IRISH SENIOR CUP AT CORK

ROYAL PORTRUSH THROUGH TO

SEMI-FINALS

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION
Saturday’s semi-finals of the Irish Senior Cup will see Douglas do battle with Laytown and Bettystown, while Lahinch will face Royal Portrush at Cork Golf Club.
Douglas booked their place in the semis after a tough battle with Midland Champions Carlow. Ailish Thompson recorded an early win for the southern side with a 9 and 8 victory over Madeline Brennan, before Karen O’Neill followed with a chip-in eagle 3 on the first tie hole to beat Carlow’s Aedin Murphy.
Eavan Higgins found herself four down in the early stages of her duel with Karen Delaney but secured the win and a place in the semi-finals for Douglas on the home green.
Douglas’ opponents tomorrow, Laytown and Bettystown progressed to the semis with a comfortable win over Slieve Russell who were without the talents of the Maguire twins who were at the British Girls’ Amateur Championship in Royal Belfast.
A concession at the bottom of the order followed by early wins for former international star Carol Wickham and Barbara Cooney sealed the win for the Eastern champions.
Lahinch secured their place in the semis through up and coming star Sinead Sexton who defeated current girls’ international Sarah Helly by a margin of 3 and 2, while Linda Toomey also recorded a win by the same margin over the 2007 Irish Girls’ Close Champion Kate Gallagher.
Senior Irish International Valerie Hassett produced at 6 and 5 win in the fourth match to progress the southern side to the semi-finals.
Ulster champions Royal Portrush, led by current international, Charlene Reid who produced a one-hole win over Aisling O’Leary, made it through to the semis,  thanks to additional wins for Niamh Quigg and Helen Jones.
IRISH SENIOR CUP FINALS – CORK GOLF CLUB
SEMI-FINALS - Saturday, 14 August
08:00 DOUGLAS v LAYTOWN and BETTYSTOWN
08:40 LAHINCH -v- ROYAL PORTRUSH

14:00-14:40 Final

FRIDAY RESULTS
Quarter Finalst
CARLOW ½,  DOUGLAS 4 1/2
Aedin Murphy lost to Karen O'Neill at 19th
Karen Delaney lost to Eavan Higgins 1 hole
Anne McCormack halved with Kate McCann (called-in)
Bernie Cox lost to Aoife Lane 2 and 1.
Madeline Brennan lost to Ailish Thompson 9 and 8.
Team Capts: Margaret McHugh and  Deirdre Buckley

LAYTOWN and BETTYSTOWN 4, SLIEVE RUSSELL 1
Alison Taylor halved with Bronagh Lunney (called-in)
Carol Wickham bt Ann Monteith 5&4
Phil O'Gorman halved with Carol McEnroe (called-in)
Barbara Cooney bt Ann Mone 6 and 5
Noeline Quirke bt Norma Richardson (match conceded)
Team Capts: Aileen Regan and Bronagh Lunney

LAHINCH 4, CLAREMORRIS 1
Sinead Sexton bt Sarah Helly 3 and 2
Linda Toomey bt Kate Gallagher 3 and 2
Olivia Hayes halved with Sarah Gallagher (called-in)
Valerie Hassett bt Kung Fanning 6 and 5
Valerie Shannon halved with Emily McHugh (called-in)
Team Capts: Georgina Condon andMary Walsh

ROYAL PORTRUSH 3½ – 1½ WEXFORD
Charlene Reid bt Aisling O'Leary 1up
Maura Diamond lost to Tara Dunne 2&1
Niamh Quigg bt Helen Lacey 4&3
Lucy Simpson halved with Sheila Richardson (called-in)
Helen Jones bt Margaret Atkinson 4&3
Team Capts: Claire Robinson & Mary O'Leary



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Audrey pips Penny and Fay for top spot

at Arbroath

Ayrshire's Audrey Thompson (Loudoun Gowf) won the Barnardo's Scottish Grand Final at Arbroath today (Friday) in "photo finish" with Penny Maxwell (Strathmore) and Fay Rodenburg (Braehead)
With 31 Stableford points apiece in very windy conditons, the three players headed a field of 43 qualifiers from club eliminators all over Scotland. Audrey plays off four, Penny has 33 of a handicap amd Fay plays off 18. The scorecard play-off went to the last nine holes to decree that Audrey was the winner.
Then it was to last six holes before Penny was declared the runner-up with Fay third.
Daphne Brill (Murrayshall), who plays off 10, finished a close-up fourth with 30pt. Here again there was a card countback with other players on the 30pt mark and Daphne got the nod on the best back nine.
The CSS on the day was 75, reduction only.

New British girls' open champion Alexandra Bonetti from France with the trophy and the French national coach Edouard Brechignac with the international team trophy which France also won ... but all their players except Alexandra had taken an early plane home and were not there to collect the award (image by Cal Carson Golf Agency)

Lisa Maguire's conqueror goes on to easy win in British girls' championship final

FROM COLIN FARQUHARSON AT ROYAL BELFAST GCAlexandra Bonetti, the 18-year-old holder of the French women's championship, is a very talented golfer - but she is also a very lucky girl!
On the closing day of the British open amateur championship at a very sunny Royal Belfast Golf Club, she met and beat two players who played nowhere near their potential - first 15-year-old Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) in the semi-finals and then, in the final, 17-year-old Laura Seddar, the Irish girls champion who a year or two won the Scottish Under-16s' title.
Lisa, for whatever reason, was not as sharp as she had been in getting to the last four. She lost the first three holes and as her coach and local club pro, Andrew Ferguson, said later: "Lisa was chasing the game after that. The key hole was the 13th where Lisa holed a 25ft birdie putt which could well have been the start of a comeback  .... until Bonetti followed her in from 15ft for a half in 3s.
Twice four down, Lisa eventually lost by 3 and 2 to Bonetti.
In the final, Alexandra beat Laura Sedda from Vicenza by 7and 6 in a surprisingly one-sided final that last only 2 ½ hours.
It is, of course, unfair to Miss Bonetti to say she was "lucky." You can only beat the players who tee it up against you, whether they turn up with their "A" game or not.
Sedda had looked to be going off her game towards the end of her morning semi-final which she won by one hole over Andrea Vilarasau (Spain), despite bogeying two of the last four holes and three-putting the last.
The Italian teenager never looked like getting back on the rails in the final despite being the player who knocked out title-holder Delacour in the second round and No 1 seed Julie Yang in the third.
Bonetti seized the initiative by holing a 40ft putt for a birdie 3 at the second and when Sedda bogeyed the third and fourth, the French girl was suddenly three up.
Sedda three-pujtted the seventh and eighth to go five down and when she was bunkered at the ninth, the Italian girl went six down, having reached the turn in an approximate 40 (five over par) to Bonetti’s one-under 34.
Sedda’s woes continued. She drove into bushes to lose her fourth hole in a row and go seven down at the 10th.
Sedda ended her bad run of bogeys by halving the short 11th in 3s but she was now seven down with seven to play.
A half in 4s at the 12th ended the final with Bonetti, one under par, the winner by 7 and 6.
Later, Bonetti said she had started the tournament well (she was the first qualifying round leader with a two-under-par 68) and she had finished it well (one under par in the final).
“My putting was my strongest point. The greens were very good but the slopes were tricky to read.,” said Alexandra who had signed a Letter of Intent to join Texas Christian University not this autumn, but next.
“I want to take a year out to improve my English,” she said … in quite fluent English!
She had accepted a golf scholarship offer earlier in the week - before she reached the final - from the TCU coach here at Royal Belfast GC where maybe as many as 10 US colleges were buzzing around the first tee during the first three or four days of the championship, busy recruiting new talent to take across the Atlantic.
Laura Sedda felt that she was completely exhausted, having played practice rounds, then two qualifying rounds and six rounds of match-play.
“I am disappointed I did not play as well as I can in the final but I was too tired to do my best. But I am still happy that I have come here and finished as the runner-up to a very good player, Alexandra.
"I am sorry I will not be able to go to Scotland to play in the British girls championship at Gullane next year. I will be too old. No, I am not going to go to an American university. I am going to go to an Italian university in another year or so. I had the chance but America is not for me."

Result of final (18 holes)
Alexandra Bonetti (France) bt Laura Sedda (Italy) 7 and 6

STRATHTYRUM TROPHY NO 4 FOR KAREN
MARSHALL WIN WIN OVER ANN RAMSAY

Baberton’s Karen Marshall chalked up a fourth Strathtyrum Trophy success today  when she won the popular St Andrews women’s open tournament with a 4 and 2 win over Ann Ramsey (Kirriemuir) in the final over the Eden Couorse.
Karen, the No 1 qualifier, had previously won the title in 1997, 2003 and 2006.
In the morning semi-finals she had a 5 and 4 win over Christine Appleby (Preston) while Ann Ramsay, a former Angus county champion and the No 3 seed, reached the final with a 3 and 2 win over the No 2 qualifier for the match-play, Nicola Rawlinson (Royal Birkdale).
There was nothing between Marshall and Ramsay on the outward half of the final.
All square at the turn, Karen then grabbed the upperhand to build up a winning four-hole lead.
The Strathtyrum Salver handicap competition was won by Catriona McWilliams from Corrstown, Ireland. Playing off 19 she won by 2 and 1 in the final over Esther Hutcheson, who plays off 18 at Burton-on-Trent.
McWilliams was one up on the outward half.

TODAY’S RESULTS
STRATHTYRUM TROPHY
Semi-finals
Karen Marshall (Baberton) bt Christine Appleby (Preston) 5 and 4.
Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) bt Nicola Rawlinson (Royal Birkdale) 3 and 2.
Final
Marshall bt Ramsay 4 and 2.
STRATHTYRUM SALVER
Semi-finals
Catriona McWilliams (Corrstown, Ireland) (18) bt Patricia Rose (The Worcestershire) (19) 5 and 4.
Esther Hutcheson (Burton on Trent) (18) bt Chris Urry (The Worcestershire) (12) 1 hole.
Final
McWilliams bt Hutcheson 2 and 1.

BRITISH GIRLS OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Laura Sedda (Italy), left, and Alexandra Bonetti (right) from France - finalists in this afternoon's British girls championship final at Royal Belfast Golf Club. Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

Bonetti beats off-form Lisa Maguire and

plays Sedda in final

Lisa Maguire's good run in the British girls' open amateur championship at Royal Belfast Golf Club ended in disappointment in the semi-finals this morning when she was beaten 3 and 2 by the French women's champion, 18-year-old Alexandra Bonetti from Paris.
Disappointed, not so much at losing, but at not playing nearly as well as she has played or can play.
Lisa was thre three down after four holes and was always struggling after that. She was five over par for the 16 holes. Bonetti was two over par.
The French girl was four up after eight and again four after 11. Maguire holed a great 25ft birdie putt at the 13th which could have put the wheels on a recovery but Bonetti stifled that hope by following her in with a 15ft putt for a half in birdies. Lida did win the 15th to be three down with three to polay but it was too little too late.
Bonetti will play former Scottish Under-16 champion, Laura Sedda, in the final. Sedda, who won the first three holes but was pulled back to all sqaure after 11, won by one hole against Spain's Andrea Vilarasau.
Sedda was three over par and Vilarasau five over par.for the round. Both players were feeling nerves over the closing holes, climaxing with a half in three-putt bogey 6s by both on the 18th green.

SEMI-FINAL RESULTS
Laura Sedda (Italy) beat Andrea Vilarasau (Spain) 1 hole.
Alexandra Bonetti (France) beat Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) 3 and 2.

Sally Watson KO'd in last 32 of US women's amateur

Sally Watson (Elie and Earlsferry Ladies) was beaten 7 and 6 by Colombia's Julian Murcia Ortiz in the round of the last 32 at the United States women's amateur championship at Charlotte Country Club, North Carolina.

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LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR

FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
70 Vikki Laing (Sco)
71 Henrietta Zuel (Eng), Christel Boeljon (Ned)
72 Amy Boulden (Wal), Helen Alfredsson (Swe)
73 Holly Aitchison (Eng), Linda Wessberg (Swe), Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra)
74 Carin Koch (Swe), Sahra Hassan (Wal), Kate Combes (Aus), Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den), Camille Fallay (Fra), Sophie Giquel (Fra), Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa), Cecilie Lundgreen (Nor)
75 Federica Piovano (Ita), Cassandra Kirkland (Fra), Caroline Masson (Ger), Pernilla Lindberg (Swe), Rebecca Hudson (Eng), Alison Walshe (USA), Jo Pritchard (Wal), Caroline Afonso (Fra), Florentyna Parker (Eng), Becky Morgan (Wal), Johanna Lundberg (Swe)
76 Veronica Zorzi (Ita), Stefania Croce (Ita), Hazel Kavanagh (Irl), Karen Stupples (Eng), Karen Lunn (Aus), Laura Davies (Eng), Diana D'alessio (USA), Becky Harries (Wal), Rebecca Flood (Aus), Jade Schaeffer (Fra), Elizabeth Bennett (Eng), Melissa Reid (Eng), Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha)
77 Lisa Hall (Eng), Nicole Gergely (Aut), Becky Brewerton (Wal), Antonella Cvitan (Swe), Stefanie Michl (Aut), Beth Allen (USA), Ashleigh Simon (Rsa), Julie Maisongrosse (Fra), Carmen Alonso (Spa), Louise Davis (Wal)
78 Corisande Lee (Eng), Lydia Hall (Wal), Belen Mozo (Spa), Bettina Hauert (Ger), Giulia Sergas (Ita), Laura Cabanillas (Spa), Melodie Bourdy (Fra), Rachel Bell (Eng), Josefin Leijon (Swe), Frances Bondad (Aus), Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa), Mollie Fankhauser (USA), Jeehae Lee (Kor), Lynn Kenny (Sco), Zuzana Kamasova (Svk), Julie Greciet (Fra), Mariana Macias Capuzzi (Spa)
79 Pamela Feggans (Sco), Heather MacRae (Sco), Georgina Simpson (Eng), Sophie Walker (Eng), Jenni Kuosa (Fin), Kiran Matharu (Eng), Trish Johnson (Eng), Anja Monke (Ger), Tara Davies (Wal), Gemma Bradbury (Wal), Nina Reis (Swe), Krystle Caithness (Sco), Mallory Blackwelder (USA), Danielle Louise Masters (Eng), Julie Tvede (Den), Emelie Lind (Swe)
80 Christine Hallstrom (Swe), Rebecca Coakley (Irl), Emma Cabrera-Bello (Spa), Hanna-Leena Salonen (Fin), Felicity Johnson (Eng), Gwladys Nocera (Fra), Monica V.Christiansen (Den), Anna Rossi (Ita), Marina Arruti (Spa), Kylie Walker (Sco), Hannah Ralph (Eng)
81 Malene Jorgensen (Den), Margherita Rigon (Ita), Caroline Rominger (Swi), Ana Larraneta (Spa), Morgana Robbertze (Rsa), Sophie Sandolo (Ita), Laurette Maritz (Rsa), Clare Queen (Sco), Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra)
82 Laura Eastwood (Eng), Johanna Mundy (Eng), Km Juul (Den), Carly Booth (Sco), Smriti Mehra (Ind), Sandra Gal (Ger), Nikki Garrett (Aus), Kim Welch (USA), Breanne Loucks (Wal), Kyra Van Leeuwen (Ned), Rhian Wyn Thomas (Wal), Frederique Seeholzer (Swi), Suzanne Dickens (Eng)
83 Claire Aitken (Eng), Tara Delaney (Irl), Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin), Tracey Boyes (Eng), Caroline Grady (Eng)
84 Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned), Dana Lacey-Johnson (Aus), Elena Giraud (Fra)
85 Elisabeth Esterl (Ger), Denise-Charlotte Becker (Ger), Elin Emanuelsson (Swe)
86 Maria Boden (Swe), Nathalie David-Mila (Fra)
87 Ursula Wikstrom (Fin), Ludivine Kreutz (Fra)
88 Lucy Clarke (Eng), Mianne Bagger (Den), Tandi Cuningham (Rsa), Jo Clingan (Eng)
89 Karen Heywood (Eng)
90 Kym Larratt (Eng)
98 Sabina Imboden (Swi)

