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G O L F I N G UNION OF I R E L A N D
ULMERS BULMERS
XL - IRELAND
CUPS AND SHIELDS
OCTOBER 2000
- Lots of Laughs at Lahinch -
T he finals of the Bulmers All-Ireland International Michael Hoey to rely on and he
Cups & Shields seldom fail to produce won four out of four matches.
drama and excitement and this year was
certainly no exception. Roe Park, which is only eight years old,
deprived Beech Park of their fourth All-Ireland
As the hard working committee and staff of pennant and third Pierce Purcell Shield.
Lahinch Golf Club take a well earned rest after Kilkeel, the other Ulster Club to bring home a
looking after the thousands of visiting golfers trophy were relishing the thoughts of hanging
and spectators who attended the Bulmers All- their first All-Ireland pennant in their new
Ireland Cups & Shields, they can take great £750,000 clubhouse, which was being officially
pride in their preparations and staging of the opened on their return to Co. Down.
event. To the Captain, Sean Collins, and to
Secretary Manager, Alan Reardon, and the host Moate are still celebrating after winning the
of organisers, "Well done". 100 year old Junior Cup, in their centenary
year.
Very suitably the sportsmanship and the
competitiveness matched the magnificent links. As the culmination of five long campaigns,
The fact that so many matches went to the 18th which started out in the spring with 1,359
Patrick Kierans,
and subsequent holes illustrates the quality of teams and 20,000 golfers, the winners have
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golf. Even the sporadic heavy rain showers much to celebrate and the finalists have much
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didn't dampen the spirits of teams who battled to be proud of.
through the elements in search of All-Ireland
glory. A special word of congratulations to Paddy
Murphy, Shay Smith and the officers of the
Ulster clubs had a lot to celebrate with Shandon G.U.I, on a superbly run tournament.
Park winning the double for the first time, even
though they had lost one of their star players, To those who hope to make it to Newlands in
Dr. Neil Anderson, after the Barton Shield. 2001, better head for the practice ground - as
They did, of course, have current Irish our advertising says, "Success Will Come, All
In Its Own Good Time."
U PPORT IN GOLF IN I R E L A
B U L M E RS S U P P O R T I N G A M A T E U R GOLF IN I R E L A N D
PIERCE PURCELL SHIELD
UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR OF ALL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS, THE PIERCE PURCELL PROVIDED ITS USUAL QUOTA OF
GREAT EXCITEMENT. THE FINAL BETWEEN ROE PARK AND BEECH PARK WAS A TIGHTLY FOUGHT MATCH, WHICH ROE PARK WON
BY 3 MATCHES TO 1 WITH ONE CALLED IN.
The Roe Park G.C. team, winners of
the Bulmers Pierce Purcell Shield at
the All-Ireland Cups & Shields in
Lahinch Golf Club. Back Row (left to
right): Rab Little, Paul Mcllrath,
Phillip McKeever, Alan Rankin,
Sammy Dickson, Peter Green, Sammy
Murphy and Bob Purcell. Front Row
*£> w (left to right): Lawrence Mulgrew,
Ron Crockett, Geoff Miller (Team
iJJBg •** Captain), Paddy Murphy (President
GUI), John McCloskey (Captain),
Derek Simpson, Arnold Simpson.
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w a.
Beech Park G.C., runners-up in the Pierce
Purcell Shield. Back Row (left to right):
Jimmy Delaney, Vincent Carney, Paul
Gavin, Jack Hall, Gerry Tucker, Gerry
O'Toole, Jim Noonan, William Buckley,
Harold Daly, Ray Ryan, John Kennedy,
Dermot Mo ran. Front Row (left to right):
Liam Devine, Tara Crosbie (Bulmers),
Tony Murphy, Bryan Delaney (Captain),
Jim Brady (Team Captain), Pat O'Dwyer
(President), Joe Lawless, Tony Kenna,
Jimmy Duggan.
The Portumna G.C. Pierce Purcell
team. Back Row (left to right):
Michael Carroll, Ciaran Ryan, Adrian
Hogan, Eugene McEntee, Kevin
Donnellan, Kieran Hynes, Brendan
Carty, Pete Gibbs. Front Row (left to
right): Joe Austin, Sean Cahalan,
Paddy Kelly, Austin O'Dwyer (Team
Captain), Eamonn Nihill (Captain),
Aidan Mclntyre, Ger McKenna.
