Child star in semi-finals of Ladie's Championship

Child star Lisa Maguire has blasted her way into the semi-finals of

the Lancôme Irish Ladies’ Close Championship at Lahinch.

The 12-year-old from Slieve Russell beat Limerick's Catherine Tucker

4 and 3 and then thrashed The Curragh's Sinead Keane 5 and 4 to set

up a semi-final clash with Tipperary's Marian Riordan on Wednesday.

Defending champion Tricia McDonnell’s hopes of securing a third

successive Ladies Close victory ended in a 19th hole second round

defeat to Irish International Sinead O’Sullivan from Galway.

But O'Sullivan had no answer to Riordan's brilliance in the quarter-

finals, losing 6 and 5 after trailing by three holes at the turn.

In the top half of the draw, Carlow's Karen Delaney beat 2004

champion Deirdre Smith 4 and 2 and face Maura Morrin, who beat

Delaney's sister Tara one up.

Irish Ladies Close Championship, Lahinch

Second round

Tara Delaney (Carlow) beat Holli Snelling (Killarney) 3/2

Maura Morrin (The Curragh) beat Mary Dowling (New Ross) 1up Deirdre Smith (Co. Louth) beat Dawn Marie Conaty (Ashbourne) 5/4 Karen Delaney (Carlow) beat Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) 2/1 Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) beat Catherine Tucker (Limerick) 4/3 Sinead Keane (The Curragh) beat Maria Dunne (Skerries) 3/2 Marian Riordan (Tipperary) beat Eileen Rose Power (Kilkenny) 5/4 Sinead O'Sullivan (Galway) beat Tricia McDonnell (Ennis) at 19th

Quarter-finals

Maura Morrin (The Curragh) beat Tara Delaney (Carlow) 1 up Karen Delaney (Carlow) beat Deirdre Smith (Co. Louth) 4/3 Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) beat Sinead Keane (The Curragh) 5/4 Marian Riordan (Tipperary) beat Sinead O'Sullivan (Galway) 6/5

Semi-finals

(9.0) Maura Morrin v Karen Delaney

(9.10) Lisa Maguire v Marian Riordan.

Ita Wallace Trophy

Semi-finals

Sarah Carty (The Island) beat Anne McCormack (Roscommon) 19th Helen Jones (Strabane) beat Jean Farrell (Youghal) 19th

Final

Helen Jones (Strabane) bt Sarah Carty (The Island) 4/3.