Kanturk ladies turn on the style on international stage

TWO Kanturk sports women have been turning on the style at international level in their respective sports.

The great solo run from Michelle Finn at the Meeting de l’Eure in Normandy, with a PB of 4:15.23 in the 1500m, which posted her 14th best time for Irish ladies guaranteed her selection on the Irish Team for the upcoming European Championships, which starts on March 5th in Torun. Michelle will represent Ireland in the Women’s 3,000m.

We wish Michelle and the Irish team the best of luck at the Championships.

Meanwhile, Kanturk’s Mairead Martin fired a final round three-under-par 69 as the University of Louisville women’s golf team finished in 10th place at the Moon Golf Invitational on Tuesday in Florida.

The Cardinals closed the final round by shooting a 3-over-par 291 to finish the tournament at five-over-par with South Carolina taking the title with a score of 24-under-par, while LSU finished second at 18-under-par.

Martin, Lauren Hartlage and Hana Ryskova each tied for 13th place overall by shooting a 1-under-par 215. The Kanturk amateur, who carded rounds of 73, 73 over the first two days saved her best stuff for last, shooting up the leaderboard with five birdies on the final day.

It’s a great performance by the Cardinals Junior who appeared in all five events last season for her team, finishing third on the Louisville line-up with a 73.29 stroke average. She registered one top-5 and one top-10 last year and looks to be returning to some of her best form having twice shot rounds of 68 during her Sophomore year.

Martin led home the Irish challenge at the event that saw Auburn’s Anna Foster (Elm Park) return an encouraging performance with a share of 31st. The Auburn Tiger returned rounds of 74, 71 and 73 for a two-over tally with Douglas’ Sara Byrne (Miami) carding her best rounds of the week, a four-over 76 on the final day.