LANCOME IRISH WOMEN'S CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP - CARLOW G C

Charlene Reid (Royal Portrush)

defeats holder Mary Dowling

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On a day of horrendous weather Carlow’s Karen Delaney made steady progress in the Lancôme Championship, defeating Ariana Coyle Diez (Elm Park) in their second round match.
Karen will take on Deirdre Smith (Co Louth), who herself won the Championship in The Island in 2004.
Charlene Reid (Royal Portrush), pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, caused the upset of the day in beating reigning champion Mary Dowling. On paper the match was likely to be a tight encounter and it was, but Charlene had a two-hole advantage at the turn and held on to win on the 17th green.
Danielle McVeigh has progressed steadily all week. Coming from Newcastle, Co Down, she is certainly used to windy conditions and crushed Louise Coffey by winning the first four holes.
In conditions where it was hard to judge club selection Danielle got it spot and earned a well deserved quarter final berth against Louise Mernagh. Louise, despite being four down after four, edged out Chloe Ryan, this time Chloe losing out on the first tie hole.
Aedin Murphy once again kept Carlow hopes of the title very much alive, in a match against another favourite on paper, Gillian O’Leary. There was a never more than a hole in it. Aedin eagled the 16th to go ahead and then had a super chip and putt on 17 to remain one up. She held out to win the match on the home green.
Eileen Rose Power's experience, course management and putting in tough conditions earned her a fine 6 and 5 win and a quarter final against Aedin Murphy.


RESULTS
Round 1
Karen Delaney (Carlow) bt Rebecca Tully (Holywood) 6 and 5.
Ariana Coyle Diez (Elm Park) bt Sheena McElroy (Grange) 1 hole.
Alison Taylor (Malahide) w.o. Victoria Craig (Clandeboye) scr. 
Deirdre Smith (Co. Louth) bt Jennifer Russell (Belvoir Park) 6 and 5.
Charlene Reid (Royal Portrush) bt Catherine Reilly (The Heath) 1 hole.
Mary Dowling (New Ross) bt Gertle McMullen (Island) 3 and 2.
Patrice Delaney (Birr) bt Ciara Butler (Newlands) 2 and 1.
Anne McCormack (Roscommon) lost to Helen Jones (Strabane) 1 hole. 
Louise Mernagh (Woodenbridge) bt Jill Pierse (Grange) 5 and 3.
Chloe Ryan (Castletroy) bt Pat Doran (Donabate) at 21st.
Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co Down Ladies) bt Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor) 2 and 1.
Louise Coffey (Malone) bt Sarah Helly (Enniscrone) 2 holes. 
Gillian O'Leary (Cork) bt Jean O'Driscoll (Muskerry) 4 and 2.
Aedin Murphy (Carlow) bt Karen O'Neill (Douglas) 1 hole.
Eileen Rose Power (Kilkenny) bt Lucy Simpson (Massereene) 1 hole. 
Sarah Murray (C. Louth) bt Sue Phillips (Woodbrook) 6 and 4.

ROUND 2
K Delaney bt Diez 5 and 4.
Smith bt Taylor 4 and 3.
Reid bt Dowling 2 and 1.
P Delaney bt Jones 1 hole.
Mernagh bt Ryan at 19th.
McVeigh bt Coffey 7 and 6.
Murphy bt O'Leary 1 hole.
Power bt Murray 6 and 5.

ITA WALLACE TROPHY (Second Flight match-play)
FIRST ROUND
Mary Leahy Browne (Kilkenny) lost to Nicola Coffey (Woodbrook) 2 and 1.
Louise Hanratty (Mannan Castle) lost to Doireann Carney (Galway) 2 and 1.
Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint) bt Lily Owens (Malahide) 5 and 3.
Niamh O'Connor (Woodbrook) lost to Kate Gallagher (Claremorris) 1 hole.
Eileen O'Brien (Clontarf) bt Shannen Brown (The Heath) 2 and 1.
Madeleine Brennan (Carlow) lost to Niamh Giblin (Dun Laoghaire) 3 and 2.
Emma Murphy (Rosslare) bt Niamh Ward (Lurgan) 3 and 2.
Orla Barry (Galway) lost to Hannah Henderson (Ballyclare) 2 and 1.

QUARTER-FINALS
Nicola Coffey (Woodbrook) bt Doireann Carney (Galway) 5 and 4.
Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint) bt Kate Gallagher (Claremorris) 8 and 6.
Eileen O'Brien (Clontarf) lost to Niamh Giblin (Dun Laoghaire) 2 and 1.
Emma Murphy (Rosslare) lost to Hannah Henderson (Ballyclare) 2 and 1