Charlotte turns the mid-am clock back to

2006 by reaching quarter-finals

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Gloucestershire’s Charlotte Ellis – the title-winner in 2006 – is through to the quarter-finals of the English women’s open mid-amateur championship at Denham, Buckinghamshire.
Charlotte – who has just been picked for England’s Home International team – came safely through a day of tight matches and a big upset. Top seed and new English strokeplay champion Charlotte Wild lost her first round match on the 18th. She was beaten by Bedfordshire’s Laura Collin, who earlier in the season, was in the last four at the British amateur.
However, Laura, in turn, was beaten in the second round by Yorkshire’s Kim Crooks – on the fifth extra hole.
Over the day, five matches went into extra time and another eight were decided only on the last hole. Charlotte Ellis, the second seed, was one of those who had to play extra holes. Her first round match against Harriet Owers-Bradley of Nottinghamshire went to the 20th before she produced a winning up-and-down from a downhill lie in a bunker.
In the afternoon, though, she defeated Kym Larratt of Leicestershire on the 16th.
“My results have been good but I was a bit scrappy this morning,” said Charlotte. “I hit the ball well from tee to green but I wasn’t lagging my long putts and I was leaving a bit of work to do.”
She was much steadier in the afternoon and was three up after the third, where she chipped in. Charlotte won the sixth to go four up and held a comfortable lead throughout the match. Now, she plays the last Buckinghamshire player in the field, Rachel Drummond of Beaconsfield.
Charlotte was the runner-up in last week’s English strokeplay championship and another strong contender in that event is also continuing to show good form. Lancashire’s Cori Lee was taken to the 18th this morning but finished off her second round match with four holes to spare.
The quarter-finalists are:
Kim Crooks (Saltburn By The Sea) v Tracey Boyes (Meon Valley).
Cori Lee (West Lancashire) v Hannah Ralph (Cowdray Park).
Katie Mundy (Dunwood Manor) v Laura Harvey (Richmond, Yorkshire).
Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield) v Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton).
Results
Round one
Laura Collin (John O’Gaunt) bt Charlotte Wild (Mere) 1 hole.
Kim Crooks (Saltburn by the Sea) bt Georgina Hunt (Lewes) at 19th.
Charlotte Dalton (Ladbrook Park) bt Carley Warrington (Sickleholme) 4 and 3.
Tracey Boyes (Meon Valley) bt Emma Clegg (Wilpshire) 7 and 6.
Cori Lee (West Lancashire) bt Laura Cutler (Warley Park) 1 hole.
Kate Whitmore (Sandiway) bt Harriet Key (South Herts) 3 and 2.
Emilee Taylor (Gainsborough) bt Claire Starkie (Silsden) at 19th.
Hannah Ralph (Cowdray Park) bt Kirsty Rands (Burhill) 4 and 2.
Laura Jones (Royal Liverpool Ladies) bt Stacey Rodger (West Hove) 2 and 1.
Katie Mundy (Dunwood Manor) bt Hermione FitzGerald (Links, Newmarket) 1 hole.
Emma Fairnie (Dunbar) bt Jo Hodge (Knowle) 4 and 3.
Laura Harvey (Richmond, Yorkshire) bt Tara Watters (Muswell Hill) 1 hole.
Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield) bt Lisa Ball (Matfen Hall) 2 holes.
Katherine Russell (Royal Ashdown Forest) bt Jerry Lawrence (Rochester & Cobham Park) 1 hole.
Kym Larratt (Kibworth) bt Nicole Whitmore (Woburn) 6 and 4.
Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) bt Harriet Owers-Bradley (Wollaton Park) at 20th.
Round Two
Crooks bt Collin at 23rd.
Boyes bt Dalton 1 hole.
Lee bt K Whitmore 5 and 4.
Ralph bt Taylor at 19th.
Mundy bt Jones 2 holes.
Harvey bt Fairnie 2 and 1.
Drummond bt Russell 4 and 2.
Ellis beat Larratt 3 and 2.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer