Last weekend saw a number of our Ladies interclub teams in action.

In the Junior Cup, there was an impressive win over Baltray with Katie Rowland and Ellen McEneaney winning their matches at home 5&3 and 6&4 respectively. Pauline Campbell's match went right down to the wire before she emerged victorious on 18. There was a trojan effort from Bernie McCabe and Elaine Ward who both managed to half their away matches. The Senior Cup panel will now advance to the North Leinster semi final to be played before 20 July.

The Challenge Trophy team had a convincing win over Greenore to set up a clash with Ardee on Thursday 10 July. Meanwhile the Intermediate Foursomes panel had a well deserved win against Rathcore. They now advance to face Westmanstown in their North Leinster semi final on Friday 12 July at 3pm.

While the Senior Foursomes were defeated by a strong Headfort side, our Senior Cup team had a fantastic win over Royal Tara to set up a semi final against The Island to be played before 20 July. Katie Rowland put in a tremendous performance and was 8 up thru 9 holes before winning on 11. There were away wins for Criona O'Reilly and Ellen McEneaney. 

What this all means is that the Ladies will have three teams in semi finals in July! We'd love to see as much support out for the teams as possible so please keep an eye on our social media channels, BRS and the website for updates on fixtures!
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On the Inter-Club front the Leinster Senior Men’s Fourball team beat County Louth 3-1 on Saturday with wins for Mickey Coburn & Seamus Bailey, Dennis Cunningham & John McKeever and Paul O’Callaghan & Stephen Murphy.  
However, the Boys Junior Foursomes team were beaten on the second tie hole by Laytown & Bettystown after the teams were level following 18 holes of play. Odhran MacShane and Roan Norton Quigley won 2up while Cameron Kilcoyne and Adam Brady lost 2down having been 3 down with two to play.  
​This Saturday, the Barton Cup team play Ashbourne at 15:30 in a third round match.  

Open Week began on Saturday, June 28, with the Building Information Ireland Junior Scratch Cup, which was won by Ardee’s Paul Wisniewski.
He shot a one over par 73 to win by one shot from Rory Callaghan of County Louth, Richard Graham of Kilkeel and Gary McMahon of Warrenpoint.
Two bogeys in the first three holes wasn’t the perfect start for Wisniewski but he got a shot back with a birdie at the par three fifth only to bogey the par three ninth as he turned on two over par.
He birdied the par five 10th but then bogeyed the par five 12th to remain at two over. However, he converted his third birdie of the day on the par three 17th and that ultimately was the shot that took him clear of the field and gave him a memorable victory.  
Dundalk’s Colin Roche with a four over par 76 finished in fifth place while his club colleague Dean King, playing off 10, shot a nett 69 to take the Nett prize. 
Saturday, June 28 – Building Information Ireland Junior Scratch Cup – Overall: Paul Wisniewski (Ardee) 73, Rory Callaghan (County Louth) 74, Richard Graham (Kilkeel) 74, Gary McMahon (Warrenpoint) 74,  Colin Roche (Dundalk) 76. Best Nett: Dean King (10) 69.

Congratulations to Eoin Murphy who has been selected to represent Leinster in the 2025 Inter provincial Championships which will take place in Knightsbrook Golf Club,

This is a great honour for Eoin, his family and Dundalk Golf Club. Eoin's selection reflects the fine form he has displayed over the past number of years and is now one of the top amateurs in Ireland.

The matches at Knightsbrook will take place from Wednesday 2 July to Friday 4 July with foursomes each morning followed by singles in the afternoon. Hopefully, we'll see a big turn out of Dundalk members getting behind Eoin!

