KAREN DELANEY LEADING QUALIFIER IN IRISH CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP

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Carlow local Karen Delaney, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, the 2007 champion, won the Leitrim Cup as leading qualifier at the end of the 36-hole stroke-play test for the Lancome Irish women's close amateur championship at Carlow Golf Club.

Louise Mernagh from Woodenbridge won the Sybil Meharg Trophy as the leading Under-23 player.
CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW
Matches on Monday morning
08:00 Karen Delaney (Carlow) -v- Rebecca Tully (Holywood)
08:09 Sheena McElroy (Grange) -v- Ariana Coyle Diez (Elm Park)
08:18 Alison Taylor (Malahide) -v- Victoria Craig (Clandeboye)
08:27 Jennifer Russell (Belvoir Park) -v- Deirdre Smith (Co. Louth)
08:36 Charlene Reid (Royal Portrush) -v- Catherine Reilly (The Heath)
08:45 Gertie McMullen (Island) -v- Mary Dowling (New Ross)
08:54 Ciara Butler (Newlands) -v- Patrice Delaney (Birr)
09:03 Anne McCormack (Roscommon) -v- Helen Jones (Strabane)
 09:12 Louise Mernagh (Woodenbridge) -v- Jill Pierse (Grange)
09:21 Chloe Ryan (Castletroy) -v- Pat Doran (Donabate)
09:30 Danielle McVeigh (RCDL) -v- Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor)
09:39 Sarah Helly (Enniscrone) -v- Louise Coffey (Malone)
09:48 Gillian O'Leary (Cork) -v- Jean O'Driscoll (Muskerry)
09:57 Aedin Murphy (Carlow) -v- Karen O'Neill (Douglas)
10:06 Eileen Rose Power (Kilkenny) -v- Lucy Simpson (Massereene)
10:15 Sarah Murray (Co. Louth) -v- Sue Phillips (Woodbrook)
 Ita Wallace Draw (Plate)
10:24 Mary Leahy Browne (Kilkenny) V Nicola Coffey (Woodbrook)
10:33 Louise Hanratty (Mannan Castle) V Doireann Carney (Galway)
10:42 Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint) V Lily Owens (Malahide)
10:51 Niamh O'Connor (Woodbrook) V Kate Gallagher (Claremorris)
11:00 Eileen O'Brien (Clontarf) V Shannen Brown (The Heath)
11:09 Madeleine Brennan (Carlow) V Niamh Giblin (Dun Laoghaire)
11:18 Emma Murphy (Rosslare) V Niamh Ward (Lurgan)
11:27 Orla Barry (Galway) V Hannah Henderson (Ballyclare)

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