IRISH WOMEN'S INTER-PROVINCIAL MATCHES

Castle Dargan Golf Resort
3-5 April 2013

Points Table (after day 1)
Munster 1
Ulster ½
Leinster ½
Connacht 0

Draw for Day 2 - Thursday 4th April
Leinster -v- Munster (1st tee)09:00 Karen Delaney & Maria Dunne -v- Emma O'Driscoll & Laura McCarthy
09:10 Amy Farrell & Carla Reynolds -v- Gillian O'Leary & Sarah Cunningham
09:20 Aedin Murphy & Deirdre Smith -v- Chloe Ryan & Sinead Sexton

Ulster -v- Connacht (9th tee)
09:00 Leona Maguire & Lisa Maguire -v- Darragh McGowan & Shannon Burke
09:10 Paula Grant & Jessica Carty -v- Clodagh Hopkins & Suzanne Corcoran
09:20 Lucy Simpson & Jessica Ross -v- Fiona Moclair & Ann Cassidy

Day 1 - Wednesday 3rd April
Munster with a clinical short game won all three foursomes matches against Connacht.    Laura McCarthy and Aoife Lowry gave Munster the perfect start winning 6 and 4 while  the young partnership of Sinead Sexton and Chloe Ryan birdied the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 10th to closed out their match on the twelfth leaving the experienced pairing of Gillian O’Leary and Sarah Cunningham who started and finished with birdies to defeat Connacht’s Anne McCormack and Darragh McGowan 4 and 3.
Munster stayed on course to challenge for the trophy with a convincing defeat of Connacht in the singles.  Jean O’Driscoll survived a scare from up and coming Connacht star Shannon Burke(Ballinrobe) who levelled the match on the seventeenth but Jean held a good par putt on the last to win the match.  Emma O’Driscoll who was rested in the morning came out strong to dispatch of Anne McCormack while Laura McCarthy, Chloe Ryan and Sinead Sexton continued to impress Laura winning 1up and Chloe and Sinead both recording 4 and 3 wins.  Darragh McGowan’s win against Aoife Lowry gives Connacht encouragement going forward.

Leinster took a one match  advantage into their singles encounter again Ulster.  Amy Farrell and Carla Reynolds against Ulster’s Paula Grant and Jessica Carty was match of the day with the Leinster pair closing out the match on the seventeenth 4 under par against Ulster’s 2 under.  Earlier in the morning the Maguire twins comfortably beat Karen Delaney and Maria Dunne while the last match was a nip and tuck affair with excellent putting from both sides with Leinster edging ahead to win by 2 and 1.
Ulster staged a comeback in the singles against with Leona Maguire, Lisa Maguire and Paula Grant taking the top three matches and Lucy Simpson following in with a half against Mary Doyle to swing the balance in their favour.  However, Leinster not to be outdone halved the overall encounter with both Aedin Murphy and Deirdre Smith recording crucial wins.

Connacht 1 - 8 Munster
Foursomes
Clodagh Hopkins & Fiona Moclair lost to Laura McCarthy & Aoife Lowry 6&4
Anne McCormack & Darragh McGowan lost to Gillian O’Leary & Sarah Cunningham 4&3
Niamh Kitching & Ann Cassidy lost to Sinead Sexton & Chloe Ryan 7&6
Singles
Shannon Burke lost to Jean O'Driscoll 1up
Suzanne Corcoran lost to Laura McCarthy 1up
Anne McCormack lost to Emma O'Driscoll 6&5
Darragh McGowan beat Aoife Lowry 2&1
Ann Cassidy lost to Chloe Ryan 4&3
Niamh Kitching lost to Sinead Sexton 4&3

Ulster 4½ - 4½ Leinster (9th tee)
FoursomesLeona Maguire & Lisa Maguire beat Karen Delaney & Maria Dunne 5&4
Paula Grant & Jessica Carty lost to Amy Farrell & Carla Reynolds 3&1
Louise Coffey & Victoria Bradshaw lost to Aedin Murphy & Deirdre Smith 2&1
Singles
Leona Maguire beat Maria Dunne 5&3
Lisa Maguire beat Ariana Coyle Diez 2&1
Paula Grant beat Carla Reynolds 2&1
Lucy Simpson halved with Mary Doyle
Jessica Carty lost to Aedin Murphy 2&1
Louise Coffey lost to Deirdre Smith 4&3

Sandra Barnett

Irish Ladies Golf Union

103-105 Q House, 76 Furze Road

Sandyford Industrial Estate

Dublin 18

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