OLIVIA MEHAFFEY LEADING QUALIFIER FOR IRISH GIRLS' MATCH PLAY

Junior Vagliano Trophy player Olivia Mehaffey (Royal County Down Ladies) won the Muwick Cup as leading qualifier for the match play stages at the Irish Girls Close Championship at Ballyliffin Golf Club today.  

In perfect conditions, Olivia was a level of consistency with two rounds of 70 for a four-under-par total of 140 which included nine birdies and an eagle.  

Mary Doyle (The Heath) finished runner up with a level par total of 144 which included eight birdies.
MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS

Par 144 (2x72) CSS 73 73
140 Olivia Mehaffey (RCD Ladies) 70 70
144 Mary Doyle (The Heath) 73 71
150 Julie McCarthy (Forrest Little) 73 77
151 Hannah Henderson (Ballyclare) 74 77
153 Niamh McSherry (Lurgan) 78 75
154 Rachael McDonnell (Elm Park) 78 76 Meadhbh Doyle (Portarlington) 77 77
155 Chloe Weir (Shandon Park) 80 75 Laura Doherty (Howth) 77 78
157 Gemma McCarthy (Clonmel) 82 75 Kate Whyte (Lucan) 75 82 158 Shannon Burke (Ballinrobe) 80 78 Tara Whelan (East Clare) 79 79 Eleanor Metcalfe (Laytown and Bettystown) 79 79 Rachel Taylor (Laytown and Bettystown) 77 81 Shannon Heerey (Headfort) 76 82

Championship Draw
08:30 Mehaffey v Heerey.
08:48 McSherry v Burke    
08:57 Whelan v Henderson    
09:06 McCarthy v Metcalfe    
09:15 Whyte v McDonnell    
09:24 Doyle v McCarthy    
09:33 Taylor v Doyle  

 PLATE QUALIFIERS
159 Ariana Coyle Diez (Elm Park) 80 79, Maeve Kelly (Castle Dargan) 75 84
160 Niamh Ward (Lurgan) 84 76 (not available for match play)
163 Ciara Magill (East Clare) 80 83
166 Mairead Martin (Killarney) 84 82, Caitriona Griffin (Killarney) 84 82 Judithe Allen (Ballyclare) 84 82, Annabel Wilson (Lurgan) 82 84
167 Katie Aherne (Waterford Castle) 83 84, Blaithin O'Brien (Roscommon) 81 86
168 Clare Calvert (RCD Ladies) 83 85, Clodagh Jones (Roscrea) 82 86 Ciara Casey (Hermitage) 79 89
169 Zoe Collins (Caversham Heath) 82 87
171 Valerie Clancy (Killarney) 87 84
172 Rachel Thompson (Cork) 87 85, Noreen Maloney (Oughterard) 86 86 
PLATE DRAW

09:42 Coyle Diez v Maloney
09:51 O'Brien v Aherne
10:00 Griffin v Casey
10:09 Collins v Martin
10:18 Magill v Clancy
10:27 Jones v Allen
10:36 Wilson v Calvert
10:45 Thompson v Kelly

A Stableford competition will commence for the non qualifiers at 11am

Non-qualifers
174 Victoria Craig (Royal Belfast) 90 84, Lisa O'Shea (Shannon) 85 89
175 Maeve Rooney (Co. Sligo) 92 83 Nicola Rainsford (Killarney) 87 88
176 Molly Dowling (Lucan) 90 86
178 Karen McLaughlin (Ballyliffin) 91 87, Elisa Corcoran (Grange) 89 89 Niamh Cronin (Co. Sligo) 88 90, Laura McCaw (Royal Belfast) 85 93
179 Hilary O'Driscoll (Muskerry) 89 90
182 Maeve Cummins (Lurgan) 89 93, Alice Hutchinson (St. Anne's) 88 94
183 Ellen O'Gorman (Milltown) 94 89, Jenny McCooke (Galgorm Castle) 94 89, Megan Evans (Porters Park) 93 90, Sophie Harrison (Killeen Castle) 82 101
184 Jill Jennings (Carlow) 95 89, Lauren Walsh (Castlewarden) 95 89 Bethany Thornbury (Tandragee) 91 93, Clodagh Walsh (Castlewarden) 85 99
185 Louise Bickerstaffe (Scrabo) 90 95
186 Elizabeth Kinsella-Kent (Faithlegg) 88 98
187 Sara Browne (Kilkenny) 96 91
188 Laura Ryan (Dun Laoghaire) 96 92
189 Emma McTernan (Co. Sligo) 96 93
190 Sarah O'Reilly (Milltown) 100 90
192 Emma Elliott (Faithlegg) 96 96
194 Eibhlin McCarthy (Killorglin) 102 92
196 Amy O'Donnell (Royal Portrush) 104 92
198 Jenna Coleman (Tramore) 97 101 Nicole Dawson (Milltown) 93 105
203 Caoilainn Bushell (Co. Longford) 106 97

Sandra Barnett

Irish Ladies Golf Union