Success for Kilrea Ladies

On Sunday 1 August the Ladies had to dig deep to overcome the strong challenge from Portstewart GC in their match at Portadown GC. With two matches each under the belts all eyes were focussed on Marie-Therese Bradley and her opponent as they made their way up the 18th. Marie-Therese with a one hole advantage held her nerve to halve the hole and win the match.

Elation for the Kilrea Ladies and no doubt huge disappointment for the Portstewart Ladies who lost by just a whisper on the day.

The Ulster Final will be played at Galgorm GC on Thursday 26 August, where Kilrea take on KIlkeel GC.

A fine evening greeted the 16 men and 16 ladies who arrived to compete for the Rough Hills trophies. An open draw was undertaken to determine the mixed greensomes pairings.The fourballs then were despatched to all corners of the course for the shotgun start and spirits were high.

The prizewinners were as follows:

Winners on 42 points - Rosemary McCamphill and Martin Cassidy

Runners -Up on 41 points - Hazel Calderwood and James Henry

Martin on behalf of the winners thanked his playing partner and his fourball.He thanked all involved in resurrecting this important competition.John McClure on behalf of all the players paid special tribute to Agnes Patterson and her helpers for their efficiency in running this competition, thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Meanwhile, Kilrea GC ladies continue to make a big impact in the 2010 season thanks to Annemarie Donaghy and Susanna McAteer, who have qualified to play in the All-Ireland finals of the Australian Spoons greensomes competition at Carrick-On-Shannon GC on August 23.

The pairing scored a credible 41 points in the Ulster District qualifying event at Newtownstewart on July 27 to gain one of five Ulster places in the finals.Congratulations ladies and best of luck in your next challenge.

And finally July 23 will live long in the memory for Mo Bradley-Travis as she recorded her first hole-in-one, on the 17th at Moyola Park GC.