Hurler Fitzgerald sparks upset at Lahinch

Hurling great Davy Fitzgerald grabbed a shock win over Newlands’ Cian Curley in the South of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at Lahinch today.

The former Clare goalkeeper, who was banished by The Banner after a major falling out with boss Tony Considine earlier this year, holed a three-footer for birdie at the 18th to win one up as his former team mates lost to Limerick at Croke Park.

Defending champion Simon Ward cruising to an emphatic 6 and 5 victory against Limerick's Michael Kemmy while Irish Close champion Shane Lowry was never ahead against Kanturk’s Paul Buckley until he hit an eight-iron to two feet for a winning birdie at the 19th.

South of Ireland Amateur, Lahinch second round results:

(First quarter):

D Crowe (Dunmurry) bt S Barry (Lee Valley) 1 h;

S Doherty (Malone) bt G Forbes (Newtownstewart) 1up ;

J Monaghan (The Island) bt E Haugh (Castletroy) 3/2;

G Carew (Edenderry) bt G Dunlea (Killarney) 7/6;

D Coyne (Galway) w/o E McCormack (Galway);

JD Guiney (Ballybunion) bt D Reddan (Nenagh) 1h;

N O’Connor (Elm Park) bt K Stack (Dungarvan) 2/1;

B Treacy (National Golf Links) bt G Dunne (Seapoint) 4/3;

P O’Hanlon (The Curragh) bt J Tobin (Carrick-on-Suir) 2/1;

JG Kananagh (Castletroy) bt P Hughes (Fota Island) 4/3;

D McInerney (Lahinch) bt K O’Neill (Strandhill) 3/2;

M Poucher (Limerick) bt A Hogan (Newlands) 2/1;

D Lewis (Woodbrook) bt C Daly (Castletroy) 2/1;

B Walton (The Island/UCD) bt D Finn (Mallow) 2/1;

J Fox (Portmarnock) bt D Coghlan (Royal Dublin) 19th

S Lowry (Esker Hills) bt P Buckley (Kanturk) 19th;

(Second quarter):

N Kearney (Royal Dublin) bt A Dooley (Glasson/NUIG) 6/5;

P Sheehy (Limerick) bt G O’Flaherty (Cork) 2/1;

M Buggy (Castlecomer) bt D Keating (Kinsale) 2/1;

J Fitzgerald (Limerick) bt G Hall (Edenderry) 3/2 ;

D King (Tramore) bt G Lawlor (City West) 19th;

S Crowe (Dunmurry) bt R McNamara (Headfort) 2/1;

J McGinn (Laytown & Bettystown) bt D O’Donovan (Muskerry) 3/2; P McGibney (Elm Park) bt P O’Keeffe (Douglas) 22nd; S Webster (Castle) bt A O’Callaghan (Douglas) 1up; J Cussen (Newcastle West) bt L Lennox (Moyola Park) 19th; D Coughlan (Newcastle West) bt S Loftus (Ennis) 1h; C O’Malley (Westport) bt K Canty (Douglas) 4/3; RJ Cannon (Laytown & Bettystown) bt E Power (Kilkenny) 3/2; F Rafferty (Dungannon) bt A Harty (West Waterford) 3/2; E Stack (Ballybunion) bt P Sheehan (Ballybunion) 1h; H Nolan (Doneraile) bt P Murray (Limerick) 2/1;

(Thirrd quarter):

S Ward (Co Louth) bt M Kemmy (Limerick) 6/5;

D Lally (Tuam) bt J Reynolds (Dungarvan) 19th;

D Morgan (Mullingar) bt JP Hughes (Douglas) 5/4;

G Nugent (Kilkenny) bt P McGrath (Dromoland Castle) 2/1;

N Gorey (Lee Valley) bt D Ruddy (Thurles) 2/1;

E Arthurs (Forrest Little) w/o R Purcell (Abbeyleix);

C Bowe (Tramore) bt S Alley (Co Tipperary) 6/5;

J Lyons (Galway) bt P Brennan (Old Conna) 19th;

D Fitzgerald (Dromoland Castle) bt C Curley (Newlands) 1h ;

A Pierse (Tipperary) bt D Hogan (Killeen) 3/2;

D Byrne (Douglas) bt G McDermott (Co Sligo) 1h;

