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Friday, July 08, 2016

Irish women's and girls' inter-provincial matches at Slieve Russell Golf Club


Leinster girls and Ulster ladies emerge victorious



Caption: Victorious Ulster Women's Team (Front Row L-R); Ulster District Hon Sec, Ray Gregg, Paula Grant, Jenny Young, Lisa Maguire, Niamh Ward, Chloe Weir, Hannah Henderson. Back Row (L-R); Captain Janet Wilson and Tara Gribben


Caption: Leinster Girls' Champions; Team Caption Suzie Hayes, Elisa Corcoran, Anna Foster, Ellen O'Gorman, Ellie Metcalfe, Georgia Carr, Clodagh & Lauren Walsh and Team Manager Danielle Colgan - Photos Courtesy of Ronan Lang

REPORT FROM SARAH CROWE of ILGU
On a nail biting final day at Slieve Russell the Leinster girls got off to a good start, winning two of the foursomes. Georgia Carr added the only win of the singles for the Leinster side but two halved matches from Lauren Walsh and Ellen O’Gorman sealed the deal. Leinster are crowned 2016 Girls’ Interprovincial Champions.
Meanwhile Munster dominated Connacht in the girls as they won all nine  matches and finished in  second place behind Leinster.
The Ulster ladies came out fighting this morning and they took three foursomes matches from Leinster but this afternoon was a different affair. Leinster recorded early wins from Meadhbh Doyle, Ciara Casey and Aedin Murphy. Lisa Maguire staged a comeback for the defending champions against Rachel Taylor and won her match on the home green. It all came down to Mary Doyle and Niamh Ward’s match which was halved, resulting in an overall win for the Ulster side. Ulster are crowned 2016 Ladies Interprovincial Champions for the 2nd consecutive year.
Connacht again came out fighting on the final day against Munster and despite trailing 3-0 after the foursomes, they won 4 from 5 points in the singles. It was a 4-4 result between the two sides, meaning Connacht finished in 3rd position.  
 
Final Points Table
Girls                     Points (matches won)
Leinster                2 ½ (14½)
Munster               2 (15)
Ulster                   1 ½ (13)
Connacht             0 (5½)
Women's            Points (matches won)
Ulster                   2½ (14)
Leinster                2 (14 ½)
Connacht             1 (9½)
Munster               ½ (10)

THURSDAY RESULTS
GIRLS' MATCHES

Leinster 4 Ulster 4 
(Leinster names first)
Foursomes
Leinster 2 Ulster 1
Ellen O’Gorman and  Ellie Metcalfe lost to Emma Forbes and  Kate Dwyer 5 and 4
Lauren Walsh and Clodagh Walsh bt Maeve Cummins and Beth Coulter 2 and 1
Elisa Corcoran and Anna Foster bt Anna Morwood and Olivia McClurg 5 and 3
Singles
Leinster 2 Ulster 3
Ellie Metcalfe lost to Emma Forbes 3 and 1
Lauren Walsh halved with Kate Dwyer
Clodagh Walsh lost to Beth Coulter 2 and 1
Ellen O’Gorman halved with Maeve Cummins
Georgia Carr bt Olivia McClurg 3 and 1

Connacht 0 Munster 8 
(Connacht names first)
Foursomes
Connacht 0 Munster 3
Lorna Mullally and Niamh Cronin lost to Lisa O’Shea and Aine Donegan 5 and 4
Maeve Rooney and Roisin O’Brien lost to Ciara Leonard and Aideen Walsh 4 and 3
Chloe O’Connor and Niamh Smyth lost to Sara Byrne and Grace McGrath 1 hole.
Singles
Connacht 0 Munster 5
Maeve Rooney lost to Lisa O’Shea 5 and 4
Niamh Cronin lost to Aine Donegan 2 and 1
Chloe O’Connor lost to Sara Byrne 3 and 2
Roisin O’Brien lost to Ciara Leonard 6 and 5
Amy Monaghan lost to Aideen Walsh 8 and 7

Women’s Matches - 
Leinster 3 ½ Ulster 4 ½
Foursomes
Leinster 0 Ulster 3
Ciara Casey and Rachel Taylor lost to Niamh Ward and Jenny Young 5 and 4
Mary Doyle and Meadhbh Doyle lost to Lisa Maguire and Paula Grant 5 and 3
Aedin Murphy and Ariana Coyle Diez lost to Tara Gribben and Chloe Weir 3 and 2
Singles
Leinster 3 ½ Ulster 1½
Meadhbh Doyle bt Paula Grant 4 and 3
Rachel Taylor lost to Lisa Maguire 1 hole.
Ciara Casey bt Tara Gribben 4 and 3
Aedin Murphy bt Chloe Weir 3 and 2
Mary Doyle halved with Niamh Ward

 Connacht 4 Munster 4
 (Connacht names first)
 Foursomes
Connacht 0 Munster 3
Hilary Hall and Maeve Kelly lost to Chloe Ryan and  Sarah Cunningham 3 and 2
Clodagh Hopkins and  Maureen Keane lost to Aoife Lowry & Emma O’Driscoll 2 and 1
Anne Brett and Shannon Burke lost to Tara Whelan & Paula Walsh 3 and 1
Singles
Connacht 4 Munster 1
Maureen Keane lost to Chloe Ryan 7 and 6
Noreen Maloney bt Tara Whelan 1 hole
Maeve Kelly bt Emma O’Driscoll 3 and 2
Anne Brett bt Aoife Lowry 1 hole
Shannon Burke bt Sarah Cunningham 4 and 3

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