Schools wins for Muckross and St Michael's Lurgan
Mary Doyle (Scoil Chriost Ri, Portlaoise) driving at the 18th in the 2015 Irish Schools Senior & Junior Cup Finals at Milltown Golf Club. Picture by Pat Cashman
St. Michael's Grammar School in Lurgan and Dublin's Muckross College won the Irish Schools Senior and Junior Cups at Milltown Golf Club.
St Michael's Niamh McSherry and Niamh Ward each returned 32 points which when aggregated saw them lead the field by 7 points from Portlaoise’s Scoil Chriost Ri.
In the Junior Cup, Muckross College Dublin won their first Irish title when Anna Foster (28pts) and Ellen O’Gorman (23pts) defeated last year’s runners-up St. Mary's High School from Lurgan.
Valerie Hassett (President, Irish Ladies Golf Union) presenting Mary Doyle (Scoil Chriost Ri, Portlaoise) with the Mary Nolan Cup (Best Senior Gross) after her victory in the 2015 Irish Schools Senior & Junior Cup Finals at Milltown Golf Club today (27/04/2015). Also in the picture is Niamh McMurrough (Lady Captain, Milltown Golf Club). Picture by Pat Cashman
Valerie Hassett presenting Ellen O'Gorman (Muckross College, Dublin) with the Junior Cup. Also in the picture (from left) Niamh McMurrough (Lady Captain, Milltown Golf Club), Anna Foster and John McCarthy (PE Teacher). Picture by Pat Cashman
Valerie Hassett presenting Niamh McSherry (St Michael's Grammar School, Lurgan) with the Senior Cup. Also in the picture (from left) Niamh Ward, Niamh McMurrough and Eadaoin Ward. Picture by Pat Cashman
At Milltown GC - CSS 35pts
Irish Senior Cup Final
- 64pts St. Michael's Grammar School - Lurgan Niamh McSherry 32 Eadaoin Ward [15] Niamh Ward 32
- 57pts Scoil Christ Rí, Portlaoise Josephine Delaney [19] Mary Doyle 32 Emma Hooban 25
- 56pts Santa Sabina, Dublin Julie McCarthy 31 Sophie Harrison 25
- 40pts Ursuline College, Sligo Niamh Cronin 19 Jenny Demmel [10] Maeve Rooney 21
- 38pts Intermediate Killorglin Niamh Carmody [12] Eibhlin McCarthy 25 Naoishe Purcell 13
Senior Individual
- Best Gross (Mary Nowlan Trophy) — 32pts Scoil Portlaoise – Mary Doyle
- Best Nett — 38pts Ursuline College Sligo – Jenny Demmel
Irish Junior Cup Final
- 51pts Muckross College, Dublin Anna Foster 28 Ellen O'Gorman 23
- 42pts St. Mary's High School, Lurgan Ella Beatty 11 Annabel Wilson 31
- 41pts Scoil Mhuire, Cork Jemma Barry 16 Rachel Thompson 25
- 34pts Loreto, Kilkenny Jan Browne 14 Katie Keenan 20 Amy Lennon [10]
- 22pts Salerno, Galway Megan Harty 14 Aoife Murphy [7] Ciara Murphy 8
Junior Individual
- Best Gross — 25pts Scoile Mhuire Cork – Rachel Thompson
- Best Nett — 44pts Salerno Galway – Megan Harty