S Horgan (Monkstown) bt K Kennedy (Thurles) 2/1;

M Ryan (Lahinch) bt K Hurley (Bandon) 3/1;

D Rawluk (The Island) w/o A Pitcher (The Island);

B O’Connor (Hermitage) bt B Cahill (Douglas/UCC) 1h;

S Power (West Waterford) bt S Maher (Hyannisport) 5/4;

(Fourh quarter):

J Neary (Galway) bt S Grant (Birr) 2/1

S Gannon (Co Louth) w/o C McAleavey (Banbridge);

S Moloney (Castletroy) bt R Hennessy (Ennis) 3/2;

C Deegan (Castle) bt G McGrane (Royal Dublin) 4/2;

K McCarthy (Kinsale) bt M Maguire (Bethpage) 1h;

D O’Driscoll (Ballybunion) bt M Shanahan (West Waterford) 5/4; M Horan (Birr) bt G Dillon (Heath/UCD) 22nd; D Lernihan (Castle/UCD) bt P O’Rourke (Kilkenny) 3/2; C McNamara (Limerick) bt H Boch (Ballybunion) 2/1; D Joyce (The Curragh) w/o P Errity (European Club); M Lavelle (The K Club) bt N Goulding (Portmarnock) 19th; P O’Kane (Moyola Park) bt A Carey (Doneraile) 2h; T Neenan (Lahinch) w/o R Forsythe (Ballyclare); G Kelly ( Co Louth) bt R McCarthy (The Island) 2/1; P Dempsey (Headfort) bt T Nolan (Galway) 4/3; G Shaw (Lurgan) bt T O’Flynn (Fota Island) 2/1.

3rd rd draw:

(First quarter):

(7.00) D Crowe v S Doherty (Malone);

(7.09) J Monaghan (The Island) v G Carew (Edenderry);

(7.18) D Coyne (Galway) v JD Guiney (Ballybunion);

(7.27) N O’Connor (Elm Park) v B Treacy (National Golf Links);

(7.36) P O’Hanlon (The Curragh) v JG Kananagh (Castletroy);

(7.45) D McInerney (Lahinch) v M Poucher (Limerick);

(7.54) D Lewis (Woodbrook)v B Walton (The Island/UCD);

(8.03) J Fox (Portmarnock) v S Lowry (Esker Hills)

(Second quarter):

(8.12) N Kearney (Royal Dublin) v P Sheehy (Limerick);

(8.21) M Buggy (Castlecomer) v J Fitzgerald (Limerick);

(8.30) D King (Tramore) v S Crowe (Dunmurry);

(8.39) J McGinn (Laytown & Bettystown) v P McGibney (Elm Park);

(8.48) S Webster (Castle) v J Cussen (Newcastle West);

(8.57) D Coughlan (Newcastle West) v C O’Malley (Westport);

(9.06) RJ Cannon (Laytown & Bettystown) v F Rafferty (Dungannon);

(9.15) E Stack (Ballybunion) v H Nolan (Doneraile).

(Third quarter):

(9.24) S Ward (Co Louth) v D Lally (Tuam);

(9.33) D Morgan (Mullingar) v G Nugent (Kilkenny);

(9.42) N Gorey (Lee Valley) v E Arthurs (Forrest Little);

(9.51) C Bowe (Tramore) v J Lyons (Galway);

(10.00) D Fitzgerald (Dromoland Castle) v A Pierse (Tipperary);

(10.09) D Byrne (Douglas) v S Horgan (Monkstown);

(10.18) M Ryan (Lahinch) v D Rawluk (The Island);

(10.27) B O’Connor (Hermitage) v S Power (West Waterford);

(Fourth quarter):

(10.36) J Neary (Galway) v S Gannon (Co Louth);

(10.45) S Moloney v C Deegan (Castle);

(10.54) K McCarthy (Kinsale) v D O’Driscoll (Ballybunion);

(11.03) M Horan (Birr) v D Lernihan (Castle/UCD);

(11.12) C McNamara (Limerick) v D Joyce (The Curragh)

(11.21) M Lavelle (The K Club) v P O’Kane (Moyola Park);

(11.30) T Neenan (Lahinch) v G Kelly ( Co Louth)

(11.39) P Dempsey (Headfort) v G Shaw (Lurgan).