Jessica Carty Holywood G.C.beat Niamh McSherry (Lurgan) in the final of the Hughes Insurance Ulster Women’s Championship final at Belvoir Park Golf Club. Twenty three competitors braved the rain, gale force winds and weak sunshine over the three day competition at one of Ulster’s best inland courses.     [Jessica Carty Holywood with Violet Mc Bride Belvior Park]       QUALIFYING NEWS Louise Coffey (Malone) led the qualifiers at the Ulster Women’s Championship at Belvoir Park Golf Club, 15-17 April, kindly sponsored by Hughes Insurance. Tough ...

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Olivia Mehaffey R.C.D. Ladies won the sixth Faldo Series Ireland Championship by two shots with consecutive rounds of 72 over the Faldo Course at Lough Erne Resort in Northern Ireland.  The Ireland girls’ squad member beat 134 competitors to the title, the largest ever field for the event. “I can’t wait to play in another final, it was a great experience last year and I had so much fun,” said a delighted Mehaffey who finished fifth ...

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  The Irish Seniors nearly succumbed to a “Ryder Cup slip up” on the second day of their annual match against the Scottish Veterans for the Mary McKenna Perpetual Trophy at West Kilbride, Monday 15 April. After Sunday’s fourballs, Ireland led 3½-½ but on day two faced a serious Scottish comeback winning just 3 of the 8 singles to narrowly win the match by one point. After losing the opening 4 matches, Ireland successfully defended the trophy ...

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Its All Happening At The Lough! Ariana Coyles from Elm Park leads by two strokes after day one of the sixth Faldo Series Ireland Championship.17-year-old Coyles carded a superb round of 70 in extremely tough conditions to lead the overall championship and the Girls Under-21 division going into todays round. Two shots behind Coyles is former finalist Olivia Mehaffey (R.C.D. Ladies) who leads the Girls Under-16 age category. Karl McCormack (Boys Under-18) of Portarlington, Ross McKeever (Castle) and ...

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From left: Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem, Ariya Jutanugarn, winner of the Lalla Meryem Cup and His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, President of the Hassan II Golf Trophy Association   Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn secured her first professional title at the Lalla Meryem Cup after a battle of the teenagers in Agadir. The 17-year-old rookie from Bangkok, who won the LET’s Lalla Aicha Tour School in Marrakech in December, again displayed her remarkable talent when she came ...

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    Irish Schools Championship – Charleville Golf Club The Munster qualifiers for the Irish Schools Senior & Junior Cups were played at Charleville on Monday 8 April. Results: SENIOR CUP 49 gross pts Loreto Clonmel: Gemma Mc Carthy [5] & Abbie Kiely [13] 43 gross pts Mount Mercy Cork:Jean O Driscoll [1] Hillary O Driscoll [18] & Jennifer Kilcoyne [28] 74 nett pts St Marys Charleville: Helena Walsh [27] Katherina White [33] & Sarah Hawe [35] Individual 32 gross pts. Presentation Milltown: ...

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  RESULTS; 18 holes  Scotch Foursomes 1st:    Georgia Carr (Milltown) & Kate Dwyer (Rossmore) 2nd:   Laura Cody  (Balbriggan) & Nicole Mc Gavisk (Donabate) 3rd:    Leah Temple Lang (Seapoint) & Laure Walsh (Castlewarden) Longest drive:   Clodagh Walsh  Castlewarden 9 Hole Scramble 1st: Caitlin Sherin  (Killiney), Aimee Kielty  (Laytown & Bettystown) & Eimear Curtin      (Dundalk) 2nd: Caoimhe Byrne   Aine Grennan  & Jane Connolly (Dundalk) 3rd: Fiona Mc Partlin (St Anne’s), Kate Flood (St Anne’s) & Laura Fleming (Glencullen) 5 Hole Scramble 1st: Emma Jane Power (Donabate),  Maeve ...

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    Winners of the Adult Girls competition  were  Annabel Wilson (Lurgan) and Victoria Alexander (Holywood) – 35 points (Lady Captain Anne Knox, Lurgan pictured with winners) In second place Maeve Cummins (Lurgan) and Katrina Bradford (Lurgan) with 35 points   9 Hole Competition 1st Maeve McKavanagh (Lurgan) and Cara Murphy (Lurgan) – 13 points  

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  Lisburn’s Paula Grant (pictured with Gary Hurley) won the prestigeous R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament over The Eden and Old Course at St. Andrews, 8-9 April. Leading the field by 7 strokes overnight, after two very impressive 68s, Paula’s lead was slashed to just one stroke after Kelsey MacDonald (Stirling) closed with a 71. Paula held on for the narrowest of victories with a 77 for 213.The 19 year-old from Lisburn was playing her first round on ...

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  Mid West Ladies Golf Society held its Inaugural Golf Outing at Rathbane Golf Club on Sunday April 7.  Despite the Baltic weather conditions and the clash of fixtures with the Munster Harlequins game, fifteen ladies braved the elements in what went on to be a terrific afternoon.  Fun, Friendly, Sociable golf was the order of the day and this theme was certainly evident in the clubhouse afterwards. The team of three 9 hole scramble was won ...

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