Hovis International
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Established | 1964 |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Final year | 1978 |
The Hovis International was a women's amateur 72-hole stroke-play event. It was held from 1964 to 1972. The event continued as the Newmark International. Some of the later events were open to professionals.
Winners
[edit]| Year | Winner | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmark-Avia International | ||||||
| 1978 |  Vanessa Marvin |
219 | 1 stroke | Vivien Saunders |
Camberley Heath | |
| Newmark International | ||||||
| 1977 | Dinah Henson |
215 | 9 strokes |  Vicki Rawlings |
Woodhall Spa | [1] |
| 1976 | Jenny Lee-Smith |
224 | 2 strokes | Angela Bonallack Ana Monfort de Albox |
Woodhall Spa | [2] |
| 1975 | Dinah Henson Carol Semple Alison Sheard |
301 | Tied | Royal Liverpool | [3] | |
| 1974 | Jill Thornhill |
301 | 3 strokes | Anne Stant |
Walton Heath | [4] |
| Newmark-Avia International | ||||||
| 1973 | Carole Redford |
293 | 3 strokes | Mickey Walker |
Royal Birkdale | |
| Hovis International | ||||||
| 1972 | Mickey Walker |
299 | 9 strokes | Ann Irvin |
Porters Park | |
| 1971 |  Cathie Barclay |
223 | 2 strokes | Mickey Walker Dinah Oxley |
Croham Hurst | [5] |
| 1970 | Ann Irvin |
289 | 5 strokes | Angela Bonallack |
Liphook | [6] |
| 1969 |  Catherine Lacoste |
287 | 15 strokes | Dinah Oxley |
Moor Park | [7] |
| 1968 | Ann Irvin |
291 | 16 strokes | Patricia Davie Ann Rampton |
Croham Hurst | |
| 1967 | Mary Everard |
302 | 7 strokes | Vivien Saunders |
Woolaton Park | [8] |
| 1966 | Ann Irvin Ruth Porter |
224 | Tied | Littlestone | [9] | |
| 1965 | Marley Spearman |
304 | 6 strokes | Ruth Porter |
Walton Heath | [10] |
| 1964 | Margaret Nichol |
314 | 1 stroke | Ruth Porter |
Walton Heath | [11] |
References
[edit]- ^ Price, Elizabeth (28 July 1977). "Mrs Henson outpaces field by nine strokes". The Daily Telegraph. p. 29.
- ^ "Scottish girls fade in Newark". The Glasgow Herald. 2 July 1976. p. 27.
- ^ "Triple tie after missed putts". The Glasgow Herald. 20 June 1975. p. 27.
- ^ "Jill Thornhill". The Glasgow Herald. 1 June 1974. p. 4.
- ^ "Hovis title for Scots granny". The Glasgow Herald. 11 June 1971. p. 6.
- ^ "Miss Irvin holds off challenge". The Glasgow Herald. 5 June 1970. p. 6.
- ^ "Runaway 15-stroke Hovis win for Miss Lacoste". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1969. p. 6.
- ^ "Miss Everard wins by seven strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 21 July 1967. p. 6.
- ^ "Hovis title shared". The Glasgow Herald. 17 June 1966. p. 6.
- ^ "Mrs Spearman's six-stroke win". The Glasgow Herald. 30 July 1965. p. 6.
- ^ "Miss Nichol wins by one stroke". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1964. p. 11.