FIONA DE VRIES MAKES TOP 20 AT HUNSTANTON

Fiona De Vries (St Regulus) and Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) finished joint 15th and 26th respectively in the Senior British women's open amateur golf championship which ended on a wet and windy day at Hunstanton links on the Norfolk coast. Fiona De Vries shot 86, 78 and 79 for an 18-over-par total of 243 while Sutherland had rounds of 84, 80 and 84 for 248 over the testing par-75 course. The winner, making her debut in the over-50s championship at the age of 51, was Katherine Russell from Royal Ashdown Forest GC, Sussex - but she hit form too late to be include in the England team for the senior women's home internationals at Elie, Fife from October 2 to 4. Russell (79, 81, 74) beat Ireland's Pat Doran (81, 79, 74) at the second hole of a sudden-death play-off after they had tied on 234. It was the second year in a row that Doran had finished second.