Age no barrier in club clash

DONIE O’DONOVAN from Bandon and Kevin Byrne of East Cork intend to make little of the oft-expressed modern contention that golf is a young man’s game when they line out for their clubs in the semi-finals of the Bulmers Barton Shield and Irish Junior Cup at Castlebar today.

The 52-year-old O’Donovan is a key member of the Bandon team tackling Ulster champions Dunmurry in the Barton Shield while Byrne, seven years his senior, hopes to maintain an outstanding record in the Junior Cup as East Cork take on Naas.

O’Donovan certainly has a proud record in the Barton Shield, given that he was a member of the only other Bandon team to capture the Munster pennant back in 1977.