Dublin might be waiting to take on Kerry in Sunday’s All Ireland Football final but it was a Mayo man who was beaming brightly at Carton House yesterday as Royal Dublin ended their 47-year wait for victory the AIG Barton Shield.
Co Sligo win Senior Cup: Terry Brady (Captain, Co Sligo Golf Club) and Tom Ford (Team Manager) pictured with the Co Sligo Senior Cup team after their victory at the GUI All Ireland AIG sponsored Cups & Shield National Finals at Royal Golf Club today (21/09/2013). Also in the picture are Garth McManus, Gary McDermott, Declan Reidy, Shane Underwood, Mark Morrissey, Steffan O’Hara, Sean Flanagan, David Brady and Steven Brady. Picture by Pat CashmanThere were jubilant scenes at Royal Tara Golf Club on Saturday as County Sligo captured the AIG Senior Cup at the expense of Ulster champions Rosapenna, writes the GUI.
Eoghan O’Loughlin (Captain, Spanish Point Golf Club) and team members pictured with the Pierce Purcell Shield after their victory at the AIG sponsored GUI Cups and Shields National Finals at Royal Tara (20/09/2013). Picture by Pat CashmanOn a day when Ruaidhri McGee topped the tour school qualifiers in England, his former club booked their place in the final of the Senior Cup at the AIG Cups and Shields in Royal Tara, writes the GUI.
Richard Hanley (Ballybunion) chips in on the 16th to win his match and the Junior Cup at the GUI All Ireland AIG sponsored Cups & Shield National Finals at Royal Golf Club. Picture by Pat CashmanClandeboye lifted the Barton Shield in style as Colm Murphy and William Russell put in star performances for the Ulster provincial champions in the AIG Cups and Shields Finals at Royal Tara, writes the GUI.
Clandeboye’s Graeme Laird watches his drive at the 17th in the Barton Shield semi final against Cork at Royal Tara Golf Club. Picture by Pat Cashman/cashmanphotography.ieThere were mixed fortunes for Ulster clubs at the AIG Cups and Shields as Clandeboye marched into the final of the Barton Shield at the expense of Cork while Slieve Russell lost to Westport in the semi-final of the Junior Cup at Royal Tara, writes the GUI.
Magnificent Royal Tara will host the AIG All Ireland Cups and Shields finals this week. It’s arguably the greatest club competition on the planet - a chance for the sweet swinging elite, the improving middle classes and the struggling weekend hackers to rub shoulders, don the club sweater and put their necks on the line for one of those precious green pennants in the AIG sponsored All Ireland Cups and Shields national finals.
Castle celebrate with the Senior Cup. Pic by Pat CashmanFormer GAA All-Star Conor Deegan picked up his fourth All Ireland medal when he helped Dublin club Castle claim its first Chartis sponsored Irish Senior Cup pennant with a 3-2 win over Warrenpoint at Kinsale.
His 2 and 1 win over David Barron levelled a thrilling decider that went to the final green of the final match with Daniel Holland clinching Castle’s first Senior Cup in the club’s 99-year history with a two-hole win over Ryan Gribben.
Donaghadee celebrate their historic Junior Cup win at Kinsale. Pciture by Pat CashmanInspiration comes in many forms, but for the Donaghadee Junior Cup team it was in the form of two of Ulster’s brightest golfing talents as the north Down club triumphed at the Chartis Europe sponsored Cups and Shields in Kinsale, writes the Golfing Union of Ireland.
The 18th at CastlerockWoodstock claimed the Pierce Purcell Shield at Castlerock in the All-Ireland finals of the Chartis Cups and Shields, beating a resilient Corrstown in the final thanks to victories in the second, third and fifth matches writes the Golfing Union of Ireland.
Elsewhere, Claremorris and Forrest Little will meet in the final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield after a thrilling pair of semi-finals that were both decided on the first tie hole.
The ninth green at Castlerock Golf Club.Warrenpoint will meet Tramore in the final of the Barton Shield in what is the first leg of their All-Ireland treble attempt at the Chartis Cups and Shields finals at a magnificent Castlerock, writes the Golfing Union of Ireland.
There is no other week like it in club golf the world over, writes the Golfing Union of Ireland.
This week in a small, wind swept corner of Ireland, 20 teams representing 17 different clubs gather for the staging of the National Finals of the biggest club team events in the world.
