Kam Cheema, from the Redlibbets Golf Club, Kent, winner of the Murcia Senior Ladies' Open title at the 3rd Hacienda del Alamo Women's & Girls Festival, receives her prize from Steve Haskins, the Hacienda del Alamo Golf Club captain.
Apologies to Kam for not displaying this picture at the time the scores were "posted," but this particular picture was not made available to the Editor.

Message from Kam to Tournament Controller Lee Harrington and his helpers:

"Thank you for all the hard work you put in to making this lovely tournament run smoothly, despite the unusually bad weather! As with last year, it was thoroughly enjoyable, well organised, couldn’t fault it and Lee looked after us all very well, much appreciated!

"The new format spread out over a longer period with a rest day in the middle was also a good idea, as was the Stableford format for us seniors."

+If you played at the 3rd Hacienda del Alamo Festival and want to make any comments, particularly suggestions as to how the week can be improved in 2011, please E-mail your observations to Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Kelsey receives her prizes from Hacienda del Alamo Golf Club captain Steve Haskins

Kelsey's fantastic inward half of 29 sweeps

her through to Hacienda del Alamo title

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Scottish Under-21 champion Kelsey MacDonald underlined her claims for a place in this year's Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup team with a fantastic last nine holes to win the Hacienda del Alamo Women's Open over 54 holes at the testing Dave Thomas-designed course in the Murcia region of south-east Spain.
The 19-year-old Nairn Dunbar member and Stirling University student started the final round in third place, seven shots behind leader Hayley Davis (Ferndown) and two shots behind second-placed Welsh cap Amy Boulden (Maesdu).
With nine holes to play, MacDonald, out in 39 to Davis's 38, was still in third place but now eight shots off the pace.
Said Kelsey later: "I was striking the ball well and hitting the greens, only to three putt at the first, fourth (par-5) and ninth (par-5).
Then Kelsey produced the birdie blitz of her young career - coming home in seven-under-par 29 with birdies at the 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 18th for a round of four-under-par 68 and a total of three-under-par 213.
Playing partner Hayley Davis, not surpisingly, just could not compete with that onslaught. She had no birdies on the back nine and bogeys at the 11th, 12th, 14th and 17th for 40 home and a 78 for 216.
That pushed her down to third place with a victory-to-remember for Kelsey MacDonald by one shot from Amy Boulden who finished with a 71 for 214.
Earlier in the Hacienda del Alamo Festival, Boulden and MacDonald tied for the best 36-hole final total in the Murcia Women's Open with the title going to the Welsh player because she had the lower second round.
But Kelsey had the last laugh.
"I knew at the turn that Hayley Davis was eight shots ahead of me and Amy Boulden seven shots ahead of me. It was very frustrating and I tried to work out what was wrong. I thought maybe I was too close to the ball when I was putting, so I moved further away from it - and the putts started to go in!" she said
"I lipped out at the 13th and the 17th and had to settle for pars - the rest were birdies. "Obvoiusly, I was gutted up to the ninth, thinking I had thrown away my chance of catching up. But I never give up and it just shows you how golf goes - and just delighted with my score."
Kelsey's next chance to impress the GB&I Curtis Cup selectors is the Spanish women's amateur championship the week after next. The team will be chosen on the Sunday, April 25 after the last round of the Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Troon Portland and Royal Troon.
The team of eight for the June 11-13 match against the Americans at Essex County Club, Boston, Massachusetts will probably be named on April 27 or 28.

Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham), Lancashire's youngest ever ladies county champion, stepped up an age group to win the Hacienda del Alamo Under-18 girls' open title over 54 holes. Earlier in the week Emily had won the Murcia Under-16 girls' open championship.

Emily had rounds of 74, 73 and 78 for a total of 225, to finish eight shots ahead of Ireland's Holly Robinson from Co Sligo. Holly scored 76, 77 and 84 and won the first handicap prize in this age group with a net 219 for the three rounds off a handicap of six.

Fourteen-year-old Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer), runner-up to Emily Taylor In the Murcia Under-16 girls' event, won the Hacienda del Alamo Under-16 girls' open over three roudns with an impressive total of 228, made up of consistent scores of 74, 77 and 77.

Amber's 228 total gave her a winning margin in the scratch section of 20 shots over Megan MacLaren (Wellingborough) whose mother Mary won third prize in the HDA Ladies' Open handicap list.

Megan's scores were 80, 81 and 87 for 248, a shot ahead of young Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted) who won the first handicap prize in the Under-16s section with a net total of 225, one shot ahead of Holly Vizard (Pleasington). Alice plays off eight and Holly nine.

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Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer), winner of the Hacienda del Alamo Under-16 girls' championship over 54 holes.

Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham), winner of the Hacienda del Alamo Under-18 girls' title after lifting the Murcia Under-16 girls' championship earlier in the Festival. Hacienda del Alamo Golf Club captain Steve Haskins made the presentations.

HACIENDA DEL ALAMO LADIES OPEN FINAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3x72). Dave Thomas course at Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort. 5,534 metres long

SCRATCH

213 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar & Stirling Univ) 76 69 68.

214 Amy Boulden (Maesdu) 74 69 71

216 Hayley Davis (Ferndown) 66 72 78.

220 Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 70 75 75.

221 Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) 71 75 75.

231 Danielle Anderson (Rochford Hundred) 77 75 79, Daisy Dyer (Chigwell) 75 76 80.

235 Mary MacLaren (Wellingborough) 77 78 80.

238 Becky Gee (Wellingborough) 79 77 82.

252 Dana Greenslade (Wentowrth) 84 84 84.

255 Jenna Birch (Royal Lytham) 83 87 85.

295 Ana Wright (Hacienda del Alamo) 94 99 102.

Retired: Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall) 74 - -, Mirade Cronin (Bantry Bay) 100 - -.

Prizewinners: 1 Kelsey MacDonald, 2 Hayley Davis, 3 Hannah Barwood.

HANDICAP

214 Amy Boulden (scr) 74 69 71.

219 Danielle Anderson (4) 73 71 75, Hayley Davis (1) 67 73 79, Kelsey MacDonald (+2) 78 71 70. 223 Mary MacLaren (4) 73 74 76.
226 Hannah Barwood (+2) 72 77 77.
227 Charlotte Ellis (+2) 73 77 77.
228 Daisy Dyer (1) 74 75 79.
234 Dana Greenslade (6) 78 78 78.
235 Becky Gee (1) 78 76 81.
238 Ana Wright (19) 75 80 83.
249 Jenna Birch (2) 81 85 83.
Prizewinners: 1 Amy Boulden, 2 Danielle Anderson, 3 Mary MacLaren.

UNDER-18 GIRLS FINAL TOTALS
SCRATCH
225 Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) 74 73 78.
237 Holly Robinson (Co Sligo) 76 77 84.
251 Georgia Gilling (Rochford Hundred) 85 82 84.
257 Lydia Johnston (Harleyford) 81 86 90.
259 Lucie Walker (Ormskirk) 84 84 91.
266 Shauna Brady (Co Sligo) 91 88 87.
Prizewinners: 1 Emily Taylor, 2 Georgia Gilling.

HANDICAP
219 Holly Robinson (6) 70 71 78.
222 Emily Taylor (1) 73 72 77.
236 Shauna Brady (10) 81 78 77, Georgia Gilling (5) 80 77 79.
239 Lydia Johnston (6) 75 80 84.
244 Lucie Walker (5) 79 79 86.
Prizewinners: 1 Holly Robinson, 2 Shauna Brady.

UNDER-16 GIRLS FINAL TOTALS
SCRATCH
228 Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) 74 77 77.
248 Megan MacLaren (Wellingborough) 80 81 87.
249 Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted) 81 83 85.
251 Emma Harris (Peel) 83 82 86.
253 Holly Vizard (Pleasington) 80 87 86.
254 Dulcie Sverdloff (Thorpe Hall) 78 88 88.
256 Gabriella Cowley (West Essex) 85 88 83.
259 Eadoin Cronin (Bantry) 91 86 82.
262 Charlotte Humphreys (Burnham & Berrow) 93 84 85.
277 Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel) 91 98 88, Amelia Taylor (St Annes Old Links) 88 91 98.
Retired: Katherine Carragher (John O'Gaunt) 93 84 - .
Prizewinners: 1 Amber Ratcliffe, 2 Megan MacLaren, 3 Emma Harris.

