Moyola Park ended a 47-year wait and won their first Irish pennant as they claimed the AIG Barton Shield with a comprehensive win over Nenagh.

Croham Hurst’s Canice Screene hopes the best is yet to come after she claimed the AIG Irish Women’s Amateur Close Championship with a 2&1 win over Ballybunion’s Emma O’Driscoll at Roscommon.

Beth Coulter celebrated her Curtis Cup call-up by reaching Friday’s AIG Irish Women’s Close semi-finals at Roscommon.

Connacht won the men's interprovincials last year and the depth in talent west of the Shannon was very much in evidence at Rosses Point yesterday as three men from the west battled their way into the semi-finals of the Connolly's Audi West of Ireland Championship.