Wicklow score with golf classics

OVER €250,000 has been raised in the past fortnight by golf classics in aid of the Wicklow footballers.

The majority of the money came from a corporate golf classic held at Druid’s Glen last week and organised by the friends of Wicklow footballers, a committee headed by Sean Fitzpatrick, the head of Anglo Irish Bank, who is taking over as chief executive of Smurfits from Dr Michael Smurfit.

Some 40 teams helicoptered into the Druids Glen course to take part in the fundraiser, each team forking out €6,000 to take part and support the Garden County’s footballers.