England’s Rachel Jennings reaches French quarter-finals
Press Release from EWGA
England international Rachel Jennings has scored two good matchplay wins to reach the quarter-finals of the French Lady Junior Championship at St Cloud.
The 19-year-old from Izaak Walton, Staffordshire, is England’s sole survivor in the championship and now faces Caroline Masson of Germany.
Rachel beat Germany’s Saskia Hausladen 3/2 in the first matchplay round and followed up with a 2/1 win over Audrey Goumard of France.
The second round match, which started on the 10th, was tight throughout, with never more than a hole separating the players. Rachel crucially moved ahead with a birdie on her 16th hole and sealed the win on the next, a short hole where her opponent’s tee shot found sand.
Linda Bayman, the performance director of the English Women’s Golf Association, commented: “Rachel was impressive. She was playing the local girl who had lots of crowd support – but she did what she had to do.”
Rachel was one of four members of the seven-strong EWGA squad to reach the matchplay stages of the championship after two rounds of rain-disrupted strokeplay qualifying.
Sian James, 19, (Bristol & Clifton) had to finish her second round at 8am this morning and went through as England’s top qualifier in 11th place. She had a fine front nine in her first-round match but eventually lost 2 down after her opponent, Leigh Whittaker of Germany, produced a string of birdies.
England’s other two representatives also bowed out in the first round. Hannah Barwood, 17, (Knowle), qualified 12th but was beaten 2/1 by the Czech player, Katerina Ruzickova. Defending champion Florentyna Parker, 18, (Royal Birkdale) was 15th qualifier and lost 1 down to Emilie Alonso of France.
Manchester’s Rachel Connor, 17, qualified for the Cartier Trophy but also lost in the first round, beaten 2 down by Celine Boutier of France. This trophy is contested by the best 16 girls in the U18 age group who fail to qualify for the main championship matchplay.
England international Rachel Jennings has scored two good matchplay wins to reach the quarter-finals of the French Lady Junior Championship at St Cloud.
The 19-year-old from Izaak Walton, Staffordshire, is England’s sole survivor in the championship and now faces Caroline Masson of Germany.
Rachel beat Germany’s Saskia Hausladen 3/2 in the first matchplay round and followed up with a 2/1 win over Audrey Goumard of France.
The second round match, which started on the 10th, was tight throughout, with never more than a hole separating the players. Rachel crucially moved ahead with a birdie on her 16th hole and sealed the win on the next, a short hole where her opponent’s tee shot found sand.
Linda Bayman, the performance director of the English Women’s Golf Association, commented: “Rachel was impressive. She was playing the local girl who had lots of crowd support – but she did what she had to do.”
Rachel was one of four members of the seven-strong EWGA squad to reach the matchplay stages of the championship after two rounds of rain-disrupted strokeplay qualifying.
Sian James, 19, (Bristol & Clifton) had to finish her second round at 8am this morning and went through as England’s top qualifier in 11th place. She had a fine front nine in her first-round match but eventually lost 2 down after her opponent, Leigh Whittaker of Germany, produced a string of birdies.
England’s other two representatives also bowed out in the first round. Hannah Barwood, 17, (Knowle), qualified 12th but was beaten 2/1 by the Czech player, Katerina Ruzickova. Defending champion Florentyna Parker, 18, (Royal Birkdale) was 15th qualifier and lost 1 down to Emilie Alonso of France.
Manchester’s Rachel Connor, 17, qualified for the Cartier Trophy but also lost in the first round, beaten 2 down by Celine Boutier of France. This trophy is contested by the best 16 girls in the U18 age group who fail to qualify for the main championship matchplay.
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