Duke edges out ex-Hoop Steedman for Connacht Seniors
Killiney's Nigel Duke shot rounds of 72 and 73 to edge out former Shamrock Rovers star Neville Steedman for the Connacht Seniors Open title at Rosses Point.
Both finished on three over 145, one better than Moate's Bert Burke, with Duke claiming the title as he shot a closing 73 to Steedman's 75. Full scoreboard with detailed round scores
Connacht Seniors Open Championship 2014
At County Sligo Golf Club, (Par 71 SSS 72 and CSS Rd1-72 & Rd2-73)
145 Nigel Duke (Killiney) 72 73 (Winner), Neville Steedman (Courtown) 70 75 (Runner-up)
146 Bert Burke (Moate) 76 70 (Third)
147 Ronnie Berry (Rossmore) 73 74 (Fourth)
148 John Mitchell (Tramore) 75 73 (Fifth), Maurice Kelly (Naas) 74 74 (Sixth), Michael Quirke (Doneraile) 73 75
150 Alan Lilley (Ballyclare) 74 76, Peter Cowley (Cork) 73 77, Tom Cleary (Cork) 69 81
151 Richard McDowell (Royal Belfast) 76 75, Peter Rogers (Dundalk) 75 76, David Conway (Portmarnock) 73 78
152 Hugh Smyth (Mourne) 78 74, Ken Stevenson (Warrenpoint) 76 76, Chris Hurst (Pedham Place Golf Centre) 72 80
153 Noel Paterson (Milltown) 78 75, Kevin Sheehy (Athlone) 78 75, Adrian Wynne (Strandhill) 77 76, Mick Ahern (Skerries) 77 76, Val Smyth (Co. Louth) 76 77, Des Egan (Loughrea) 76 77, Turlough Considine (Clontarf) 75 78
154 Eamonn Crawford (Mourne) 81 73, Alan Mullen (Laytown & Bettystown) 81 73, Tony Hayes (K Club) 79 75, Jim McVeigh (Carlow) 71 83
155 Richard Brooker (Skerries) 78 77, Jimmy McCarthy (Mannan Castle) 75 80
156 Neil Kilgallon (European) 81 75, Michael Foley (Faithlegg) 79 77, David Walpole (Milltown) 78 78, Dominick Fitzpatrick (Moate) 77 79
157 Arthur Spring (Tralee) 77 80, Brian McCarroll (North West) 76 81, Ian Smyth (Clandeboye) 76 81, Dave Roberts (Rathcore) 76 81, Jan Gilbert (Malone) 76 81
158 Brendan McCarroll (Ballyliffin) 80 78, Noel Mannion (Dun Laoghaire) 79 79, John Armstrong (Greenisland) 78 80, Alistair Smith (Blainroe) 78 80, Paddy Harrington (Muskerry) 78 80, Hugh MacKeown (Portmarnock) 77 81, Jack Dempsey (Curragh) 76 82
159 Pat Morrissey (Balbriggan) 80 79, Michael J O'Brien (Co. Louth) 79 80, Declan Corcoran (Thurles) 79 80, Paul Hautz (Delgany) 77 82
160 Rory Timlin (Galway) 85 75, Joe Crowley (Athy) 82 78, John Cuffe (Monkstown) 80 80, Brendan McDonnell (K Club) 80 80, Mervyn Eager (Lucan) 75 85
161 John Mullen (Co. Louth) 83 78, Jack Maguire (Co. Louth) 82 79, Stephen O'Donovan (Co. Sligo) 82 79, Patrick Comerford (Corrstown) 82 79, John D Smyth (Lahinch) 79 82, G. A. Finn (Cork) 79 82, Martin Higgins (Claremorris) 79 82, Rory Fitzgerald (Tramore) 78 83, Tom Saunders (Ennis) 76 85
162 Brian Kissock (Bangor) 84 78, Tom Tyrrell (The Heath) 83 79, John Houlihan (Dooks) 82 80, Steven Bell (Gracehill) 81 81, Marcus Conroy (Galway) 80 82, Neville Atkinson (Woodbrook) 80 82, Patrick Morgan (Co. Sligo) 79 83, James Clynch (Laytown & Bettystown) 79 83, Billy Donlon (Birr) 78 84, Anton Murphy (Co. Sligo) 77 85
163 Michael McSharry (Castlerea) 81 82, Dermot Morris (Limerick) 79 84, Brendan Cashell (Portmarnock) 76 87
164 Justin Coughlin (Donegal) 82 82, Tim Griffin (Corballis Links) 81 83, David Coyle (K Club) 80 84, Kieran O'Mahony (Galway) 79 85
166 Sean F. Hosty (Galway) 86 80, Phillippe Dauloued () 82 84, Paddy Lewis (Woodbrook) 82 84, Shane O'Mahony (Galway) 80 86
167 Mick Gaynor (Co. Meath) 86 81, Pat Lynch (Slade Valley) 86 81
168 Paul Cooley (Portstewart) 87 81, Michael Darcy (Oughterard) 85 83, Greg Murphy (K Club) 83 85, Terry Lilly (Slade Valley) 82 86
169 Nigel Woods (Bangor) 88 81, Jerry Gore (Oughterard) 84 85, Alistair Campbell (Massereene) 83 86, Barry O'Gorman (Rossmore) 82 87
170 Garry Byrne (Co. Sligo) 92 78, David Sheedy (Lahinch) 85 85, Liam Troy (Thurles) 83 87, Niall Finnegan (Gort) 82 88, Liam Horgan (The Heath) 81 89
171 John McCann (Co. Louth) 89 82, Brian Campbell (Broadway) 86 85
172 Joseph Dowey (Lurgan) 86 86
173 David Jackson (Clandeboye) 86 87
175 Sean Lynch (Minchinhampton) 95 80, Eamon Connolly (Blainroe) 89 86, Joe Gaynor (Rathcore) 89 86
176 Frank Leonard (Knightsbrook) 94 82, Martin Dillon (Ballybofey & Stranorlar) 86 90
177 Liam Wall (Cahir Park) 85 92
183 Vincent O'Rourke (Naas) 89 94
186 David Lindsay (Strandhill) 88 98
200 Hugh S Courtney () 102 98
NR/WD Edward Rogers (Dundalk) 84 NR, Jody Gilhooly (Edmondstown) 81 NR, Gerard O'Kennedy (Athlone) 94 NR, Larry Cushen (The Heath) 87 NR, Kevin Knightly (The Royal Dublin) NR 87, Matt Donohue (Portumna) DQ 90, Michael Coote (Tralee) DQ , Enda McMenamin (Ballybofey & Stranorlar) 79 WD, 91 Tadg Mannion (Athlone) NR 91
