Irish girls go down fighting at Donabate

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Annabel Wilson. Picture: Pat Cashman

Ireland lost 4-5 to England on the opening day of the Girls Home International Matches at Donabate as Wales beat Scotland 7-2.

But the title is still very much up for grabs and there were many positives to take from the opening day from the 2-1 win in the foursomes to some superb singles performances from the likes of Lurgan's Annabel Wilson and Niamh McSherry and Killarney's Mairead Martin.

Ireland play Wales on Thursday hoping that Scotland can do them a favour against England

2014 LGU Season Girls' Home International Matches Donabate Golf Club 6th - 8th August 2014

Day 1    Ireland vs England    Ireland Pts Score Holes Score Pts England FOURSOMES Mary Doyle Olivia Mehaffey     17 3&1 1 India Clyburn Sophie Keech (A) »» Julie McCarthy Niamh McSherry 1 3&2 16     Alice Hewson Emma Allen »» Chloe Weir Ciara Casey 1 4&3 15     Sophie Lamb Inci Mehmet (A) »» Ireland 2   1 England SINGLES Mary Doyle     16 4&2 1 India Clyburn »» Olivia Mehaffey     17 3&1 1 Alice Hewson »» Annabel Wilson ½ A/S 18 A/S ½ Hollie Muse »» Chloe Weir     15 4&3 1 Elizabeth Prior (A) »» Mairead Martin 1 2&1 17     Sophie Lamb »» Niamh McSherry ½ A/S 18 A/S ½ Sophie Keech (A) »» Ireland 2   4 England   Ireland 4   5 England    Wales vs Scotland    Wales Pts Score Holes Score Pts Scotland FOURSOMES Jordan Ryan Sadie Dewinton-Davies 1 3&2 16     Lauren Whyte Connie Jaffrey »» Angharad Evans Bethan Morris 1 3&1 17     Mirren Fraser Joanne Free »» Megan Lockett Georgia Lewis 1 1 UP 18     Clara Young Heather Munro »» Wales 3   0 Scotland SINGLES Sadie Dewinton-Davies     14 5&4 1 Connie Jaffrey »» Angharad Evans 1 5&4 14     Hazel MacGarvie »» Georgia Lewis 1 7&6 12     Shannon Mcwilliam »» Bethan Morris 1 5&4 14     Heather Munro »» Jordan Ryan 1 4&3 15     Clara Young »» Megan Lockett     18 1 UP 1 Lauren Whyte »» Wales 4   2 Scotland   Wales 7   2 Scotland

Day 2    Scotland vs England    Scotland Pts Score Holes Score Pts England FOURSOMES Clara Young Shannon Mcwilliam           India Clyburn Sophie Keech (A) »» Lauren Whyte Connie Jaffrey           Alice Hewson Sophie Lamb »» Heather Munro Hazel MacGarvie           Emma Allen Elizabeth Prior (A) »» Scotland 0   0 England   Scotland 0   0 England    Wales vs Ireland    Wales Pts Score Holes Score Pts Ireland FOURSOMES Lucy Jones Nicola Wainwright           Mary Doyle Olivia Mehaffey »» Bethan Morris Angharad Evans           Chloe Weir Ciara Casey »» Megan Lockett Georgia Lewis           Annabel Wilson Mairead Martin »» Wales 0   0 Ireland   Wales 0   0 Ireland

Overall Standings Team Pts Won Halved Lost    Wales 7 7 0 2    England 5 4 2 3    Ireland 4 3 2 4    Scotland 2 2 0 7

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