IRELAND WIN TEAM EVENT AT PRESTWICK

Ireland won the international team event run in conjunction with the first two rounds of the British women's open amateur stroke play championship at Prestwick
Paula Grant (Lisburn) and the Maguire twins, Leona and Lisa, from the Slieve Russell Club, totalled 290 - five strokes ahead of runners-up England (Bronte Law, Lauren Taylor and Sarah-Jane Boyd) with Italy (297) in third place.
Scotland (Eilidh Briggs, Gemma Dryburgh and Alyson McKechin) finished fourth on 299 while Wales (Amy Boulden, Becky Harries and Sam Birks) were last of the five competing nations on 301

FINAL TOTALS
290 IRELAND (Paula Grant 79 73, Leona Maguire 76 70, Lisa Maguire 71 80)

295 ENGLAND (Bronte Law 77 76, Lauren Taylor 76 74, Sarah-Jane Boyd 78 68).

297 ITALY (Roberta Liti 72 70, Martina Flori 85 74, Camilla Mortigliengo 81 79)

299 SCOTLAND (Eilidh Briggs 82 76, Gemma Dryburgh 72 72, Alyson McKechin 79 78)

301 WALES (Amy Boulden 72 77, Becky Harries 82 72, Sam Birks 80 86).