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Lee-Anne Pace with her Trophy

The Times reports on Lee-Anne Pace’s third European win this year

Connie receives her championship trophy from Lesley Carriline

17-year old Waterkloof’s Connie Chen moved to the top the SA Women’s ranking when she won the 36-hole Southern Cape Championship at Plettenberg Bay on Saturday 28 August.

Lee-Anne Pace

Lee-Anne has won the S4C Wales Ladies Championship on the Ladies European Tour this weekend and she is now in second place by a whisker in the Order of Merit behind Melissa Reid.

Vryburg’s Nicole Becker won the Limpopo Stroke Play Championship when the event was played at Koro Creek over the weekend.

As a result of numerous requests by senior players, WGSA launched a new tournament this year – a 54 hole Mid Amateur Championship to be played from 7 to 10 November 2010 at Kingswood Golf Estate.

For the second year in a row the Girls’ British open amateur championship has been won by a French player. Alexandra Bonetti, 18, from Paris and holder of the French women’s championship, followed in the footsteps of compatriot Perrine Delacour by winning the title at Royal Belfast Golf club last week. South Africa’s Connie Chen and Lara Weinstein qualified for the match play but both lost in the first round.

Erica with Connie, Talia and Lara

The South African Junior Team of Connie Chen, Talia Nel and Lara Weinstein arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland, yesterday to participate in the Girls British Open Amateur at Royal Belfast – a course that Erica Lefson describes as like Woodhill golf course in a beautiful park.

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