Sophie Walker wins the Leveret
25 July 2004

Loughborough University student Sophie Walker (Kenwick), beaten semi-finalist in this year's British women's open amateur championship at Gullane, won The Leveret, a 36-hole open tournament played at Formby, this year's Curtis Cup venue and organised by Scotland international team manager and former champion Fiona Anderson (on Sunday).

Windy conditions boosted the afternoon CSS from 71 to 73 and Sophie's 75 and 69 for 144 was a very good effort indeed by last year's English stroke-play champion.

She won the title by a single shot from Welsh cap and Lancashire county champion Natalee Evans (Pleasington) who followed up a morning 78 with a 67, a brilliant round in the conditions and easily the best of the day by anyone in the good-class field of 58.

Scottish Under-21 champion Jenna Wilson (Strathaven), home for the summer holidays from her golf scholarship at San Diego University, California, finished third on 146 with a steady 75 and 71.

"It's a course for a big thinker not a big hitter and I think that is reflected in the winner we got," said Fiona Anderson.

LEADING SCORES
144 Sophie Walker (Kenwick Park) 75 69.
145 Natalee Evans (Pleasington) 78 67.
146 Jenna Wilson (Strathaven) 75 71.
148 Rachel Lomas (Hallowes) 73 75.
149 Vivien Saunders (Cambridge Meridian) 73 76, Faye Sanderson (Heworth) 71 78.
150 Lisa Ball (Matfen Hall) 74 76, Sara Garbutt (Ganton) 73 77.
153 Clare Queen (Drumpellier) 77 76, Cori Lee (West Lancs) 78 75.
154 Louise Davis (Conway) 77 77, Emma Tipping (Sandiway) 75 79, Karen Heywood (Crompton & Royton) 79 75.
155 Gemma Thornell (Oswestry) 79 76, Dawn Dewar (Stirling Univ) 76 79, Naomi Edwards (Ganton) 78 77.
156 Michelle Smith (Hallowes) 76 80, Lisa Mason (Bedford) 73 83.
157 Grainne Pendlebury (Boston Lostock) 78 79.
159 Cheryl Smith (Hallowes) 81 78, Elaine Clark (Manchester) 77 82, Jeanne Bell (Royal Liverpool) 76 83.
160 Sarah Walton (Accrington) 78 82.
161 Sarah Mountford (Ormskirk) 79 82, Fiona Thompson (Ellesborough) 83 78, Anne Lowe (Royal Birkdale) 79 82, Natalie Haywood (Rotherham) 79 82.
162 Karen Goodall (Stand) 78 84, Sue Blaeford (Brancepeth Castle) 81 81, Laura Eastwood (Yelverton) 81 81, Kelly Tidy (Manchester) 80 82.
Other scores:
Retired Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) 84 - .

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