) 73 72 79 73 (T29).
300 Valerie Clancy (Ire) 74 75 74 77 (T45).
304 Sammy Fuller (Eng) 69 74 81 80 (41st)

+Players with 54-hole totals of 228 and higher missed the cut for the final round play.