GOLF: Claire Blackshaw scraped through to today's matchplay stages of the English Ladies Amateur Championships at Ganton after a second round 84 yesterday.

Blackshaw, who plays at Blackburn, met Curtis Cup player Rebecca Hudson in the last 32 today.

Hudson headed the qualifiers going into the matchplay stages after rounds of 82 and 76 while Blackshaw carded two rounds of 10-over-par 84.

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