The Templemore G.C. Pierce Purcell
team. Back Row (left to right): John
Hackett, Denis Tuohy, Sean Gleeson, Joe
McNamara, Tom McGrath, Tom Kenny,
Michael Heffernan, Dinny Maher, John
Fitzpatrick, Declan Kennedy. Front Row
(left to right): Michael Delaney, Tara
Crosbie (Bulmers), Seamus Cody, Patsy
Stapleton, (Team Captain), P.J. Leahy,
Pat O'Connell, John Greed and Michael
Maher.
B U L M E RS S U P P O R T I N G A M A T E U R G O L F I N I R E L A N D
BARTON SHIELD
SHANDON PARK G.C WERE HALE WAY TO COMPLETING THEIR DOUBLE WHEN THEY BEAT Co. LOUTH, LAST YEAR'S SENIOR CUP
WINNERS BY 6 HOLES IN THE FINAL.
71 The Shandon Park G.C. team which won the All-
Ireland final of the Bulmers Barton Shield (photo
includes members of the winning Senior Cup team).
Back Row (left to right): Gary Lynas, Michael Hoey,
Philip Purdy, Barry Hobson. Front Row (left to
right): Patrick Kierans (Bulmers), Paddy Murphy
(President, GUI), Roy Archibold (Team Captain),
Alan Paterson (Captain).
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The Barton Shield, runners-up, Co. Louth G.C.: Back Row
(left to right): Gareth Bohill, David Gannon, Nigel Beirth,
Bryan Ronan. Front Row (left to right): Michael McGuirk
(Team Captain), Tara Crosbie (Bulmers), Michael McGuigan
and Val Smyth.
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The Killarney G.C. team. Back Row (left to right): John
Sugrue, Eugene O'Sullivan, Dan Sugrue, Kevin Leacy. Front
Row (left to right): Paul Murphy, James Loughnane (Team
Captain) and David Mclndoe.
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The Connemara G.C. Barton Shield team. Back Row (left to
right): Derek McNamara, Kenny Fahey, David Mortimer, Ger
O'Donnell, David Stapleton. Front Row (left to right): Dave BULMERS
Scully, John McLoughlin (Team Captain), Matt O'Sullivan
(Captain) and David Colling.
B U L M E R S " - S U P P O R T I N G A M A T E U R GOLF IN I R E L A N D
By Charlie Mulqueen (The Irish Examiner)
IT was hardly surprising that Lindsay Shanks, Chairman of
the Ulster Branch of the GUI, should be wearing a broad
smile at the end of another memorable Bulmers Irish Cups
and Shields festival at Lahinch.
Four of the five pennants were heading north with Roe
Park and Kilkeel savouring the delights of breakthrough
victories in the Pierce Purcell and Jimmy Bruen Shields and
Shandon Park completing just about the only distinction that
had eluded them in the past forty years - the Barton Shield
and Irish Senior Cup double.
From the time the venue was announced, it was
perfectly clear that Lahinch would provide the ideal venue for
the finals. And so it proved. Record crowds turned up to
savour both the golf and the unique atmosphere of the
greatest golfing town in the country if not these islands.
It all began with a sixth Barton Shield triumph for
Shandon Park. Neil Anderson was there to lend his
combination of experience and magnificent ball striking as he
Higgins.
and his colleagues disposed of the best efforts of Connemara,
Roe Park, the golf club attached to the Radisson Hotel at
who gave them a great match in the semi-finals, and Co
Limavady, came up against a more experienced Beech Park side in the
Louth, who failed to discover their best form in the decider
final of the Pierce Purcell Shield but emerged as the most emphatic
and were well beaten. It was the first step in Shandon's
winners. And there was further elation for Ulster when Kilkeel
pursuit of the double but they weren't too sanguine about
marched to a hugely impressive triumph in the Jimmy Bruen Shield.
their prospects in the Senior Cup given that Anderson left
They dealt more than capably with the opposition of both Strandhill
Lahinch immediately on the first leg of a long arranged
and The Heath. Kilkeel's timing could hardly have been better
holiday in Hawaii with his wife Jennifer.
considering they were due to open their splendid £750, 000 clubhouse
In the meantime, however, the emphasis came on the
the following Friday night!
protagonists in the Junior Cup and Pierce Purcell Shield. All
After that, all attention switched to the Senior Cup and Shandon
four Junior Cup sides, Monkstown, Warrenpoint, Athenry
Park's bid for the elusive double. They had overcome a determined
and Moate, had yet to win the title and in the end it was
challenge from an unrated Ballybunion team in the semi-finals and were
Moate who prevailed, beating Monkstown in the final by 3-1
up against Elm Park, conquerors of the well fancied Co Sligo and
with one called in. Success at national level wasn't anything
representing Leinster at this stage of the Blue Ribband for the first time.
new, however, for the midlands club also claimed the Jimmy
Even without Anderson, Shandon were well equal to the task.
Bruen Shield in 1998 and owed a great deal to the expertise of
Demonstrating the strength in depth in the club, they drafted in Gary
two precociously talented 17 year-olds, Tom Fox and Tom
Wardlow and Gary Lynas and both responded with crucial wins.
However, there was no doubt that Michael Hoey was his side's
hero - and how fitting this should be the case. His father, Brian, was
already the holder of seven medals and two uncles, Michael and
Dermot Hoey, had seven more between them, all with Shandon. Young
Michael found himself three down in the semi-finals against
Ballybunion's John O'Donnell. He prevailed on the 19th. In the final,
he was two behind David Dunne after twelve. He birdied three of the
next four and won the match on the 17th. The double was theirs and
Shandon Park were well entitled to celebrate.
Y MURPHY, ROE PARK, MAKES HIS ESCAPE
JOHN HERBERT DURING THE PIERCE PURCELL SHIELD
MONKSTOWN CELEBRA
B U L M E RS S U P P O R T I N G A M A T E U R GOLF IN I R E L A N D
JIMMY BRUEN SHIELD
KILKEEL WON THEIR FIRST EVER ALL-IRELAND TITLE WHEN THEY DEFEATED THE HEATH BY 4 l/2 TO '/2 IN THE FINAL. IN THE
SEMI-FINALS, KlLKEEL PIPED EAST CORK, 3-2. IN THE OTHER SEMI, THE HEATH BEAT STRANDHILL 4-1.
Winners of the Bulmers Jimmy Bruen
Shield, the Kilkeel G.C. team. Back
Row (left to right): Tom O'Hare, Jim
McKay, Michael Concannon, Pascal
Morgan, Sean Leneghan, Stanley
Weir, Robert Gordon, Brian Morgan,
Eric Nicholson. Front Row (left to
right): Thomas McVeigh, Joey
Annett, Paddy Murphy (President,
GUI), Willie Sloane (Team Captain),
Pat Cotter (Captain), Cecil
McCullagh (President), Joe McComb.
The Heath G.C. Jimmy Bruen team.
Back Row (left to right): Joseph
Delaney, Patrick Kierans (Bulmers),
Patrick Keenan, Liam Horgan, Tony
Murray, Liam Adams, Cormac Beere,
Tony Fogarty, Seamus Beere, John
Ireland, John Fennell. Front Row (left
to right): Martin Cashin, Michael
Fahy, Colman Young (Captain), Joe
Keenan (Team Captain), Sean
Donoghue (President), John Meehan,
Brian Hoare, John Phelan, Kevin
Fingleton.
The East Cork G.C. team. Back Row
(left to right): Derek Coll, Pat Murphy,
Shane Brennan, Jimmy Quirke, Paul
Coleman, Ed Murphy, Adrian
Mclntrye, John McKeown, Ed J.
Murphy, Dan Moriarry, Pat Collins,
Brian Dennehy. Front Row (left to
right): Donal O'Callaghan, Tom
O'Sullivan, Michael Hayes (Captain),
Maurice Cusack (Team Captain),
Kevin Higgins (President), Michael
McGrath, Mark Redmond, Barry
O'Brien, Pat O'Brien, Michael Barry.
The Strandhill G.C. team. Back Row
(left to right): Mark Wehrly, Patrick
Kierans (Bulmers), James Burke, Declan
Rooney, Noel Tivnan, Paul Murphy,
David Lyndsay, Paddy Cox, Joe Curley.
Front Row (left to right): John Stewart,
Gerry Kilbride, David Kelly, Brian Harte
(Captain), Jimmy Mungovan (Team
Captain), Brian Kiernan, Arran Brennan.
