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TWO of the brightest young talents in Clare ladies amateur golf, Sarah Cunningham and Ciara Pender were in action for Munster in Girls Inter- provincial at Bangor last week.
Over the three days, Cunningham played in six games, in both four- somes and singles. She took three points out of a possible six from matches against Ulster, Connacht and Leinster opposition. Pender palyed in four matches, takes two points out of a possible four.
However, Munster’s hope of win- ning the title really perished on the first day when they went down by 7-1 to defending champions Ulster. Indeed, Ulster were in imperious form all week, claiming the title for the fourth year in a row on the back of further victories over Leinster and Connacht.
Ulster beat Leinster on day two by
6 1/2 to 1 1/2, while they finished off the competition in style on their home ground by whitewashing Con- nacht on a scoreline of 8-0.
Meanwhile, Cunningham, who is a scholarship student in St Patrick’s College in Maynooth played solidly all week. On day two she teamed up with Laura McCarthy in the four- somes to beat Connacht’s Hannah O’Connor and Sarah Helly by 4 & 3. Then in the afternoon singles she beat Carmel O’Connor by 5 & 4. Pender beat Leah Kerr by 7 & 6.
In the final day, Munster scored a 7-1 win over Leinster, with Cun- ningham playing her part when her- self and Laura McCarthy beat Carla Reynolds and Patrice Delaney 2 &l, while in the afternoon singles Pender scoreda one hole victory over Rebec- cas Mulholland.
Both Cunningham and Pender were on the Ennis team that won the All- Ireland senior cup last year.