HANDICAP
219 Amber Ratcliffe (3) 71 74 74.
225 Alice Hewson (8) 73 75 77.
226 Holly Vizard (9) 71 78 77.
232 Gemma McCarthy (15) 76 83 73, Gabriella Cowley (8) 77 80 75.
236 Dulcie Sverdloff (6) 72 82 82.
238 Eaodin Cronin (7) 84 79 75.
239 Megan MacLaren (3) 77 7 84.
242 Emma Harris (3) 80 79 83.
244 Amelia Taylor (11) 77 80 87.
268 Charlotte Humphries (8) 85 76 77.
Prizewinners: 1 Alice Hewson, 2 Holly Vizard, 3 Gemma McCarthy.

No Festival results available to us due to Internet fault

We regret that we are so far unable to bring you Saturday's final totals from the 3rd Hacienda del Alamo Women's & Girls' Festival.
This is because the Golf Resort's Internet connection has gone down.
Until it is restored, we are unable to bring you news of who has won the Hacienda del Alamo Women's Open and the Girls' Open categories.
Sorry!

[Late News (Monday): We hear that Kelsey Macdonald from Nairn won the tournament with a final round of 68... 39 out and 29 in.... well done Kelsey! No other scores so far. GK]

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Tournament Controller Lee Harrington with four lasses from Lancashire - Gillian Gardiner, Linda Marr, Audree Lee and Linda Wilson.

Hayley Davis leads by five with one round

to go in Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open

Nothing is ever a cast-iron certainty in golf and Hayley Davis, 17-year-old Ferndown, Dorset girl international, will not be counting her chickens even though she leads by five strokes with one round to play in the Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open at the five-star Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort in south-east Spain.

Hayley followed up her unofficial "record" score of 66 - preferred lies prevented the score being recognised - with a level par 72 over the testing Dave Thomas-designed course for a 36-hole tally of six-under 138.

Davis, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency at last year's British girls championship where she reached the quarter-finals, had one eagle (at the fourth) and four birdies (at the third, ninth, 15th and 18th). On the debit side, she had six bogeys, at the first, seventh, 10th, 14th, 16th and 17th.

Two of her nearest challengers, Welsh cap Amy Boulden (Maesdu), 16, and Scottish international Kesley MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), 19, both shot second-round 69s today for 143 and 145 respectively.

Amy had five birdies (at the first, second, fourth, 13th and 16th) and two bogeys (at the 11th and 18th).

Kelsey had an eagle at the fourth and five birdies (at the third, ninth, 10th, 15th and 18th). She also had bogeys at the first, fifth, eighth and 16th.

The pair, who tied for the lowest 36-hole final total Murcia Ladies Open earlier in the week (Amy won that title on the lower second round), were able to make up three shots apiece on leader Davis - but, to turn around, respective deficits of five (Amy) and seven (Kelsey), they will need to shoot something special in Saturday's final round ... and hope that Hayley scores in the mid-70s or higher.

Alongside Kelsey MacDonald in joint third place is the 2008 English women's champion Hannah Barwood, the 19-year-old Knowle player.

Hannah actually lost ground on Hayley Davis by returning a 75 for 145.

Fifth placed Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) also had a 75 for 146.

Current English women's champion Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall) had to retire from the tournament with an upset stomach.

One category ended with the second round - and Kam Cheema, from the quaintly named Redlibbets club, near Sevenoaks in Ken, was the winner with a total of 60 Stableford Points.

Playing off a handicap of 22, Kam improved by 10pts on her first effort with a splendid bag of 35pt today.

Runner-up, beaten by 12pt, was Linda Marr from Fleetwood. Playing off 17, she had 48pt in all after scoring 22pt in the second round.

Local player Marilynn Pearce, a 19-handicapper, finished third with a total of 47pt made up of 25 and 22.

England Under-18 squad player Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham), Lancashire's youngest-ever women's county champion, is six shots clear of Holly Robinson (Co Sligo) at the head of the Under-18s scratch field. Emily, only 15 but competing above her age group, had a 73 today for 147.

Holly had a 77 for 153.

In the Under-16s, it looks all over bar the shouting but who was it that said "nothing is ever a cast-iron certainty in golf?" Fourteen-year-old Amber Ratcliffe from the Royal Cromer club in Norfolk is ten shots clear of the field after a 77 for 151.

Her nearest challenger is 15-year-old Megan MacLaren (Wellingborough) on 161 after an 81.

Megan's mother Mary, incidentally, a four-handicapper at Wellingborough, has twice broken 80 in the two rounds of the Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open.

Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted) is lying third on 164 after an 83.

Weather note (from Tournament Controller Lee Harrington): Friday's weather at Hacienda del Alamo was wet to begin with. Play was delayed an hour because of heavy rain but once the players got out there, the rain stopped and the rest of the day remained dry, although a cold wind got up later on. The course is still in great condition, considering the week's weather.

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HACIENDA DEL ALAMO LADIES' OPEN SCOREBOARD

SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Final round on Saturday.
Par 144 (2x72)
SCRATCH
138 Hayley Davis (Ferndown) 66 72.
143 Amy Boulden (Maesdu) 74 69.
145 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 76 69, Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 70 75.
146 Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) 71 75.
151 Daisy Dyer (Chigwell) 75 76.
152 Danielle Anderson (Rochford Hundred) 77 75.
155 Mary MacLaren (Wellingborough) 77 78.
156 Becky Gee (Wellingborough) 79 77.
168 Dana Greenslade (Wentworth) 84 84.
170 Jenna Birch (Royal Lytham) 83 87.
193 Ana Wright (Hacienda del Alamo) 94 99.
Retired: Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall) 74 -, Mirade Cronin (Bantry) 100 -.
HANDICAP
140 Hayley Davis (+1) 67 73.
143 Amy Boulden (scr) 74 69.
144 Danielle Anderson (4) 73 71.
147 Mary MacLaren (4) 73 74.
149 Hannah Barwood (+2) 72 77, Daisy Dyer (1) 74 75, Kelsey MacDonald (+2) 78 71..
150 Charlotte Ellis (+2) 73 77.
154 Becky Gee (1) 78 76.
155 Ana Wright (19) 75 80.
156 Dana Greenslade (6) 78 78.
166 Jenna Birch (2) 81 85.

SENIORS OPEN - FINAL ROUND
Stableford
60pt Kam Cheema (Redlibbets) (22) 25 35.
48pt Linda Marr (Fleetwood) (26) 26 22.
47pt Marilynn Pearce (Hacienda del Alamo (25) 25 22.
45pt Penny Burrows (Hacienda del Alamo) (22) 22 23.
32pt Gillian Gardiner (Fleetwood) (27) 17 15.
31pt Audrey Lee (Fleetwood) 18 13.
30pt Linda Wilson (Ashton & Lea) (32) 15 15.

UNDER-18 GIRLS - SECOND ROUND
SCRATCH
147 Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) 74 73.
153 Holly Robinson (Co Sligo) 76 77.
167 Georgia Gilling (Rochford Hundred) 85 82, Lydia Johnston (Harleyford) 81 86.
168 Lucie Walker (Ormskirk) 84 84.
159 Shauna Brady (Co Sligo) 91 88.
HANDICAP
141 Holly Robinson (6) 70 71.
145 Emily Taylor (1) 73 72.
155 Lydia Johnston (6) 75 80.
157 Georgia Gilling (5) 80 77.
158 Lucie Walker (5) 79 79.
159 Shauna Brady (Co Sligo) (10) 81 78.

UNDER-16 GIRLS - SECOND ROUND
SCRATCH
151 Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) 74 77.
161 Megan MacLaren (Wellingborough) 80 81.
163 Eaodin Cronin (Bantry) 91 86.
164 Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted 81 83.
165 Emma Harris (Peel) 83 82.
166 Dulcie Sverdloff (Thorpe Hall) 78 88.
167 Holly Vizard (Pleasington) 80 87.
173 Gabriella Cowley (West Essex 85 88.
176 Katherine Carragher (John O'Gaunt) 93 83.
177 Charlotte Humphries (Burnham & Berrow) 83 84.
179 Amelia Taylor (St Annes Old Links) 88 91.
189 Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel) 91 98.
HANDICAP
145 Amber Ratcliffe (3) 71 74.
148 Alice Hewson (8) 73 75.
149 Holly Vizard (9) 71 78.
150 Katherine Carragher (13) 80 70.
154 Dulcie Sverdloff (6) 72 82.
155 Megan MacLaren (3) 77 78.
157 Gabriella Cowley (8) 77 80, Amelia Taylor (11) 77 80.
159 Emma Harris (3) 80 79, Gemma McCarthy (15) 76 83.
161 Charlotte Humprhies (8) 85 76.
163 Eaodin Cronin (7) 84 79.

Charlie Douglas laid low by stomach bug: Out of Festival finale

English amateur champion Charlie Douglass has had to withdraw from the Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open after only one round of the main, 54-hole event at the HDA February Festival.

She's been laid low by a stomach bug - surely, not something she ate out there? - and would never have made it past the first tee.

