Birmingham University

women's quartet beat

25 men's team to

take world title

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Four women golfers from Birmingham University are the new world student match-play champions after they dismissed the challenge of 25 men’s teams to take the title.
They are: Lucy Williams, the English mid-amateur champion from Mid-Herts Golf Club, Sian James, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, from Bristol & Clifton in Gloucestershire, Charlotte Hope from Wrotham Heath, Kent, and Lauren Spray from Stanton on the Wolds in Nottinghamshire.
They were the only girls’ team in the event at Inglostadt in Munich which was contested by 26 teams from all around the world, including South Africa, the USA, the Netherlands, Sweden and France.
Lucy commented: “It was a massive achievement for Birmingham University as well as English women’s golf considering we were the only girls’ team playing! The girls led from the start. They were top qualifiers after the first day’s stroke-play, finishing three strokes ahead of the University of Manchester team.
In the semi-finals they beat the Warwick men’s team 3-1 and went on to face a German team, Erlangen-Nurnberg, in the foursomes match-play final. Lucy and Charlotte won their match 2 and 1 while Sian and Lauren finished one up.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer