France’s Perrine Delacour fired a sensation nine under par final round 64 to win the Irish U18 Strokeplay Championship at Knightsbrook Hotel Spa and Golf Resort in Co. Meath, Sunday 10 April.

Delacour opened steadily with three regulation pars and birdies at four, six, eight and nine saw her turn four under the card. A further birdie at ten saw her tie the leaders on eight under par, two pairings ahead of the final group. Seizing her moment
, she notched birdies at twelve, thirteen, fifteen and sixteen to set the clubhouse lead on twelve under par, a target that was unsurpassed.

The talented Manon Gidali was the nearest to challenge her International teammate after a closing three under par 70 while Ireland’s Leona Maguire leap frogged through the field after closing with a 68 to finish third. Overnight joint leader Lisa Maguire slipped to seventh place after a 74 while Quirine Eijkenboom signed for a 75 to finish eight.

With PING Junior Solheim Cup points being awarded to the top ten competitors, all eyes will be on the Order of Merit table early next week as the race to Knightsbrook heads to the final 162 days. Knightsbrook will host the biennial event for the first time on Irish soil on 20-21 September 2011.

IRISH U18 GIRLS 54 HOLE OPEN STROKEPLAY, KNIGHSBROOK HOTEL & GOLF RESORT
207 Perrine Delacour (FRA) 71 72 64
211 Manon Gidali (FRA) 71 70 70
212 Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 70 74 68
213 Frida Gustafsson-Srang (SWE) 73 72 68 Linnea Strom (SWE) 73 69 71
214 Celine Boutier (FRA) 73 70 71 Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) 69 71 74
215 Quirine Eijkenboom (GER) 69 71 75 Karolin Lampert (GER) 67 75 73
216 Antonia Scherer (GER) 75 73 68
217 Louise Gateau-Chovelon (FRA) 73 72 72 Alyson McKechin (SCO) 70 76 71
218 Laure Castelain (FRA) 75 75 68 Alexandra Peters (ENG) 75 74 69 Manon Molle (FRA) 71 74 73
219 Emilie Alonso (FRA) 75 69 75
220 Olivia Hullert (NOR) 74 76 70 Emelie Lundstrom (SWE) 73 72 75 Emma Nilsson (SWE) 73 72 75
221 Elizabeth Mallett (ENG) 77 71 73 Isabella Deilert (SWE) 72 75 74
222 Emma Broze (FRA) 76 75 71 Matilda Castren (FIN) 73 76 73
223 Roberta Roller (GER) 75 76 72
224 Lydia Johnston (ENG) 81 72 71 Katja Pogacar (SLO) 76 75 73 Eilidh Briggs (SCO) 73 77 74
225 Ailsa Summers (SCO) 77 75 73 Mathilda Cappeliez (FRA) 76 77 72
226 Chloe Ryan (Castletroy) 78 76 72
227 Maria Tonnessen (NOR) 78 75 74 Nicoline Skaug (NOR) 76 75 76 Saara Nylander (FIN) 75 74 78
228 Annette Lucia Lyche (NOR) 78 77 73 Charlotte De Corte (BEL) 77 79 72 Hannah McCook SCO) 77 78 73 Anna-Lena Kramer (GER) 77 74 77 Claudia Chemin (FRA) 72 79 77
230 Lena Gautier (FRA) 80 75 75 Cylia Damerau (SUI) 77 77 76 Natalie Karcher (SUI) 75 76 79 Emily Penttila (FIN) 72 79 79
231 Jessica Carty (Holywood) 80 79 72
232 Isabell Gabsa (GER) 81 77 74 Isabel Gadea (GER) 79 77 76 Paula Grant (Lisburn) 77 76 79
233 Linn Anderson (SWE) 80 75 78
234 Linnea Johansson (SWE) 81 80 73 Merle Kasperek (GER) 80 76 78 Lesley Atkins (SCO) 78 75 81 Anne Hakula (FIN) 76 82 76
236 Jenny Haglund (SWE) 79 79 78 Julia Gerlach (GER) 79 75 82 Gabrielle MacDonald (SCO) 77 81 78
237 Rebecca McGeehan (SCO) 75 81 81
239 Marthe Wold (NOR) 79 82 78
242 Olivia Mehaffey (RCDL) 82 80 80
244 Roisin Brady (Mannan Castle) 79 81 84
245 Emily McGuinness (Greenore) 83 81 81 Solene Le Coz (FRA) 80 84 81
NATIONS CUP
283 FRANCE A
284 IRELAND A Paula Grant (77) (76) Leona Maguire 70 74 Lisa Maguire 69 71
288 FRANCE B
290 GERMANY A SWEDEN A
291 GERMANY B
292 SWEDEN B
297 ENGLAND
298 SCOTLAND B
300 FINLAND B
302 SCOTLAND A
303 NORWAY B
305 SWITZERLAND
307 FINLAND A
310 NORWAY A

