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Friday, March 02, 2007

BRITISH CHALLENGE SNUFFED
OUT IN SPANISH
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
The British challenge in the match-play stages of the Spanish women's open amateur golf championship - two Scots, three English players and one Welsh representative - was snuffed out today over the first and second rounds at Sherry Golf, Jerez.
Jenna Wilson (Strathaven), 15th of the 32 qualifiers after two rounds of stroke-play, beat Belen Buendia (Spain) by 5 and 3 but lost to the title-holder and No 2 seed, Carlota Ciganda (Spain) by 3 and 1 in the second round.
Scottish Under-21 champion Krystle Caithness (St Regulus), the No. 25 qualifier, lost by 4 and 3 to the eighth seed Nicola Roessler from Germany.
Rachel Jennings, the 17-year-old English girls champion from Izaak Walton Golf Club, Staffordshire, beat Lucie Andre (France) by one hole in the first round but then lost by one hole to Katharina Schallenberg (Germany) who had beaten Lydia Hall from Wales by 5 and 3 in the first round.
Kerry Smith (Waterlooville) beat Audrey Decharne (France) by one hole before going out at the 19th to another French girl, Emilie Alonso.
Danielle Montgomery from Lambourne lost by 3 and 2 to Linn Gustafsson (Sweden) in the first round.
Results:
FIRST ROUND
M Silva (Spa) bt J Pajares (Spa) 2 holes, A Dahlberg-Soderstrom (Swe) bt E Cabrera 1 hole, A Urchegui (Spa) bt D Becker (Ger) 3 and 2, N Roessler (Ger) bt K Caithness (Sco) 4 and 3, I Gustafsson (Swe) bt D Montgomery (Eng) 3 and 2, N Holleder (Ger) bt L Matthews (Can) 2 and 1, M Prat (Spa) bt P Queipo (Spa) 4 and 2, S Doering (Ger) bt T Lorenzen (Ger) 1 hole.
R Jennings (Eng) bt L Andre (Fra) 1 hole, K Schallenberg (Ger) bt L Hall (Wal) 5 and 3, K Smith (Eng) bt A Decharne (Fra) 1 hole, E Alonso (Fra) bt J Hedwall (Swe) 2 holes, C Masson (Ger) bt A Vilatte (Fra) 6 and 5, R Svahn (Fin) bt I Tusquets (Spa) at 19thy, J Wilson (Sco) bt B Buendia (Spa) 5 and 3, C Ciganda (Spa) bt M Engzelius (Nor) 3 and 1
SECOND ROUND
Dahlberg-Soderstrom bt Silva 2 and 1, Roessler bt Urchegui 4 and 3, Holleder bt Gustafsson at 20th, Doering bt Prat 1 hole.
Schallenberg bt Jennings 1 hole, Alonso bt Smith at 19th, Masson bt Svahn 19th, Ciganda bt Wilson 3 and 1.