Adéla Cernousek and Charlotte Lafourcade led the Saint-Cloud team to victory.
Unfortunately for those who like meetings ending with a last putt of a decisive match, the debates were more expeditious between Saint-Cloud and Saint-Germain. The Clodoaldiennes took the ascendancy in the morning session, first with the victory of Charlotte Lafourcade and Adéla Cernousek in front of Diane buisson and Perrin Gouin-Petit. Already 4 up once past hole n ° 18 (all matches of this meeting started from 8), the green and yellow pair experienced as the only disappointment in the final of the match a comma from Cernousek on the 2 to share the hole . But nothing to stop their momentum: the gain of 3 allowed them to win on the next hole, 4 & 3.
In the second foursome, Béryl Giletti and Eugenie Varet got the best start for Saint-Germain, being 2 up after three holes thanks to two birdies. But Or Alliot and Celeste Collet came back patiently and even went ahead thanks to a birdie at 15. A long series of eight shared holes led the game on the par 3 of 6, where a bogey of Saint-Germain’s pair forced the concession of the hole and the match , which ended with a score of 2 & 1.
The afternoon offered to Charlotte Lafourcade and Adéla Cernousek the opportunity to continue the work they had started in the morning in the foursome. With four birdies on the first nine holes, the first opened the doors to a success, 5 & 4, against Diane buisson in the head game. The second found, on the other hand, the answer in the field of the race for birdie: she and Eugenie Varet Four came in each between the 11th and 17th (consecutive for the Saint-Germain player, from 11th to 14th).
The difference was made, in reality, on the four bogeys conceded by Varet during the game, Cernousek managing to avoid this kind of pitfall. The par 5 of 4 saw the match end, as well as the meeting. The victory of Clotilde de Lembeye sure Perrine Gouin-Petit having intervened almost simultaneously, the final score stood at 6-1 in favor of Saint-Cloud, who will face Toulouse in the semi-final.
“We won both foursomes, which gives a little more confidence on the singles, Charlotte Lafourcade analysis. The semi-finals may be more hooked, but I think the level of play is there. I am not very worried. I think the girls are as motivated as I am. “
RCF La Boulie gets out of the Lyon trap
Two matches during the day, and two victories for Alexandra Vilatte Farret.
The poster between the RCF La Boulie and the Golf Club de Lyon showed from the foursomes of the morning that it would be the most hung on this Friday. In this first pass of arms to the fresh, neither team has never had more than two holes ahead of its opponent.
It even happened once in the head game, Ariane Klotz and Éléonore Hubert taking advantage of their birdie of the 15th to pass 2 up on Evangeline Prévot and Vairana Heck… Only to see their advantage cut by half on the 16, because of the birdie of Racingwomen. The latter did not avoid defeat, 1 up.
In the second match, the Rhodaniennes Marie Pardi and Benedict Kerviel had made the best start, going 2 up after the 8. But Chloe Salort and Alexandra Vilatte Farret made up their delay thanks to two birdies on the 9th and on the delicate par 3 of the 11. This tight game through and through was finally played… at the bogey, that of the RCF pair on the 18th, which was enough to win the hole, and the match at the same time.
Forced to make a difference in the afternoon’s five singles, the Ciel-et-Blanches relied in the first match on the experience and strength of the vice-European champion. Chloe Salort, which limited as much as possible the blows left on the way to win 4 & 3 on Sara Brentcheneff. Same idea and same consequences in the last duel, where Alexandra Vilatte Farret got four birdies for a single bogey, which brought him a 5 & 4 success against Good Ralamboarison.
The meeting definitively joined the Racing camp at the conclusion of the match between Amber Lefèvre and Éléonore Hubert, a very tight match until the halfway point. Unfortunately for the Lyonnaises, the three bogeys conceded by Hubert at 9, 10 and 12 brought the mark up to 3 up, until the end of the match, on par 3 of 16.
“We knew that all the points were important this afternoon, underlines Alexandra Vilatte Farret. We come to win, but every step is important. We must not believe that the other teams are weaker than us, on the contrary, I find that the level of play is rather good. You have to be wary of everyone. “
The CCP in control
Clémence Martin’s putter was instrumental in the success of the CCP.
In the semi-final, the Racingwomen will offer themselves a revenge of the 2018 final in Hossegor. Indeed, the Paris Country Club, winner of the local Bondues players, will be their opponent on Saturday. In this meeting, which had the 8 as the starting point for all matches, the difference was made largely on the morning foursomes. In the first, Eve-Marie Sapin and Salome Zasio overall had the upper hand at the start of the game, but they saw Clemence martin and Pauline Stein return to their height after 12 holes. After a biridie at 4 to pass 1 up, the Parisiennes drove home the point through Clémence Martin, who birdied at 5 to pass 2 up, then put his near-given approach on 6 to win the match , 2 & 1.
In the second game, Tender Rose and Solene Balet needed to go up to 7 (the 18th hole) to win against Laura Van Respaille and Sophie Delfosse. Like their comrades, the latter had negotiated well at the start of the game, before a few incidents of course replace their opponents 1 up on the outskirts of this last act. A very nice approach from Solène Balet, concluded in the wake of Rose Le Tendre, then allowed the capital club to go to lunch at 2-0.
With their backs to the wall, and despite the unwavering support of their public, the local players had to suffer defeat quite quickly in the afternoon. In the head game, Olivia Cosmano hadAnne Dezemery, 5 & 4, and put the PCC one victory away from the semi-final. Victory that came through Clemence martin, once again, 6 & 5 facing Constance Benedict. The Parisiennes are still in the running to recover the title they had won three times in a row from 2016 to 2018.