LPGA FUTURES TOUR SCOREBOARD

SECOND-ROUND scores Saturday in the LPGA Futures Tour's
$125,000 Santorini Riviera Nayarit Classic
presented by Pepsi
at the 6433-yard, par 37-36 - 73 El Tigre Golf & Country Club,
Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico (a-denotes amateur):

1 Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 72-68 - 140

2 Amy Eneroth (Spokane, Wash.) 73-68 - 141

3 Izzy Beisiegel (St. Hilaire, Quebec) 73-69 - 142
Sarah Brown (Lopatcong, N.J.) 72-70 - 142

5 Saehee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 74-69 - 143
Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 68-75 - 143
Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 68-75 - 143
Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.) 71-72 - 143
Dawn Shockley (Estes Park, Colo.) 73-70 - 143

10 Caroline Westrup (Ahus, Sweden) 73-71 - 144
Ryann O'Toole (San Clemente, Calif.) 73-71 - 144
Sydnee Michaels (Temecula, Calif.) 70-74 - 144
Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 70-74 - 144

14 Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.) 73-72 - 145
Adrienne White (Red Deer, Alberta) 72-73 - 145
Valentine Derrey (Paris, France) 69-76 - 145
Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 72-73 - 145
Juliana Murcia Ortiz (Bogota, Colombia) 74-71 - 145
Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 74-71 - 145

20 Sue Kim (Langley, British Columbia) 70-76 - 146
Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 71-75 - 146
Daniela Iacobelli (Viera, Fla.) 71-75 - 146
Leah Wigger (Louisville, Ky.) 71-75 - 146
Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 71-75 - 146
Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.) 73-73 - 146
Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 74-72 - 146
Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 73-73 - 146

28 Cindy LaCrosse (Tampa, Fla.) 75-72 - 147
Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 76-71 - 147
Lyndsay McBride (Elkhart, Ind.) 73-74 - 147
Rachel Connor (Manchester, England) 73-74 - 147
Nina Rodriguez (San Jose, Calif.) 72-75 - 147
Kendall Dye (Edmond, Okla.) 73-74 - 147
Miriam Nagl (Berlin, Germany) 67-80 - 147
Chelsea Curtis (New Seabury, Mass.) 73-74 - 147
Marina Choi (Los Angeles, Calif.) 73-74 - 147
Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 74-73 - 147
Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 74-73 - 147

39 Shasta Averyhardt (Flint, Mich.) 80-68 - 148
Jennifer Bermingham (Long Beach, Calif.) 76-72 - 148
Kirby Dreher (Fort St. John, Canada) 76-72 - 148
Mallory Blackwelder (Versailles, Ky.) 70-78 - 148
Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 74-74 - 148
Stephanie Kim (Bayside, N.Y.) 74-74 - 148
Candace Schepperle (Birmingham, Ala.) 74-74 - 148
Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 74-74 - 148
Hanna Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 75-73 - 148

48 Tracy Stanford (Midland, Texas) 79-70 - 149
Daniela Ortiz (a) (Morelia, Mexico) 75-74 - 149
Rebecca Samuelsson (Gothenburg, Sweden) 73-76 - 149
Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 75-74 - 149
Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 73-76 - 149
Meredith Duncan (Shreveport, La.) 74-75 - 149
Leanne Bowditch (Queensland, Australia) 74-75 - 149
Nannette Hill (Pelham, N.Y.) 75-74 - 149
Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 74-75 - 149
Eileen Vargas (Ibague, Colombia) 75-74 - 149
Carrie Riordan (Spring Valley, Ill.) 75-74 - 149
Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 76-73 - 149
Gaby Lopez (a) (Mexico City, Mexico) 77-72 - 149

61 Ulrika Van-Niekerk (Cape Town, South Africa) 80-70 - 150
Veronica Felibert (Caracas, Venezuela) 78-72 - 150
Britney Choy (Wahiawa, Hawaii) 74-76 - 150
Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 74-76 - 150
Rebecca Kim (Tigard, Ore.) 75-75 - 150
Maria Laura Elvira (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 75-75 - 150
Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.) 76-74 - 150
Alison Whitaker (Melbourne, Australia) 77-73 - 150

