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Balmoral Golf Club have teamed up with Sport N.I. to give women an opportunity to take up the wonderful game of golf. Balmoral are  keen to attract a new generation of players to the club, particularly those who are retiring from other sports such as camogie, football or hockey. They especially want to attract women who have never played any sport before but want to give golf a go. The response to Balmoral’s advertising of the scheme ...

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  Northern Ireland’s own Olivia Mehaffey conquered testing conditions in Southerndown to win The Welsh Ladies Open Stroke Play and make it three in a row!         Olivia came into the Welsh event on the back of victories in Ireland and Scotland, edging out England’s Olivia Winning by a single shot. The top Welsh performer was Tenby’s Becky Harries who finished in sixth place, a closing 72 rocketing her up the leaderboard at Southerndown. “The golf course is awesome, such a ...

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First ever Irish Open Trophy Tour competition gives school kids a chance to: Receive a visit for their class or school from the prestigious Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Trophy AND world famous ‘Claret Jug’ Gain an insight into the life of a professional golfer from Des Smyth, Dubai Duty Free golf ambassador and vice-captain of the victorious 2014 Ryder Cup team at Gleneagles Participate in a Q&A with European Tour, Rory Foundation & Royal County Down representatives Enjoy a ...

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  Tuam, Skerries, Cahir Park and City of Derry all fought a hard battle  at Athlone   in the Miele Fourball Regional Finals to reach the All Ireland Semi-Finals at Naas on October 4. The final will take place at Naas on Sunday 5 October. In Region One, Skerries took an early lead by winning the first two matches against Castlewarden and the last two called in as they won 3-1. In Region Two, City of Derry’s Karena Brady ...

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              Prizes Winner:  Leanne O’Shea (Shannon) Silver: Lorna Mullally (Tuam) Bronze:  Ciara Murphy Wright (Shannon) Gross:  Nicole McGavisk (Donabate) 3rd:  Ara McCartan (Malone) 4th:  Aine Donegan (Woodstock) Photo: Lorna Mullally (Tuam), Irene Kirwan (Seapoint Lady Captain), Leanne O’Shea (Shannon), Mary McKenna (ILGU President) and Ciara Murphy Wright (Shannon) pictured after their victories in the 2013 ILGU Junior Medal Finals at Seapoint,    

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The new service will allow clients that are stuck for space in their hire car to have their sets delivered to their resort. This service is strictly for booking west of Albufeira. Clients also have the option to collect their sets at the five star Cascades resort in Lagos. This must be done on a pre agreed basis with the handling team. Clubs to Hire are now based in sixteen countries, just think! No carriage costs, no additional ...

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Congratulations to all the B&D winners and especially to Ara Mc Cartan Malone G.C. Ara was the over all winner for the 18 Holes Season competition Photo: Ara with Lillian Patterson.         Season. 2nd in 18 Holes Olivia McClurg Belvoir Park G.C. Photo: Olivia with Lillian Patterson. 3rd in 18 Hole Season competition Laura Cathcart, Dunmurry G.C.  Photo: Laura with Lillian Patterson. Season Winner 9 Holes 1st Katie Russell Belvoir 2nd Kellie Reynolds Malone 3rd Amelia Rose Malone Photo: left. Amelia Rose with Dunmurry Lady Captain Jean White. Photo: right  ...

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  Lady Captain Jean White presenting new member Carol Redpath with first prize which was a beautiful painting by local artist Alison McKnight. Lady Captain’s Prize                        Carol Redpath          43 pts Runner up                                            Donna Gillespie           36 pts Best Gross                                            F McGrady          25 gross pts Section 1 Winner (0 – 24)                  Helen Shepherd          34 pts Section 2 Winner (25 – 29)                       Sandra Davies     33 pts Section 3 Winner (30 – 36 )               Rosemary Doherty    32 pts Best front nine                                         Margaret ...

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The second annual Praxis Care / Abbey Real Estate Golf Classic at the Hilton Templepatrick raised an amzing £6,332 for the work of the charity Praxis Care. After brunch, and being presented with a goodie bag including tray bakes made by Praxis Care Conlig Work Skills, play began with a shotgun start and 17 teams hit the fairways of The Hilton Course. A special Praxis Care service user competition was run by Eamonn Logue (Dir.of Golf) with 14 service users from Praxis ...

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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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