Caolan Rafferty pushed aside disappointment and made a little piece of history with a 20th-green victory over Rowan Lester, in yesterday’s final of the 117th South of Ireland Championship, in Lahinch.

Rory McIlroy (Holywood), Gareth Shaw (Lurgan) and Simon Ward (Co Louth) will represent Ireland in the World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy which will be played at the De Zalze Golf Club and Stellenbosch Golf Club, near Cape Town, South Africa on October 26 to 29.

Antrim teenager Mark Allen has claimed the World Amateur Championship title in Holland with an 11-6 victory over Australia's Steve Mifsud.

The captain of the Irish boxing team, James Moore, is the only remaining Irish representative at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast.