FIVE QUARTER-FINALISTS IN SPAIN FROM ENGLAND 

OR IRELAND AT JEREZ GOLF CLUB

Three English players - repeating European champion Ashley Chesters, Sean Towndrow and Ashton Turner - and two Irishmen -[ Gary Hurley and Jack Hume - are through to the last eight of the Spanish men's open amateur match-play championship at Jerez Golf Club, writes Colin Farquharson
Still there also is the favourite, No 3 seed, Ivan Cantero from Spain who beat Jack Hule 4 and 3 in the second round.
No 16 qualifier Hurley beat No 1 seed Viktor Hovland 4 and 3.
England's Nick Marsh, the No 9 qualifier, went down by 4 and 2 to 25th qualifier Marcus Maukner from Austria.
Chesters was a 4 and 3 winner in the second round against Vitor Lopes, the No 5 seed.
Hume beat Sebastien Gandow at the 20th.
Towndrow prevailed at the 20th against Tomas Silva and now plays the top remaining Spaniard, No 3 seed Ivan Cantero..
Robin Dawson lost by 4 and 3 to Jeroen Krietenmeijer, the 24th qualifier, from the Netherlands.
Turner, 31st of the 32 match-play qualifiers, outsted Romain Langasque by two holes in the second round.

The quarter-finals line-up is:
Qualifying number in brackets
Gary Hurley (Ireland) (16) v Marcus Maukner (Austria) (25)
Ashley Chesters (England) (12) v Jack Hume (Ireland) (13)
Ivan Cantero (Spain) (3) v Sean Towndrow (England) (22)
Jeroen Krietenmeijer (Netherlands) (23) v Ashton Turner (England) (31)

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