Defending champions Irish girls qualify in second place

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Teenage twins Leona and Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) tied second in the individual rankings to see Ireland qualify second in their Gold medal defence at the  European Under-18 girls' team championship at Aalborg, Denmark, 6-10 July 2010.
Lisa fired a marvellous three under par best-of-the-day 68 with birdies on three, nine, 12, 13, 17 and 18 to nudge home ahead of her twin sister Leona by just one stroke. Leona’s 69 saw her birdie three, seven, nine, seventeen and eighteen and both finished two shots behind French sensation Celine Boutier.
With three scores to count from four, Stephanie Meadow added a solid four over par 75 to see the Irish comfortably secure second place while Laura McCarthy improved by three strokes with her closing 78.
Ireland now face home nation Denmark in the quarter finals while top seeds France play Finland. The semi finals conclude Friday with the Champions crowned on Saturday afternoon.
Flight 1
France -v- Finland
Ireland -v- Denmark
Spain -v- England
Belgium -v- Sweden
Qualifying Scores
423 France 214 209
430 Ireland 218 212 (Leona Maguire 70 69 Lisa Maguire 71 68 Laura McCarthy 81 78 Stephanie Meadow 77 75)
434 Spain 218 216
436 Belgium 224 212
442 Sweden 222 220
445 England 224 221 (Kelly Tidy 76-75, Heidi Baek 73-69, Alexandra Peters 82-86, Lauren Taylor 75-77).
446 Denmark 232 214
447 Finland 225 222
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447 Germany 222 225
448 Czech Republic 222 226
458 Italy 229 229
461 Netherlands 228 233
462 Austria 236 226
468 Norway 235 233
475 Scotland 240 235 (Eilidh Briggs 82-77, Alyson McKechin 82-78, Rachael Taylor 81-88, Rachael Watton 77-80).
476 Wales 237 239 (Myrian Hassan 80-82, Katie Bradbury 77-86, Kelly Miller 81-79, Chloe Williams 80-78).
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479 Switzerland 242 237
500 Estonia 244 256
500 Russia 260 240