The Brocket Hall left-hander, a member of the GB&I Curtis Cup preliminary squad, had a first-round 74.

Tough luck, Charlie, but thanks for your continued support of the Hacienda del Alamo Festival.

Low scoring fireworks display at Hacienda del Alamo Festival

Hayley Davis (Ferndown), left, and Hannah Barwood (Knowle), first-round leaders in the Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open. Images by Cal Carson Golf Agency. Click on them to enlarge.

Brilliant round of six-under 66 gives 17-year-old

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Hayley Davis four-shot lead from Hannah Barwood

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Dorset teenager Hayley Davis from the Ferndown club took advantage of a mild spring-like day, with not a drop of rain (until after the last players were back in the clubhouse, to shoot a splendid score of six-under-par 66 in the first round of the 54-hole Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open at the five-star Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort in the Murcia region of south-east Spain today.

Hayley, who had her 17th birthday at the beginning of this month, burst clear of the small but quality field of Curtis Cup team place contenders, with birdies at the long fourth, the short eighth, the par-4 10th, 11th and 13th, and also the treacherous par-5 18th.

She did not have a single bogey in halves of 34 and 32 for the Dave Thomas-designed course.

Tournament controller Lee Harrington commented: "This is certainly the lowest competitive medal round by by a lady at Hacienda del Alamo although an official course record cannot be awarded due to the fact that we are playing preferred lies this week. Nevertheless, it was some round of golf by young Hayley."

"I'm just pleased that I scored better than I did in the Murcia Ladies Open at the start of the week (she had rounds of 82 and 72 to finish sixth)," said Hayley who looks set for another great season in 2010.

Last year, she was the first English player for eight years to win the Scottish Under-16 girls' open stroke-play championship at Craigielaw. After that she helped England to retain the girls' home international championship, and then lost in the quarter-finals of the British girls championship, going down on the 18th green to the French girl, Perrine Delacour, who went on to win the title. And Hayley also won the South Region championship and the Liphook Scratch Cup.

Hayley's playing partner Danielle Anderson said that it was a great round to watch.

"Hayley was completely in control from start to finish, and she was holing everything, which helps!" said Danielle who went round in 77.

Davis's nearest challenger is former English amateur champion Hannah Barwood (Knowle) with a two-under-par 70, followed by Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) with a 71. Charlotte did not play in the Murcia Ladies Open earlier in the week.

The winner of that title over 36 holes, Welsh international Amy Boulden (Maesdu), had a 74 today and Scottish Under-21 champion Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), beaten on a card countback by Amy on Tuesday, had to settle for a 76.

In the Seniors Open over 36 holes, Linda Marr (Fleetwod) leads with 26 Stableford points off a handicap of 26pt. But she is only one ahead of Kam Cheema (Red Libbets) and local player Marilynn Pearce.

Amber Ratcliffe, 14-year-old Royal Cromer prospect, has a four-shot lead in the Under-16 Girls' Open after a fine scratch round of 74. Dulcie Sverdloff (Thorpe Hall), with a 78, was the only other player in this category to break 80.

In the Under-18s section, Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) shot a 74 to lead by two from Holly Robinson (Co Sligo).

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THURSDAY SCOREBOARD

HACIENDA DEL ALAMO LADIES OPEN - FIRST ROUND
SCRATCH
Par 72
66 Hayley Davis (Ferndown).
70 Hannah Barwood (Knowle).
71 Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton).
74 Amy Boulden (Maesdu), Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall).
75 Daisy Dyer (Chigwell).
76 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar).
77 Danielle Anderson (Rochford Hundred), Mary MacLaren (Wellingborough).
79 Becky Gee (Wellinigborough).
83 Jenna Birch (Royal Lytham).
84 Dana Greenslade (Wentworth).
94 Ana Wright (Hacienda del Alamo).
100 Mirade Cronin (Bantry).
HANDICAP
67 Hayley Davis (+1).
72 Hannah Barwood (+2).
73 Danielle Anderson (4), Charlotte Ellis (+2), Mary MacLaren (4).
74 Amy Boulden (scr), Daisy Dyer (1).
75 Charlie Douglass (+1), Ana Wright (19).
78 Dana Greenslade (6), Kelsey MacDonald (+2), Becky Gee (1).
81 Jenna Birch (2), Mirade Cronin (19).

SENIORS
STABLEFORD
26pt Linda Marr (Fleetwood) (26).
25pt Marilynn Pearce (Hacienda del Alamo (19), Kam Cheema (Red Libbets) (22).
22pt Penny Burrows (Hacienda del Alamo (22).
18pt Audrey Lee (Fleetwood) (21).
17pt Gillian Gardiner (Fleetwood) (27).
15pt Linda Wilson (Ashton & Lea) (32).

UNDER-18 GIRLS
SCRATCH
74 Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham).
76 Holly Robinson (Co Sligo).
81 Lydia Johnston (Harleyford).
84 Lucie Walker (Ormskirk).
85 Georgia Gilling (Rochford Hundred).
91 Shauna Brady (Co Sligo).
HANDICAP
70 Holly Robinson (6).
73 Emily Taylor (1).
75 Lydia Johnston (6).
79 Lucie Walker (5).
80 Georgia Gilling (5).
81 Shauna Brady (10).

UNDER-16 GIRLS
SCRATCH
74 Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer).
78 Dulcie Sverdloff (Thorpe Hall).
80 Megan MacLaren (Wellingborough), Holly Vizard (Pleasington).
81 Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted).
83 Emma Harris (Peel).
85 Gabriella Cowley (West Essex).
88 Amelia Taylor (St Annes Old Links).
91 Eaodin Cronin (Bantry), Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel).
93 Katherine Carragher (John O'Gaunt), Charlotte Humphries (Burnham & Berrow).
HANDICAP
71 Amber Ratcliffe (3), Holly Vizard (9).
72 Dulcie Sverdloff (6).
73 Alice Hewson (8).
76 Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel).
77 Gabriella Cowley (8), Megan MacLaren (3), Amelia Taylor (11).
80 Katherine Carragher (13), Emma Harris (3)..
84 Eaodin Cronin (7).
85 Charlotte Humphries (8).

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MURCIA OPEN PRIZE LIST

Ladies Scratch
Winner: Amy Boulden (Maesdu). Runner-up: Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall). Third: Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa).

Ladies Handicap
Winner: Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar). Runner-up: Hannah Barwood (Knowle). Third: Jess Wilcox (Blankney).

Seniors
Winner: Sheila Brunton (Carnoustie Ladies). Runner-up: Gillian Gardiner (Fleetwood). Third: Penny Burrows (Hacienda del Alamo).

Girls' Under-16 Scratch
Winner: Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham St Annes). Runner-up: Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer).

Girls' Under-16 Handicap
Winner: Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted). Runner-up: Nicola Callander (Mill Green). Third: Megan MacLaren (Wellingborough).

Girls' Under-18 Scratch
Winner: Lucie Walker (Ormskirk).

Girls' Under-18 Handicap
Winner: Lydia Johnston (Harleyford).

Girls' Under-16 Stableford
Winner: Sophie Phillips (El Soto, Spain). Runner-up: Rebecca MacLaren (Wellingborough).

TEE TIMES FOR HACIENDA LADIES/SENIORS/GIRLS' OPEN
+Seniors' tournament reduced to 36 holes at the request of the competitors, many of whom are catching planes home on Saturday.
+Friday's draw will be the same as that for Thursday with the only difference being that those who start from Tee 1 on Thursday will start from Tee 10 on Friday and vice versa.
+On Saturday, the players will go out in score order, lowest totals last.

Tee 1 Start Thursday; Tee 10 Start Friday
09:00 DAVIS, HAYLEY
09:00 MACDONALD, KELSEY
09:00 ANDERSON, DANIELLE
09:10 GREENSLADE, DANA
09:10 DYER, DAISY
09:10 BOULDEN, AMY
09:20 GEE, BECKY
09:20 MACLAREN, MARY
09:20 DOUGLASS, CHARLIE
09:30 WALKER, LUCIE
09:30 BRADY, SHAUNA
09:30 ROBINSON, HOLLY
09:40 CARRAGHER, KATHERINE
09:40 COWLEY, GABRIELLA
09:40 MCCARTHY, GEMMA
09:50 VIZARD, HOLLY
09:50 TAYLOR, AMELIA
09:50 MACLAREN, MEGAN
10:00 LEE, AUDREY
10:00 BURROWS, PENNY
10:00 CHEEMA, KAM

Tee 10 Start Thursday; Tee 1 Start Friday
09:00 MCCARTHY, SHULA
09:00 WRIGHT, ANA
09:10 ELLIS, CHARLOTTE
09:10 BARWOOD, HANNAH
09:10 BIRCH, JENNA
09:20 TAYLOR, EMILY
09:20 JOHNSTON, LYDIA
09:20 GILLING, GEORGIA
09:30 HEWSON, ALICE
09:30 RATCLIFFE, AMBER
09:30 CRONIN, EAODIN
09:40 HUMPHRIES, CHARLOTTE
09:40 SVERDLOFF, DULCIE
09:40 HARRIS, EMMA
09:50 GARDINER, GILLIAN
09:50 WILSON, LINDA
09:50 PEARCE, MARILYNN
09:50 MARR, LINDA

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Kelsey MacDonald (left) and Amy Boulden (right), pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency at last September's Women's Home Internationals at Irvine Golf Club. Click on images to enlarge.

