Wooden spoon for Ireland

FROM champions to wooden spoonists in the space of 12 months — that was the story for Ireland yesterday as the Men’s Amateur Home Internationals ended at Hillside on the Lancashire coast.

Sat, 29 Aug, 2009 - 01:00

Chris Smart

A year ago at Muirfield Ireland, then European champions, overwhelmed the other three nations with something to spare, conceding a total of only 14 during the round-robin series.

How it was different this time — instead of collecting 30 points during the matches they amassed a mere 15½ and were defeated by the other three.

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Courts Golf Place: Hillside Place: Lancashire Place: Muirfield Ireland Person: Dara Lernihan Person: Michael Stewart Person: Pat Murray Person: Connor Doran Person: Kevin Flanagan Person: W Booth Person: M Stewart Person: A Dunbar Person: P Cutler Person: G Dear Person: K McNicoll Person: P Murray Person: D Lernihan Person: R Kellett Person: J Byrne Person: N Kearney Person: K McDonagh Person: D Law Person: J White Person: C Curley Person: P O’Kane Person: G Campbell Person: S McEwan Person: C Doran Person: R Cannon Person: Dear Person: Murray Person: Law Person: Dunbar Person: Booth Person: Kearney Person: Kellett Person: Cutler Person: Byrne Person: S Ward Person: McNicoll Person: Curley Person: Stewart Person: Lernihan Person: McEwan Person: O’Kane Person: O’Hara Person: Cannon Person: Campbell Person: Doran Person: T Fleetwood Person: M Haines Person: A Jones Person: R Hooper Person: S Hutsby Person: C Paisley Person: N Edwards Person: R Enoch Person: S Whitnell Person: L Goddard Person: J Vickery Person: R Pugh Person: J Robinson Person: M Nixon Person: B Westgate Person: A Runcie Person: F Keenan Person: J Abbott Person: J Frazer Person: O Farr Person: Haines Person: L Thomas Person: Whitnell Person: Edwards Person: Hutsby Person: Jones Person: Paisley Person: Farr Person: Robinson Person: Enoch Person: Abbott Person: Westgate Person: Fleetwood Person: Runcie Person: Goddard Person: Pugh Person: S Hodgson Person: Vickery Person: Keenan Organisation: Ireland Organisation: England Organisation: Wales Organisation: Scotland

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