CLARINS LEINSTER LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP

CLARINS LEINSTER LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP

Defending champion and Irish international Maria Dunne (Skerries) has safely made it through to the semi-finals of the CLARINS Leinster women's amateur golf championship at Grange Golf Club.

Dunne will face strongly fancied Curtis Cup hopeful Martina Gillen (Beaverstown) in the first semi-final.

Martina  beat Sinead Keane (Curragh) and Anne McCormack (Roscommon) on the 19th earlier today.

Dunne was pushed all the way to the 17th green by local favourite and recently crowned Irish senior champion Therese O'Reilly while O'Reilly herself had disposed of clubmate Sheena O'Brien Kenney on the home green in the morning.

Play continues at Grange Golf Club at 9am on Saturday morning with the final due to tee off at lunchtime.

FRIDAY'S RESULTS:

FIRST ROUND
Martina Gillen (Beaverstown) beat Anne McCormack (Roscommon) at 19^th
Sinead Keane (Curragh) beat Ann Geoghegan (Atrhlone 3 and 2.
Maria Dunne (Skerries) beat Miriam Abernethy (Cork) 4 and 3.
Therese O’Reilly (Grange) beat Sheena O’Brien Kenney (Grange) 1 hole.
Maura Morrin (Curragh) w/o Sinead O’Sullivan (Galway) scr.
Vicki Power (Brampton Park) beat Deirdre Walsh (Milltown) 4 and 3.
Dawn Marie Conaty (Ashbourne) beat Sue Phillips (Woodbrook) 3 and 2.
Jennifer Gannon (Co. Louth) beat Gillian O’Leary (Cork) 4 and 2.

SECOND ROUND
Gillen beat Keane 4 and 3.
Dunne beat O’Reilly 2 and 1.
Morrin beat Power 5 and 3.

Gannon beat Conaty 5 and 4. 

CLARINS LEINSTER JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 
FIRST ROUND

Sheila Richardson (Kilcoole) beat Anne Barry (Glen of the Downs) 5 and 4.
Triona McAllister (Grange) beat Mary Inglis (Foxrock) 2 holes.
Audrey Kavanagh (Grange) beat Ciara Bourke (Foxrock) 1 hole.
Sandra McCaffrey (Lucan) beat Marie Sudway (Carton House) 6 and 5.
Anne Hayden (Foxrock) beat Deirdre Malone (Beech Park) 6 and 5.
Angie O'Briain (Glen of the Downs) beat Patricia Collins (Lucan) 3 and 2.
Sandra Smyth (Grange) beat Paula Murray (Naas) 3 and 2.
Oralith Keogh (St. Anne's) beat Genevieve McKenna (Grange) 2 holes.

SECOND ROUND
Richardson beat McAllister 3 and 2.

McCaffrey beat Kavanagh 5 and 4.
O'Briain beat Hayden 1 hole.
Smyth beat Keogh 4 and 3.