TWENTY players will begin their bid to win the Bolton Ladies' Golf Championship a week on Sunday.

The number taking part is up on last year, as is the number of players who have entered the Bolton Ladies' Seniors Championship which takes place at the same time.

Helen Braddock, of Bolton Old Links, is the holder of the main championship which she has won nine times.

Rita Towler of Harwood Golf Club is the current holder of the Seniors Championship.

Both competitions will be held at Turton Golf Club and will continue throughout the week leading up to the finals on Friday, June 23.

There will also be a Texas Scramble on the Wednesday.

The draws were conducted by Turton's lady captain, Gwen Gregory.

Full draws:

Bolton Ladies' Championship for the Preston Scratch Trophy – 36-hole qualifying round, Sunday June 18, at Turton Golf Club.

Order of play:

9am and 1.30pm: Laura Johnson (6) Old Links, Rachel Scholes (13) Harwood.

9.10am and 1.40pm: Amelia Taylor (10) Harwood, Helen Oldham (15) Old Links.

9.20am and1.50pm: Janet Hewitt (19) Turton, Grainne Pendlebury (5) Bolton.

9.30am and 2pm: Clare Macleod LC (7) Harwood, Janet Rashleigh (15) Bolton.

9.40am and 2.10pm: Jo Miller (11) Turton, Sally Ann Attwood (12) Old Links.

9.50am and 2.20pm: Helen Mosscrop (12) Turton, Debbie Dacre (9) Harwood.

10am and 2.30pm: Janet Cartledge (16) Chorley, Laura Howarth (15) Turton.

10.10am and 2.40pm: Helen Braddock (5) Old Links, Christine Ogden (12) Great Lever and Farnworth.

10.20 and 2.50pm: Karen Sawyer LC (11) Old Links, Chloe Cuming (18) Turton.

10.30 and 3pm: Maura Hindley (12) Bolton, Sarah Riding (9) Bolton.

Bolton Ladies Seniors' Championship

Sunday, June 18, at Turton Golf Club – 18-hole qualifier.

Order of play:

10.40am: Karon Unsworth (19) Dunscar, Sue Harrison (17) Old Links.

10.50am: Judith Simms (17) Harwood, Rita Towler (10) Harwood.

11.00am: Stephanie Patterson (15) Chorley, Hilary Hibbert (11) Turton.

11.10am: Christine Gobin (19) Turton, Sue Howard (19) Dunscar.

11.20am: Ruth Scanlon (12) Chorley, Kate Hilton (17) Dunscar.

Bolton Ladies Championship Ancillary Competition – Texas Scramble (team of three). Wednesday, June 21.

Order of play:

9.20am: Dunscar 2 – Kate Hilton 17, Karon Unsworth 19, To Be Confirmed.

9.30am: Turton 7 – Janet Hewitt 19, Jessica Simmons 26, Helen Mosscrop 12.

9.40am: Dunscar 1 – Sarah Wood (LC) 27, Sue Howard 19, Alison Jennings 19.

9.50am: Bolton 1 – Norma Gibbons 25, L Phillips 34, Sandra Leatherbarrow (LC) 36.

10am: Breightmet 1 – Helen Slater 21, June Whitfield 30, Jan Bennett 27.

10.10am: Harwood 1 – Pauline Barlow 18, Rita Towler 10, Dot Scholes 13.

10.20am: Old Links 4 – Kookie Morgan 16, Claire Kennedy 23, Janet Townsend 35.

10.30am: Turton 1 – Susan Rothwell 31, Janice Kynaston 36, Sue McNeill 26.

10.40am: Breightmet 2 – Linda Woods 21, Jackie Fenton 22, Moira Ellis 29.

10.50am: Harwood 2 – Maureen Shurrock 30, Janet Ayres 36, Katherine Jones 30.

11am: Turton 3 – Shirley Wilkinson 36, Norma Loveland 33, Ann Cooper 36.

11.10am: Harwood 3 – Dianne Cooper 35, Sue Docherty 36, Jan Southern 25.

11.20am: Chorley 1 Pauline Forshaw (LC) 33, Angela North 19, Lynne Clynes 23.

11.30am: Old Links 2 – Brenda Brooks 25, Dot Hayes 21, Joyce Thompson 29.

12 noon: Harwood 4 – Eileen Beeney 25, Lorna Hart 32, Marian Anderson 31.

12.10am: Turton 5 – Margaret O’Kane 31, Nancy Hollingsworth 23, Val Hinchley 26.

12.20am: Old Links 5 – Caroline Baily 36, Angela Perks 22, Penny Mather 26.

12.30am: Chorley 2 – Steph Patterson 15, Barbara Kent 25, Caroline Charlson 26.

12.40am: Bolton 2 – Linda Lynch 22, Julie Langton 26, Sandy Bowie 17.

1.10pm: Chorley 3 – Ann Pilkington 15, Linda Smith 30, Karen Jones 20.

1.20pm: Deane 1 – Lesley Woodward 17, Katie Wardle 26, Carolyn Bennett 28.

1.30pm: Turton 2 – Jenny Jones 21, Shirley Holland 21, Jackie Davies 35.

1.40pm: Turton 4 – Norma Wood 28, Gwen Gregory(LC) 29, Jean Haigh 24.

1.50pm: Deane 2 – Pravita Parmar 23, Carol Slane 23, Diane Pilling 25.

2pm: Turton 6 – Lynn Evans 18, Chris Gobin 19, Hilary Hibbert 11.

2.10pm: Turton 8 – Hilary Lythgoe 36, Val Williamson 28, Kay Edwards 26.

3pm: Old Links 3 – Elaine Hamer 32, Jackie Parry 36, Janice Ball 25.

4.45pm: Old Links 1 – Sue Hazlitt 33, Jane Sayner 30, Michelle Waring 16.

5pm: Westhoughton – Katy Leach 16, Sue Maybury 24, Lisa Reilly 36.