HAVING ousted the holders Enniscrone in Thursday’s semi-final, Moate overcame Newcastle West by three and a half matches to one and a half to capture the BMW sponsored Irish Mixed Foursomes at Monkstown Golf Club yesterday.

The European Seniors Tour will launch its 14th season with the now traditional “Caribbean Swing” on the islands of Barbados and Tobago in March.

Argentinean Luis Carbonetti swept to his second victory of the season on the European Seniors Tour when he claimed the Bovis Lend Lease European Senior Masters at Woburn Golf & Country Club yesterday.