Championship wins for Emma and Sian
22 July 2005

Teenagers Emma Cutmore and Sian James and are the toast of their regions after both girls claimed championship wins.

Emma, 16, is ELGA’s new South-Eastern girls’ champion while Sian, 17, took the title for the South-Western division.

Emma, from Colne Valley in Essex, was four shots clear of the field in the South-Eastern championship at Stoneham, Hampshire. She shot a one-over par total of 143 (71, 72) in the 36-hole event.

The runner-up was Olivia Higgins (Royal Jersey) who shot a course record 70 – one under par – in the morning round. The U15 scratch cup was won by Sarah Tyson of Kent on 152. Essex (Emma Cutmore and Hannah Moul) won the County Shield.

In the South-Western championship at Dudsbury, Dorset, Sian James (Bristol & Clifton) scored a one-shot win with a 36-hole total of 151, five over par.

The runner-up was Sahra Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan) who also set a course record in the first round, with a one-over par 74.

Eleven-year-old Hannah Turland, from Tidworth Garrison, Wiltshire, won both the U15 Trophy and the handicap salver. Her gross aggregate score was 159, net 129, and her 15 handicap has been sharply reduced.

Gloucestershire (Sian James and Joanne Hodge) won the County Trophy.

Emma Cutmore

Sarah Tyson