Eggenberger and Stirling take Irish Colleges Invitational

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Mathias Eggenberger (Stirling). Picture by Pat Cashman

The University of Stirling romped to victory in the Irish Colleges Invitational Tournament at County Louth Golf Club, taking an 18-shot victory in the team event thanks in no small part to a magnificent performance by Swiss player Mathias Eggenberger, writes the GUI.

Eggenberger, a member of the Swiss team at last month's Eisenhower Trophy in Japan, carded a final round 71 to add to his opening pair of 70s, comfortably taking the individual honours.

Maynooth University took the other two podium spots on 13 over - their B team edging the A team to second place thanks to a countback of the discarded third round card.

Queens University's Jessica Ross took the Ladies individual honours.

Waterford IT finished a creditable fourth, ahead of UCD (A), Ulster (B) and Stirling (B).

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Liam Martin (President, Golfing Union of Ireland) presenting the University of Stirling team of Mathias Eggenberger, Marco Iten and Henry Tomlinson with first prize after their victory in the 2014 Irish Colleges Invitational Tournament at County Louth Golf Club (03/10/2014). Also in the picture is Paddy Nelson (Captain, County Louth Golf Club).  Picture by Pat Cashman

Individual scores

211 Mathias Eggenberger 70 70 71

220 Gary Hurley 71 79 70

221 Stuart Grehan 75 74 72, Marco Iten 72 77 72, Henry Tomlinson 71 73 77

225 Robin Dawson 73 77 75, William Russell 75 75 75, Jonathan Yates 72 76 77

226 Sean Flanagan 75 78 73, Gavin Young 73 78 75

227 Andrew Keenan 76 75 76, Alex Gleeson 69 80 78

228 Declan Reidy 78 76 74, Alan Lowry 78 76 74, Chris Thursby 78 74 76, Derek Power 76 74 78

229 Craig Howie 80 75 74

230 Shane McGlynn 75 84 71, Nick Wildman 74 78 78

231 Timothy Jordan 73 86 72, Ben Murray 78 75 78

232 Mark Morrissey 83 81 68, Greg O'Mahony 77 71 84, Iain Collins 72 75 85

233 Kyle McCarron 77 80 76, Joe Whitaker 77 79 77, Brian Doran 76 80 77, James Lindsay 80 75 78, Cameron Massey 76 79 78

234 Jack Ryan 80 76 78, Ryan O'Doherty 75 81 78

235 Ted Collins 76 83 76, Jessica Ross 79 79 77

236 Andrew Stokes 76 84 76, Stuart Patrick 78 79 79, Conor Nolan 77 80 79, Darragh O'Sullivan 77 76 83

238 James Wilson 82 80 76, Alastair McQuillan 80 80 78, Gemma Batty 79 76 83

239 Harry McHugh 76 85 78, Enda Craddock 80 79 80

240 Niall O'Connell 75 87 78

241 James Flesher 82 81 78, Peter McKeever 82 80 79, Chris Johnston 75 86 80

242 Gabriel Leacy 82 82 78, Brad Johnson 77 84 81

243 Jonathan O'Driscoll 79 81 83

244 Diarmuid O'Connor 83 78 83

245 Colm Hughes 83 82 80

246 Michael Gielty 81 88 77

247 Jamie Austwicke 85 81 81, David Byrne 80 85 82, Stephen Rowland 80 83 84

248 Dylan O'Connor 89 82 77, Kevin Barry 79 88 81, Kevin Holland 80 86 82

249 Marcus Looby 85 87 77, Owen O'Brien 85 83 81

250 Peter Dolan 82 87 81

251 Andrew Bonham 81 86 84

252 Harry Bradshaw 89 83 80

253 Adrian Lyons 83 86 84

254 Mateo Crowley 83 90 81

256 Aaron D'Arcy 87 81 88

260 Jack Alton 91 87 82

263 Conor Ringland 84 94 85

317 Aideen McGahon 99 105 113

NR/DQ/WD 174 Robert Monroe 90 84 NR,  Matthew McClean 83 75 WD, Ryan McKinstry 76 82 DQ, Christopher Morgan 80 77 DQ, Conor Ryan 84 NR 82, Sean McLoughlin 99 NR 91, Thomas Conway 93 NR WD, Sam Devey NR 81 87, Conor McGowan NR 87 85

