WELSH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY

Kylie Walker in three-way tie for

lead at Royal Porthcawl

Buchanan Castle's Kylie Walker has bounced back from a slightly disappointing performance in last weekend's Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur stroke-play to share the lead after 36 holes of this weekend's Welsh women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, South Wales.

The stage is set for an exciting final round on Sunday with three players tieing for the lead on 148 - Scotland's Kylie Walker (pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency) with rounds of 71 and 77, England's Rachael Jennings with 73 and 75 and, the leading Welsh hope, Tara Davies with 72 and 76.

And Northern Ireland challenger Danielle McVeigh, who finished fifth in last weekend’s "Helen Holm,"is by no means out of it either in fourth place on 150 (71-79).
Defending champion Rhian Wyn Thomas from Vale of Glamorgan is up against it, six shots off the pace on 154 with scores of 73 and 81.
Curtis Cup 16-year-old Carly Booth from Comrie saddled herself with an opening round of 81 but she found her touch in the late afternoon, improving by nine shots with a 72, the joint best second-round score, to be in joint seventh place on 153.
ALL THE SECOND-ROUND TOTALS.
148 Rachel Jennings (Eng) 73 75, Tara Davies (Wal) 72 76, Kylie Walker (Sco) 71 77.
150 Danielle McVeigh (NIr) 71 79.
151 Stephanie Evans (Wal) 75 76.
152 Gemma Bradbury (Wal) 74 78.
153 Carly Booth (Sco) 81 72, Corisande Lee (Eng) 76 77, Tilly Holder (Eng) 75 78.
154 Joelle Van Baarle (Bel) 82 72, Charlie Douglass (Eng) 77 77, Kelly Tidy (Eng) 75 79, Holly Clyburn (Eng) 75 79, Rhian Wyn Thomas (Wal) 73 81.
155 Natalie Lowe (Eng) 76 79, Amy Boulden (Wal) 75 80, Sarah Attwood (Eng) 75 80, Kelsey MacDonald (Sco) 74 81.
156 Hannah Barwood (Eng) 79 77, Kym Larratt (Eng) 77 79, Charlotte Dalton (Eng0 73 83.
157 Nikki Foster (Eng) 78 79.
159 Laura Murray (Sco) 83 76, Hermione Fitzgerald (Eng) 79 80.
160 Charlotte Ellis (Eng) 81 79, Kate Whitmore (Eng) 81 79, Micah Carroll (Eng) 81 79, Rachael Goodall (Eng) 80 80, Megan Briggs (Sco) 80 80, Tracey Boyes (Eng) 78 82, Lisa Ball (Eng) 75 85.

162 Bronwyn Davies (Eng) 75 87.

163 Samantha Birks (Wal) 83 80.

164 Niamh Kitching (Ire) 87 77, Hannah Jenkins (Wal) 85 79, Becky Harries (Wal) 84 80, Amy Skoulding (Eng) 81 83.

165 Rachel C Lewis (Wal) 83 83.

166 Marion De Roey (Bel) 81 85, Charlotte Wild (Eng) 80 86.

168 Lisa Barton 90 78, Katherine O'Connor (Wal) 83 85, Jerry Lawrence (Eng) 79 89.

171 Natasha Gobey (Wal) 85 86.

172 Emma Davies (Wal) 90 82.

173 Victoria Davies (Wal) 89 84.

175 Rachael Lewis (Wal) 83 92.

176 Beth Davies (Wal) 91 85, Victoria Harris (Eng) 84 92.

178 Jessica Bradley (Eng0 96 82, Anna Carling (Wal) 89 89.

182 Laura King (Wal) 93 89, Chelsey Herbert (Wal) 87 95.

186 Therese Karlsson (Swe) 97 89.
Withdrew: Rachel Connor (Eng) 81 -, Amanda Johnson (Eng) 97 -.

+THERE IS NO SECOND-ROUND CUT.