B U L M E R S S U P P O R T I N G A M A T E U R GOLF I N I R E L A N D
JUNIOR CUP
MOATE SWEPT TO VICTORY IN THEIR CENTENARY YEAR WHEN THEY WON THE 100 YEAR OLD JUNIOR CUR THE FINAL WAS A
THRILLING MATCH BETWEEN MOATE AND MONKSTOWN. THOMAS FOX, A 17 YEAR OLD LEAVING CERT STUDENT WON THE MATCH
FOR MOATE ON THE 21ST IN AN EXCITING FINALE. IN THE SEMI-FINALS, MOATE BEAT ATHENRY BY 4-1 WHILE IN THE OTHER SEMI,
MONKSTOWN BEAT WARRENPOINT BY 3-2 IN A FANTASTIC MATCH, WON BY JOHN HERBERT ON THE 18TH.
victorious Moate G.C. team Back
.m A left to right): Karl Flanagan,
Patrick Kierans (Bulmers), Eamon
Coughlan, Thomas Fox, Thomas
Higgins, Dominic Fitzpatrick, Tom
Flattery, Liam Galvin, George Digan,
Michael Glennon. Front Row (left to
right): Kieran Heavin, Billy Coughlan
(Team Captain), Paddy Murphy
(President, GUI), Liam Allen
(Captain), Hugh Coughlan (President),
Seamus Buckley, Louis Cunningham.
The runners-up, Monkstown G.C. Back
Row (left to Right): Roy Downey, Andrew
Fitzgerald, John Herbert, Noel Millar,
Stuart Roche, Jim Long, Martin Daly.
Front Row (left to right): Howard Dunne,
Tara Crosbie (Bulmers), Dan O'Sullivan
(Captain), Sarsfield Smith (Team
Captain), Charlie Fielding, (President),
John Hayes. '
The Athenry G.C. Junior Cup team. Back
Row (left to right): Michael Lane, Shane
Franklin, Michael Mulryan, John Duffy, Niall
McSweeney, Michael Waters, Chris
Counihan, Darragh Guinnane. Front Row
(left to right): Liam Raferty (Captain), Tom
O'Connor Jnr. (Team Captain) Joe Lavelle
(President), Eoin Hosty and Raymond Ryan.
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The Warrenpoint G.C. team. Back
Row (left to right): Brian McKee, Paul
McCartan, Paddy Magee, Brian Powell,
Barry Trainer. Front Row (left to
right): Sean Grattan, Willie McGivern
(Captain), Brendan O'Loughlin (Team
Captain), Charlie Burns.
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SENIOR CUP
SHANDON PARK PROVED ONCE AGAIN THAT THEY ARE MASTERS AT THE SENIOR CUP WHEN THEY WON IT FOR THE 13TH TIME. THEY
HELD OFF A DETERMINED CHALLENGE FROM ELM PARK TO CAPTURE THE BLUE RIBBAND OF THE INTER-CLUB SCENE AND SECURED
THEIR MUCH SOUGHT AFTER DOUBLE FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN THE SEMI-FINALS, SHANDON PARK BEAT BALLYBUNION, WHEN
SHANDON'S MICHAEL HOEY CAME FROM THREE BEHIND ON THE 13TH TO WIN AT THE 19ra. IN THE OTHER SEMI-FINAL, ELM PARK
BEAT CO. SLIGO WHEN PADRAIG HOGAN SANK A 25 FOOT PUTT TO WIN.
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The Elm Park G.C.
Senior Cup team. Back
Row (left to right): David
Dunne, Patrick Kierans
(Bulmers),Michael Turley,
Declan Quilligan, John
Curran, Padraig Hogan.
Front Row (left to right):
Tony O'Shea, Michael
Carew (Team Captain),
Mark Dunne and Edward
McCormack.
The Co. Sligo G.C. Senior Cup team
pictured at the finals of the Bulmers All-
Ireland Cups & Shields at Lahinch Golf
Club. Back Row (left to right): Ken
Kearney, Patrick Kierans (Bulmers),
Serryth Heavey, Sean McTernan,
George Paterson, Martin McTernan, j
David O'Donovan. Front Row (left to
right): Tom Ford, Conor McCarthy
(Captain), Aidan Anderson (Team
'•\ Captain) and Kevin Flanagan.
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The Ballybunion team. Back Row (left to
right): John O'Donnell, John Carroll, Tim
Hickey, Eoin O'Connor, Pat Hartnett. Front
Row (left to right): Thomas Moran, Gary
Mulvihill, Brian Callaghan (Team Captain),
Tom Gorenan.
