defeat for junior cup and jb carr teams but through in mixed foursomes

The Irish Mixed Foursomes team has a great first round win over Laytown & Bettystown on Sunday. There were wins in Dundalk for Judy McDonagh & Brian Og Renaghan and Maeve Ahern & Neal MacKell and after Bernie McGuinness & Conall Murdock were beaten on the 17th it was left to Brid Rocks & Mark Gorham to secure the place in the next round by winning on the 18th.
The Junior Cup team fell at the first hurdle in the defence of their Leinster North title on Saturday going down 3-2 to Sutton in the first round. Ciaran Traynor and Peter Durnin won their matches in Dundalk but there no joy in Dublin as Ken Norton, John Sharkey and Clem Walshe were edged out.
The JB Carr team were also narrowly beaten in the Louth semi-final against Seapoint on Saturday where all five matches were played over the Termonfeckian links. Although Gerry Murray & John McLaughlin and Conor Byrne and Eamonn McEneaney were beaten, wins for Jim Dwyer & Gerry McDermott and Dennis Cunningham & Barry Grennan left the match delicately poised at 2-2. All eyes swung to the match involving Mickey Coburn & Tommy Renaghan, who had come from three down to finish all square after 18, but unfortunately they were beaten on the first tie hole.