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AA INSURANCE LADIES GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
ALL-IRELAND FINALS
ATHLONE GOLF CLUB

Belvoir Park and Corrstown today progressed to the final of the Junior Cup at the expense of Templemore and The Curragh at Athlone Golf Club.
Belvoir Park’s opening player Gail Linter won her match against Templemore’s Josie Bourke on the 18th green by one hole. Pauline Bailie’s and Jenny Gibons’s great golf saw them take the lead from the first hole and allowed them wins of 4 and 2, and 4 and 3 respectively.
The opening match between Corrstown and The Curragh went in favour of The Curragh with great golf played by Patricia Cronin.
Corrstown’s Aine Wolfe leveled the affair before Judith Lynch gave the advantage to The Curragh once again. Corrstown held their nerve in the nail-biting affair, winning the last two matches on the 19th and 18th greens, thanks to Maura Sutton and Jackie Cahill.
MINOR CUP
An early win for both Rockmount and Galway Bay set the scene for a very tightly contested Minor Cup semi final which was eventually won for Rockmount by Grace Downey on the 19th green.
Dun Laoghaire face Rockmount in Sunday's final of the Minor Cup after defeating The Heath in fine style with wins by Sheila Clancy-Nolan, Martina Lee and Jo Ebbs.
Despite Gracehill’s Anne McCarroll having a very convincing 7 and 5 win, a very strong Galway Bay team claimed the four other games in fine style.
CHALLENGE CUP
The K Club defeated reigning AA Insurance Challenge Cup champions Boystown and now play locals Galway Bay in the final. Susan Newman got the K Club off to a great start with an emphatic win in the first match.
Boystown took the second and third games, courtesy of Marie Clarke and Jean Mackey before Phyllis Kelly and Margaret Canavan secured victories that take the K Club into the final.

SUNDAY'S PROGRAMME OF FINALS
9am: Junior Cup - Belvoir Park v Corrstown.
9.45: Minor Cup - Rockmount v Dun Laoghaire.
10.30: Intermediate Cup - East Cork v Enniscorthy.
11.15: Senior Foursomes - Larne v Donabate.
11.45: Junior Foursomes - Gort v Enniscorthy.
12.15: Challenge Cup - Galway Bay v The K Club.

Saturday results of semi-finals:

Junior Cup
TEMPLEMORE 1, BELVOIR PARK 4
Josie Bourke (11) lost to Gail Linter (9) 1 hole.
Kathleen Maher (12) lost to Pauline Bailie (9) 4 and 3.
Olivia Collins (13) lost to Jenny Gibson (10) 4 and 3.
Mary Fitzpatrick (15) halved with Elsie Campbell (11).
Mary Lou Carroll (15) halved with Judy Simpson (12).
CORRSTOWN 3, THE CURRAGH 2
Kim Barlow (9) lost to Patricia Cronin (8) 6 and 4.
Aine Wolfe (11) bt Catherine Joyce (10) 4 and 2.
Jacinta Lynch (13) lost to Judith Lynch (11) 4 and 3.
Maura Sutton (13) bt Jennifer Joyce (13) at 19th.
Jackie Cahill (15)bt Jacinta O’Brien (14) 1 hole.
Minor Cup
GALWAY BAY 2, ROCKMOUNT 3
Helena Winters (23) lost to Maire Donnelly (23) 4 and 3.
Birdgie Hanley (24) lost to Grace Downey (25) at 19th.
Deirdre Toohey (26) bt Andrea Patterson (26) 1 hole.
Patricia Melville (26) lost to Carol McGrath (26) 2 holes.
Eilisa Molloy (26) bt Heather Wedlock (29) 5 and 4.
DUN LAOGHAIRE 3, THE HEATH 2
Phyl Glavin (23) lost to Peggy Lambe (24) 5 and 4.
Sheila Clancy-Nolan (24) bt Marie Egan (24) 6 and 5.
Martina Lee (24) bt Rachel Brennan (25) 4 and 3.
Mary Dempsey (25) lost to Ann Dunne (25) 3 and 2.
Jo Ebbs (27) bt Betty Scully (28) 4 and 2.

Challenge Cup
GALWAY BAY 4, GRACEHILL 1
Helen Fitzgerald (30) bt Jackie Maton (31) 4 and 2.
Nano Gough (32) bt Vee Stockley (31) 5 and 3.
Clare Noonan (34) bt Gloria Stewart (32) 5 and 4.
Hilary Power (34) lost to Anne McCarroll (33) 7 and 5.
Jacinta Quinn (35) bt Susan Taylor (36) 5 and 4.
THE K CLUB 3, BOYSTOWN 2
Sarah Newman (30) bt Irene Downey (30) 8 and 6.
Marianne Fitzgerald (33) lost Marie Clarke (30) 5 and 3.
Terry Somers (33) lost to Jean Mackey (31) 1 hole.
Phyllis Kelly (34) bt Noleen Mullen (32) 3 and 2.
Margaret Canavan (36) bt Suzanne Hegarty (36) 4 and 3.
Senior Foursomes
GALWAY 1 LARNE 2
Sheelagh Kearney (10) & Jo Pryce (12) lost to Roma English (7) & Carol McMaw (11) 1 hole.
Geraldine Neville (9) & Mary Tierney (14) lost to Gail McNabb (11) & Barbara O’Neill (14) 4 and 2.
Bryde Glynn (10) & Anna O'Donnellan (13) bt Sarah O’Neill (12) & Judith Brunt (15) 4 and 2.
DONABATE 2½ WICKLOW ½
Pat Doran (5) & Aileen Hanratty (11) bt Jackie Kavanagh (6) & Mary Copeland (12) 4 and 2.
Mary McKenna (4) & Fionnuala Forde (12) beat Mairead Dowling (11) & Rosemary Kavanagh (13) 2 and 1.
Deirdre Bradshaw (8) & Patricia Morris (12) halved with Ann Reilly (12) & Lesley Hopkins (12)

Junior Foursomes
GORT 2, OMAGH 1
Teresa Gill (17) & Josephine Cummins (23) bt Anne Cullen (18) & Grainne McCarron (18) at 20th.
Josie Collins (17) & Celine Fahey (25) lost to Margaret Barton (22) & Dolores Duddy (18) 3 and 1.
Maureen Brennan (19) & Maureen Whelan (25) bt Patsy Harkin (28) & Judith Lyons (19) at 19th.
DUN LAOGHAIRE 0, ENNISCORTHY 3
Catherine O’Sullivan (18) & Lorna Fitzgerald (18) lost to Ann Nolan (17) & Joan Millar (19) 5 and 3.
Sue Round (18) & Sue Caslin (19) lost to Julie McCarthy (19) & Pauline Byrne (20) 2 and 1.
Liz Hogan (21) & Niamh Hogan (21) lost to Dee Kavanagh (22) & Michele Browne (23) 3 and 2.