Championships
Schools Match Play (National Finals)
(Closing date 12/31/2009)
Irish Schools Match Play Championship
Killarney (Mahony's Point) Golf Club
20 April 2010
Final:
Gonzaga College 3 Rathmore Grammar 2
(Gonzaga names first)
Liam Harnett bt Patrick McGlone 5/3; Tommy O'Brien bt Daniel McCrea 19th; Peter McKeever bt Matthew McClean 1 hole; Eoghan McKeever lost to Stephen Gracey 3/1; Ross McKeever lost to Ryan Murray 3/2.
1967 saw the start of this event, aimed at developing schools golf. St. Joseph's CBS in Drogheda claimed top honours in four of the first five years in the Championship. They have not won the event since 1971.
In recent years, Summerhill College Sligo have proven to be amongst the strongest in the competition with wins in 1985, 1986, 1988, 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2007.
Semi-finals
Gonzaga College 3, Colaiste Chiaráin 2
(Gonzaga names first)
Liam Harnett lost to David Carroll 1 hole; Tommy O’Brien bt Owen O’Brien 3/2; Peter McKeever lost to Jack Ryan 3/1; Eoghan McKeever bt Dan Lucey 7/5; Ross McKeever bt Colin O’Sullivan 6/5.
Rathmore Grammar 4, St Muredach’s College 1
(Rathmore names first)
Patrick McGlone bt Jonathan Kelly 6/4; Daniel McCrea bt Robert Dervin 3/1; Matthew McClean bt Jonathan Doherty 6/4; Stephen Gracey halved with Craig Doherty (match called in); Ryan Murray halved with Ronan Connor (match called in).
