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Georgia’s challenge ends in British semi-final
Georgia Hall’s fine challenge in the women’s British amateur championship finally came to an end in the semi-finals at Carnoustie, where the England international lost 3/2 to Curtis Cup star Stephanie Meadow.
Both made a nervy start to the match but it was the Irish player who won the first hole and she was two up after three.
Georgia, 16, (image © Leaderboard Photography) won the fourth but conceded the fifth to go back to two down. She came straight back, however, to win the sixth with a par and stayed only one down until the 11th, which she lost to a birdie.
The next four holes were halved, but the match ended on the 16th where a par was good enough for Stephanie to claim her place in the final. She will play Rocio Sanchez Lobato of Spain who defeated Perrine Delacour of France by two holes in the other semi-final.
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Georgia Hall in British championship semis
30 June 2012
England international Georgia Hall (image © Leaderboard Photography) has reached today's semi-finals of the women’s British amateur championship at Carnoustie and takes on Curtis Cup star Stephanie Meadow of Ireland.
Yesterday Georgia, 16, first came from behind to win her third round match against France's Isabelle Boineau. She was three down at the turn to and was still two down with three to play.
She won one back and then squared the contest at the 18th by getting down in two shots from 80-yard range. At first extra hole Georgia again got down from 80-yard for a par 4, which was good enough to win the hole and the match.
In the quarter finals she got in the groove early in the quarter-finals and was never threatened in winning by 6/4 over Amanda Strang (Sweden).
Georgia’s excellent form over the past few months has seen her rocket up the world rankings to No 19.
Meanwhile, English champion Kelly Tidy bowed out in the third round when she was beaten 4/2 by Perrine Delacour of France. It ended a great run for Kelly, who was the 2010 British champion.
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England pair in last 16 at British championship
29 June 2012
Curtis cup player Kelly Tidy and England international Georgia Hall are through to the last 16 in the women’s British amateur championship at Carnoustie.
Kelly, the 2010 British champion and the reigning English champion, took her place in the third round with a confident win over Yorkshire’s Olivia Winning.
Georgia (image ©Leaderboard Photography) claimed a huge scalp when she knocked out the number two seed and French Lady Junior Champion Celine Boutier in the second round. The Dorset player was one down on the 18th tee but birdied the last to take the match into extra time and won with a par on the 19th.
Meanwhile, defending champion Lauren Taylor was knocked out in the first round.
English results
First round
Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) lost to Jisoo Keel (CAN) 2&1
Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale) beat Vicki Troeltsch (GER) 3&2
Olivia Winning ( Rotherham) beat Jessica Meek (SCO) 5&4
Lauren Taylor (Woburn) lost to Patricia Sanz Barrios (SPA) 2&1
Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) lost to Perrine Delacour (FRA) 6&5
Gabriella Cowley (West Essex) beat Claudia Chemin (FRA) 3&1
Hayley Davis (Ferndown) lost to Anna Young (CAN) at 19th
Emily Taylor (Hillside) lost to Stephanie Meadow (IRE) at 22nd
Bronte Law (Bramhall) lost to Alyson Mckechin (SCO) 5&3
Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) lost to Nina Muehl (AUT) 4&3
Charley Hull (Woburn) lost to Isabelle Boineau (FRA) 1 down
Rachael Goodall (Heswall) lost to Josephine Janson (SWE) 1 down
Georgia Hall (Remedy Oak) beat Meghan Stasi 4&3
Round Two
Tidy beat Winning 7&5
Cowley lost to Jiminez 3&2
Hall beat Boutier at 19th
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Bronte leads English qualifiers in British championship
28 June 2012
Curtis Cup player Bronte Law leads the English qualifiers for today's matchplay stages of the British women’s amateur championship at Carnoustie.
The 17-year-old from Cheshire qualified in sixth place on three-over par after recording scores of 73, 74 in the 36-hole qualifying.
She was one shot ahead of Holly Clyburn, another member of the victorious Curtis Cup side which, earlier this month, won the trophy for the first time in 16 years.
England’s other two Curtis Cup players, Kelly Tidy and Charley Hull, also made it safely into the knockout stages, as did defending champion Lauren Taylor.
Altogether, 15 English players have qualified: Bronte Law (Bramhall), Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), Gabriella Cowley (West Essex), Emily Taylor (Hillside), Charley Hull (Woburn), Alex Peters (Notts Ladies’), Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough), Lauren Taylor (Woburn), Hayley Davis (Ferndown), Georgia Hall (Remedy Oak), Olivia Winning (Rotherham), Rachael Goodall (Heswall), Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale), Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) and Emilee Taylor (Holme Hall).
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