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Golf round-up… all the winners from the Ulster club finals, including victories for Royal Portrush and Royal County Down in the AIG Women’s Senior Cup

Royal Portrush winners

PORTSTEWART Golf Club hosted the Ulster North and South finals in the AIG Women’s Senior Cup with Royal Portrush winning the North section, 3.5 to 1.5 over Malone GC while in the South section, Royal Co Down overcame Belvoir Park 3-2.

Royal County Down winners (above)

Rockmount and Malone progressed to the AIG All-Ireland Inter-club finals at Athlone on September 6-7.

Both were successful in the Ulster North and South Area Finals of the AIG Women’s Junior Cup at Rossmore.

In the Ulster South Area Final, Rockmount overcame Lurgan 5 – 0. Despite the match score seeming to be decisive the matches were very close until the latter stages.

In the Ulster North Area Final, Malone overcame Ballycastle by the somewhat flattering margin of 4½ – ½. Three of the matches looked to be going the way of Malone for much of the afternoon and this proved to be the case. They won the fourth match on the 19th hole with the other match called-in.

Rockmount winners (above) and Malone (below)

Rockmount staged the Ulster North and South Area Finals of the AIG Women’s Intermediate Foursomes, resulting in wins for City of Derry, 3-2 over Ballyclare on a tie hole in the North final, and Co Cavan, 3-1 over Belvoir Park in the South final.

City of Derry winners (above) and County Cavan (below)

The O18 Women and Girls Foursomes took place at Carnalea where Carmen Dill (Junior) and Gràinne O’Malley (Carnalea) were winners of the tournament, with a score of 39 points, last year’s winners Lucy Morrison and Liz Doherty (Clandeboye) coming second with 35 points.

The high combined handicap players then competed in a 9-hole competition that was won by 7 year old Eve Megarry and her mum Brenda Megarry (Antrim).

Carmen Dill and Gràinne O’Malley (above)

Eve Megarry and mum Brenda (above)