2009 WOMEN’S INTERPROVINCIAL MATCHES Day 2

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ENNISCRONE GOLF CLUB

29 - 31 JULY 2009

All 4 Provinces in a tie for the title with a day to play at Enniscrone...

Day 3: Friday 31st July - Foursomes
Leinster -v- Ulster
08:00 Mary Dowling & Aedin Murphy -v- Victoria Bradshaw & Louise Coffey
08:10 Deirdre Smith & Sue Phillips -v- Charlene Reid & Nikki Currie
08:20 Karen Delaney & Maria Dunne -v- Tara Gribben & Sarah Louise Winter
Munster -v- Connacht
08:30 Sarah Cunningham & Gillian O'Leary -v- Niamh Kitching & Sinead O'Sullivan
08:40 Karen O'Neill & Linda Toomey -v- Anne McCormack & Emma Gilmore
08:50 Sarah Crowe & Lynda Maher -v- Suzanne Corcoran & Daryl Conroy

Day 2: Thursday 30th July
Singles
Louise Mernagh in her first Leinster outing at Enniscrone posted a 5 and 3 result against Galway's Sinead O'Sullivan. Louise playing steady par golf, took the lead early in the match, had a birdie on the par 5 seventh and closed out the match on the fifteenth. Mary Dowling, Deirdre Smith, Karen Delaney and Maria Dunne duly followed suit with Niamh Kitching giving her Connacht team their only point of the day.
Delighted Leinster Captain Pat Doran commented "we were wounded yesterday but have bounced right back into contention"

Ulster also wounded on Wednesday, battled back into contention inflicting defeat on Munster. Charlene Reid led her team to victory in the top match defeating European team mate Sarah Cunningham. Meanwhile Gillian O'Leary maintained her 100 percent record, recording the only singles win of the afternoon for Munster against Victoria Bradshaw.
The competition is now wide opening going into the final day with all teams on one point.
Foursomes
Leinster's Karen Delaney sank a 20ft putt on the eighteenth to win her match with partner Maria Dunne against Connacht pairing of Anne McCormack and Sinead O'Sullivan. Mary Dowling and Aedin Murphy continue to impress for Leinster and Connacht who need a repeat of yesterday five singles wins will have it all to do this afternoon.
Munster's Linda Toomey and Sarah Crowe despite being 4 up after 7 holes held on for a nervous win on the 18th against Ulster's Reid and Currie and give their side the advantage going into the singles. Ulster had taken an early lead in the foursomes encounters courtesy of under 18 pairing Tara Gribben and Sarah Louise Winter before top Munster's pairing of Sarah Cunningham and Gillian O'Leary levelled the affair.

Day 2: Thursday 30th July
Leinster 8 Connacht 1
Foursomes
Mary Dowling & Aedin Murphy bt Darragh McGowan & Emma Gilmore 4&2
Karen Delaney & Maria Dunne bt Anne McCormack & Sinead O'Sullivan 1up
Deirdre Smith & Sue Phillips bt Niamh Kitching & Sarah Faller 2&1
Singles
Mary Dowling bt Anne McCormack 2&1
Aedin Murphy lost to Niamh Kitching 1up
Deirdre Smith bt Emma Gilmore 1up
Louise Mernagh bt Sinead O'Sullivan 5&3
Karen Delaney bt Sarah Faller 5&4
Maria Dunne bt Suzanne Corcoran 1up

Ulster 6 Munster 3
Foursomes
Victoria Bradshaw & Louise Coffey lost to Sarah Cunningham & Gillian O'Leary 2&1
Charlene Reid & Nikki Currie lost to Linda Toomey & Sarah Crowe 1up
Tara Gribben & Sarah Louise Winter bt Karen O'Neill & Catherine Tucker 6&4
Singles
Charlene Reid bt Sarah Cunningham 3&2
Victoria Bradshaw lost to Gillian O'Leary 4&3
Louise Coffey bt Karen O'Neill 7&6
Tara Gribben bt Linda Toomey 1up
Lucy Simpson bt Sarah Crowe 3&1
Nikki Currie bt Aoife Lowry 2&1