Amy Boulden's super second round of 69 pips

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Kelsey MacDonald for Murcia Ladies title

Amy Boulden, 16-year-old Welsh international scratch player, beat four other members of the GB&I Curtis Cup preliminary squad for the June match in America to win the Murcia Ladies Open at the 3rd Hacienda del Alamo Women's & Girls' Festival today at the five-star resort in Murcia, south-east Spain.

Amy, a member at the Maesdu club, Llandudno, is one of the crop of rising young stars who have won the Women's Home Internationals title for Wales in 2008 (at Wrexham) and 2009 (at Irvine, Ayrshire) and will be bidding for an unprecedented hat-trick on home turf at Whitchurch Golf Club, Cardiff from September 8 to 10.

The way she is playing this early in the year suggests that Miss Boulden is among the favourites for a Curtis Cup match debut at Essex County Golf Club in Massachusetts from June 11 to 13.

Because the GB&I team of eight is being selected in April, before the English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh closed championships, candidates for selection have to take the opportunity to impress the Curtis Cup selectors in overseas events such as the Hacienda del Alamo Festival.

It was a very close-run thing between Amy Boulden and Stirling University student Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), winner of the Scottish Under-21 open girls' title for the past two years, today.

Kelsey, 19, has set her sights on making an appearance in the 2012 Curtis Cup match which will be played in her home town of Nairn - but she might well make her debut two years earlier!

Both matched the par of 144 for two rounds over the Dave Thomas designed course of 5534 metres and, with no provision for a play-off, Boulden was declared the winner by virtue of having the better second round.

Amy had rounds of 75 and 69, Kelsey a pair of 72s.

Boulden, who also had the best net total of 144, had six birdies in her three-under-par second round as she rose from fourth place overnight. She birdied the first, seventh, ninth, 10th, 14th and 16 with bogeys at the second, fourth and 11th in halves of 35 (one under par) and 34 (two under par).

Kelsey, whose opening-day 72 left her lying second, two shots adrift of English champion Charlie Douglass, the left-hander from Brocket Hall, had birdies at the first, fifth, ninth and 18th and bogeys at the fourth, 12th, 14th and 17th in halves of 34 (two under par) and 38 (two over par).

In the final analysis it was that run of bogeys on the inward half that cost the Scot outright victory but she finished ahead of Charlie Douglass, who tagged a 77 on to her 70 to finish third on 147, and English girls champion Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) who had 73 and 75 for fourth place on 148.

The fifth member of the Curtis Cup preliminary squad in the field, former English champion Hannah Barwood (Knowle) finished fifth on 149 with scores of 76 and 73.

Just turned 17 years of age, Hayley Davis (Ferndown), after a first-round 82, came storming up into joint sixth place with a 72, a second-round score bettered only by winner Amy Boulden, and a total of 154.

Eighteen-year-old Jess Wilcox (Blankney) shared sixth place with scores of 78 and 76 for 154.

Ormskirk's Lucie Walker and Lydia Johnston (Harleyford) tied on 172 at the head of the smal field for the Murcar Under-18 Girls' Open. Both girls made significant improvement between their first and second rounds with victory going to Walker with the better second round.

Walker had rounds of 93 and 79, Johnston 91 and 81.

Lydia had the best net total in this category of 160 off six of a handicap.

Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) won the Murcia Under-16 Girls' Open with scores of 79 and 78 for 157. The 15-year-old Lancashire one-handicapper finished eight shots ahead of 14-year-old Amber Ratcliffe from the Royal Cromer club. Amber, who has enjoyed success at previous Hacienda del Alamo Festivals, had rounds of 83 and 82 for 165.

Fifteen-year-old Megan MacLaren (Wellingborough), whose father is a European Tour director, finished third on 167 with scores of 88 and 79.

The best net total in the Under-16s' category was 152, returned by 12-year-old Alice Hewson, an eight-handicap junior member of the Berkhamsted club in Hertfordshire. She had net scores of 74 and 78. Alice, who is also a talented swimmer, by the way, finished second in last year's Wee Wonders competition at St Andrews.

In the youngsters' Stableford competition, Sophie Phillips, from the El Soto club in Spain, had an impressive total of 64 (33-31) pts over the two rounds.

The Murcia Seniors Open was decided on a Stableford points format over two rounds and Sheila Brunton (Carnoustie Ladies) was the winner with 48 (25-23) points off eight of a handicap.

Runner-up was Gillian Gardiner (Fleetwood) with 45 (26-19) points off 27.

Local member Penny Burrows, playing off 22, was third with 42 (22-20) points.

+The next event on the Hacienda del Alamo Festival programme is the 54-hole Hacienda del Alamo Ladies/Seniors/Girls' Open on Thursday-Friday-Saturday.

All today's final totals from 3rd Hacienda del

Alamo Women's & Girls' Festival

MURCIA LADIES OPEN - Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort, Murcia, south-east Spain

FINAL TOTALS (Par 144: 2x72)
SCRATCH
144 Amy Boulden (Maesdu) 75 69, Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 72 72 (Boulden won with better second round).
147 Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall) 70 77.
148 Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 73 75.
149 Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 76 73.
154 Hayley Davis (Ferndown) 82 72, Jess Wilcox (Blankney) 78 76.
159 Becky Gee (Wellingborough) 83 76.
163 Mary MacLaren (Wellingborough) 84 79.
164 Daisy Dyer (Chigwell) 80 84.
167 Jenna Birch (Royal Lytham) 86 81.
211 Ana Wright (Hacienda del Alamo) 103 108.
236 Gina Sim (Hacienda del Alamo) 118 118.
No Return: Shula McCarthy (Clonmel) 100 NR.

HANDICAP

144 Amy Boulden (scr) 75 69.
148 Kelsey MacDonald (+2) 74 74.
149 Charlie Douglass (+1) 71 78.
152 Holly Clyburn (+2) 75 77.

153 Hannah Barwood (+2) 78 75.

154 Jess Willox (scr) 78 76.

155 Mary MacLaren (4) 80 75.

156 Hayley Davis (+1) 83 73.

157 Becky Gee (1) 82 75.

162 Daisy Dyer (1) 79 83.

163 Jenna Birch (2) 84 79.

173 Ana Wright (19) 84 89.

196 Gina Sim (20) 98 98.
No Return: Shula McCarthy (17) 83 NR.

MURCIA SENIOR LADIES OPEN (Stableford)

FINAL POINTS TOTALS
48 Sheila Brunton (Carnoustie Ladies) (8) 25 23.
45 Gillian Gardiner (Fleetwood) (27) 26 19.
42 Penny Burrows (Hacienda del Alamo) (22) 22 20.
40 Marilyn Pearce (Hacienda del Alamo (19) 20 20.
31 Linda Marr (Fleetwood) (26) 16 15.
25 Linda Wilson (Ashton & Lea) (32) 5 20.
21 Audrey Lee (Fleetwood) (21) 7 14.

MURCIA UNDER-18 GIRLS' OPEN

FINAL TOTALS
SCRATCH
172 Lucie Walker (Ormskirk) 93 79, Lydia Johnston (Harleyford) 91 81.
178 Holly Robinson (Co Sligo) 95 83.
190 Shauna Brady (Co Sligo) 99 91.

HANDICAP

160 Lydia Johnston (Harleyford) (6) 85 75.

162 Lucie Walker (Ormskirk) (5) 88 74.

166 Holly Robinson (Co Sligo) (6) 89 77.

170 Shauna Brady (10) 89 81.

MURCIA UNDER-16 GIRLS' OPEN

FINAL TOTALS
SCRATCH
157 Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham & St Annes) 79 78.
165 Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) 83 82.
167 Megan MacLaren (Wellingborough) 88 79.
168 Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted) 82 86.
173 Emma Harris (Peel) 85 88.
176 Nicola Callander (Mill Green) 90 86.
177 Dulcie Sverdloff (Thorpe Hall) 89 88.
186 Ella Ofstedahl (Mill Green) 97 89.
189 Charlotte Humphries (Burnham & Berrow) 95 94, Katherine Carragher (John O'Gaunt) 93 96.
192 Amelia Taylor (St Annes Old Links) 95 97.

