Championships - Senior Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship 2008
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Fiona de Vries (St Rule) watches her putt carefully on the 9th green.
16.09.2008
Fiona tackles wet conditions and takes the first round lead at Seniors
1600hrsSt Andrews hotelier, Fiona de Vries is the clubhouse leader, scoring a 75 to place her one shot ahead of newly crowned Irish Champion, Vicki Thomas (Carmarthen) and Susan Dye (Delamere Forest). A one under par front nine, gave Fiona a cushion as she played the testing back nine skirting along the river banks at Hilton Templepatrick
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1400hrs update
Fiona De Vries from the St Rule Club, St Andrews made the turn in one under par. Vicki Thomas, the newly crowned Irish Champion is hot on her heels alonwith Helen Jones.
Christine Watson, Beaconsfield is leader in the clubhouse with an 80.
Players at Hilton Templepatrick were delighted to see a break in recent rain as the first round got underway today. Last week's Irish Seniors' Championship was only completed with the aid of some stern squeeqing and bad weather has continued over the weekend. Only a week ago the river at Hilton Templepatrick burst its banks and some of the greens were completely underwater. The Course Manager, Frank Ainsworth and his team have had a difficult job preparing for this Championship and when the LGU arrived onsite on Saturday the course was looking exceptionally well. Sadly torrential overnight rain on Sunday evening has resulted in preferred lies being required. So far so good and everything crossed as everyone has commenced their first round in dry conditions overhead but rather soggy ones underfoot.
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