69 Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.) 78-73 - 151
Jutta Degerman (Kaunianinen, Finland) 77-74 - 151
Amelia Lewis (Jacksonville, Fla.) 76-75 - 151
Liisa Kelo (a) (Mexico City, Mexico) 77-74 - 151
Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 74-77 - 151
Ayaka Kaneko (Honolulu, Hawaii) 75-76 - 151
Mallory Fraiche (New Orleans, La.) 73-78 - 151
Jodi Ewart (North Yorkshire, England) 74-77 - 151
Allison Hanna (Portland, Ore.) 75-76 - 151
Ashley Medders (Alma, Ga.) 75-76 - 151
Rachel Ingram (Benton, Tenn.) 77-74 - 151
Katie Kempter (Albuquerque, N.M.) 78-73 - 151

--- Missed 36 Hole Cut ---
Regina Plasencia (a) (Guadalajara, Mexico) 81-71 - 152
Stephanie Na (Adelaide, Australia) 78-74 - 152
Woori Shin (Nagoya, Japan) 77-75 - 152
Kristen Simpson (Norfolk, Va.) 75-77 - 152
Elizabeth Dotson (White Bluff, Tenn.) 75-77 - 152
Jessi Gebhardt (Chandler, Ariz.) 77-75 - 152

Tara Goedeken (Dodge City, Kan.) 76-77 - 153
Victoria Park (Irvine, Calif.) 77-76 - 153
Lacey Agnew (Jonesboro, Ga.) 76-77 - 153
Georgette Rolle (Nassau, Bahamas) 76-77 - 153
Juli Erekson (Chicopee, Mass.) 74-79 - 153
Rachael Schmidt (Elk River, Minn.) 74-79 - 153
Paz Echeverria (Santiago, Chile) 75-78 - 153

Gloriana Soto (San Jose, Costa Rica) 77-77 - 154
Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 75-79 - 154
Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 71-83 - 154
Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 74-80 - 154
Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 76-78 - 154
Jean Chua (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 77-77 - 154
Cathryn Bristow (Auckland, New Zealand) 80-74 - 154

Jenna Pearson (Wheaton, Ill.) 81-74 - 155
Whitney Wright (Orlando, Fla.) 79-76 - 155
Dori Carter (Valdosta, Ga.) 81-74 - 155
Simone DeSouza (Trujillo, Peru) 82-73 - 155
Sofi Toccafondi (Del Viso, Argentina) 78-77 - 155
Sara Ovadia (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 78-77 - 155
Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 73-82 - 155
Blair O'Neal (Tempe, Ariz.) 74-81 - 155
Danielle Mills (Pointe-Claire, Quebec) 77-78 - 155
Cara Freeman (San Tan Valley, Ariz.) 76-79 - 155
Whitney Neuhauser (Charlottesville, Va.) 82-73 - 155

Ginny Brown (Austin, Texas) 77-79 - 156
Caroline Park (Seoul, South Korea) 76-80 - 156
Ashley Knoll (The Woodlands, Texas) 77-79 - 156
Abby Bools (Hickory, N.C.) 78-78 - 156

Molly Aronsson (Shelburne, Vt.) 76-81 - 157
Laura Bavaird (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 83-74 - 157

Kristin Ingram (Pasadena, Calif.) 81-77 - 158
Alison Meyer (Duluth, Minn.) 80-78 - 158
Marlowe Boukis (Lutherville, Md.) 79-79 - 158
Vanessa Vela (Bogota, Colombia) 78-80 - 158
Pamela Ontiveros (Gomez Palacio, Mexico) 75-83 - 158

Catherine Matranga (Fort Worth, Texas) 77-82 - 159

Jenny Lee (Simi Valley, Calif.) 79-81 - 160
Nicole Forshner (Banff, Canada) 80-80 - 160

Ana Carrillo (Guadalajara, Mexico) 78-83 - 161
Lene Krog (Lier, Norway) 84-77 - 161
Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 88-73 - 161

Angel Sze (San Marino, Calif.) 82-80 - 162
Xyra Suyetsugu (Honolulu, Hawaii) 79-83 - 162