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2000 RESULTS
SENIOR CUP SEMI - FINALS FINAL
SHANDONPARK BALLYBUNION ELM PARK CO SLIGO SHANDON PARK ELM PARK
MHoey 19th J O'Donnell D Dunne H K Kearney H MHoev 2/1 D Dunne
G Wardlow 6/4 J Carroll M Turlev 2/1 S Heavev G Wardlow Ihole M Turley
P Purdy 6/5 T Hickey D Quilligan S McTernan 5/4 P Purdy H D Quilligan H
G Lynas H E O'Connor H ] Curran 7/6 G Patterson G Lynas 4/3 J Curran
B Hobson H P Harnett H P Hogan 1 hole M McTernan B Hobson H P Hogan H
RESULT: Shandon Park 4 Ballybunion 1 RESULT: Elm Park 3 "iCoSligol 1 /! RESULT: Shandon Park 4 Elm Park 1
BARTON SHIELD SEMI - FINALS FINAL
CO LOUTH KILLARNEY SHANDON PARK CONNEMARA SHANDON PARK CO LOUTH
G Bohill J Sugrue N Anderson D McNamara N Anderson G Bohill
D Gannon 6 holes E O'Sullivan MHoev 2 holes K Fahey MHoey 5 holes D Gannon
N Beirth D Sugrue P Purdy D Mortimer P Purdy N Beirth
B Ronan K Leacy 1 hole B Hobson G O'Donnell 1 hole B Hobson H B Ronan H
RESULT: Co Louth won by 5 holes RESULT: Shandon Park won by 1 hole RESULT: Shandon Park won by 5 holes
JUNIOR CUP SEMI - FINALS FINAL
MONKSTOWN WARRENPOINT MOATE ATHENRY MOATE MONKSTOWN
R Downey 3/2 B McKee K Fitzsimons M Lane 3/2 K Fitzsimons R Downey 4/3
A Fitzgerald Ihole PMcCartan E Coughlan 4/3 S Franklin TFox 21st A Fitzgerald
I Herbert 2 holes P Magee T Fox 1 hole M Mulryan E Coughlan 3/2 ] Herbert
N Millar B Powell 3/2 T Higgins 1 hole J Duffy T Higgins 4/3 N Millar
S Roche B Trainor 7/5 D Fitzpatrick 2/1 McSweeney D Ffepatrick H [Long H
RESULT: Monkstown 3 Warrenpoint 2 RESULT: Moate 4 Athenry 1 RESULT: Moate 3 "2 Monkstown 1lli
PIERCE PURCELL SHIELD SEMI-FINALS FINAL
ROE PARK PORTUMNA BEECH PARK TEMPLEMORE ROE PARK BEECH PARK
R Lyttle M Carroll J Delaney D Touhy R Lyttle J Delaney
P Mdllrath 4/3 CRyan V Carney 1 hole S Gleeson PMcIlrath 5/4 V Carney
P McKeever A Hogan P Gavin J McNamara P McKeever P Gavin
A Rankin E McEntee 2/1 JHall T McGrath 2/1 A Rankin JHall 5/3
S Dickson K Donnellan G Tucker T Kenny S Dickson G Tucker
P Green 3/2 K Hynes G O'Toole H M Heffernan H P Green 5/3 GOToole
S Murphy B Carty J Noonan D Maher S Murphy J Noonan
B Purcell 1 hole PGibbs W Buckley 3/2 J Fitzpatrick B Purcell 5/3 W Buckley
L Mulgrew J Austin H Daly D Kennedy L Mulgrew HDaly
R Crockett SCahalan 3/2 R Ryan 3/2 M Delaney R Crockett H RRyan H
RESULT: Roe Park 3 Portumna 2 RESULT: Beech Park 3 "2 Templemore 1 "2 RESULT: Roe Park 3 "2 Beech Park I 1 '2
JIMMY BRUEN SHIELD SEMI - FINALS FINAL
KILKEEL EAST CORK THE HEATH STRANDHILL KILKEEL THE HEATH
J McKay DColl J Delaney MWehrly J McKay J Delaney
M Concannon 2/1 P Murphy P Keenan 5/4 j Burke M Concannon 9/7 P Keenan
P Morgan S Brennan L Horgan D Rooney P Morgan L Horgan
S Leneghan J Quirke 1 hole T Murray Ihole N Tivnan S Leneghan 2/1 T Murray
S Weir P Coleman L Adams P Murphy SWeir L Adams
RGordan 2/1 E Murphy C Beere 7/6 D Lyndsav R Gordon C Beere 3/2
B Morgan A Mdntyre T Fogarty PCox B Morgan T Fogarty
E Nicholson I McKeown 2 holes S Beere H 1 Curley H E Nicholson 3/2 S Beere
T McVeigh E.J. Murphy ] Ireland J Stewart T McVeigh J Ireland
1 Annett - 1 hole D Moriarty Fennell H G Kilbride. H 1 Annett H 1 Fennell H
RESULT: Kilkeel 3 East Cork 2 RESULT: The Heath 4 Strandhill 1 RESULT: Kilkeel 3 1/2 The Heath 1 1/2
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