The McKenna Wednesday Open was won by Sean McErlean (12) with 43pts. His round included a birdie four at the par five 10th as well as 12 pars as he went out in 20pts and came home in 23pts.
He won by two points from runner-up Ross Kehoe (13) while Ronan Farrelly (7), Anthony Tuite (14) and Frank O’Hagan (22) won the divisional prizes. Caolan Rafferty had six birdies and one bogey on his way to shooting the best gross score on 41pts.
Wednesday, June 25 - McKenna Man Open Singles Stableford – Overall: Sean McErlean (12) 43pts, Ross Kehoe (13) 41/22. Division 1: Ronan Farrelly (7) 39pts. Division 2: Anthony Tuite (14) 40pts. Division 3: Frank O'Hagan (22) 41/21pts. Gross Recognition: Caolan Rafferty 41pts.

Declan Curran took one of the big majors of the year over the longest weekend of the year when he won Lady Captain Sally McDonnell’s Prize to the Men by five shots.
Playing off 24, he shot a personal best gross score of 85 for an amazing nett 61. His round included nine pars five of which came on the front nine as he parred the first, second, sixth, seventh and eighth to go out in 42 gross which was 30 nett.
The pars kept coming down the back nine at the 11th, 12th, 14th and 18th as he came home in 43 gross which was 31 nett.
Behind him, McGuigan, playing off 21, had five pars on his way to a nett 66 and he took the runners-up spot on countback from Paul Heaney (21) who  also had a 66 and had to settle for winning Division 3 from Dessie Corbett (3) and Derek Williams (22).
Gregory McCaughey (9) won Division 1 with a fine nett 67 to win by two shot from Thomas Rice (11) and Stephen English (6).
Fergal Sexton (13) shot a nett 68 but needed to countback to edge out Paul O’Callaghan (14) and Robert Williams (15) for top honours in Division 2.
Conall Murdock had bidies at the third, fifth, ninth and 18th on his way to claiming the Gross Prize with a level par 72 while David Brennan (19) shot a nett 67 to claim the Veteran’s Prize with a round that included six pars.
Lady Captain Sally presented the prizes at a well-attended function in the Clubhouse and congratulated the winners as well as thanking the 264 players who took part in the competition.
Saturday, 21 June and Sunday, 22 June - Lady Captain Sally's Prize to Men (GOY 6) – Overall: Declan Curran (24) 61. Francis McGuigan (21) 66/33.5. Gross: Conall Murdock 72. Veteran: David Brennan (19) 67. Division 1: Gregory McCaughey (9) 67, Thomas Rice (11) 69/33.5, Stephen English (6) 69/36. Division 2 (Winner) Fergal Sexton (13) 68/33.5, Paul O'Callaghan (14) 68/35.0, Robert Williams (15) 68/35.5. Division 3: Paul Heaney (21) 66/34.5, Dessie Corbett (30) 67, Derek Williams (22) 68.

Alan Joynt (21) served up an impressive card to win the Wednesday Singles Stableford sponsored by McKenna Man.
After a three-point bogey at the index one fourth he finished the front nine with back-to-back three-point pars at the eighth and ninth to turn in 19pts. That was good for starters and the main course was three consecutive three-point pars on the 12th, 13th and 14th before he served up two more three-point pars at 17 and 18 as he came home in 22pts for an overall score of 41pts.
That left him one point clear of Bernard Laverty (8) who did everything he could to catch Joynt including two three-point birdies at the 10th and 18th and an eagle two for four points at the par four 14th. It was a brave effort by Laverty but he was left to rue a blank at the second which ultimately cost him overall victory.
Shane Hession (2), Tom Cunniffee (20) and Derek Williams (23) were the gross winners while Caolan Rafferty had five birdies and no bogeys in carding the day’s best gross score of 41pts. 
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 - McKenna Man Open Singles Stableford – Overall: Alan Joynt (21) 41pts, Bernard Laverty (8) 40pts.  Division 1: Shane Hession (2) 39pts, Philip Lawler (13) 38pts. Division 2: Tom Cunniffe (20) 39pts, Daniel Gallagher (17) 37pts. Division 3: Derek Williams (23) 38/18/11/8pts, Conor Murphy (26) 38/18/11/5. Gross Recognition: Caolan Rafferty 41pts.

