Catalonia v. Ireland
HISTORIC FIRST VICTORY FOR CATALONIA OVER THE IRISH
After ten years and nine international encounters Catalonia has finally recorded a win over Ireland. In a friendly international match this weekend at Platja d'Aro, a brilliant performance by the Catalans in the Sunday singles saw the locals record a 10-6 verdict. The scores were level after day 1, 4 matches each. Ireland led 3-1 after the foursomes but the home side shaded the afternoon fourballs to tie the match overnight. Inspired by long serving Marc Lloret who beat Ireland's No. 1 Ray Murphy in the bottom singles and encouraged by big wins by Joan Perich and Dani Coleman, Catalonia won six of the eight individual jousts to record a famous victory.
FOURSOMES
Catalan names first
Jordi Serra & Daniel Gimenez beat Geraldine Ward & Ray Murphy 1up
Marçal Moré & Marc Garcia lost to John Cahill & Darren O'Reilly 6&5
Salvador Garangou & Joan Perich lost to Sean Downes & John Walsh 3&2
Daniel Coleman & Marc Lloret lost to Chris Scannell & Sean Harkins 2&1
Catalonia 1 Ireland 3
FOURBALLS
Catalan names first
Jordi Serra & Daniel Gimenez beat Geraldine Ward & Chris Scannell 1up
Salvador Garangou & Joan Perich beat Darren O'Reilly & Sean Harkins 1 up
Marçal Moré & Marc Garcia lost to Sean Downes & John Walsh 1 up
Daniel Coleman & Marc Lloret beat Ray Murphy & John Cahill 3&2
Catalonia 3 Ireland 1
Saturday overnight Catalonia 4 Ireland 4
SINGLES
Catalan names first
Daniel Gimenez beat John Cahill 3&2
Jordi Serra lost to Sean Harkins 2up
Marçal Moré beat Chris Scannell 2up
Joan Perich beat Darren O'Reilly 6&5
Daniel Coleman beat Geraldine Ward 6&5
Marc Garcia beat Sean Downes 3&2
Salvador Garangou lost to John Walsh 3&2
Marc Lloret beat Ray Murphy 2up
Catalonia 6 Ireland 2
Overall Result Catalonia 10 Ireland 6
