Leinster win fifth consecutive

Inter-provincial title

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION

FINAL POINTS TABLE
Leinster 2 ½
Connacht 2
Ulster 1½
Munster 0

FRIDAY RESULTS
LEINSTER 7 1/2 , MUNSTER 1 1/2
Foursomes
Tara Delaney & Karen Delaney bt Gillian O’Leary & Karen O’Neill 3 and 2.
Maura Morrin & Dawn Marie Conaty bt Catherine Tucker & Sarah Crowe 5 and 4.
Jenny Gannon & Aedin Murphy bt Orla Barry & Laura McCarthy 5 and 3.
Singles
Tara Delaney bt Gillian O’Leary 1 hole.
Maura Morrin bt Catherine Tucker 2 holes.
Louise Mernagh lost to Karen O’Neill 1 hole.
Karen Delaney bt Aoife Lowry 4 and 2.
Dawn Marie Conaty halved with Laura McCarthy
Jenny Gannon bt Sarah Crowe 7 and 6.

CONNACHT 7, ULSTER 2
Foursomes
Niamh Kitching & Sarah Faller bt Danielle McVeigh & Gemma Hegarty 3 and 2.
Darragh McGowan & Ann Geoghegan bt Charlene Reid & Lucy Simpson 5 and 4.
Sinead O’Sullivan & Anne McCormack bt Bronagh Lunney & Louise Coffey 3 and 2.
Singles
Niamh Kitching bt Danielle McVeigh 2 and 1.
Sarah Faller bt Louise Coffey 2 and 1.
Sinead O’Sullivan lost to Gemma Hegarty 1 hole.
Anne McCormack bt Charlene Reid 2 and 1.
Ann Geoghegan bt Nikki Moore 4 and 3.
Darragh McGowan lost to Lucy Simpson 4 and 2.

Singles
Tara Delaney and Maura Morrin both achieved 5 out of 6 wins which lead Leinster to their fifth title in a row. Tara defeated Munster’s Gillian O’Leary by 1 hole and Maura beat Catherine Tucker by 2 holes on the final day of play in East Clare. Other singles wins for Leinster were courtesy of Jenny Gannon winning 7 and 6 and Karen Delaney. Dawn Marie Conaty halved her match with impressive 15 year old Laura McCarthy from Muskerry while Karen O’Neill (Douglas) gained the only singles match for her Munster team.

Niamh Kitching achieved the only clean sweep in the tournament with 6 out of 6 wins, leading Connacht to second position overall. The Connacht team, improving by the day, beat Ulster most impressively. They won all three foursomes matches and went on to win singles through Niamh, Sarah Faller, Anne McCormack and Ann Geoghegan. Gemma Hegarty and Lucy Simpson gave Ulster their 2 singles win against Sinead O’Sullivan and Darragh McGowan respectively.

Foursomes
Leinster edge ahead on final day winning all three foursomes matches against Munster while Connacht proved strong against Ulster taking the advantage following the morning encounters.

Leinster got their foursomes matchplay back on track with pairings of Karen and Tara Delaney, Maura Morrin/Dawn Marie Conaty and Sinead O’Sullivan/Anne McCormack all recording good victories against Munster.

Connacht were in devastating foursomes form. Niamh Kitching and Sarah Faller beat Danielle McVeigh and Gemma Hegary. New pairing of Darragh McGowan and Ann Geoghegan combined brilliantly to overcome Ulster’s Charlene Reid/Lucy Simpson and Sinead O’Sullivan and Anne McCormack beat Bronagh Lunney and Louise Coffey.