Seira Nakashima (Northbrook, Ill.) 86-79 - 165

Christina Stockton (Rocklin, Calif.) 83-84 - 167

Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 88-84 - 172

LISA MAGUIRE, QUIRINE EIJKENBOOM SHARE IRISHU18 STROKE LEA

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION
Ireland’s Lisa Maguire and Germany’s Quirine Eijkenboom lead the inaugural Irish U18 Strokeplay Championship on six under par at Knightsbrook Hotel Spa and Golf Resort in Co. Meath with 18 holes to play.
Lisa added a solid two under par 71 to her opening 69 to join Eijkenboom at the top of the leaderboard. Birdies on the fourth, eight, tenth and seventeenth saw her sign for a two under par afternoon round, having also carded four birdies earlier that morning. Eijkenboom matched Lisa in both rounds and both will be joined by France’s talented Manon Gidali, who trails the leaders by just one stroke.
The penultimate threeball of Linnea Strom (SWE), Karolin Lampert (GER) and Celine Boutier (FRA) lie another shot further back heading into Sunday's final round.
Leona Maguire, who added a 74 to her opening 70, will be joined by French internationals Perrine Delacour (FRA) and Emilie Alonso in the third last grouping, teeing off at 10.30am.
In the Nations Cup, France beat Ireland by one stroke with France and Germany following close behind.
Lisa currently leads the PJSC rankings followed by Emilie Alonso (FRA), Leona, Noemi Jimenez Martin (ESP), Emma Nilsson (SWE) and Antonia Scherer (GER). Six of the top nine players with PJSC ranking points are in action.
The 72 competitors will play a further 18 holes this afternoon with the top 60 players qualifying for the final round on Sunday.
36 HOLE SCORES
140 Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) 69 71 Quirine Eijkenboom (GER) 69 71
141 Manon Gidali (FRA) 71 70
142 Linnea Strom (SWE) 73 69 Karolin Lampert (GER) 67 75
143 Celine Boutier (FRA) 73 70 Perrine Delacour (FRA) 71 72
144 Emilie Alonso (FRA) 75 69 Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 70 74
145 Louise Gateau-Chovelon (FRA) 73 72 Frida Gustafsson-Srang (SWE) 73 72 Emelie Lundstrom (SWE) 73 72 Emma Nilsson (SWE) 73 72 Manon Molle (FRA) 71 74
146 Alyson McKechin (SCO) 70 76
147 Isabella Deilert (SWE) 72 75
148 Elizabeth Mallett (ENG) 77 71 Antonia Scherer (GER) 75 73
149 Saara Nylander (FIN) 75 74 Alexandra Peters (ENG) 75 74 Matilda Castren (FIN) 73 76
150 Laure Castelain (FRA) 75 75 Olivia Hullert (NOR) 74 76 Eilidh Briggs (SCO) 73 77
151 Anna-Lena Kramer (GER) 77 74 Emma Broze (FRA) 76 75 Katja Pogacar (SLO) 76 75 Nicoline Skaug (NOR) 76 75 Natalie Karcher (SUI) 75 76 Roberta Roller (GER) 75 76 Claudia Chemin (FRA) 72 79 Emily Penttila (FIN) 72 79
152 Ailsa Summers (SCO) 77 75
153 Lydia Johnston (ENG) 81 72 Maria Tonnessen (NOR) 78 75 Lesley Atkins (SCO) 78 75 Paula Grant (Lisburn) 77 76 Mathilda Cappeliez (FRA) 76 77
154 Julia Gerlack (GER) 79 75 Chloe Ryan (Castletroy) 78 76 Cylia Damerau (SUI) 77 77
155 Lena Gautier (FRA) 80 75 Linn Anderson (SWE) 80 75 Annette Lucia Lyche (NOR) 78 77 Hannah McCook (SCO) 77 78
156 Merle Kasperek (GER) 80 76 Isabel Gadea (GER) 79 77 Charlotte De Corte (BEL) 77 79 Rebecca McGeehan (SCO) 75 81
158 Isabell Gabsa (GER) 81 77 Jenny Haglund (SWE) 79 79 Gabrielle MacDonald (SCO) 77 81 Anne Hakula (FIN) 76 82
159 Jessica Carty (Holywood) 80 79
160 Roisin Brady (Mannan Castle) 79 81
161 Linnea Johansson (SWE) 81 80 Marthe Wold (NOR) 79 82
162 Olivia Mehaffey (RCDL) 82 80
164 Emily McGuinness (Greenore) 83 81
164 Solene Le Coz (FRA) 80 84
NON QUALIFIERS
165 Julie Christine Lied (NOR) 85 80 Daisy-May Kenny (ENG) 85 80 Holly Robinson (Co. Sligo) 83 82
168 Cyrielle Kern (FRA) 83 85
170 Laura Fekkes (Larne) 85 85 Jessica Boal (Larne) 84 86
171 Hannah Henderson (Ballyclare) 87 84
172 Anaelle Leo (FRA) 84 88 Niamh Ward (Lurgan) 83 89
174 Victoria Craig (Clandeboye) 85 89
175 Amy Chambers (Dunfanaghy) 89 86
NR Jean O'Driscoll (Muskerry) 84 NR


NATIONS CUP
283 FRANCE A
284 IRELAND A Paula Grant (77) (76) Leona Maguire 70 74 Lisa Maguire 69 71
288 FRANCE B
290 GERMANY A SWEDEN A
291 GERMANY B
292 SWEDEN B
297 ENGLAND
298 SCOTLAND B
300 FINLAND B
302 SCOTLAND A
303 NORWAY B
305 SWITZERLAND
307 FINLAND A
310 NORWAY A