Bengaluru: Aditi Ashok staved off a spirited challenge from Nishtha Madan to snare the strokeplay event in the Ladies section of the Usha IGU All-India Ladies and Juniors Girls Golf Championship 2014 Par 72 Eagleton Golf Resort on Thursday, ending up with a tally 214, two ahead of Nishtha.

Aditi had a card of 74 in the final round on Thursday, but Nishtha had a great last nine as she carded a par 72 and put pressure on Aditi. But Aditi’s second-round 67 was good enough to keep her ahead of the challenge.

Seher Atwal (74) and Ridhima Dilawari (75) were tied at 218 for joint third.

Aditi had a pretty average round, with three birdies and an equal number of bogeys in the first nine. She turned with a par 36, but lost two more strokes on the back nine. Nishtha, on the other hand, played a solid back nine to end up with a one-under 35, but that wasn’t enough in the final analysis.

The Category A results were the same as the Ladies section.

Arshia Mahant won her contest with Diksha Dagar in Category B, the former finishing at 231, two strokes in the lead. Diksha was followed by Riya Ahuja at 234.

Category C saw Anika Varma comfortably beat Vasundhara Thiara and Esha Sharma. Anika totalled 226, with Vasundhara three strokes astray. Esha was third at 242.

With the Strokeplay format coming to an end, 16 golfers from the Ladies section made the cut for the Matchplay, which begins on Friday.

The contest will begin from the pre-quarter-final stage and the draws as follows:

Aditi Ashok vs Mehak Sharma; Vidushi Sinha vs Vrishali Sinha; Ridhima Dilwari vs Diksha Dagar; Gaurika Bishnoi vs Amandeep Drall; Nishtha Madan vs Riya Ahuja; Anisha Padukone vs Arshia Mahant; Seher Atwal vs Suchitra Ramesh; Trisha Sunil vs Tvesa Malik.