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THE Ireland team for the women's home amateur international matches at
The Berkshire Golf Club from August 21 to 23 was announced at the conclusion
of the AIB Irish women's provincial championship on Friday. It is:
ALISON COFFEY (Warrenpoint)
MARTINA GILLEN (Beaverstown)
SINEAD KEANE (Curragh)
TRICIA MANGAN (Ennis)
DARRAGH McGOWAN (Ballybofey & Stranorlar)
HEATHER NOLAN (Shannon)
EILEEN ROSE POWER (Kilkenny)
MARIAN RIORDAN (Tipperary & Ballykisteen)
Captain:
MARY McKENNA (Donabate)
Manager:
SHEENA O'BRIEN KENNEY(Grange)
Reserves:
1 CLAIRE COUGHLAN (Cork)
2 MARIA DUNNE (Skerries)
3 KAREN DELANEY (Carlow)
There are three players new to the home internationals' stage in Darragh
McGowan, Heather Nolan and Marian Riordan. Heather Nolan was beaten in
the final of the Irish girls' championship last year.
Tricia Mangan last played in the Irish home internationals team in 2000.
The four players who have dropped out since the 2001 internationals at
Carlow are Yvonne Cassidy, Claire Coughlan, Elaine Dowdall and Hazel Kavanagh.
The omission of Miss Coughlan is a surprise. She was a member of the Ladies
Golf Union Elite Squad for 2001-2002 and was beaten finalist in last year's
Irish women's championship.
IRISH SQUAD FOR BRITISH STROKE-PLAY
Carlow teenage sisters Tara and Karen Delaney have been rewarded for qualifying
for the match-play stages of the British girls' open championship by being
named in the squad of four players whose scores will count for Ireland
in the international team event played in conjunction with the British
women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Hunstanton Golf Club
from September 11 to 13:
ALISON COFFEY (Warrenpoint).
MAURA MORRIN (Curragh).
TARA DELANEY (Carlow).
KAREN DELANEY (Carlow).
MUNSTER ARE IRELAND'S PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS
AIB IRISH WOMEN'S INTER-PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Mount Wolseley Golf Club, August 7 to 9.
FINAL POINTS TABLE
Winners MUNSTER 3pts
2nd LEINSTER 1 1/2pts
3rd CONNACHT 1pt
4th ULSTER 1/2pt
Final day results:
MUNSTER 7 1/2, CONNACHT 3 1/2
Foursomes (2-1)
Claire Coughlan & Mary Sheehy lost to Darragh McGowan & Ruth Lennon
1 hole.
Eileen Rose Power & Marian Riordan beat Suzanne Corcoran & Michelle
Holmes 2 and 1.
Tricia Mangan & Gillian O'Leary beat Deirdre Judge & Sarah Gallagher
3 and 1.
Singles (5 1/2-2 1/2)
Claire Coughlan halved with Darragh McGowan.
Tricia Mangan beat Michelle Holmes 2 holes.
Marian Riordan beat Ruth Lennon 2 and 1.
Eileen Rose Power halved with Suzanne Corcoran.
Mary Sheehy beat Rita Mc Goldrick 4 and 3.
Sheila Galvin halved with Tara de Courcey.
Gillian O' Leary beat Sarah Gallagher 5 and 4.
Bridget Gleeson Healy lost to Deirdre Judge 6 and 5.
LEINSTER 9 1/2, ULSTER 1 1/2
Foursomes (3-0):
Jenny Gannon & Sinead Keane beat Helen Jones & Naoimh Quigg 1
hole.
Martina Gillen & Sue Philips beat Caroline Smyth & Jill McAuley
7 and 6.
Mary Dowling & Deirdre Smith beat Emma Dickson & Gemma Hegarty
4 and 3.
Singles (6 1/2-1/2):
Sinead Keane beat Helen Jones 3 and 2.
Martina Gillen lost to Emma Dickson 2 and 1.
Sue Phillips beat Naoimh Quigg 2 and 1.
Maria Dunne beat Caroline Smyth 6 and 4.
Mary Dowling beat Gemma Hegarty 6 and 4.
Deirdre Smith beat Jill McAuley 6 and 5.
Laura Morrin beat Brenda Mc Larnon 2 and 1.
Jenny Gannon & Nikki Moore (halved match due to withdrawal of Moore
because of illness)
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