Thanks to the efforts of Rachael Blackmore (third), they picked up five points while Britain’s Bryony Frost (fourth) was awarded three.

The other Irish team members were lady champion elect Maxine O’Sullivan, Evanna McCutcheon and Sheila Ahern. Frost was the youngest of the visiting quartet which also comprised the Andrews sisters, Bridget and Gina, and Jacqueline Coward, the reigning British ladies’ champion.