Irish Mixed Foursomes :: South Munster 2016
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Walsh, McGrath, Leonard & Byrne make Munster Ladies and Girls teams
Munster named strong sides for the upcoming interprovincials which will take place in Slieve Russell next month. Doneraile’s Paul Walsh is the only Cork golfer to make the Ladies team and it’s a fair reward for several strong performances over the early season. Walsh was part of the Cork GC team that won the Munster Senior Cup title in Douglas recently.
There were three local golfers selected to play on the Munster Girls team. Grave McGrath (East Cork), Ciara Leonard (Mitchelstown) and Sarah Byrne (Douglas) were all selected to play under the experienced eye of Jennifer Hickey who will captain the side.
The interprovincial matches take place from the 5th – 7th July and have been running for over half a century and are an essential element in the development of talented and elite golfers. Each province shall play each other by matchplay which will Continue reading
Irish Call Ups for Cork Golfers
Rachel Thompson
There was a great deal of excitement yesterday as four Cork golfers were called up for international duty. Mairead Martin, Valerie Clancy and Rachel Thompson were all selected to represent Ireland at the European Girls Team Championship. All three golfers have had very strong starts to the season and the selection is justified on their recent performances. The competition takes place in Oslo over five days in early July.
Kinsale’s Cathal Butler was selected to play in the World University Championship which takes place in France next month. The Maynooth University student is studying for his first year exams at present so is not playing in the Castletroy Scratch Cup this weekend. Castletroy have put a huge effort into their Bank of Ireland sponsored event, and they have attracted a top class field which takes place over 36 holes on Saturday
Cork challenge bows out, ILGU Close
Yesterday’s quarter-finals marked the end of Cork’s interest in the ILGU Irish Close at Lahinch. In the morning match Valerie Clancy beat Sara Byrne in the battle of emerging talent, but Clancy lost out in her quarter final match again home favourite Sinead Sexton. Rachel Thompson and Mairead Martin also lost in their round of 16 matches.
Irish Women’s Close – Championship Quarter-Final Match Play – 14/05/16
Sinead Sexton (Lahinch) beat Valerie Clancy (Killarney) 5&3
Louise Coffey (Malone) beat Georgia Carr (Milltown) 1up
Shannon Burke (Ballinrobe) lost to Aoife Lowry (Tipperary) 3&1
Maria Dunne (Skerries) lost to Olivia Mehaffey (RCDL) 2&1
Irish Women’s Close – Championship Match Play – 14/05/16
Sinead Sexton (Lahinch) beat Paula Walsh (Doneraile)2up
Valerie Clancy (Killarney) beat Sara Byrne (Douglas) 2&1
Louise Coffey (Malone) beat Mary Doyle (The Heath) 3&2
Sarah Cunningham (Ennis) lost to Georgia Carr (Milltown) 1up
Chloe Ryan (Castletroy) lost to Shannon Burke (Ballinrobe) 1up
Aoife Lowry (Tipperary) beat Rachel Thompson (Cork) 4&2
Maria Dunne (Skerries) beat Lauren Walsh (Castlewarden) 3&2
Olivia Mehaffey (RCDL) beat Mairead Martin (Killarney) 2up
Cork interest continues in Lahinch, Ladies Irish Close
Sara Byrne
Two Cork teenagers will face off in the final 16 of the ILGU Close Championship at Lahinch tomorrow. Sara Byrne from Douglas will play Mitchelstown’s Valerie Clancy in the second match tomorrow morning. Clancy had a 2&1 win over Lisa O’Shea while Byrne won on the 16th against Nicola Coffey.
Cork’s Rachel Thompson also won on the 16th, closing out her match against Maeve Rooney. Mairead Martin and Paula Walsh both have daunting matches ahead of them in the morning. Walsh will take on the Lahinch star Sinead Sexton who finished best qualifier on -4 after 36 holes, Sexton had an 8&7 win today to make it to the second round with ease. Mairead Martin will play Olive Mehaffey, the current Irish Open Champion. Martin beat Carlow’s Karen Delaney after their mathc was finally settled on the 19th,while Mehaffey won 8&7 against Linda Toomey.
ILGU Irish Close Round of 16 Draw
Gillian O’Leary lost out this morning but she has a Continue reading
Clancy & Thompson in Top Ten at Lahinch
Valerie Clancy
Six of the nine Cork golfers in the Women’s Close have made it through to the matchplay stage which starts tomorrow morning. Mitchelstown’s Valerie Clancy finished the 36 hole stroke play qualifier in 8th place. A one under par 73 in he second round saw he jump up the leaderboard. Cork’s Rachel Thompson recorded a 75/76 to also finish on +3.
Kanturk’s Mairead Martin was the third Cork golfer to finish on +3. Paula Walsh (Doneraile) finished in 16th place and Sara Byrne and Gillian O’Leary (now representing The Island) also made the cut to get into the matchplay. Lahinch’s Sinead Sexton led the way with a -4 total, three strokes better than second placed Chloe Ryan. Olivia Mehaffey, Maria Dunne and Mary Doyle are all safely through to the next round.
The top 32 now face off tomorrow which Continue reading
Cork Golfers in action in Irish Ladies Close at Lahinch
Rachel Thompson
Play got underway early this morning at Lahinch at the Irish Ladies Close Championship. there are eight Cork golfers in action in the field of just over 60 golfers. Cork’s Rachel Thompson and Paula Walsh (Doneraile) are representing the Senior Cup winners from last weekend and Sara Byrne is representing semi-finalists Douglas. Killarney duo Mariead Martin (Kanturk) and Valerie Clancy (Mitchelstown) are also in action.
After today’s two rounds, the top 32 golfers will advance to the matchplay stage. Lahinch Golf Course is one of Ireland’s top links courses and has hosted a number of high-level championship events in the past. The Irish Ladies’ Close Championship was held there in 2007 when Carlow’s Karen Delaney was crowned champion. Lahinch is host to the annual Ladies Lahinch Scratch Cup and Men’s South of Ireland Championship. Competitors play 36 holes stroke play on the first day with 32 players qualifying for Continue reading
Gallery: ILGU Senior Cup – Munster Final (2)
Pictures from Douglas Golf Club this afternoon:
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Gallery: ILGU Senior Cup – Munster Final
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Ladies Senior Cup at Douglas
Beaten finalists in 2014 and 2015, Douglas will be hoping the home course advantage will help them to go one better this year in the Irish Senior Cup. The Munster qualifier is taking place this weekend in Douglas and home side face East Cork in their first round match. The Douglas team features Karen O’Neill, Tara Gribben, Kate McCann, Evan Higgins and Sara Byrne.
There are 14 clubs in action this weekend with up to four rounds of matchplay facing the finalists. Cork and Muskerry have bye’s through to the second round this afternoon. Killarney were winners in 2014 and Lahinch in 2015, when each respective club were hosts for the Munster district qualifier.
Draw
Match 1: 07:30 Lahinch v Clonmel
Match 2: 08:10 Tipperary v Killarney
Match 3: 08:50 Castletroy v Dooks
Match 4: Muskerry (bye)
Match 5: 09:38 Douglas v East Cork
Match 6: 10:18 Limerick v Ballybunion
Match 7: Cork (bye)
Match 8: 10:58 Mallow v Tralee
Update will be posted on Twitter once available.
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