Morris bags

under and win the championship by a shot from Lily-May Humphries from Stoke-by-Nayland.

It certainly makes a very promising start to a year that Morris will hope see her build on last year’s achievements when she earned her international call up due to her Order of Merit record.

Morris warmed up for the Formby event with appearances earlier in the year in the Spanish and Portuguese Opens.

At the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Open on the Montado course the outcome was a top 40 finish.

Morris finished 15 over for the championship after shooting rounds of 74, 74, 77 and 78.

At the Copa La Reina in Jerez, Morris made a steady start finishing nine over in the Spanish event after an opening round of 83 was followed by far more satisfying second round of 70 – two under for the course.

A field of 154 ladies played an 18 hole Greensome Stableford in the Huddersfield, Halifax & District Ladies Winter Alliance at Woodsome Hall GC.

Playing conditions were good and the weather was mild with a few scattered showers in the morning.

This was the final meeting of the Huddersfield, Halifax and District Ladies Winter Alliance for 2016/17 where the golfers have played in four out of five competitions which have gone ahead this season.

The first meeting of the 2017/18 season will be held at Crosland Heath GC on Wednesday, October 25, which will be followed by the AGM.

1st P Poole & E Lambert (Huddersfield) 38 points, 2nd V Whitehill & D Page (Bradley Hall & Willow Valley) 3, 3rd S Holdsworth & R Crawford (Lightcliffe) 37, 4th E Nicholson & J Wood (Woodsome Hall 37), 5th J Sunderland & J Bedford (Lightcliffe) 36, 6th V Marshall & K Roche (Marsden) 35