HANDICAP

152 Alice Hewson (8) 74 78.

155 Emily Taylor (1) 78 77.

156 Nicola Callander (10) 80 76.

159 Amber Ratcliffe (3) 80 79.

161 Megan MacLaren (3) 85 76.

163 Katherine Carragher (13) 80 83.

165 Dulcie Sverdloff (6) 83 82.

166 Ella Ofstedahl (10) 87 79.

167 Emma Harris (3) 82 85.

170 Amelia Taylor (11) 84 86.

173 Charlotte Humphries (8) 87 86.

MURCIA UNDER-16 GIRLS' OPEN (Stableford)

FINAL POINTS TOTALS
64 Sophie Phillips (El Soto, Spain) (28) 33 31.
27 Rebecca MacLaren (Wellingborough) (36) 9 18.

3rd HACIENDA DEL ALAMO WOMEN'S & GIRLS' FESTIVAL

Charlie Douglass is swinging and singing in the rain with a two-

under par 70 to lead by two strokes from Kelsey MacDonald

English amateur champion Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall) made light of untypical Spanish weather for the start of the 36-hole Murcia Ladies Open, the first individual stroke-play event of the 3rd Hacienda del Alamo Women's & Girls Festival at the five-star resort in the Murcia region of south-east Spain.

On a day when the rain in Spain certainly did not stay mainly on the plain - the start was delayed an hour because it was so wet and it continued to rain all day - left-hander Douglass

coped brilliantly with the conditions and the testing Dave Thomas-designed par 72 course.
She shot a two-under-par 70 to lead Stirling University student Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), the Scottish Under-21 champion for the past two years, by two shots.

Douglass had a bogey-bogey start and then bogeyed the par-3 fifth, before bouncing back with birdies on six and nine for a one over 37 on the way out.

The Brocket Hall left-hander, who has enjoyed previous Festival success over the course, then came home in 33 with birdies on 10, 12, 14 & 16, but she was disappointed to three-putt the final hole for bogey when a par would have given her a 69.
Kelsey Macdonald had level par halves of 36 with three bogeys and three birdies going out, and three bogeys, one birdie and an eagle on the par-5 14th on the way home.
Five players named in the preliminary Curtis Cup squad for the June match against the Americans at Essex County Club, near Boston, Massachusetts, are in the field and they fill the first five places after 18 holes.
English girls champion Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) is lying third on 73 with Welsh international Amy Boulden (Maesdu) fourth on 75, a shot ahead of former English champion Hannah Barwood (Knowle).

Young Jess Wilcox (Blankney) is on the 78 mark.

Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) had a 79 which puts her at the top of the Under-16 years section.

Daisy Dyer (Chigwell) had an 80 - two better than Hayley Davis (Ferndown) and Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted), who is lying second in the Under-16s section.

Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) had an 83 and is in third place in the Under-16s.

Lydia Johnston (Harleyford) is leading the Under-18s with a 91, two shots ahead of Lucie Walker (Ormskirk).

Gillian Gardiner (Fleetwood) is leading the Murcia Seniors Open, which is being decided on Stableford points over two rounds. Gillian, playing off 27 of a handicap, scored 26pts today, one better than Carnoustie Ladies' Sheila Brunton, playing off eight.

Penny Burroughs (Hacienda del Alamo), who has 22 of a handicap, is lying third in the over-50s category with 22 points.

In the children's section, Spain-based Sophie Phillips (El Soto) had a great Stableford score of 33 off a handicap of 28.

Whether they were playing well or not, all the competitors appreciated a free cup of hot chocolate at the turn, organised by Tournament Controller Lee Harrington and Director of Golf Billy Sim.

MURCIA WOMEN'S OPEN - Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort

First round over the Dave Thomas-designed championship course (5,534 metres, Par 72)
70 Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall).
72 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar).
73 Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa).
75 Amy Boulden (Maesdu).
76 Hannah Barwood (Knowle).
78 Jess Wilcox (Blankney),
80 Daisy Dyer (Chigwell).
82 Hayley Davis (Ferndown).
84 Mary MacLaren (Wellingborough).
86 Jenna Birch (Royal Lytham).
88 Megan MacLaren (Wellingborough).
90 Shauna Brady (Co Sligo).
100 Shula McCarthy (Clonmel).
103 Ana Wright (Hacienda del Alamo).
118 Gina Sim (Hacienda del Alamo).

UNDER-18s: First Round

91 Lydia Johnston (Harleyford).

93 Lucie Walker (Ormskirk).

95 Holly Robinson (Co Sligo).

UNDER-16s: First Round

79 Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham).

82 Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted).

83 Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer).

85 Emma Harris (Peel).

88 Megan MacLaren (Wellingborough).

89 Dulcie Sverdloff (Thorpe Hall).

90 Nicola Callander (Mill Green).

93 Katherine Carragher (John O'Gaunt).

95 Charlotte Humphries (Burnham & Berrow), Amelia Taylor (St Annes Old Links).

97 Ella Ofstedahl (Mill Green).

SENIORS (Stableford): First Round
26 Gillian Gardiner (Fleetwood) (27).
25 Sheila Brunton (Carnoustie Ladies) (8).
22 Penny Burroughs (Hacienda del Alamo) (22).
20 Marilynn Pearce (Hacienda del Alamo) (19).
16 Linda Marr (Fleetwood) (26).
7 Audrey Lee (Fleetwood) (21).

5 Linda Wilson (Ashton & Lea) (32).

CHILDREN (Stableford): First Round
33 Sophie Phillips (El Soto, Spain) (28).
9 Rebecca MacLaren (Wellingborough) (36).

3rd HACIENDA DEL ALAMO FEBRUARY FESTIVAL

Jessica Chapman and David Saul, mixed pairs handicap winners at the opening event of the 2010 Hacienda del Alamo February Festival. Also pictured is Ian McLean, vice-captain of the Hacienda del Alamo Golf Club. Daisey Dyer and Simon Brierley, runners-up in the mixed pairs handicap section.

Holly Clyburn and Charlie Douglass with an Hacienda del Alamo Golf Club vice-captain Ian McLean.

Amy Boulden (left) and Hannah Barwood after the prizegiving on the Festival opening day.

Hannah Barwood and Amy Boulden

win better-ball pairs' best scratch

By LEE HARRINGTON
Tournament Controller
Monday's weather forecast not looking good with a 95% chance of rain & maximum temperature of 10 degrees!
Today (Sunday) we have had a mixture of sunshine and clouds but dry and a lot warmer than Saturday with the temperature now around 14 degrees.
On Saturday we had intermittent rain showers all day. It was bitterly cold by south-east Spanish standards with the daytime temperature not rising above four degrees. This resulted in snow falling on the surrounding mountains!
Some 20 pairs reluctantly braved the conditions for the Festival's curtain-raising four-ball, better-ball Stableford competition.
Results:
Scratch Winners – Hannah Barwood (Knowle) & Amy Boulden (Maesdu) – 34 points
Men's Pairing Handicap Winners – Billy Sim & Frank Knighton – 36 points
Ladies' Pairing Handicap Winners – Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) & Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall) – 32 points
Mixed Pair Handicap Winners – David Saul & Jessica Chapman (Leicestershire) – 38 points
Mixed Pair Handicap runners-up - Simon Brierley & Daisy Dyer (Chigwell) – 35 points (on countback)
*Also on 35 points – Robert & Jess Wilcox (Blankney), Paul Coopey & Kam Cheema (Redlibbets).