Milltown, Thurles, The Heath and

Rockmount into Semi-Finals

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION
Following their Regional Final victories at Slieve Russell, The Heath and Rockmount will join Milltown and Thurles in the semi-finals of the Miele Interclub Fourball Championship to be played at Glasson on Sunday 18th September.
In the Northern Final, Rockmount won the top two matches but were pegged back to 2-1 after Larne won the third on the home green. The issue was put beyond doubt however when Noreen Mikhael & Marie Donnelly closed out the final match on the sixteenth.
The Western Final was a much closer affair with The Heath capturing the top two matches by a margin of 9 holes. Portumna rallied strongly to win the remaining two ties 4/3 and square the match but unluckily lost out on countback by one hole.
On Monday Milltown and Thurles qualified for the semi-finals after defeating The K Club and Youghal in the East and South Regional Finals at Thurles.
Rockmount will now play Thurles while Milltown face The Heath in the semi-finals at Glasson on Saturday 18th September with the final scheduled for the following day.

Semi-Finals – Glasson Golf Club, 18 September:
Rockmount v Thurles
Milltown v The Heath

Western Regional Final
The Heath 2-2 Portumna (The Heath win by 1 hole)
Catherine Reilly and  Mary Doyle beat Suzanne Corcoran & Mary Madden 6/5
Marie Conlon and  Rita McNamara beat Anne Cassidy & Audrey McGrath 3/1
Nuala Arrigan and  Mary McNamara lost to Carmel Cunningham & Mary McDonagh 4/3
Helen Kelly and Roisinn Adams lost to Anita Carey & Mary McElroy 4/3

Northern Regional Final
Rockmount 3-1 Larne
Andrea Patterson and Leanie Power beat Roma English & Audrey Faukner 6/4
Ciara Agnew and Jan Lindsay beat Sarah O'Neill & Barbara O'Neill 2up
Diane Patterson and Carol McGrath lost to Jessica Boal & Janice Boal 1up
Noreen Mikhael and Marie Donnelly beat Gail McNabb & Debbie McNabb 4/2

Eastern Regional Final
Milltown 2½-1½ The K Club (Milltown names first)
Deirdre Walsh and Mary Rose Binchy bt Sharon Smurfit and Mary Burnell 4/3
Aileen Dawson and  Dorothy MacCann bt Pat Desmond and Lou Soden 2/1
Penny Gleeson and  Eithne Gogan lost to Noreen Ogrady and Catherine Kinane 2/1
Maeve Whelan and Emer O'Donoghue halved with Karena O'Connor and Ruth Duggan

Southern Regional Final
Thurles 3-1 Youghal (Thurles names first)
Jacqueline Corbett and Mary Coman O'Neill bt Edel Coyne and  Mary Pomphrett 4/3
Rose Moloney and Margaret Lonergan bt Jean Farrell and Siobhan Hooley 1 hole.
Orla McKevitt and Bridgiette Behan lost to Julie Coyne and Jo Swayne 5/4
Marian Finn and Susan Troy bt Catherine Hayes and Trish Launders 1 hole.