Maguire twins named in senior squad

Lisa and Leona Maguire have been named in the Great Britain and Ireland senior squad for the Vagliano Trophy against the Continent…

Lisa and Leona Maguire have been named in the Great Britain and Ireland senior squad for the Vagliano Trophy against the Continent of Europe in Hamburg next July.

The gifted teenagers from Slieve Russell, who turn 14 at the end of the month, join Tara Delaney (Carlow), Danielle McVeigh (Royal County Down) and Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) in the side for the match in Germany.

Leona is the current Irish women's amateur champion, having beaten Lisa in the final. Lisa is the Irish girls' champion, and won this year's European Junior Masters' girls' championship, beating Leona into second place.

Their Masters' performances also earned them both automatic selection for Europe in the Junior Ryder Cup match against the United States.

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Ireland's Mary McKenna will again captain the GB&I team and is aiming to overturn the Continentals' record-margin win in the last Vagliano Trophy match at the Fairmont St Andrews in 2007.

GB & I Squad: Hannah Barwood (Knowle, Eng), Liz Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor, Eng), Carly Booth (Comrie, Sco), Amy Boulden (Maesdu, Wal), Hannah Burke (Mid Herts, Eng), Krystle Caithness (St Regulus, Sco), Tara Delaney (Carlow, Ire), Naomi Edwards (Ganton, Eng), Jodi Ewart (Catterick, Eng), Sahra Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan, Wal), Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton, Eng), Niamh Kitching (Claremorris, Ire), Breanne Loucks (Wrexham, Wal), Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar, Sco), Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell, Ire), Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell, Ire), Danielle McVeigh (Royal County Down, Ire), Roseanna Niven (Crieff, Sco), Florentyna Parker (Royal Birkdale, Eng), Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle, Sco), Kerry Smith (Waterlooville, Eng), Rhian Wyn Thomas (Vale of Glamorgan, Wal), Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon, Sco), Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale, Eng), Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle, Sco), Sally Watson (Elie and Earlsferry Ladies, Sco)