Scotland retained the Senior Men’s Home International title after the tournament ended in a three-way tie at Crowborough Beacon in Sussex, writes England Golf.

As he prepares to retire at the end of the year following 50 years at Castle, David Kinsella celebrated with his son Ross, who was on the winning Catle team in the final of the FBD Barton Cup against Clontarf.

Ireland Senior men are on track for their third European Senior Men's Team Championship in a row in Bulgaria but the Ladies suffered semi-final agony at The National Golf Resort in Lithuania.

Ireland's senior men's and women's teams will face French opposition in Friday's semi-finals of their respective European Senior Team Championships.

Tramore's John Mitchell and Naas' Maurice Kelly will take a one stroke lead into the final round of the Irish Seniors Close at Grange.

Naas ace Maurice Kelly cruised to an impressive wire-to-wire win in the Spanish Senior Amateur Open at Oliva Nova in Valencia.

Amateur golf is big in Ireland but senior golf is even bigger and Ireland excels with the men retaining the European Senior Men's Team Championship title in Poland on Saturday as the women took bronze in the European Ladies' Team Championship in Austria.

Ireland's senior men face England as the senior ladies take on France in today's semi-finals of their respective European Senior Amateur Team Championships.

Maurice Kelly carded a superb final round 69 to capture the Tourism Malaysia sponsored Irish Seniors Amateur Close Championship for the third time.

Former Shamrock Rovers star Neville Steedman fired a one under par 69 to take a two stroke lead into the third and final round of the Tourism Malaysia sponsored Irish Seniors Close Championship at Tullamore.

Woodbrook's John L Hughes came from three strokes behind overnight leader Richard Brooker, getting up and down for par at the last to win the Leinster Seniors Amateur Open by a stroke from the Skerries man on one-over 143 at Forrest Little.