MONDAY'S TEE TIMES FOR MURCIA LADIES & GIRLS OPEN
(Second Round on Tuesday)
STARTING FROM FIRST TEE
Tee 1 09:00 MCCARTHY, SHULA
Tee 1 09:00 WRIGHT, ANA

Tee 1 09:10 BARWOOD, HANNAH
Tee 1 09:10 DAVIS, HAYLEY
Tee 1 09:10 WILCOX, JESS

Tee 1 09:20 MACDONALD, KELSEY
Tee 1 09:20 DOUGLASS, CHARLIE
Tee 1 09:20 GEE, BECKY

Tee 1 09:30 BURROWS, ELEANOR PENELOPE
Tee 1 09:30 GARDINER, GILLIAN
Tee 1 09:30 WILSON, LINDA

Tee 1 09:40 TAYLOR, EMILY
Tee 1 09:40 WALKER, LUCIE
Tee 1 09:40 JOHNSTON, LYDIA

Tee 1 09:50 MACLAREN, MEGAN
Tee 1 09:50 HEWSON, ALICE
Tee 1 09:50 TAYLOR, AMELIA

Tee 1 10:00 RATCLIFFE, AMBER
Tee 1 10:00 CALLANDER, NICOLA
Tee 1 10:00 CARRAGHER, KATHERINE

STARTING FROM TENTH TEE
Tee 10 09:00 BIRCH, JENNA
Tee 10 09:00 MACLAREN, MARY

Tee 10 09:10 CLYBURN, HOLLY
Tee 10 09:10 BOULDEN, AMY
Tee 10 09:10 DYER, DAISY

Tee 10 09:20 PEARCE, MARILYNN
Tee 10 09:20 LEE, AUDREY
Tee 10 09:20 MARR, LINDA

Tee 10 09:30 ROBINSON, HOLLY
Tee 10 09:30 BRUNTON, SHEILA
Tee 10 09:30 BRADY, SHAUNA

Tee 10 09:40 PHILLIPS, SOPHIE
Tee 10 09:40 MACLAREN, REBECCA

Tee 10 09:50 SVERDLOFF, DULCIE
Tee 10 09:50 OFSTEDAHL, ELLA
Tee 10 09:50 MCCARTHY, GEMMA

Tee 10 10:00 HARRIS, EMMA
Tee 10 10:00 CRONIN, EAODIN
Tee 10 10:00 HUMPHRIES, CHARLOTTE

3rd HACIENDA del ALAMO WOMEN'S

& GIRLS' FESTIVAL (sponsored by Glenmuir)

TEE TIMES FOR SATURDAY'S ST VALENTINE'S

BETTER-BALL PAIRS COMPETITION

February 13, 2010

0930 Tee 1 – Hayley Davis & Hannah Turland with Jenna Birch & Amelia Taylor

0930 Tee 10 – Hannah Barwood & Amy Boulden with Holly Clyburn & Charlie Douglass

0940 Tee 1 – Simon Brierley & Daisy Dyer with Joel Dehove & Sheila Brunton

0940 Tee 10 – Sean Stiff & Sophie Phillips with Juan Antonio Cegarra & Jose Mugica

0950 Tee 1 – Nicola Callander & Ella Ofstedahl with Aaron Sverdloff & Dulcie Sverdloff

0950 Tee 10 – Dominic & Alice Hewson with Robert & Jess Wilcox

1000 Tee 1 – Derek & Ana Wright with Javier Gimenez & Susana Yanini

1000 Tee 10 – Enrique Perez & Gines Sarria with Miguel & Rafael Carlos-Roca

1010 Tee 1 – Paul Coopey & Kam Cheema with Geoff & Marilynn Pearce

1010 Tee 10 – Craig Hewitt & Laurence Perrier with Ian & Penny Burrows

***Men will be playing from yellow tees & Ladies/Girls from reds.

Additional entries will be accepted between now & Friday lunchtime and these players will then be allocated available tee times before 0930hrs.

All players to check in at the Pro Shop Reception Desk within the clubhouse on Saturday morning where the cards will be issued & handicaps verified.

Tournament Controller Lee Harrington will be there to welcome all Festival entrants.

Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort Director of Golf Billy Sim (left) and Festival Tournament Controller Lee Harrington.

3rd Hacienda del Alamo Women's

& Girls' February Festival



MESSAGE TO COMPETITORS FROM
TOURNAMENT CONTROLLER
LEE HARRINGTON

Dear All,
Just a quick note to let you have a little ‘Pre-Festival’ Information prior to your arrival for the 2010 Hacienda Del Alamo Festival.

1. Saturday Pairs Competition – for those of you competing in the St. Valentines Pairs Competition on Saturday 13th, I will email tee times to you all on Thursday 11th, and will be in the Pro Shop to meet you on Saturday morning before play.
2. St Valentines Dinner – Please join us on Saturday evening at the Clubhouse for our annual St Valentines Dinner/Dance. Cost is 27€ per head including dinner, wine & entertainment. Anyone interested can let me know by email in advance, or confirm with me when checking in on Saturday morning.
3. Sunday 14th – Practice Day. The range will be open for practice with complimentary range balls, from 0800 – 1700hrs, and tee times for your free practice rounds are available throughout the day. If you wish to book a certain time then please advise.
4. Welcome Meeting – All Competitors are requested to attend the welcome meeting on Sunday evening at 1900hrs, which will take place in the V.I.P. Lounge at the Clubhouse. This will be our opportunity to explain full details of the week’s events, and answer any of your questions.
5. Handicap Certificates – please could all competitors bring up to date confirmation of their current handicaps with them when they check in for the Festival.

I hope this information is of interest, and I look forward to meeting you all next week for a successful event.
Kind Regards,

Lee Harrington
Tournament Controller

P.S. Should you need to contact me by telephone, don’t hesitate to call me on (0034) 660289865.

3rd Hacienda del Alamo Women's & Girls' Festival

Hannah Turland's bad luck: Wrist

injury AND glandular fever

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Hannah Turland, the Wiltshire teenager who should have won the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship as a 15-year-old at Royal Aberdeen GC last season, has had dreadful luck this winter.

The combination of a wrist injury and, potentially more serious, glandular fever.

She has withdrawn from two of the three 3rd Hacienda del Alamo Women's & Girls' Festival events she had entered.

"I will still play with Hayley Davis in the better-ball pairs event on the Saturday, February 13, but I have scratched from the Murcia Ladies Open (36 holes) and the Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open (54 holes)," Hannah told tournament controller Lee Harrington.
Hannah and Hayley won the scratch section of the better-ball pairs at last year's HDA Festival.

Hannah, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, pitching on to the 18th green in the final round of last year's "British," will stay on at the five-star Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort after the better-ball pairs to give herself a bit of a holiday but she won't be hitting balls, only supporting Hayley and her other friends at the Festival.

Hannah, a member at Tidworth and the Wiltshire county champion, was on the verge of a great win at Royal Aberdeen last season when she was the halfway leader in the "British" by three strokes and four shots ahead of the field after three rounds.

Then, during the final round, she lost a ball at the short 11th and ran up a triple bogey 6. Then she had a triple bogey 8 at the long 12th, followed by bogeys at the 13th and 14th.

Northern Ireland's Danielle McVeigh covered the same holes (11th to 14th) in 16 shots to Hannah's 24 and jumped into the lead which she held to the end to win her first British title.

Fingers crossed that Hannah makes a full recovery from her bout of glandular fever.

LATE ENTRIES ARE BEING ACCEPTED

FOR THE FESTIVAL (Feb 13 to 20)

To download an entry form, which gives you all the competition details, go to the to of the left-hand column on the Home Page of this website. Click on the relevant words, and up it will come.

Murcia is the preferred airport for Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort (about 25min away). John Green is handling villa rentals for competitors.

ENTRIES SO FAR

Mary MacLaren: Murcia Ladies Open & Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open.

Meghan MacLaren: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.

Hannah Turland: Pairs with Hayley Davis..

Alice Hewson: Pairs with Dominic Hewson, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.

Dominic Hewson: Pairs with Alice Hewson.

Charlie Douglass: Pairs with Holly Clyburn, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.

Hayley Davis: Pairs with Hannah Turland, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.

Georgia Gilling: HDA U-18 Girls Open.

Daisy Dyer: Pairs with Simon Brierley, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.

Simon Brierley: Pairs with Daisy Dyer.

Nicola Callander: Pairs with Ella Ofstedahl & Murcia U-16 Girls Open.

Ella Ofstedahl: Pairs with Nicola Callander & Murcia U-16 Girls Open.

Holly Clyburn: Pairs with Charlie Douglass & Murcia Ladies Open.

Lucie Walker: Murcia U-18 Girls Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.

Hannah Barwood: Pairs with Amy Boulden, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.

Emma Harris: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.

Emily Taylor: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.

Amy Boulden: Pairs with Hannah Barwood, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.

Dulcie Sverdloff: Pairs with Aaron Sverdloff, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.

Aaron Sverdloff: Pairs with Dulcie Sverdloff.

Kelsey MacDonald: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.

Linda Marr: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).

Linda Wilson: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).

Gillian Gardiner: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).

Audrey Lee: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).

Becky Gee: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.

Hollie Vizard: HDA U-16 Girls Open.

Charlotte Humphries: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.

Katherine Carragher: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.

Danielle Anderson: HDA Ladies Open.

Amelia Taylor: Pairs with Jenna Birch, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.

Jenna Birch: Pairs with Amelia Taylor, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.

Gabriella Cowley: HDA U-16 Girls Open.

Amber Ratcliffe: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA Ladies Open.

Kam Cheema: Pairs with Paul Coopey & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).

