SURREY'S Roz Adams won a ding-dong battle of the internationals to claim her place in tomorrow’s semi-finals of the English women’s senior championship at Tidworth Garrison Golf Club.

She eagled the 18th to square her quarter final match against fellow senior international Janet Melville – and then parred the 19th to claim her place in the final four.

She will play Berkshire’s Linda Hunt, who is playing in the event for the first time.

The other semi-final will be contested by three-times champion Chris Quinn of Hampshire and Dorset’s Carol Cass.

The competitors had to contend with rain, mainly in the morning, and increasingly strong winds which became very blustery in the afternoon. But they replied with plenty of fine golf.

Adams (Addington Court Ladies) came through two tight matches, first beating Joan Pullen (Basingstoke) on the 18th before taking on Melville (Sherwood Forest).

Adams appeared to have the upper hand after three consecutive birdies took her to the turn two up. But Melville pulled her back and won the 17th to go one up, before losing the 18th to that eagle. “After those three birdies I thought all I had to do was par in, but Janet just kept going, she never lets you go,” said Adams.

Linda Hunt (Newbury & Crookham) has played only one other senior event and is making a quick impact, having finished 10th in last year’s English senior stroke play championship.

She played level par golf this morning to beat Yorkshire’s Pat Wrightson and then took on Somerset champion Amanda Mayne, who was making her senior debut.

Their quarter final was very tight, with only two holes changing hands on the outward half. Hunt critically moved one up with a birdie at 14 and then won the 15th to go two up.

Two halved holes were enough to take her through to the next round.

Chris Quinn (Hockley) made short work of her morning match, which she won on the 13th, and looked to be heading to another big-margin win in the afternoon against Lulu Housman (Highgate).

Quinn, who had a chip-in birdie and an eagle in the front nine, was five up after 12. But Housman narrowed the gap to three with a fine short game display on the next two holes, before Chris won the 15th to take the match.

Carol Cass (Broadstone) takes her place in the quarter-finals after defeating Jeannie O’Keeffe (Hankley Common) 2/1.

Cass had a walkover in the first round after her opponent withdrew. Jeannie won her first round match on the 19th.

In flight Two, two former English senior champions are through to the last four.

The 2006 champion, Christine Watson (Beaconsfield) will play Karen Lobb (Northamptonshire County), while 2010 champion Caroline Berry (formerly Marron, of Bromborough) will play Barbara Laird (Sandiway).

The shot of the day was played by Oxfordshire county captain Annie Gowing (Frilford Heath) who had a hole in one on the 11th in her first round match in Flight Two.

She won the game but was knocked out in the quarter finals by Lobb.

The consolation stableford for players who did not reach the matchplay stages was won by Jill Edwardes (Newbury & Crookham), who scored 34 points.

The 73-year-old is playing only her second senior event and joked: “The old girl done good!”

Championship flight

First round: Janet Melville (Sherwood Forest) beat Pat West (Spalding) 6/5; Roz Adams (Addington Court Ladies') beat Joan Pullen (Basingstoke) 1 up; Linda Hunt (Newbury & Crookham) beat Pat Wrightson (Huddersfield) 4/3; Amanda Mayne (Saltford) beat Carol Duncumb (Rothley Park) 6/5; Lulu Housman (Highgate) beat Gillian Curley (Northamptonshire County) 5/4; Chris Quinn (Hockley) beat Elaine Barrow (Brokenhurst Manor) 6/5; Jeannie O'Keeffe (Hankley Common) beat Sarah Arnold (Henley) at the 19th; Carol Cass (Broadstone) w/o Jane Bennett (Lee-on-the-Solent).

Quarter finals: Adams beat Melville at 19th; Hunt beat Mayne 2/1; Quinn beat Housman 4/3; Cass beat O’Keeffe 2/1

Semi-finals: Adams v Hunt; Quinn v Cass.

p>Flight two - First round: Christine Watson (Beaconsfield) beat Alison Blackmore (Newbury & Crookham) 1up; Airlie Dyson (Batchworth Park) beat Jackie Barraclough (East Bierley) 4/2; Annie Gowing (Frilford Heath) beat Debbie Richards (Burhill) 6/5; Karen Lobb (Northamptonshire County) beat Sandra Paul (Huddersfield) 5/4; Sandra Moses (Knebworth) beat Jane Shergold (Blackmoor) 1up; Caroline Berry (Bromborough) beat Katherine Russell (Royal Ashdown Forest) 4/3; Jayne Long (Tidworth Garrison) beat Beverley Moss (Camberley Heath) 1 up; Barbara Laird (Sandiway) beat Judie Lewis (Hockley) 4/2.

Quarter finals: Watson beat Dyson 6/5; Lobb beat Gowing 4/3; Berry beat Moses 6/5 Laird beat Long 5/3.

Semi finals Watson v Lobb, Berry v Laird.

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