Yelverton Golf Club?s England International player Laura Eastwood stormed away from the field to win the English Amateur Stroke Play Championship, writes Ann Parsons. The championship was held at Lytham St Anne?s and was played over three days from Monday, July 12 to Thursday, July 14. Laura, from Horrabridge, won by five shots. ?This is huge for me. I am so chuffed with myself. It is brilliant!? said the 21-year-old, who shot a four-under-par 68 in the final round and finished with a one-under total of 287 for the 72 holes. ?I missed the entry date for the British championship a few weeks ago. I didn?t get picked for the European team championship, which was disappointing. ?Then the other day I missed out on pre-qualifying for the Weetabix (Women?s British Open) by one shot. So I went to Lytham with something to prove.? Laura was lying second at the halfway stage and moved into a share of the lead after the third round, when she returned a level par 72. Her game plan for the final round was simple: ?I just wanted to play my own game and try and get my score into red figures. I?d been training hard. It was just a case of going out and doing it. I just enjoyed myself.? She began as she meant to go on, almost holing her approach to the first green and following up with an eagle three on the 5th. She reached the turn at one-under par, and then played flawless golf, birdying the 13th, 17th and 18th, which widened the gap between herself and the rest of the field. Laura, the 2002 English girls? champion, also becomes the U23 and U21 English Stroke Play Champion. With playing partner Emma Tayler she was also runner-up in the U23 county team trophy. Laura?s next competitions will be the Royal Birkdale Scratch, the English Mid Amateur Championship and the British Stroke Play Championship.