Tramore have learned from finals heartache

Tramore Golf Club go into today’s AIG Senior Cup semi-finals at Carton House hoping third time will be the charm for their team after national finals disappointments in 2011 and 2012.

The Co Waterford club, champions in 1992, have advanced out of Munster as Senior Cup champions for the second time in three years and face first-time Leinster pennant winners Rosslare in today’s first semi-final of the blue riband event, with defending champions Co Sligo putting their title on the line in the second semi against Banbridge.

Tramore have also been down this road before, only to come up agonisingly short. In the Barton Shield final in 2011, with a team including current squad members Chris Butler, Dave Kiely and Alan Thomas, they took Warrenpoint to the final hole before victory slipped from their grasp.