Perrine from Paris top of matchplay qualifiers

Perrine Delacour, winner of the title at West Lancs in 2009, was the leading qualifier for the match-play stages of the 2012 Girls' British Open Amateur championship being held at at Tenby Golf Club this week.

The 18-year-old from Paris, beaten in the semi-finals of the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship at Carnoustie in June, had rounds of 72 and 71 for a one-under-par total of 143 to claim number one seeding status at the head of the 64 qualifiers for the match-play stages.

The cut-off point after the two rounds of stroke-play competition fell at a 16-over-par 160, on which mark there were seven players. One had to be eliminated to produce the required figure of 64 qualifiers and the unlucky player was Italy's Roberta Liti, who had a pair of 80s.

On the comparison of cards, Roberta had the poorest second round

Only one Welsh player, Chloe Williams from Wrexham, was still left in the championship on Wednesday. Chloe shot 76-74 for 150 to be the number six seed - a good effort.

Jess Evans, after a first-round 75, looked certain to make the leading 64, but she had a nightmare second round of 91 for 166 and missed the cut by six shots.

Delacour, number 18 in the Women's World Amateur Rankings, had a mixed bag of figures on Tuesday, which turned out to be a lovely day of sunshine and not all that much wind.

The par-5 first hole cost Perrine a double bogey seven in the first qualifying round, but she reduced it to three strokes for an eagle flying start to Tuesday's round. By the end of the day, the well-built French teenager had two eagles on her card - she got a three at the par-5 14th - as well as three birdies, 2s at the short sixth and 12th and a three at the par 15th in halves of 38 (one over par) and 33 (two under).

Delacour was only 15 years of age when she won this title in 2009. Players have won the championship two years in a row, but none has ever regained the championship three years after a first success.

This is her last appearance in one of the world's premier Under-18 girls' championships. If all goes well she will be a professional within the next six months. She plans to enter the LPGA Tour Q School process next month and, if she fails to make progress in America, she will return to play in the Ladies European Tour Q School in Morocco in January.

The second seed was Belgium's Leslie Cloots from Antwerp, who had rounds of 73 and 72 for 145, two behind Delacour. Cloots, who will be 18 next month, failed to make the match-play stages in this championship at Gullane last year. She is Belgium's Under-18s girls champion and a winner on the Belgium domestic amateur circuit for women and girls.

Jing Yan from Singapore, whose parents are Chinese, was the third best qualifier on 146 with rounds of 72 and 74.

And Scotland's Rebecca McGeehan, who is based in Germany, did well to claim the fourth seed spot, thanks a a second-round 71, five shots better than her first-day effort, for 147.

Georgia Hall (Remedy Oak, Dorset), at number six the highest world ranked player in the field and beaten in the semi-finals at Gullane last month, qualified in 16th position with rounds of 78 and 75.

Biggest 'names' among the non-qualifiers were Gabriella Cowley (West Essex), the England girl international and winner of the Scottish Under-16 girls' open stroke-play championship in April, and Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies), a former Scottish girls champion and a member of the Scotland team at the Girls Home Internationals at Radyr GC, also in Wales last week.

The semi-finals will be played this Friday morning, with the 18-hole final starting at 1 pm in the afternoon.