Double tops as Gertie adds Senior Close to Open title
The Island’s Gertie McMullen completed a national double when she defeated leading qualifier Mary MacLaren from Royal Portrush to win her first Irish Senior Women's Close Championship at Castletroy on Friday.
McMullen raced ahead early to lead by three holes at the turn, a deficit that MacLaren could not close and while holes were exchanged over the back nine, McMullen closed out the match on the 16th green adding the 2015 Seniors Close title to her 2013 Open title won at Castlerock.
In the Plate, Nenagh's Catherine Bird defeated Slieve Russell's Ann Monteith on the home green to win her first Plate championship.
Irish Senior Women's Close Championship
Semi-finals
Mary MacLaren (Royal Portrush) beat Laura Webb (East Berkshire) 1up
Suzanne Corcoran (Portumna) lost to Gertie McMullen (The Island) 5/3
Final
Gertie McMullen (The Island) bt Mary MacLaren (Royal Portrush) 3/2.
Irish Senior Women's Close Plate
Semi-finals
Catherine Bird (Nenagh) beat Niamh Giblin (Dun Laoghaire) 2/1
Fionnuala McGrady (Dunmurry) lost to Ann Monteith (Slieve Russell) 5/4
Final
Catherine Bird (Nenagh) beat Ann Monteith (Slieve Russell) 1up