Ireland turn on style and demolish England

IRELAND made a flying start to their bid for a first Women’s Home International title for six years when they demolished England in the sunshine over the Whitchurch course in Cardiff yesterday.

Having won the foursomes 2-1, the Irish produced a scintillating singles performance to win all six matches for an overall 8-1 victory- an amazing achievement.

With the foursomes poised at one match apiece there came a pivotal moment. Ireland looked like lunching 2-1 down when in the third match Gillian O’Leary and Sinead O’Sullivan were two down with four to play to Nikki Foster and Charlie Douglass. But then the Irish pair won three holes on the bounce to go in front and held on at the last for a point.