Ulster and Leinster set for showdown
Kevin Le Blanc (Leinster) and Michael Shiel (Connacht) get out the range finders in the 2013 Irish Boys Under 15 Interprovincial Championship at West Waterford Golf Club. Picture by Pat Cashman/www.cashmanphotography.ie Leinster and Ulster each scored two wins from two matches on day one of the Under 15 Interprovincial Championship to set up a title show-down between the two provinces on Friday morning, writes the GUI.
Defending champions, Ulster, opened with a comfortable 4 - 1 win over Connacht and followed up with 3-2 victory over Munster at a sunkissed West Waterford Golf Club.
Leinster, who will be seeking to exact revenge after a narrow defeat to Ulster in 2012, had an impressive opening day losing just two matches on route to respetive 4-1 wins over Munster in the morning and Connacht later in the day.
Boys’ Under 15 Interprovincial Championship, West Waterford
Ulster 4 Connacht 1 (Ulster names first)
Foursomes
Marc McKinstry & Jack Madden bt Allan Hill & Sean Doyle 4/3
Singles
Peter Cummins bt Ross Murphy-Sweeney 3/2;
Owen Crooks bt Mikey Burke 4/3;
Ryan Corry halved with Michael O’Farrell;
Patrick Brennan halved with Micheal Shiel
Leinster 4 Munster 1 (Leinster names first)
Foursomes
Kevin Le Blanc & Harry Duggan bt Sean Enright & Conor Slevin 4/3
Singles
Alan Fahy bt Charlie Dawson 3/2;
Thomas Mulligan bt Mark Healy 2/1;
Paul Kelly lost to Aaron Ryan 6/4; Michael Cooke bt Odhran Heelan 8/7
Ulster 3 Munster 2 (Ulster names first):
Foursomes
Owen Crooks & Patrick Brennan bt Charlie Dawson & Odhran Heelan 7/6
Singles
Peter Cummins bt Aaron Ryan 3/1;
Jack Madden bt Mark Healy 6/4;
Ryan Corry lost to Sean Enright 4/3;
Marc McKinstry lost to Conor Slevin 2 holes
Leinster 4 Connacht 1 (Leinster names first)
Foursomes
Alan Fahy & Michael Cooke bt Mikey Burke & Ross Murphy-Sweeney 6/5
Singles
Kevin Le Blanc bt Micheal Shiel 4/3;
Paul Kelly lost to Sean Doyle 5/4;
Thomas Mulligan bt Michael O’Farrell 4/3;
Harry Duggan bt Allan Hill 2/1
Draw for Friday 23rd August
Munster v Connacht (Munster names first)
Foursomes
Aaron Ryan & Mark Healy v Michael O’Farrell & Micheal Shiel
Singles
Sean Enright v Sean Doyle;
Charlie Dawson v Mikey Burke;
Conor Slevin v Allan Hill;
Odhran Heelan v Ross Murphy-Sweeney
Ulster v Leinster (Ulster names first)
Foursomes
Peter Collins & Ryan Corry & Paul Kelly & Thomas Mulligan
Singles
Owen Crooks v Kevin Le Blanc;
Marc McKinstry v Michael Cooke;
Jack Madden v Harry Duggan;
Patrick Brennan v Alan Fahy.