A top class field, including Irish Internationals will take to Roscommon Golf Club next week in the hope of being crowned Connacht Girls’ Champion. 2015 Champion Eleanor Metcalfe (Laytown and Bettystown) will return to defend her title which she won at Castledargan last year.
Hot on her heels will be Girls’ International Julie McCarthy (Forrest Little), who is fresh home from the European Team Championships in Oslo where the Irish Girls’ won Flight B to finish 9th overall. Julie has already claimed the Ulster and Leinster Girls’ Championships this year and will be hoping to keep to her winning ways next week.
Roscommon is one of Connacht’s top parkland courses and has hosted a number of high-level championship events in the past. Competitors in the U18 event will play 36 holes stroke play on the first day and 18 on the second day with the winner being crowned over 54 holes. All information for the Connacht Girl’s Championship, including the draw can be found HERE.
At the same venue and date the Golfstyle Connacht Girls’ U16 Championship will also be played for. Up and coming players Anna Dawson (Tramore), Kate Dwyer (Rossmore) and Lavinia Bowe (Royal Co. Down Ladies) alongside a strong field of 22 U16 girls’ will be competing for the prize. All information for the Golfstyle Connacht Girls’ U16 Championship can be found HERE.
2016 Golfstyle Connacht Girls Open Championship Timesheet – Galway Players in Bold
Roscommon Golf Club 19th July
8.00 13.00 Julie McCarthy (Forrest Little) Eleanor Metcalfe (Laytown & Bettystown) Lauren Walsh (Castlewarden)
8.10 13.10 Alicia Martinez Ortuno (Spain) Sara Byrne (Douglas) Ellen O’Gorman (Milltown)
8.20 13.20 Sarah Burke (Mullingar) Áine Donegan (Woodstock) Clodagh Walsh (Castlewarden)
8.30 13.30 Canice Screene (Hermitage) Maeve Rooney (Co. Sligo) Kate Lanigan (Hermitage)
8.40 13.40 Georgia Carr (Milltown) Beth Coulter (Kirkistown Castle) Kate McElroy (Faithlegg)
8.50 13.50 Emma Forbes (Royal Portrush) Anna Foster (Elm Park) Lorna Mullally (Tuam)
9.00 14.00 Leah Temple Lang (Elm Park) Katie Keenan (Kilkenny) Niamh Cronin (Co Sligo)
9.10 14.10 Jan Browne (Kilkenny) Bethany Thornbury (Tandragee) Chloe O’Connor (Roscommon)
9.20 14.20 Niamh O’Dwyer (Lahinch) Maria Elizalde (Maldonado Spain) Ellen Rodgers (Royal Portrush)
9.30 14.30 Aisling Walsh (Milltown) Laura McCaw (Portstewart) Ailbhe Bourke (Enniscrone)
9.40 14.40 Laura Cody (Balbriggan) Roisin O’Brien (Roscommon) Andrea Dunican (Ballinasloe)
9.50 Amy Monaghan (Cregmore) Molly O’Hara (Clandeboye) Emma Walsh (Milltown)
10.00 Aoife Crowdle (Kilkenny) Ciara Corcoran (Grange) Áine Moore (Portarlington)
2016 Golfstyle Connacht U16 Open Championship
Timesheet 20th July
8.30 Kate Dwyer (Rossmore) Lavinia Bowe (Royal Co. Down) Anna Dawson (Tramore)
8.40 Emma Jane Fenlon (Rosslare) Niamh Smyth (Oughterard) Tegan Gordon (Laytown & Bettystown)
8.50 Kaylin Screene (Hermitage) Ellen Lawlor (Naas) Emily Walsh (Limerick)
9.00 Rebekah Greevy (Bray) Megan Harty (Galway) Vicki Conlon (Enniscrone)
9.10 Ciara Burke (Galway) Lauryn McKnight (Galway) Shona Hendrick (Tuam)
9.20 Aoife Murphy (Galway) Annabel Greham (Ballina) Zoey McDermott (Strokestown)
9.30 Ciara Murphy (Galway) Katie Dunne (Co. Sligo)
9.40 Caoimhe McDermott (Galway) Zoe Dunne (Co. Sligo)