DEERPARK Killarney’s interest in the in the National Inter-Club Pitch and Putt Championship ended at the semi-finals stage as they lost out 5-4 to eventual winners Gowran of Kilkenny in Royal Meath, Clonee last Saturday.
The Killarney club had led after the morning’s scotch foursomes matches, the combinations of Lorcan Martin and Darragh O’Callaghan along with Gearóid Cronin and Adam Kelly halving their matches but a 5 and 3 win for Declan Kelly and John O’Brien in their match gave Deerpark 2-1 lead at the halfway stage.
Gowran went on to dominate the singles, however, with a 2 and 1 win for O’Callaghan, Deerpark’s only success in the six singles matches as halves for Kieran Fitzpatrick and Declan Kelly meant Gearoid Cronin’s 2 and 1 loss in the remaining singles match gave Gowran a 5-4 win. The Kilkenny club went on to win the final against Riverdale of Nenagh later in the day.
The Kerry County Board offers commiserations to Deerpark on their loss as well as condolences to team member, Noel Moynihan, on the death of his father, Dermot, in the build-up to last Saturday’s event.
On Sunday Deerpark held their annual Scratch Cups, this time over a shortened distance of 36 holes for all grades, with Shane Hoare from the Larkspur Park Club in Cashel the victor in the senior competition with 13 under par, two ahead of Deerpark’s Damien Fleming who finished on 11 under. Tralee’s Jason O’Regan was third on 10 under.
The Intermediate and Junior grades, meanwhile, saw some solace for Deerpark Inter-Club players Gearoid Cronin and Darragh O’Callaghan. Cronin retained the Intermediate event with a score of four under par, one ahead of four players who all finished on three under par, namely Deerpark brothers John and Robbie O’Brien Jnr along with Castleisland’s Timmy Looney and Tralee’s Roger Guthrie, with the O’Brien brothers finishing second and third respectively on countback.
O’Callaghan, meanwhile, won the Junior event with a score of two over par, five clear of club-mate Colm O’Dowd in second with another Deerpark player John Murphy a further two shots behind in the third.
The Ladies 11-18 prize was won by Margaret O’Donovan from the Bruff club in Limerick with a score of 131.
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