GUI teams named for USA trips; three Irish qualify in Italian U16 Boys
The GUI has named its squads for three events in the US in October and November.
Hermitage’s Rowan Lester will accompany Naas’ Robert Brazill to the Nassau Invitational from October 11-12 and also play in the Carey Cup from October 22-23 with Douglas’ Peter O’Keeffe, Brazill and Walker Cup trio Conor Purcell, Caolan Rafferty and James Sugrue.
Royal Dublin’s Hugh Foley and Waterford’s Eanna Griffin, who like O’Keeffe and Lester missed out on selection for next week’s Home Internationals, will play in the Spirit Invitational at Whispering Pines in Texas from November 7-9.
Nassau Invitational, Nassau CC, New York, USA from 11-12 October: Robert Brazill (Naas) & Rowan Lester (Hermitage)
Carey Cup, Arcola CC, New Jersey, USA from 22-23 October: Robert Brazill (Naas), Rowan Lester (Hermitage), Peter O’Keeffe (Douglas), Conor Purcell (Portmarnock), Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk), James Sugrue (Mallow)
Spirit Invitational, Whispering Pines, Texas, USA from 7-9 November: Hugh Foley (Royal Dublin) & Eanna Griffin (Waterford).
Meanwhile in the Italian Boys U16 Championship at Biella, Portmarnock’s Brandon St John, Galway Bay’s Luke Cunningham and Roscommon’s Cian O’Connor were the only Irish players to make the cut.
Italian U16 Boys Championship, Biella (Par 73), * denotes GUI official squad:
Scores / Nations Trophy / Third round tee-times
Qualifiers: 1, R Lindsay (Sco) 72 69 141; 2, A Sondergaard (Den) 74 70 144; 3, G Sari (Ita) 77 69 146, A Battista (Ita) 75 71 146.
Irish qualifiers - 16, B St John (Portmarnock) 79 71 150; 24, L Cunningham* (Galway Bay) 78 73 151; 36, C O'Connor (Roscommon) 74 78 152.
Non-qualifiers: 52, P Keeling (Roganstown) 77 77 154; J Hill* (Galgorm Castle) 76 78 154; 55, L Abom (Edmondstown) 75 79; 56, M Deasy* (Lee Valley) 77 78 155; 60, E McArthur (Massereene) 74 81 155; 92, P McGrath* (Cregmore Park) 84 77 161; 108, J Byrne* (Baltinglass) 82 81 163; 110, A King* (Faithlegg) 77 86 163; 122 D Mulligan (Laytown & Bettystown) 86 80 166.