Muskerry March on to win Barton Shield

Muskerry Golf Club bridged a 61 year gap yesterday when they won the AIG Barton Shield.  There hasn’t been a Cork winner for over 20 years, so it is a huge achievement for the players to go all the way and win the prestigious national title.  Huge numbers turned out at the club last night as the victorious team returned home with the trophy.  Continue reading

Muskerry win Barton Shield

 

Muskerry captured the Munster Barton Shield title on Saturday when they put together two great wins in Shannon Golf Club.  On Saturday morning they had a narrow one hole win over Ballybunion.  Dave O’Donovan and Niall Gorey won their match by one hole and Daniel Hallissey and John Waldron halved.  In the final they faced Dungarvan who had a big win over Limerick in their semi-final.  O’Donovan and Gorey came out on top again, winning by two holes.  Hallissey and Waldron kept pace with Dungarvan’s Peter Mullaney and Alan Thomas to seal the win for Muskerry. Continue reading

Douglas win Fred Daly Trophy

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Douglas Golf Club bridged an 18 year gap on Friday when they won the Munster Fred Daly Trophy at East Cork Golf Club.  It was in interesting journey for the Douglas boys as three times over the past few weeks it looked like they were heading out of the competition.  Their perseverance however saw them come back from the brink against Cork in the area final last week, Kanturk in the semi-final and Limerick in the final.  Continue reading

Lisselan Capture Bruen Title

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Lisselan Golf Club winners of the Jimmy Bruen Shield following a win over Tralee Golf Club at the Munster Finals at Faithlegg Golf Club Waterford. Picture also includes L-R: Pat O’Gorman ( President Faithlegg Golf Club ), John Moloughney ( Chairman Munster Branch ), Liam Power ( Captain Faithlegg Golf Club ) and Margaret Denny ( Lady Captain Faithleg Golf Club ). Photo: Jim O’Sullivan

Lisselan captured their first Jimmy Bruen pennant in Faithlegg last weekend when they had a dramatic 21st hole win over Tralee.  Continue reading

Cork advance to Fred Daly Area Final

Cork & Douglas set for Fred Daly Final

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By Niall O’Shea

 

Douglas and Cork both came through their Fred Daly semi-final matches to book their places in the area final which take place next week.  Cork were in action in Castlemartyr on Tuesday and they faced Monkstown.  Rory Dineen and Leon Foley featured on the Cork Junior Cup team last week and both won their matches this week.  Continue reading