Royal Curragh off to a winner in Provincial Towns Cup
Inter-club golf is in full swing in Leinster with the early exchanges complete in the Provincial Towns Cup, the Metropolitan Trophy and the Leinster Fourball Trophy.
Royal Curragh — the oldest golf course in Ireland with its original holes laid out “on the links near Donnelly’s Hollow” by Edinburgh's David Ritchie in 1852 — got off to a winning start in the Provincial Towns Cup with a 5.5-3.5 victory over Craddockstown.
Leinster Fourball Trophy
First Round:
Balbriggan bt Black Bush 3/2;
Ardee bt Greenore 4/1;
Dundalk bt Townley Hall 3/2;
The Island DQ Malahide W/O;
Clontarf bt Portmarnock 3.5/1.5;
Corballis Links bt St. Anne’s 3/2;
Hollywood Lakes bt Forrest Little 3/2;
Hollystown bt St. Margaret’s 4/1;
Elmgreen bt Silloge Park 3/2;
Westmanstown bt Beaverstown 3.5/1.5;
Castlewarden bt Naas 3/2;
Hazel Grove bt Palmerstown Stud 4/1;
Killeen bt Carton House 4/1;
Hermitage bt Citywest Resort 4/1;
Castle bt Dublin Mountain 3.5/1.5;
Glen of the Downs bt Delgany 3.5/1.5;
Old Conna bt Charlesland 3.5/1.5;
Ballinascorney W/D Blessington Lakes W/O;
Milltown bt Rathfarnham 4/1;
Elm Park bt Killiney 3/2;
Powerscourt bt Blainroe 3/2;
Druid’s Glen bt Greystones 3/2;
Kilcoole bt Woodbrook 3.5/1.5;
Wicklow bt European Club 4/1;
Wexford DQ St. Helen’s Bay W/O;
Woodenbridge W/D Waterford W/O;
New Ross bt Enniscorthy 3.5/1.5;
Newbridge bt The Heritage 3/2;
Dunmurry Springs bt Castlecomer 3/2;
Carlow bt Athy 3.5/1.5;
Esker Hills bt Castle Barna 3/2;
New Forest bt Portarlington 3.5/1.5
Metropolitan Trophy
Preliminary Round:
Howth bt Rush 6.5/2.5;
The Links Portmarnock bt Sutton 5/4;
Corballis Links bt Deer Park 5/4;
Clontarf bt Beaverstown 5/4;
St. Anne’s bt Malahide 5/4;
Donabate bt Portmarnock 7.5/1.5;
Forrest Little bt Silloge Park 5/4;
Hollywood Lakes bt Hollystown 5/4;
St. Margaret’s bt Corrstown 5/4;
Glen of the Downs bt Elm Park 5.5/3.5;
Kilmashogue bt Glencullen 6/3;
Powerscourt bt Dun Laoghaire 5.5/3.5;
Milltown bt Old Conna 5/4;
Stackstown bt Charlesland 5/4;
Grange bt Greystones 5.5/3.5;
Foxrock bt Rathfarnham 5/4;
Delgany bt Woodbrook 6/3;
Palmerstown Stud bt Hazel Grove 7/2;
Naas bt Edmondstown 5/4;
Castle bt Newlands 6/3;
Lucan bt Grange Castle 5/4;
Dublin Mountain bt Slade Valley 5/4;
Killeen bt Hermitage 6/3;
Beech Park bt Lisheen Springs 6.5/2.5
Provincial Towns Cup
First Round:
Co. Louth bt Townley Hall 6/3;
Bellewstown bt Knightsbrook 5.5/3.5;
South Meath W/D Ardee W/O;
Royal Tara bt Seapoint 5.5/3.5;
Dundalk bt Balbriggan 7/2;
Laytown & Bettystown bt Delvin Castle 7.5/1.5;
Headfort bt Black Bush 6/3;
Greenore bt Co. Meath 5/4;
Mullingar bt Glasson 7/2;
Tullamore bt New Forest 8/1;
Mount Temple bt Tullybeg House 6/3;
Rathcore bt Moyvalley 5/4;
Cill Dara bt Castlecomer 5/4;
Rathdowney bt The Heritage 5/4;
Abbeyleix W/D Carlow W/O;
Birr bt Edenderry 7/2;
Royal Curragh bt Craddockstown 5.5/3.5;
The Heath bt Killerig 7/2;
Athy bt Newbridge 6/3;
European Club bt Coollattin 7/2;
Druid’s Heath bt Macreddin 6.5/2.5;
Wicklow bt Arklow 6.5/2.5;
Mount Wolseley bt Rathsallagh 5/4;
Blainroe DQ Tulfarris W/O;
Woodenbridge bt Kilcoole 5/4;
Enniscorthy bt New Ross 6/3;
Courtown DQ St. Helen’s Bay W/O;
Callan bt Gowran Park 5.5/3.5;
Waterford bt Kilkenny 5/4;
Ballymoney bt Bunclody 5/4;
Borris bt Wexford 5/4