Final team scores

	Team	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total	Standing
1st	University of Stirling (A)	141		143		143		427	-5
	Mathias Eggenberger	70		70		71		211	-5
	Marco Iten	72		77		72		221	+5
	Henry Tomlinson	71		73		77		221	+5
2nd	Maynooth University (B)	150		150		145		445	+13
	Sean Flanagan	75		78		73		226	+10
	Stuart Grehan	75		74		72		221	+5
	Alan Lowry	78		76		74		228	+12
3rd	Maynooth University (A)	144		156		145		445	+13
	Robin Dawson	73		77		75		225	+9
	Gary Hurley	71		79		70		220	+4
	Kyle McCarron	77		80		76		233	+17
4th	Waterford IT	149		152		152		453	+21
	Dylan O'Connor	89		82		77		248	+32
	Derek Power	76		74		78		228	+12
	Gavin Young	73		78		75		226	+10
5th	University of Ulster (B)	153		161		140		454	+22
	Timothy Jordan	73		86		72		231	+15
	Alastair McQuillan	80		80		78		238	+22
	Mark Morrissey	83		81		68		232	+16
6th	University College Dublin (B)	149		152		155		456	+24
	Darragh O'Sullivan	77		76		83		236	+20
	Jack Ryan	80		76		78		234	+18
	Jonathan Yates	72		76		77		225	+9
7th	University College Cork (A)	155		146		156		457	+25
	Gabriel Leacy	82		82		78		242	+26
	Ben Murray	78		75		78		231	+15
	Greg O'Mahony	77		71		84		232	+16
8th	University of Ulster (A)	155		150		153		458	+26
	James Lindsay	80		75		78		233	+17
	Matthew McClean	83		75				158	+14
	William Russell	75		75		75		225	+9
9th	University College Dublin (A)	145		160		154		459	+27
	Ted Collins	76		83		76		235	+19
	Alex Gleeson	69		80		78		227	+11
	Peter McKeever	82		80		79		241	+25
10th	University of Stirling (B)	159		151		150		460	+22
	Gemma Batty	79		76		83		238	+13
	Craig Howie	80		75		74		229	+13
	James Wilson	82		80		76		238	+22
11th	University of Central Lancs (A)	154		153		154		461	+29
	James Flesher	82		81		78		241	+25
	Cameron Massey	76		79		78		233	+17
	Chris Thursby	78		74		76		228	+12
12th	University of Exeter	149		157		157		463	+31
	Chris Johnston	75		86		80		241	+25
	Stuart Patrick	78		79		79		236	+20
	Nick Wildman	74		78		78		230	+14
13th	Trinity College (A)	152		165		154		471	+39
	Harry McHugh	76		85		78		239	+23
	Jonathan O'Driscoll	79		81		83		243	+27
	Andrew Stokes	76		84		76		236	+20
14th	University of Central Lancs (B)	154		160		158		472	+40
	Jamie Austwicke	85		81		81		247	+31
	Brad Johnson	77		84		81		242	+26
	Joe Whitaker	77		79		77		233	+17
15th	IT Sligo	158		157		158		473	+41
	Aaron D'Arcy	87		81		88		256	+40
	Declan Reidy	78		76		74		228	+12
	Stephen Rowland	80		83		84		247	+31
16th	Dublin City University	156		167		151		474	+42
	Andrew Bonham	81		86		84		251	+35
	Harry Bradshaw	89		83		80		252	+36
	Shane McGlynn	75		84		71		230	+14
17th	NUI Galway (B)	154		163		158		475	+43
	Kevin Barry	79		88		81		248	+32
	Colm Hughes	83		82		80		245	+29
	Ryan O'Doherty	75		81		78		234	+18
18th	National College of Ireland	153		163		159		475	+43
	Iain Collins	72		75		85		232	+16
	Michael Gielty	81		88		77		246	+30
	Conor Ryan	84				82		166	+22
19th	Carlow IT	156		166		159		481	+49
	Jack Alton	91		87		82		260	+44
	Brian Doran	76		80		77		233	+17
	Kevin Holland	80		86		82		248	+32
20th	IADT, Dun Laoghaire	162		167		156		485	+53
	Marcus Looby	85		87		77		249	+33
	Conor Nolan	77		80		79		236	+20
	Conor McGowan			87		85		172	+28
21st	NUI Galway (A)	160		163		162		485	+53
	David Byrne	80		85		82		247	+31
	Enda Craddock	80		79		80		239	+23
	Robert Monroe	90		84				174	+30
22nd	University College Cork (B)	157		174		159		490	+58
	Thomas Conway	93						93	+21
	Peter Dolan	82		87		81		250	+34
	Niall O'Connell	75		87		78		240	+24
23rd	Limerick IT	166		161		164		491	+59
	Adrian Lyons	83		86		84		253	+37
	Owen O'Brien	85		83		81		249	+33
	Diarmuid O'Connor	83		78		83		244	+28
24th	Trinity College (B)	167		171		166		504	+72
	Mateo Crowley	83		90		81		254	+38
	Conor Ringland	84		94		85		263	+47
	Sam Devey			81		87		168	+24
25th	Dundalk IT	175		180		167		522	+84
	Andrew Keenan	76		75		76		227	+11
	Aideen McGahon	99		105		113		317	+92
	Sean McLoughlin	99				91		190	+46
26th	Queens University	155		156		77		388	+19
	Ryan McKinstry	76		82				158	+14
	Christopher Morgan	80		77				157	+13
	Jessica Ross	79		79		77		235	+10