Unfortunately, the wait for Ireland’s first Lady Milne victory will go on for at least another year. In a repeat of the outcome from both 2023 and 2024, our team won four of their five matches, two of them by the maximum margin. But a defeat in their first match to England, who won all their matches over the weekend, meant that the team of Hilary (D-L) McDonagh, Ann-Marie Horan, Rebecca O’Keeffe, Gilda Pender, Joan Kenny, Jeannie Fitzgerald, pictured here with NPC Paul Porteous and Coach Joyjit Sensarma, had to settle once again for the runners-up spot. Well done to them all on a very solid performance. Well done also to Fearghal O’Boyle and Mairead Basquille, who did the directing on behalf of the NIBU. Full results