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Fota Island win AST Trophy in Cobh

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Fota Islans AST Trophy 2016Fota Island won the AST Trophy in Cobh on Friday with a great performance to beat the 12 other teams.  The players on the winning Fota Island team were: Ben Quigley, Cian Long, Evan Murphy, Ronan O’Connell and Shane Galvin.  They had a three point win over Lee Valley and Monkstown took third place.  Fota’s Evan Murphy had the best boys score while Catherine Cronin from Muskerry led the girls.  The event which is now in it’s 4th year is sponsored by Adrian and Suzanne Tanzer.

 

Gallery: AST Trophy 2016

AST TROPHY 2016
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Open Week Begins at Fota Island

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Fota Clubhouse-2Open week at Fora Island gets underway tomorrow, and although the week has been heaving booked there may be some late availability or cancellations for anyone hoping to get out on the the 2014 Irish Open Championship course.

Anyone interested in playing should contact the Pro Shop at Fota Island

 

Fota Island Open Week July 25th to 30th :

Monday 25th – (Senior Over 55’s) Team of 4 – €100 per team
Tuesday 26th – Ladies Team of 3 – €105 per team
Wednesday 27th  – Open Fourball – €40 per golfer
Friday 29thand Saturday 30th – Open Singles – €50 per golfer
All competitions will be played on The Deerpark Course.

Fota Island cause an upset by beating Kinsale in Fred Daly Trophy

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EMC Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup 2016

Cillian Moloney

Fota Island cased an upset this evening when they beat Munster finalists Kinsale in the Fred Trophy area semi final.  Cork Golf Club was the venue, and twelve months ago Kinsale had a comprehensive win over Fota at the same stage of the competition.  Fota Island started strongly with Cillian Moloney beating John Murphy 6&5.  Kinsale’s Mark Healy balanced the match when he won his match against Josh Hogan on the 16th.  The 14th green proved crucial as Davis Howard won a second point for Fota, winning 5&4.  Things were looking good for Fota at that stage,  Garan Manley was losing to Daniel O’Flaherty but Fota’sRonan O’Connell was in the lead in his match and it was O’Connell who closed out his match first.  He won 5&4 on the 14th meaning the final match was called in.

 

Fota Island will now go on to play Munster champions Mallow in the South Munster final.

Fred Daly Trophy Area Semi-Final:
Fota Island 3.5-1.5 Kinsale
Cillian Moloney beat John Murphy 6&5, Josh Hogan lost to Mark Healy 3&2, David Howard beat Eric Rumley 5&4, Garran Manley and Daniel O Flaherty called in, Ronan O Connell beat Eric Costello 5&4.  (Fota Island names first)

Fota Island Fred Daly Team 18th May 2016

Fernhill & Fota through to Irish Open Pro-Am Qualifier Final

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Dooks was the venue yesterday for the Munster staging of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Pro-Am qualifier.  Close to 30 teams from clubs all over Munster took part in the fourball competition.  The top four clubs have qualified for the final which takes place in The K Club in two weeks.  Tony O’Donovan and Cathy McGuinness from Fernhill combined for a winning 43 points to finish first on the day.  Fota Island’s Anthony O’Connor and Pauline McKechnie took fourth place with 41 points to also book their place in the final.  Tipperary and Killarney were the other qualifiers.

Dooks

Dooks Golf Club

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Fred Daly Trophy Round 1 – Rain Stops Play

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Today’s four Fred Daly matches fell foul of the weather, and that won’t be too much of a surprise for anyone to hear.  Muskerry, Douglas and Monkstown were all due to host matches today.

Cork GC hosted two games yesterday.  Fota Island had an impressive 4-1 win over Muskerry in the first match.  The second match proved to be a tighter event, it took two tie holes to decide the winner, with Bantry Bay winning Continue reading →

Butler takes Top Golfer title in Fota Island

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Kinsale's Cathal Butler

Kinsale’s Cathal Butler

Cathal Butler delivered a strong message on Sunday when he won the Top Golfer Senior Scratch Cup at Fota Island.  The Kinsale and Maynooth University golfer announced his return to top level golf following a serious arm injury in August last year that could have threatened his participation at the top level.

Butler went around the Deerpark course in Fota in 67 strokes, four under par.  James Fitzpartick (Mount Julliet) and Gavin Young (Nenagh) were next best with 72 and Lee Valley’s Pat Power was fourth with a 73.  John Hickey and Hugh Foley Continue reading →

Fota Island ready for 2016 Season

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Fota-Sign_1Fota Island will get their competitive golfing season up and running on the 13th March when they host their Senior Scratch Cup.  The competition is being held over 18 holes and they have again partnered with Top Golfer, ensuring that there will be some great prizes on offer.  The senior scratch cup has generally marked the start of the competitive season in Cork and a full time sheet is expected as golfers travel from all over Munster.  In fact golfers could travel from further afield this year, Fota Island are hosting the GUI Senior Interprovincials so you can expect to see golfers from all four provinces playing on the Deerpark course between now and July.  The entry fee is €40 and anyone interested in playing Continue reading →

Stryker win Fota Island Inter-Company Challenge

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Golf_Fota Island Inter Company Challenge_Stryker_Dec 2015Fota Island rounded off another busy golfing year recently when they hosted the final of the Inter-Company Challenge.  This is the second year that the novel event has been held and entries were up for the qualifying rounds.  The format was based on eight colleagues playing in a singles format with the top five scores counting towards the team total.  After a number of busy qualifying dates, Cork Airport PJ Hegarty, Stryker and Vistakon all made it to the series final.  Stryker came out on top of the four finalists with a grand total of 162 points, and they won a society outing in Fota Island including dinner for 20 Continue reading →

Dooley and O’Sullivan Combine for Winning 68

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PGB Winter Series Fota MotocaddyPadraig Dooley and David O’Sullivan topped the leaderboard in Fota today but they shared top spot with Ted Higgins and Ted Higgins Jnr in the Motocaddy sponsored fourball.  This was third event in Premium Golf Brands Winter Series, and the only fourball on the schedule.  The winners returned a three under par 68, with three pairs tied on 69.  The scoring was keen with ten pairs separated by only four shots. Continue reading →