Paul Coopey: Pairs with Kam Cheema.

Dana Greenslade: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.

Marilynn Pearce: Pairs with Geoff Pearce & Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors), HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).

Geoff Pearce: Pairs with Marilynn Pearce.

Ana Wright: Pairs with Derek Wright & Murcia Ladies Open, HDA Ladies Open.

Derek Wright: Pairs with Ana Wright.

Lydia Johnston: Murcia U-18 Girls' Open & HDA U-18 Girls' Open.

Charlotte Ellis: HDA Ladies Open.

Jess Wilcox: Pairs with Robert Wilcox & Murcia Ladies Open.

Robert Wilcox: Pairs with Jess Wilcox.

Holly Robinson: Murcia U-18 Girls' Open & HDA U-18 Girls' Open.

Sheila Brunton: Pairs with Claire Penman & Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors), HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).

Claire Penman: Pairs with Sheila Brunton & Murcia Ladies Open, HDA Ladies Open.

Hollie Vizard: HDA U-16 Girls' Open.Dawn Hincks: Murcia Ladies Open.

Penny Burrows: Pairs with Ian Burrows & Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors), HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).

Ian Burrows: Pairs with Penny Burrows.

Rebecca MacLaren: Murcia U-16 Girls Open.

Sophie Phillips: Pairs with Sean Stiff & Murcia U-16 Girls' Open.

Sean Stiff: Pairs with Sophie Phillips.

Shula McCarthy: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.

Gemma McCarthy: Murcia U-16 Girls' Open & HDA U-18 Girls' Open.

Eadaoin Cronin: Murcia U-16 Girls' Open & HDA U-18 Girls' Open.

Five-star Spanish resort ... sunshine and golf .. what more could you ask?

Still time to enter the

Hacienda del Alamo

Festival (Feb 13-20)

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
If you want to escape the bad weather in Britain and Ireland, there is still time for you to enter the 3rd Hacienda del Alamo Women's & Girls' Festival, sponsored by Glenmuir, at the five-star Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort, near Fuente Alamo in the Spanish south-east region of Murcia.
The Festival, from February 13 to 20, has prize categories for Under-16 girls, Under-18 girls, Ladies and Senior Ladies ... and we are accepting entries from professionals.
Just this week Sean Stiff, professional at the El Soto Golf Club down Malaga way, asked if he could partner his 12-year-old stepdaughter Sophie Phillips, handicap 28, in the curtain-raising better-ball pairs on Saturday, February 13.
The answer: Of course. The more the merrier. Tournament director Lee Harrington and Director of Golf Billy Sim will work out what kind of handicap to give Sean, probably +2.
Sophie, who goes to school, obviously, in Spain, can play in only one of the Under-16 girls' events, the two-rounder on the Monday & Tuesday.
To download an entry form, which gives you all the competition details, go to the top of the left-hand column on the Home Page of this website. Click on the relevant words, and up it will come.
Murcia is the preferred airport for Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort (about 25min away). John Green is handling villa rentals for competitors.

ENTRIES SO FAR
Mary MacLaren: Murcia Ladies Open & Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open.
Meghan MacLaren: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Hannah Turland: Pairs with Hayley Davis, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Alice Hewson: Pairs with Dominic Hewson, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Dominic Hewson: Pairs with Alice Hewson.
Charlie Douglass: Pairs with Holly Clyburn, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Hayley Davis: Pairs with Hannah Turland, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Georgia Gilling: HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Daisy Dyer: Pairs with Simon Brierley, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Simon Brierley: Pairs with Daisy Dyer.
Nicola Callander: Pairs with Ella Ofstedahl & Murcia U-16 Girls Open.
Ella Ofstedahl: Pairs with Nicola Callander & Murcia U-16 Girls Open.
Holly Clyburn: Pairs with Charlie Douglass & Murcia Ladies Open.
Lucie Walker: Murcia U-18 Girls Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Hannah Barwood: Pairs with Amy Boulden, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Emma Harris: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Emily Taylor: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Amy Boulden: Pairs with Hannah Barwood, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Dulcie Sverdloff: Pairs with Aaron Sverdloff, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Aaron Sverdloff: Pairs with Dulcie Sverdloff.
Kelsey MacDonald: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Linda Marr: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Linda Wilson: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Gillian Gardiner: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Audrey Lee: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Becky Gee: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Hollie Vizard: HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Charlotte Humphries: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Katherine Carragher: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Danielle Anderson: HDA Ladies Open.
Amelia Taylor: Pairs with Jenna Birch, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Jenna Birch: Pairs with Amelia Taylor, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Gabriella Cowley: HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Amber Ratcliffe: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Kam Cheema: Pairs with Paul Coopey & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Paul Coopey: Pairs with Kam Cheema.
Dana Greenslade: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Marilynn Pearce: Pairs with Geoff Pearce & Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors), HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Geoff Pearce: Pairs with Marilynn Pearce.
Ana Wright: Pairs with Derek Wright & Murcia Ladies Open, HDA Ladies Open.
Derek Wright: Pairs with Ana Wright.
Lydia Johnston: Murcia U-18 Girls' Open & HDA U-18 Girls' Open.
Charlotte Ellis: HDA Ladies Open.
Jess Wilcox: Pairs with Robert Wilcox & Murcia Ladies Open.
Robert Wilcox: Pairs with Jess Wilcox.
Holly Robinson: Murcia U-18 Girls' Open & HDA U-18 Girls' Open.
Sheila Brunton: Pairs with Claire Penman & Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors), HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Claire Penman: Pairs with Sheila Brunton & Murcia Ladies Open, HDA Ladies Open.
Hollie Vizard: HDA U-16 Girls' Open.
Dawn Hincks: Murcia Ladies Open.
Penny Burrows: Pairs with Ian Burrows & Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors), HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Rebecca MacLaren: Murcia U-16 Girls Open.
Sophie Phillips: Pairs with Sean Stiff & Murcia U-16 Girls' Open.
Shula McCarthy: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Gemma McCarthy: Murcia U-16 Girls' Open & HDA U-18 Girls' Open.
Eaodin Cronin: Murcia U-16 Girls' Open & HDA U-18 Girls' Open.

3rd Hacienda del Alamo

Women, Senior Women

& Girls' Golf Festival

PLAYED OVER THE DAVE THOMAS-DESIGNED
CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE AT THE FIVE-STAR
HACIENDA DEL ALAMO GOLF RESORT, NEAR
FUENTE ALAMO, MURCIA, S-E SPAIN

February 13 to 20, 2010
SPONSORED BY GLENMUIR

ENTRIES SO FAR
Mary MacLaren: Murcia Ladies Open & Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open.
Meghan MacLaren: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Hannah Turland: Pairs with Hayley Davis, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Alice Hewson: Pairs with Dominic Hewson, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Dominic Hewson: Pairs with Alice Hewson.
Charlie Douglass: Pairs with Holly Clyburn, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Hayley Davis: Pairs with Hannah Turland, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Georgia Gilling: HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Daisy Dyer: Pairs with Simon Brierley, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Simon Brierley: Pairs with Daisy Dyer.
Nicola Callander: Pairs with Ella Ofstedahl & Murcia U-16 Girls Open.
Ella Ofstedahl: Pairs with Nicola Callander.
Holly Clyburn: Pairs with Charlie Douglass & Murcia Ladies Open.
Lucie Walker: Murcia U-18 Girls Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Hannah Barwood: Pairs with Amy Boulden, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Emma Harris: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Emily Taylor: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Amy Boulden: Pairs with Hannah Barwood, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Dulcie Sverdloff: Pairs with Aaron Sverdloff, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Aaron Sverdloff: Pairs with Dulcie Sverdloff.
Kelsey MacDonald: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Linda Marr: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Linda Wilson: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Gillian Gardiner: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Audrey Lee: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Becky Gee: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.Hollie Vizard: HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Charlotte Humphries: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Katherine Carragher: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Danielle Anderson: HDA Ladies Open.
Amelia Taylor: Pairs with Jenna Birch, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Jenna Birch: Pairs with Amelia Taylor, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Gabriella Cowley: HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Amber Ratcliffe: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Kam Cheema: Pairs with Paul Coopey & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Paul Coopey: Pairs with Kam Cheema.
Dana Greenslade: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Marilynn Pearce: Pairs with Geoff Pearce & Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors), HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Geoff Pearce: Pairs with Marilynn Pearce.
Ana Wright: Pairs with Derek Wright & Murcia Ladies Open, HDA Ladies Open.
Derek Wright: Pairs with Ana Wright.
Lydia Johnston: Murcia U-18 Girls' Open & HDA U-18 Girls' Open.
Charlotte Ellis: HDA Ladies Open.
Jess Wilcox: Pairs with Robert Wilcox & Murcia Ladies Open.
Robert Wilcox: Pairs with Jess Wilcox.
Holly Robinson: Murcia U-18 Girls' Open & HDA U-18 Girls' Open.
Sheila Brunton: Pairs with Claire Penman & Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors), HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Claire Penman: Pairs with Sheila Brunton & Murcia Ladies Open, HDA Ladies Open.
Hollie Vizard: HDA U-16 Girls' Open.
Dawn Hincks: Murcia Ladies Open.
Penny Burrows: Pairs with Ian Burrows & Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors), HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Rebecca McLaren: Murcia U-16 Girls Open.
Sophie Phillips: Pairs with Sean Stiff & Murcian U-16 Girls' Open.

