Women sport news

Webb wins J Golf Phoenix LPGA International Presented by Mirassou Winery she outlasts Shin, Kim to capture 36th career LPGA Tour victory. photo Bret Douglas

It was a perfect bluebird day at Mammoth Mountain, California, USA, with Kelly Clark (USA) pulling ahead of the rest of the pack to claim first place at the 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam Halfpipe competition. photo TTR World Snowboard Tour

England international Hannah Barwood was the runaway winner of the U21 girls’ title at the Faldo Series Asia Final at Mission Hills in China.

HONOLULU Approaching 50, the worlds oldest surfing association - the Hawaii Surfing Association (HSA), has seen many faces move through the ranks. But even though close to half a century has passed, not all the names have changed. Weston Webb, Tortuga were amongst the winners in Honolulu.

Liz Stephen (East Montpelier, VT) notched off one final U.S title as she won the womens 30K classic race at the close of the 2009 U.S, Cross Country Distance Championships on Sunday. It was Stephens third title of the 2009 Championships.

British teenager Freyja Prentice secured an impressive 10th place finish on her Modern Pentathlon World Cup debut in Mexico City.

Heather Foundling-Hawker from Honiton Running Club reresented England in the Anglo Celtic Plate 100km Race (62 Miles) held in Galway Ireland on Sat 28th March.

The hottest game in town is back for 2009 as Australia and New Zealand’s elite netballers gathered in Melbourne today to launch the ANZ Championship season.

USA Volleyball has selected 24 players and four coaches to lead its U.S. Women\\\'s National A2 Program for 2009.

While Natalie Graingers shock victory over world champion Nicol David in last months KL Open final does nothing to dislodge the Malaysian from the top of the new April Womens World Squash Rankings, the US star leaps to a five-year high No2 ranking in the list published today (Wednesday) by the Womens International Squash Players Association (WISPA). photo WISPA

In the Women’s Premier Division, Bowdon Hightown’s dream of a 100% record for the season was dashed by the in form Canterbury as they succumbed to a 3-1 defeat. Canterbury took 13 points from their final five games in their assault on a European qualification place, but they finished a point short of Olton & WW in third.

Lancashire’s Cori Lee was the impressive winner of the Leveret, the first of the season’s prestigious scratch events, which was played in icy winds at Formby Ladies.

Round 2 of the Drug Aware Women’s Pro saw Bruna Schmitz (Brazil), Jacqueline Silva (Brazil) and Australians Serena Brooke and Rebecca Woods all eliminated.

As expected, China dominated the second leg of the 2009 FINA Diving World Series, held in Changzhou (CHN) on March 27-28, by conquering seven out of the eight titles on offer.

The first IKA World Speed and the FFVL French Speed Championships began on sunday the 30th of March on the Plage Napoleon beach of Port-Saint-Louis with two legs held with a pretty light Mistral. 31 racers have raced this first day.

After two rounds of racing yesterday Melissa Gil (USA, Cabrinha) has taken the lead in this years speed world championship, held in Port St. Louis, France.

Olympic giant slalom champion Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) earned the third national GS title of her career Monday, striking gold on the final day of womens competition at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships.

In good conditions for racing on a hard piste but with poor light at first, Chemmy Alcott took the Women’s Downhill event, with Pam Thorburn in second and yesterday’s junior champion Sega Fairweather finishing in third.

Zoe Gillings dominated the day’s competition, gaining the fastest race time of the competition as well as claiming the title, for the second year running.

Blue bird skies welcomed in the second day of the BRITS 09 for the Quiksilver Big Air Championships yesterday and the standard of riding was immense. Laura Berry stepped it up with a huge 360 to take the 2009 British Quiksilver Big Air Championship title.

More women than ever before are taking up cycling and female entries to this year’s London-Paris 09 Cycle Tour are at their highest level in the event’s six year history. Report Sybil Ruscoe, photo Micheal Blann

Maria Michta was the respective women\'s 20 km winner Sunday at the 2009 Americas Race Walk Cup Trials in Pharr, Texas. Top finishers at the event will compete for Team USA at the first ever Americas Race Walk Championships later this year in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Britain’s triumphant Paralympic cycling team, who brought home a phenomenal medal haul of 17 gold and three silver medals from Beijing, will be well represented in Manchester with the announcement today that nine of the team will compete at the 2009 BT Paralympic World Cup.

The Trans-Tasman Netball League (TTNL) has approved the LG Mystics application for a ‘special dispensation’ for Cathrine Latu to play in the 2009 ANZ Championship.

The Womens International Squash Players Association is celebrating the fact that the 2009 Texas Open – the eighth edition of the event since 2002 – will be the biggest ever.

Englands Tania Bailey triumphed in (Saturday) womens finals, respectively, of the NSC Series No5 Squash Championships to bring the five-event series of international Squash events at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to a close. photo WISPA