LANCS' PAUL HOWARD THROUGH TO NSW FINAL

Paul Howard (Southport and Ainsdale) is through to the final of the New South Wales Amateur match-play championship at Avondale Golf Club, writes Colin Farquharson.
The No 2 seed, Howard will play the 28th qualifier, David Micheluzzi in Tuesday's final.

The top seed, Cameron Davis (New South Wales) lost to Brayden Petersen, the No 8 qualifier, in the quarter-finals. Micheluzzi topplef Davis in the semi-finals.
Howard, pictured, won the South American amateur championship last year.

FROM THE NSW WEBSITE
The morning rounds for the Men’s Quarter Finals found some upsets with the Number 9 seed, Brayden Petersen (NSW) defeating top seed Cameron Davis (NSW) by one hole.
Victoria’s David Micheluzzi (28^th seed) defeated South Korea’s Sung-jae Im (29^th seed) also by one hole.
Number 2 seed, England’s Paul Howard came through with a 2/1 win. Andrew Tharle (ACT) and 22^nd seed defeated young gun Justin Warren (NSW) 4/3.
In the Semi Finals  Micheluzzi defeated Brayden Petersen (NSW) 3/1 to secure his position in the final. Another close match for the second spot in tomorrow’s final was between England’s Paul Howard and Andrew Tharle (ACT) with Howard winning 3 and 2
Quarter finals for the Women’s matchplay also saw number one seed So-young Lee (S Korea) go down to her team mate Eun-bin Lim (S Korea) in a tough match on the 19^th. Celina Yuan (NSW) defeated her opponent A-eun Cho (S Korea) on the 18th, 1up. Queenslander’s Robyn Choi and Eunice Kim battled it out for Kim to win 2/1. Korea’s Eun-jeong Seong upset Olivia Wilson (NSW) on the 19^th.
It will be an all- South Korean final for the Women’s NSW Amateur Championship with both semi-final matches going to extra holes. Eun-bin Lim defeated Celina Yuan (NSW) on the 19^th. Eun-jeong Seong beat Queenslander Eunice Kim also at the first extra hole.
 
COMPLETE DRAW (MEN)
 
COMPLETE DRAW (WOMEN)

NSW MEN'S RESULTS

QUARTER-FINALS
Brayden Petersen (No 8 seed) bt Cameron Davis (1) 1 hole.
David Micheluzzi (28) bt Sung-jae Im (29) 1 hole.
Paul Howard (2) bt Nicholas Curnow (7) 2 and 1.
Andrew Tharle (22) bt Justin Warren (3) 4 and 3.
SEMI-FINALS
Micheluzzi bt Petersen 3 and 2.
Howard bt Tharle 3 and 2.