McVeigh sixth in Portuguese Ladies Open
Danielle McVeighRoyal County Down star Daniele McVeigh finished joint sixth in the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Open Championship at the Oceanico O'Connor Jnr Course in Portugal on Sunday.
McVeigh closed with a 70 to finish 10 strokes behind Spain’s Anna Arrese, who overtook pacesetter Lara Katzy of Germany with a five-under-par 67 on the final day.
Katzy closed with a level par 72 to finish second while Wales' Tara Davies signed for a 75 to finish joint fourth and best of the GB&I players, one place ahead of McVeigh.
Cork’s Gillian O’Leary rounded off a great week’s work with a closing 74 to finish joint 24th but Maria Dunne (Skerries), Aedin Murphy (Carlow), Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor), Sarah Cunningham (Ennis), Ciara Butler (Newlands) and Louise Mernagh (Woodenbridge) missed the 14-over-par cut after 54 holes.
The focus now shifts to next month’s Spanish Open with the top amateurs looking to impress the GB&I selectors ahead of April’s Curtis Cup team announcement.
FINAL SCORES - PORTUGUESE WOMEN'S AMATEUR OPEN
283 Anna Arrese (SPA) 72 72 72 67
284 Lara Katzy (GER) 71 70 71 72
288 Noemi Jimenez Martin (SPA) 73 70 72 73
289 Mireia Prat (SPA) 72 76 71 70 Tara Davies (WAL) 71 73 70 75
293 Danielle McVeigh (IRL) 75 71 77 70 Marion Ricordeau (FRA) 72 78 73 70 Klara Spilkova (CZE) 76 74 69 74
294 Manon Gidali (FRA) 74 73 73 74 Caroline Karsten (NED) 74 71 71 78 Ha Rang Lee (SPA) 75 75 73 71
295 Jana Niedballa (GER) 75 79 70 71 Teresa Hermani (SPA) 73 78 72 72 Camilla Hedberg (SPA) 76 77 73 69 Stephanie Kirchmayr (GER) 75 75 73 72 Nina Holleder (GER) 73 74 77 71
296 Laura-Alexandra Stempfle (GER) 76 75 78 67 Adriana Zwanck (SPA) 74 77 71 74 Marieke Nivard (NED) 75 72 75 74 Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 71 74 77 74 Audrey Riguelle (FRA) 75 77 76 68
297 Ainhoa Olarra Mujika (SPA) 75 75 72 75 Margot Ivanoff (FRA) 72 78 73 74
298 Gillian O Leary (IRL) 76 73 75 74 Holly Clyburn (ENG) 70 78 74 76 Perrine Petit (FRA) 74 76 74 74
299 Inés Lescudier (FRA) 75 75 73 76 Maria Parron Alferez (SPA) 81 73 74 71
300 Julie Yang (SKR) 71 78 79 72 Laure Castelain (FRA) 79 72 70 79 Manon Molle (FRA) 76 74 75 75 Jess Wilcox (ENG) 75 78 73 74 Luna Sobron Galmes (SPA) 78 71 78 73 Linda Henriksson (FIN) 77 78 73 72
301 Anna-Lena Kramer (GER) 76 80 73 72 Amy Boulden (WAL) 75 78 72 76 Karolin Lampert (GER) 73 77 76 75
302 Merle Kasperek (GER) 76 73 78 75
305 Samantha Birks (WAL) 78 75 75 77 Mathilde Cassaignau (FRA) 76 75 78 76 Laura Murray (SCO) 74 76 76 79
NON-QUALIFIERS
230 Chloé Leurquim 78 74 78 Ariane Provot 72 79 79
231 Marrion Duvernay 77 80 74 Inês Diaz-Negrete 77 77 77
232 Rocio Sanchez 79 77 76 Quirine Louise Eijkenboom 72 80 80
233 Clemence Abrahamian 78 77 78
234 Ann-Kathrin Lindner 78 78 78 Natalia Escuriola Martinez 76 76 82 Lourdes Lopez Caballo 73 81 80 Maria Dunne 76 81 77
235 Katherine O Connor 75 82 78 Léa Charpier 77 78 80
236 Marion Kaddouche 77 81 78 Chrisje De Vries 76 77 83 Lena Schaffner 79 81 76
237 Emilie Piquot 79 77 81 Elizabeth Haycock 74 77 86 Justine Dreher 76 80 81 Rachel Elizabeth Drummond 82 81 74
238 Victoria Scherer 81 78 79 Sanna Nuutien 84 75 79 Joana Silva Pinto 84 78 76 Joana Yañez 81 80 77
239 Larissa Skodda 78 80 81 Isabel Gabsa 83 77 79
240 Antonia Scherer 81 80 79 Vicki Troeltsch 81 80 79 Gemma Bradbury 81 81 78
241 Jenny Haggblom 81 81 79 Aedin Murphy 79 82 80
242 Victoria Bradshaw 74 82 86 Justine Sicot 82 78 82
243 Sarah Cunningham 87 81 75 Joelle Van Baarle 79 90 74
245 Rebeca Cunha Ferreira 84 80 81 Maria Elena Rodriguez 79 85 81 Irene Calvo Sanz 86 81 78
246 Laura Lorenzen 80 85 81 Susana Ribeiro 79 87 80 Andrea Vilarasau Amorós 82 85 79
247 Magda Carrilho 81 80 86 Caroline Larsson 83 85 79 Ciara Butler 85 77 85
249 Louise Mernagh 84 83 82
251 Mariana Martins 85 78 88
252 Sofia Câmara 80 87 85
NR Laa Chemarin 76 86 Marta Lampreia 89