THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD TWIN SISTERS
MEET IN IRISH FINAL

Lisa and Leona Maguire, the 13-year-old twin sisters from the Slieve Russell Golf Club in Co Carlow will meet this afternoon in the final of the Lancome Irish women's amateur golf championship at Westport Golf Club.
The "dream final" followed Lisa's 3 and 2 victory over Gemma Hegarty (Greencastle) in this morning's first semi-final and Leona's 4 and 3 win against Dawn Marie Conaty (Ashbourne) in the second semi-final.

SUMMARIES OF SEMI-FINALS

On a cold, wet and windy final day in Westport the first semi final with Lisa Maguire playing Gemma Hegarty (Greencastle) was all square until the fifth th hole where Lisa went one up with a par. Lisa increased her lead to four up after the 13th with par golf, but Gemma reduced the deficit to three holes on the 14th. However, by the 16th hole Lisa was dormie three and won the match 3 and 2

Leona Maguire started brightly with a birdie on the first hole against Ashbourne’s Dawn Marie Conaty and was twho up through six holes. Dawn Marie birdied the eighth but Leona went on to win the 10th, 11th and 12th in pars and won the match on the 15th by a 4 and 3 margin.