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WOMENS GOLF Cornwall's Toy in Amateur Open field

Details: Created on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 06:17; Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 11:45; Published on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 06:17; Written by ROSS REID

Austria’s Isabella Holpfer will defend her title at the English Women’s Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, which teed off today at Ipswich Golf Club in Suffolk.

The 18-year-old completed a remarkable 11-shot wire-to-wire victory 12 months ago in Coventry and now returns attempting to become the first back-to-back winner since Jodi Ewart (now Jodi Ewart Shadoff) in 2007-08.

MINOR COUNTIES CRICKET regional fixtures

Details: Created on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 05:50; Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 08:06; Published on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 05:50; Written by PAUL BOLTON Minor Counties cricket correspondent

FREE TO SEE
Minor Counties Championship round five day 3 of 3
Matchday! Tuesday August 20

Western Division 1100 starts *weather-permitting

Nantwich: Cheshire 479-8 (Rob Sehmi 122, Luke Robinson 76, David Wainwright 71, Will Evans 71, Simon Normanton 51 not out), Shropshire 274 (Matt Swift 92 not out, Xavier Clarke 61) & 121-6 (Xavier Clarke 52).

St Austell: Berkshire 226 (Andrew Libby 5-46) & 51-3, Cornwall 186 (Tom Nugent 5-53).

Sidmouth: Oxfordshire 211 (Jonny Cater 65) & 163-3 (Harry Smith 75), Devon 375-4 (Alex Barrow 141, Peter Trego 103, James Burke 55 not out).

North Perrott: Dorset 340-5(Luke Webb 161, Scott Currie 67 not out) & 93-5 (Andy Gorvin 5-17), Wales 248 (Andrew Gorvin 73 , Ben Kellaway 60, Oskar Kolk 55).

Result

Brockhampton: Wiltshire 140 (Dan Conway 6-51) & 208, Herefordshire 142 (Tom Hage 50) & 207-9 (Joe King 5-55). Herefordshire (20 pts) beat Wiltshire (4 pts) by one wicket.

MINOR COUNTIES Peploe rescues champions at St Austell

Details: Created on Monday, 19 August 2019 06:58; Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 August 2019 00:29; Published on Monday, 19 August 2019 06:58; Written by PAUL BOLTON Minor Counties cricket correspondent

Defending Minor Counties champions Berkshire were indebted to Chris Peploe for digging them out of trouble against Cornwall in their Western Division round five clash at St Austell.

Berkshire are used to Peploe rescuing them with the ball but on this occasion the former Middlesex slow left-armer came to their aid with the bat, by making an aggressive run-a-ball 41.

WOMENS NATIONAL LEAGUE Southern Premier

Details: Created on Sunday, 18 August 2019 16:19; Last Updated on Monday, 19 August 2019 08:57; Published on Sunday, 18 August 2019 16:19; Written by ROSS REID

Sunday August 18
Cardiff City LFC 0 Gillingham LFC 1
Chichester City LFC 0 MK Dons WFC 3
Crawley Wasps LFC 2 Plymouth Argyle LFC 0
Hounslow WFC 0 Yeovil Town WFC 9
Oxford United WFC vs Keynsham Town LFC postponed
Portsmouth FC Women 0 Watford FC Ladies 2

MINOR COUNTIES Cornwall depleted against champions

Details: Created on Sunday, 18 August 2019 07:03; Last Updated on Sunday, 18 August 2019 10:49; Published on Sunday, 18 August 2019 07:03; Written by PAUL BOLTON Minor Counties cricket correspondent

Defending champions Berkshire will face a severely-depleted Cornwall side at St Austell as the leaders attempt to make it five straight wins this season in the Minor Counties Championship Western Division.

The match clashes with the regional final of the ECB Vitality Club T20 Blast which means that six players from Penzance, who normally form the nucleus of Cornwall’s side, are unavailable.