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Jack Buckley, Captain of the Federation of Co.Kerry Golf Clubs, presents the winning trophy to Tralee Golf Club team manager Gatt Carey following Tralee’s win in the Kerry Junior League competition at Killarney Golf and Fishing Club. Also seated are Mark Gazi and Liam Nolan, Tralee Golf Club Captain. Standing from left are Cian Hill, Michael O’Gara, Mark Stephenson, Eoin Lynch, James McCarthy, Ciaran Nolan-Tighe, Evan O’Connor, John Holmes, Mark Leahy and David Nolan-Tighe. Picture: Eamonn Keogh
IT’S been a good week for Tralee Golf Club when on Sunday they ended a wait of 67 years without a AIG Munster Junior Cup and will play for All-Ireland honours next month.
Then the juvenile members of the club got in on the winning act this week when they won the Kerry Junior League competition at Killarney Golf and Fishing Club.
The first Munster Junior Cup title since 1949 was secured with a victory over Tipperary in Cork Golf Club last Sunday.
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The victorious Tralee Golf Club contingent who won the AIG Munster Junior Cup on Sunday.
The team will now travel to Carton House, Kildare and attempt to go one step further and beat the best Ireland has to offer on the second week in September.
The team was managed by Billy Naughton and Brian Hennebery.
AIG Junior Cup
Munster Semi-Finals: Co Tipperary 3 Nenagh 2 (Thomas Hewitt bt Tony Scroope 1 hole; Oliver Carr bt to Scott O’Brien 1 hole; Daniel Kennedy lost to Alex Jones 5&4; Brian Webster lost to Michael Scroope 3&2; Brian Slattery bt Michael Corrigan 4&3).
Tralee 4 Fermoy 1 (Gareth O’Donnell bt Stephen Wolfe 5&4; Kevin Lucey bt Ronal Bagnell 4&3; Tim Leahy bt Trevor Moloney 5&4; Verners Tess halved with Eoin Callanan called in; Donie O’Keeffe halved with Brian O’Callaghan called in).
Munster Final: Tralee 3.5 Co Tipperary 1.5 (O’Donnell lost to Hewitt 4&3; Lucey bt Carr 2&1; Tess bt Alan Horgan 6&4; Danny Leen bt Webster 5&4; O’Keeffe halved with Slattery called in).
