Keane birdie on last seals division 2 win

Brendan Keane and Andrew Shekleton shot the best scores in the Singles Stableford competition played on the Saturday and Sunday of the St Patrick’s Weekend.
Playing in Division 2, both shot 43pts with Keane securing top spot on countback by virtue of a better back nine score which was greatly helped by a birdie on the 18th.
Playing off 12, Keane went out in 20pts and came home in 23pts with a round that included four point birdies at the eighth and 18th and a three birdie at the 14th. He also had three-point pars at the third, fourth, 10th and 12th and two-point pars at the fifth, 13th and 17th.
Shekleton, who played off 15, shot 23pts over the front nine and 20pts down the back nine and had cause to rue a blank on the par four second after a triple bogey seven. He recovered well from that setback with four point birdies at the fourth and fifth and a three point birdie on the 13th. He had seven pars of which five were three pointers which came at the first, eighth, ninth, 10th and 16th while also notching two point pars at the sixth and 14th.
Division Four was also decided on countback after Peter McCaughey (23) and Laurence Hanratty (27) tied on 42pts. Hanratty’s 17pts down the back nine was no match for McCaughey’s blistering 24pts which was achieved over eight holes as he had a quadruple bogey eight on the last for a blank. His back nine score included five three point pars as well as a four point at the long par four 16th.
In Division One Kenneth Cairns (11) shot 42pts to edge out Dennis Cunningham (10) by two points while in Division 3 veteran Brian Ward (21) shot 42pts to beat Alex Naylor (17) for first place in that category.
Saturday, 15 March and Sunday, 16 March – Singles Stableford – Division 1: Kenneth Cairns 9.7 / 12 (11) 42pts, Dennis Cunningham (10) 40pts. Division 2: Brendan Keane (12) 43/23pts, Andrew Shekleton (15) 43/20pts. Division 3: Brian Ward (21) 42pts, Alex Naylor (17) 41pts. Division 4: Peter McCaughey (23) 42/24, Laurence Hanratty (27) 42/17pts.