Stephen Fitzpatrick won the Singles Stableford competition held over the weekend of June 14 and 15 by one point.
Playing off 18, Fitzpatrick shot 42pts and that was enough to separate him from a group of four players on 41pts.
The foundations for his winning round were laid on the front nine which he covered in 23 points thanks to six three-point pars at the second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth holes.
He could only manage two further three-point pars on the 14th and 18th but it was those three points on the final hole that got him to 42pts and gave him the overall victory.
Jospeh Laverty (1), Desmond McKeown (9), Brendan Keane (12) and Cathal Purcell (13) all shot 41pts and it was Laverty who took the runners-up spot on countback after posting a back nine of 21pts.
Laverty also carded the best gross score of the competition with 40pts which equated to a bogey-free four under par 68  with the birdies coming on the sixth, tenth, 12th and 15th holes.
McKeown and Keane were both level on the back nine countback, but McKeown edged the back six to take first place in Division 1 with Keane second while Purcell’s 41pts was enough to win Division 2 from Peter Cunningham (18).  The  Division 3 winner was Paul Lynch (21) who edged out Paul Heaney (22) on countback after both had shot 40pts.
Saturday, 14 June and Sunday, 15 June – Singles Stableford - Overall: Stephen Fitzpatrick 1(18) 42pts. Joseph Laverty (1) 41/21pts. Division 1: Desmond McKeown (9) 41/19/15pts, Brendan Keane (12) 41/19/10pts. Division 2: Cathal Purcell (13) 41/19pts, Peter Cunningham (18) 40pts. Division 3: Paul Lynch (21) 40/21, Paul Heaney (22) 40/20pts. Gross Recognition: Joseph Laverty 40pts. 

On the inter-club scene there were mixed fortunes for various Dundalk teams over the last week.
The Barton Shield team beat Seapoint by six holes last Friday to earn a third round tie against County Louth while the Barton Cup team had a 3-2 win over Ardee in difficult conditions last Thursday.
On Saturday, the Mixed Fourball team lost 2.5 to 1.5 to Rathcor while on Sunday, in the Leinster North quarter-final, the Jimmy Bruen team were beaten on the second play-off hole after a 2-2 draw with Royal Dublin.  
The Women's Minor Foursomes lost a play-off against St Anne's on Sunday after a 2-2 draw.

Declan Curran (26) won Wednesday’s McKenna Man Open Singles Stableford with 43pts and pipped Sean Matthews (13) on countback.  
His round included a four-point par at the 15th and three-point pars at the sixth, 10th and 14th as he went out in 22pts and came home in 21pts.
Matthews who had a four point birdie at the seventh, shot 20pts down the back nine and will rue a triple bogey seven at the 15th which led to a blank at that hole.
Ben Cahill shot 39pts for the best gross score of the day with a superb round that saw him cover the first three holes on the back nine in five under par as he eagled the par five 10th and 12th and birdied the par four 11th. He also had birdies at the fourth and 18th as well as a double bogey at the seventh and bogies at the third and 17th.
The divisional winners were Andrew Coburn (6), Daniel Cronin and Anthony McGuinness. Saturday, 7 June and Sunday, 8 June - Singles Stableford Competition – Overall: Gary Lennon (14) 43pts, Liam O'Reilly (12) 42pts. Division 1: Ken Norton (5) 40pts, Gerard Carroll (7) 39pts. Division 2: Shane Thornton (13) 40/25pts, Gerry Mulligan (13) 40/21pts. Division 3: Brendan McDonnell (20) 41pts, Paul Martin (25) 40pts. Gross Recognition: Niall Henry 34pts.
Wednesday, 11 June - McKenna Man Open Singles Stableford – Overall: Declan Curran (26) 43/21pts, Sean Matthews (13) 43/20. Division 1: Andrew Coburn (6) 40pts. Division 2: Daniel Cronin (17) 40pts. Division 3: Anthony McGuinness (24) 39pts. Gross Recognition: Ben Cahill 39pts.