Hertfordshire, Sussex through
to English county finals

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Hertfordshire and Sussex have won through to the final of the English County Golf Championship at Long Ashton Golf Club, Bristol, from September 15-19.
The County Finals will be contested by the winners of the county match weeks in each of the six regions of the English Women’s Golf Association.
Dorset have already qualified from the South West region. Hertfordshire booked their place at the East region week at The Links, Newmarket, where they won all five of their matches.
Their closest rivals were Essex with four points, followed by Bedfordshire and Suffolk who has two points apiece, Cambs & Hunts 1½, and Norfolk with half a point.
The Hertfordshire team was:
Hannah Burke (Mid Herts), Charlie Field (Harpenden), Jackie Foster (Bishops Stortford), Alison Franklin (Harpenden), Lucy Glyn (Porters Park), Tina Jeary (Bishops Stortford), Harriet Key (South Herts), Steph McEvoy (Old Fold Manor), Lucinda Mileham (Aldwickbury Park) and Lucy Williams (Mid Herts).
Sussex won their place at the South region week at North Hants, where they pipped Hampshire on a countback of singles matches won. Both teams had three points each from the week’s matches but Sussex had 16 singles wins to Hampshire’s 14½.
Surrey were third in the week with 2½ points, followed by Kent 1½, and Middlesex, 0.
The Sussex team was:
Clarissa Bushell (West Sussex), Chloe Court (Bognor), Alice Gimson (Ham Manor), Aileen Greenfield (Pyecombe) Georgina Hunt (Lewes), Hannah Ralph (Cowdray Park), Katherine Russell (Royal Ashdown Forest) and Karen Sykes (Worthing).
Results:
East region
Monday
Cambs & Hunts 6, Bedfordshire 3.
Essex 6½, Suffolk 2½.
Hertfordshire 8½, Norfolk ½.
Tuesday
Essex 8½, Cambs & Hunts ½.
Suffolk 6, Norfolk 3.
Hertfordshire 6, Bedfordshire 3.
Wednesday
Norfolk 4½, Cambs & Hunts 4½.
Essex 8, Bedfordshire 1.
Hertfordshire 7, Suffolk 2.
Thursday
Suffolk 7, Cambs & Hunts 2.
Hertfordshire 5½, Essex 3½.
Bedfordshire 5½, Norfolk 3½.
Friday
Hertfordshire 6, Cambs & Hunts 3.
Bedfordshire 5½, Suffolk 3½.
Essex 7, Norfolk 2.

South Region
Monday
Sussex 8, Kent 1.
Surrey 6, Hampshire 3.
Tuesday
Morning play abandoned because of heavy rain.
Singles:
Hampshire 4, Sussex 2.
Surrey 4½, Middlesex 1½.
Wednesday
Surrey 4½, Kent 4½.
Hampshire 8½, Middlesex ½.
Thursday
Hampshire 6, Kent 3.
Sussex 8, Middlesex 1.
Friday
Sussex 5, Surrey 4.
Kent 6, Middlesex 3