Castle team make match-play stages

CONGRATULATIONS go to Ballycastle Golf Club's Mixed Foursomes team who have made it through to this year's match-play stages following a successful qualification day at Greenacres on Sunday.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th May 2010, 15:34 BST

Well done to the team: Seamus Killough & Susan Crawford, Colm Hendrie & Liz Dowds, Danny Taggart & Jenny Parkhill, Vincent Dowds & Doreen Reid, Hugh Sayers & Joan Wisener and to team captain Gerry Norwood who has remarkably now guided both the Pierce Purcell and Mixed Foursomes teams to qualification in successive weekends!

Rumours are Jose Mourinho has been ringing Gerry for advice!

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The Glentaisie Trophy was held at the club on Saturday 15th May and it was 7up all round as the top five pairs all finished on this total in the fourball versus par format.

After the back nines were compared, it was Michael Kearns and Aiden Higgins who emerged victorious thanks to their excellent inward score of 6 up and they finished just ahead of Michael Campbell and Tommie Simpson who took second place. Martin Morgan and Steven Devlin were third, fourth place went to Niall Hill and Mervyn Arbuthnot and fifth place went to Chris Duncan and Ronnie Mitchell.

In the stableford competition on Sunday, Damian McSorley, playing off eleven, was the winner with a total of 43 points. Mark McCormick, playing off three, finished in second place after his three under par round gave him 42 points, Martin McGuigan was third with 41 points and Michael Campbell continued his good form to take fourth place also on a total of 41 points.

A stableford competition will be held at the club next Saturday and on Sunday, there will be an Open Charity team event to raise funds for Northern Ireland Hospice.