After having to settle for second place in Tuesday’s 36 hole stroke play Qualifying competition at Studley being 3 shots behind Frilford’s Jane Binning who shot a morning round of gross 76 and a 77 in the afternoon.

Katherine went on to stamp her authority on the match play knock rounds, working her way through 2 rounds on Wednesday to meet Sarah Amos playing on her home turf in the semis to win 3/2.

After beating Sarah in the semis, Katherine met Burford’s Nicola Sparks in the final. Nicola played Huntercombe’s Alison Kelly in the semis and won 2/1, who always features on the last day of the Championship but has yet to lift the silverware.

FINAL – After pulling her first tee shot and subsequently losing the hole Katherine settled down to level the match by the 4th and by the 7th was 3 up. Nicola eagled Studley’s par 5 9th to cut the deficit to two, and she also won the 10th. However, Nicola’s putting was a little shaky on the 11th and took 3 putts to Katherine’s 2 for a par which took Nicola back to 2 down. The 12th was halved but Nicola pulled her tee shot on the 13th, whereas Katherine was on the green in 2 to win the hole with a 4 to go 3 up but Katherine lost the next hole after being on the green in regulation and 3 putting. Katherine then went on to birdie the par 4 15th to go dormy 3,

Leaving Nicola needing a win to keep the match alive but they both shot 3’s on the short 16th, to give Katherine a 3/2 victory for the Championship title.