DORAN INTO SENIORS LAST 16 AT TULLAMORE

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Leading qualifier Pat Doran (Donabate) beat Helen O’Donghue (Clonmel) to reach the last 16 of the Irish Senior Women’s Close Championship, Tullamore Golf Club today.
Doran fired a best of the day 74 in the morning to lead the qualifiers by three strokes and now meets Gill Rouiller (Mannan Castle) for a place in the quarter finals.
Defending Champion Marilyn Henderson (Castlerock) faced stiff opposition in Kate Evans (Frilford Heath) before closing out her match on the sixteenth.
Elsewhere, favourite Helen Jones (Strabane) saw off a gutsy challenge by Patricia O’Reilly (Headfort) and will face Jane Gardner (Malone) tomorrow who surprisingly beat the in-form Catherine Reilly (The Heath). Other notables progressing to tomorrow’s round 2 were Violet McBride (Belvoir Park), Rhona Brennan (Bandon), Mary Madden (Ballinasloe), Sheena McElroy (Grange) and Catherine Bird (Nenagh) all comfortably made it through to the last 16.
The final 16 play two rounds of matchplay on Wedensday with the 2010 Champion being crowned on Thursday afternoon.
MATCHPLAY DRAW – ROUND 2
Pat Doran (Donabate) -v- Gill Rouiller (Mannan Castle)
Valerie Hassett (Ennis) -v- Catherine Bird (Nenagh)
Violet McBride (Belvoir Park) -v- Catherine Carty (Tullamore)
Rhona Brennan (Bandon) -v- Niamh Giblin (Dun Laoghaire)
Helen Jones (Strabane) -v- Jane Gardner (Malone)
Mairead MacNamara (Woodbrook) -v- Sheena McElroy (Grange)
Marilyn Henderson (Castlerock) -v- Fionnuala McGrady (Dunmurry)
Mary Madden (Ballinasloe) -v- Pauline Walsh (Headfort)
MATCHPLAY DRAW – ROUND 1
Pat Doran (Donabate) bt Helen O'Donoghue (Clonmel) 4/2
Gill Rouiller (Mannan Castle) bt Madeleine Brennan (Carlow) 1up
Valerie Hassett (Ennis) bt Marie Igoe (Dun Laoghaire) 5/4
Catherine Bird (Nenagh) bt Cait Cooney (Tullamore) 6/5
Violet McBride (Belvoir Park) bt Miriam Murphy (Bandon) 5/4
Catherine Carty (Tullamore) bt Adrienne Crowley (Woodbrook) 1up
Rhona Brennan (Bandon) bt Catherine Kavanagh (Mitchelstown) 3/2
Niamh Giblin (Dun Laoghaire) bt Gemma Butler (Birr) 4/3
Helen Jones (Strabane) bt Patricia O'Reilly (Headfort) 4/3
Jane Gardner (Malone) bt Catherine Reilly (The Heath) 3/2
Mairead MacNamara (Woodbrook) bt Helen Egan (Tullamore) 3/2
Sheena McElroy (Grange) bt Valerie Shannon (Lahinch) 5/4
Marilyn Henderson (Castlerock) bt Kate Evans (Frilford Heath) 3/2
Fionnuala McGrady (Dunmurry) bt Kay McCartan (Greenore) 4/3
Mary Madden (Ballinasloe) bt Honoria Fogarty (Castlecomer) 2/1
Pauline Walsh (Headfort) bt Roma English (Larne) 6/4

QUALIFYING SCORES
74 Pat Doran (Donabate)
77 Pauline Walsh (Headfort)
78 Helen Jones (Strabane) Gemma Butler (Birr) Violet McBride (Belvoir Park)
79 Sheena McElroy (Grange)
81 Marilyn Henderson (Castlerock)
82 Catherine Bird (Nenagh) Valerie Hassett (Ennis) Kay McCartan (Greenore) Helen Egan (Tullamore)
83 Catherine Carty (Tullamore) Rhona Brennan (Bandon) Jane Gardner (Malone)
84 Mary Madden (Ballinasloe) Gill Rouiller (Mannan Castle) Madeleine Brennan (Carlow) Honoria Fogarty (Castlecomer) Catherine Reilly (The Heath)
85 Catherine Kavanagh (Mitchelstown) Adrienne Crowley (Woodbrook) Mairead MacNamara (Woodbrook)
86 Fionnuala McGrady (Dunmurry)
87 Marie Igoe (Dun Laoghaire) Cait Cooney (Tullamore)
88 Kate Evans (Frilford Heath) Valerie Shannon (Lahinch) Miriam Murphy (Bandon) Niamh Giblin (Dun Laoghaire)
89 Patricia O'Reilly (Headfort) Roma English (Larne) Helen O'Donoghue (Clonmel) Mary McGoey (Greenore)
90 Olivia Conroy (Co. Longford) Pamela Morgan (Lahinch) Patsy McCarthy (Grange) Eily Duigenan (Edenderry) Elizabeth Neville (Bearna) Mary Geaney (Killarney)
91 Carmel Cahill (Hermitage) Ann Monteith (Castle Hume) Marjorie McCorduck (Roscrea) Dinah Campion (The Heritage)
92 Mary Kavanagh (New Ross) Anne Kenny (Birr) Kay Kirley (Tullamore)
93 Margaret Atkinson (Wexford) Maeve McCarthy (Blainroe) Carmel Murphy (Wexford)
94 Elaine Elborn (Bangor) Angela Treacy (New Ross) Carmel Bolton (Portarlington)
95 Yvonne MacSweeney (Wexford)
96 Ann Conway (New Ross) Anne McFadden (Tullamore) Aedin McCarthy (Killeen)
97 Catherine Owens (Ballinasloe) Joan Brennan (Castlecomer)
98 Angela Mullins (Mitchelstown)
100 Patricia Morris (Donabate) Kathleen Moylan (Tullamore)
103 Mary Mather (Cill Dara) Anna Somers (Cill Dara)
NR Carol Kinsella (Faithlegg)