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Saturday, June 28, 2003

MARIA v MARTINA FOR IRISH TITLE

Leading qualifier Claire Coughlan from Cork lost in this morning's semi-finals of the Lancome Irish women's close amateur championship at Donegal Golf Club.
Champion in 1999 and beaten finalist in 2001, Claire lost by 4 and 3 to Maria Dunne (Skerries).
The No 2 seed, Martina Gillen (Beaverstown), a golf scholarship student at Kent State University, Ohio, reached the final with a 3 and 2 win over Helen Jones (Strabane).