GEMMA CLEWS' FOUR IN A ROW ON HOME COURSE

From Colin Farquharson:

Gemma Clews might just have clinched a place in the GB and I team for the Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent of Europe at Circolo Golf Club, Bogogno, near Milan, Italy (June 30-July 1) - squad to be announced on Monday, May 8 - with her fourth win in a row on Sunday over her home course at Delamere Forest GC, Cheshire in the Delamere Comboy Scratch Cup.

She had two rounds of six-under 67 for an aggregate of 134 over the par-73 ladies; course.

Gemma finished two shots ahead of 15-year-old Lily May Humphreys (Channels GC, Essex) who shot 69-67 for 136.

Lily May was the English Under-14 champion two years ago.

Emily Toy (Carlyon Bay) from Cornwall finished third on 144 with rounds of 73 and 71.

Former Scottish women's champion Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) had scores of 72 and 75 for 147, finishing sixth in a field of 56 players.

To qualify for World Amateur Ranking points, the Delamere Comboy Scratch Cup and this coming Sunday's tournament at Formby Ladies, The Leveret, will be added together to produce a list of 72-hole totals.

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“This is my best win,” said Clews, 22, who signed off with an eagle three on the 36th hole. “It’s definitely special to win this one because of the support the club gives me. It means a lot.”
She set off in great style with a bogey-free morning round, which included four birdies and an eagle on the par five 11th, where her three-wood shot finished 5ft from the hole.
It gave her a two-shot lead over Humphreys at the halfway stage, but Clews was unaware of the state of play until she’d passed the 14th hole on her second round.
Her afternoon round contained her only dropped shots of the day, with a double bogey five on the short fourth, but they were soon forgotten as she amassed six birdies and that closing eagle.
“I knew I probably needed to make a birdie and I just tried for the eagle,” said Clews, who rolled in a 25-footer. “I thought if Lily had shot better, then fair play to her.”
Humphreys matched Clews in the afternoon with a six-birdie 67, which she added to her opening 69.  The 15-year-old is the English U16 girls’ champion.
Emily Toy (Carlyon Bay), a past English girls’ champion, was third with rounds of 73 71.

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