HIGH Legh Park's Natasha Podmore, who holds both the Cheshire girls' and women's titles, eased into the quarter-finals of the English Girls Golf Championship at Gainsborough with a four and three victory over Hannah Burke, from Mid-Herts.

But there was no joy for Hopwood's Rachel Connor, the 2000 JJB Sports Women's champion, who lost at the first extra hole to Warley Park's Laura Cutler.

Mobberley's Jon Cheetham just survived the cut in the De Vere Hotels PGA North Region Championship at Blackpool's Heron's Reach, where a 77 was 10 shots worse than his first round.