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The Connacht Ladies Interprovincial Team who will contest this year’s series of matches at Castle Dargan GC Ballygawley Co. Sligo on April 3-5 is as follows: Connacht Ladies Interprovincial Team Burke       Shannen (Ballinrobe) Cassidy   Anne (Portumna) Corcoran  Suzanne (Portumna) Hopkins    Clodagh (Woodbrook) Kitching    Niamh (Limerick) McCormack  Anne (Roscommon) McGowan  Darragh (Ballybofey/Stranorlar) Moclair    Fiona (Ballinasloe) Team Captain: Mrs. Eileen Mac Mullen

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The 2013 Interprovincial matches will take place in Castle Dargan G.C. Ballygawley, Co. Sligo on April 3rd -5th.     The Munster Team , (in alphabetical order) is as follows: TEAM:                  1.Sarah Cunningham :  Ennis G.C. 2.Aoife Lowrey :           Tipperary G.C. 3.Emma O’Driscoll :       Ballybunion  G.C 4.Jean O’Driscoll :         Muskerry G.C. 5.Gillian O’Leary  :        The Island G.C. 6.Laura  Mc Carthy:      Muskerry G.C. 7.Chloe Ryan :             Castletroy G.C. 8 Sinead Sexton :         Lahinch  G.C. Reserve : Jenny Hennessy:         Ennis G.C. TEAM CAPTAIN:        MARGARET HAYES

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26 February 2013 2012 Champions Leinster (pictured) will defend their Women’s Interprovincial title at Castle Dargan, 3-5 April 2013. This year’s team will be captained by Past International Sinead Keane (The Curragh). Sinead represented Ireland at senior level from 1999 through 2004 and more recently captained the 2009 & 2010 Girls’ European Team Championships to great success winning the Gold & Silver medals in consecutive years. TEAM LEINSTER Ariana Coyle Diez (Elm Park) Karen Delaney (Carlow) Mary Dowling ...

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The 2013 Interprovincial matches will take place in Castle Dargan G.C. Ballygawley, Co. Sligo on April 3rd -5th Team: (In alphabetical order) 1. Victoria Bradshaw – Bangor 2. Jessica Carty – Holywood 3. Louise Coffey – Malone 4. Paula Grant – Lisburn 5. Leona Maguire – Slieve Russell 6. Lisa Maguire – Slieve Russell 7. Jessica Ross – Donaghadee 8. Lucy Simpson – Massereene Reserves: 1. Kelsey Coey – Clandeboye 2. Laura Grant – Lisburn 3. Cloe Weir – Shandon ...

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28 February 2013 Ireland’s Chloe Ryan, Ireland’s sole participant, finished 64th after the qualifying rounds of the Spanish Amateur Championship at Pula in Mallorca. In a field of 98 players, after an opening round of 85 she left herself an uphill battle to fight on day two. Although improving by 4 strokes, her 81 was still too shy of a pair of 79s which would have seen her into Friday’s matchplay round of 32. France’s Shannon Aubert led ...

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Sunday 3 February 2013 – Queensland, Australia — Australian Karrie Webb won the Volvik RACV Ladies Masters for an incredible eighth time and in doing so she equals Sam Snead’s record of winning the same event eight times. Snead won the Greater Greensboro Open eight times in a run spanning four decades. Webb first won at RACV Royal Pines in 1998 and her most recent victory was in 2010. Webb, who started the final round two shots behind ...

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Rolex Rankings No. 8 Jiyai Shin outdueled Lydia Ko and held off a surging world No. 1 Yani Tseng to capture the ISPS Handa Australian Women’s Open at Royal Canberra Golf Club. Shin stamped her authority on the championship when she hit a perfectly executed lob wedge chip shot into the 14th hole from thick rough. The 24-year-old South Korean had stood on the 14th tee tied with the 15-year-old Ko at 16 under par, but Ko ...

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Course records were shattered in both the Ladies’ and Men’s categories in the second event in the 2012-2013 Intervarsity Series at Strandhill.  University of Ulster student, Paula Grant carded a two-under par 70, a new Ladies Course Record, to cruise to a five-shot victory over Amy Farrell (DCU) and Sinead Sexton (NUIM).  Grant also won the opening intervarsity series event, played in November at Carton House and has now opened a comfortable lead at the ...

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Portuguese Senior Ladies Open 04 February 2013    Sheena McElroy produced rounds of 78 and 76 to win the Portuguese Senior Ladies Open by 3 shots. Mary Madden (Ballinasloe) and Kate Evans (Frilford Heath) both also finished in the top 10. There were 120 playing in the tournament with 20 in category Par 73 154 Sheena McElroy (Grange) 78, 76       157 Minna Kaarnalathti (Fin) 78, 79 159 Sue Dye (Eng) 83, 76 161 Beatrice Ramirez De Hardo (Spa) 82, 79 162 Annie Gowing (Eng) ...

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Kenmare Golf Club’s  Two Sisters Golf Tournament was once again kindly sponsored by: Finbarr Cotter Newbridge Silverware Cork. Winners of the 2012 event were Killarney sisters Noreen Coffey & Mary O’ Rourke with a fantastic score of 83. 2nd: Angela Brosnan & Clara Brosnan Kenmare 83 3rd: Geraldine McCarthy & Jenny McCarthy Mallow 81. 4th: Noreen Crowley & Marie James Kenmare/Enfield UK 81, 5th: Orla Buckley & Niam Sheehan Lisselan 80. 6th: Pudge O’ Reilly& Carmel Horgan Ballybunion/Arklow 80. 7th: Christina Foley & Grace ...

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