Katherine O’Connor will play for Wales in the European Team Championships at La Manga in July after reaching the semi-finals of the Welsh Ladies Championships at Glamorganshire.

The 20-year-old Tadmarton Heath member was beaten 2&1 by Curtis Cup squad player Amy Boulden (Maesddu) in the last four.

O’Connor qualified in fourth place after the strokeplay rounds to reach the knockout stage where she beat Chloe Williams and Lucy Gould, both 2&1.

Her run to the semis was good enough to secure Welsh selection.

Bicester’s Laura Watkins qualified in joint tenth place and beat Natasha Gobey 4&3 before losing to Kirsty O’Connor (Nelson) by the same score in her last eight match.