East Cork Ladies had three great wins in Limerick last weekend and in doing so they won three Munster pennants and booked their places in the All Ireland Finals. The Junior Foursomes team were first out on Friday afternoon and they had a good win over Ross with Mary B Walsh & Breda McCarthy and Caroline O’Connor and Mary Morrison winning their matches, while Sel O’Leary & Eileen Dorgan’s match was called in. Continue reading
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Irish Mixed Foursomes Munster Finals
Lisselan Capture Bruen Title
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
Pierce Purcell Munster Finals 2014
Home Winners at East Cork Scratch Cups
Home Winners at East Cork Scratch Cups
By Niall O’Shea
It was another busy weekend in East Cork when the popular golf club held their annual scratch cup weekend. In excess of 350 golfers competed in the three competitions and East Cork members had a clean sweep as the winner all came from the home club. Continue reading
East Cork through Pierce Purcell Finals
East Cork through Pierce Purcell Finals
By Niall O’Shea
East Cork GC booked their place in the Pierce Purcell Munster Finals on Sunday with an impressive win over Bandon Golf Club. Monkstown was the venue for the area final and both side were hoping to advance after they both had overcome strong opposition in the area matches. Continue reading
East Cork beak Cobh hearts
East Cork beak Cobh hearts
By Niall O’Shea
East Cork broke Cobh hearts again last weekend as they progressed from the Pierce Purcell qualifiers at Mahon. On Saturday they accounted for hosts Mahon and on Sunday morning they beat Monkstown. On the other side of the draw Cobh beat Castlemartyr, Fermoy and Mallow to advance to the venue final. It was the same match up as the Bruen qualifier two weeks ago but Cobh started brightly and held the advantage through most of the afternoon. Continue reading
Pierce Purcell South Munster 2014
Lisselan and East Cork through to Bruen Final
Lisselan and East Cork through to Bruen Final
By Niall O’Shea
Cobh and Kinsale played host to the Jimmy Bruen Shield area matches over the weekend as the AIG Cups and Shields got underway. The wind blew hard on Saturday and the elevated nature of both courses tested all players. The conditions were not ideal but it provided all teams with a requirement to think their way around the course. Although conditions were a bit better on Sunday, the weather helped to set the scene for classic matchplay, whoever made the least errors would progress. Continue reading
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