+There is still time to submit your entry. To download an entry form, click on the relevant words at the top of the left-hand column of the Home Page on this website.

3rd Hacienda del Alamo February Festival, sponsored by Glenmuir

Jess Wilcox, after a memorable 2009,

is out to do even better this year

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Jess Wilcox, 18-year-old Blankney Golf Club, Lincolnshire member, is the latest player to file an entry to the 3rd Hacienda del Alamo Ladies/Girls' Festival, sponsored by Glenmuir, at the five-star Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort near Fuente Alamo in the south-east Spanish province of Murcia.
Jess will play with her dad Robert - who plays off scratch - in the curtain-raising, better-ball pairs competition on Saturday, February 13 when members of the Hacienda del Alamo Golf Club will join in the fun.
Then Jess, who has an actual handicap of +0.2, will compete against international players of the calibre of English women's champion Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall) and English girls' champion Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), to name but two, in the Murcia Ladies Open over 36 holes on Monday and Tuesday, February 15 and 16.
Jess will be hoping to build on the excellent 2009 season she had. She reached the quarter-finals of the British girls' championship at West Lancashire Golf Club, finished runner-up to Alex Peters (Notts Ladies) in the Abu Dhabi/Daily Telegraph girls championship and fifth in the Nick Faldo Series Grand Final in Brazil. Midland Ladies champion, Jess also won the EWGA Midlands North Regional championship.
Jess played at La Manga - which is not all that far away from Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort - in December when she just missed out by the narrowest margins for a place in the Final Qualifying Tournament of the Ladies European Tour. She will be 19 in late October.

HDA FESTIVAL ENTRY LIST
Mary MacLaren: Murcia Ladies Open & Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open.
Meghan MacLaren: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Hannah Turland: Pairs with Hayley Davis, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Alice Hewson: Pairs with Dominic Hewson, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Charlie Douglass: Pairs with Holly Clyburn, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Hayley Davis: Pairs with Hannah Turland, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Georgia Gilling: HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Daisy Dyer: Pairs with Simon Brierley, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Nicola Callander: Pairs with Ella Ofstedahl & Murcia U-16 Girls Open.
Ella Ofstedahl: Pairs with Nicola Callander.
Holly Clyburn: Pairs with Charlie Douglass & Murcia Ladies Open.
Lucie Walker: Murcia U-18 Girls Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Hannah Barwood: Pairs with Amy Boulden, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Jessica Bradley: Murcia U-18 Girls Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Emma Harris: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Emily Taylor: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Amy Boulden: Pairs with Hannah Barwood, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Dulcie Sverdloff: Pairs with Aaron Sverdloff, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Aaron Sverdloff: Pairs with Dulcie Sverdloff.
Kelsey MacDonald: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Linda Marr: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Linda Wilson: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Gillian Gardiner: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Audrey Lee: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Becky Gee: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Hollie Vizard: HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Charlotte Humphries: HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Katherine Carragher: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Danielle Anderson: HDA Ladies Open.
Amelia Taylor: Pairs with Jenna Birch, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Jenna Birch: Pairs with Amelia Taylor, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Gabriella Cowley: HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Amber Ratcliffe: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Kam Cheema: Pairs with Paul Coopey & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Dana Greenslade: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Marilynn Pearce: Pairs with Geoff Pearce & Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors), HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Geoff Pearce: Pairs with Marilynn Pearce.
Ana Wright: Pairs with Derek Wright & Murcia Ladies Open, HDA Ladies Open.
Derek Wright: Pairs with Ana Wright.
Lydia Johnston: Murcia U-18 Girls' Open & HDA U-18 Girls' Open.
Charlotte Ellis: HDA Ladies Open.
Jess Wilcox: Pairs with Robert Wilcox & Murcia Ladies Open.

Robert Wilcox: Pairs with Jess Wilcox.

Holly Robinson: Murcia U-18 Girls' Open & HDA U-18 Girls' Open.

+We've decided to extend the entry deadline to the end of January so that nobody is disappointed. An entry form can be downloaded by clicking on the relevant words at the top of the left-hand column on the Home Page of this website.

Charlotte Ellis latest international player to enter the 3rd

Hacienda del Alamo Women's & Girls February Festival

Charlotte Ellis, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, is the latest England international team player to enter next month's Hacienda del Alamo Ladies & Girls Festival, which is sponsored by Glenmuir.

A Minchinhampton Golf Club member, Charlotte hails from Cheltenham, and is a Gloucestershire county player and played for England in the women's home internationals at Irvine Golf Club, Ayrshire last September.

She had her 24th birthday on January 3 and has a handicap of +2.

Charlotte finished ninth in the 2009 EWGA Order of Merit ... joint runner-up in the English stroke-play championship ... a quarter-finalist in the English mid-amateur championship ... and came equal seventh in the British stroke-play at Royal Aberdeen.

She won the Hampshire Rose and was leading amateur at the Roehampton Gold Cup. She won the English mid-amateur in 2006.

She has entered the main event of the 3rd Hacienda del Alamo Festival, the 54-hole Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Although she is not in the GB&I Curtis Cup preliminary squad named before Christmas, Charlotte is just the type of "fringe" player who could force herself into the eight-strong team to be announced in late April with strong performances in early-season events such as the HDA Festival.

Lydia Johnston, a junior member of Harleyford Golf Club, has entered the Murcia Under-18 Girls Open and the Hacienda del Alamo Under-18 Girls Open. Lydia, from Marlow, Buckinghamshire, will be 17 years old in May. She has a handicap of 5.8.

STILL TIME TO ENTER THE FESTIVAL
You can download an entry form by clicking on the relevant words at the top of the left hand column on the Home Page of this website.

ENTRY LIST AT JANUARY 7

Mary MacLaren: Murcia Ladies Open & Hacienda del Alamo Ladies Open.
Meghan MacLaren: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Hannah Turland: Pairs with Hayley Davis, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Alice Hewson: Pairs with Dominic Hewson, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Charlie Douglass: Pairs with Holly Clyburn, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Hayley Davis: Pairs with Hannah Turland, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Georgia Gilling: HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Daisy Dyer: Pairs with Simon Brierley, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Nicola Callander: Pairs with Ella Ofstedahl & Murcia U-16 Girls Open.
Ella Ofstedahl: Pairs with Nicola Callander.
Holly Clyburn: Pairs with Charlie Douglass & Murcia Ladies Open.
Lucie Walker: Murcia U-18 Girls Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Hannah Barwood: Pairs with Amy Boulden, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Jessica Bradley: Murcia U-18 Girls Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Emma Harris: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Emily Taylor: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Amy Boulden: Pairs with Hannah Barwood, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA U-18 Girls Open.
Dulcie Sverdloff: Pairs with Aaron Sverdloff, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Aaron Sverdloff: Pairs with Dulcie Sverdloff.
Kelsey MacDonald: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Linda Marr: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Linda Wilson: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Gillian Gardiner: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Audrey Lee: Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors) & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Becky Gee: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Hollie Vizard: HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Charlotte Humphries: HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Katherine Carragher: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Danielle Anderson: HDA Ladies Open.
Amelia Taylor: Pairs with Jenna Birch, Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Jenna Birch: Pairs with Amelia Taylor, Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Gabriella Cowley: HDA U-16 Girls Open.
Amber Ratcliffe: Murcia U-16 Girls Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Kam Cheema: Pairs with Paul Coopey & HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Dana Greenslade: Murcia Ladies Open & HDA Ladies Open.
Marilynn Pearce: Pairs with Geoff Pearce & Murcia Ladies Open (Seniors), HDA Ladies Open (Seniors).
Geoff Pearce: Pairs with Marilynn Pearce.
Ana Wright: Pairs with Derek Wright & Murcia Ladies Open, HDA Ladies Open.
Derek Wright: Pairs with Ana Wright.
Lydia Johnston: Murcia U-18 Girls' Open & HDA U-18 Girls' Open.
Charlotte Ellis: HDA Ladies Open.