The IBU’s Inter-County Teams competitions, for the Burke (Open) and O’Connor (Intermediate) Trophies, took place in the new venue of Knightsbrook Hotel & Country Club over the weekend of 21/22 March, and our thanks to all who attended.
The prizwewinners were:
- Burke Trophy: 1st Paul Delaney, Tomás Roche, David Dunne, Martin Brady (Dublin City); 2nd Seamus Costello, Deirdre Tuckey, Antoinette McGee, Noreen Pender (Fingal); 3rd Dolores Gilliland, Maria Whelan, Mairead Haugh, John Noonan (Wicklow) Full Results
- O’Connor Trophy: 1st Russell Down, Maura King, Mary Cox, Ian Kingston (Dublin South); 2nd Jonathan Williams, Joan Peppard, Dillon Murtagh, Kevin Woulfe (Westmeath); 3rd Maria Lynch, Mary Gannon, Denise Cassidy, Patricia Hanney (Sligo) Full Results
Team Delaney led most of the way in the Burke, successfully defending the trophy they won last season. A loss in the final match did not derail them, as their nearest challengers (also runners-up last year) emerged with a similar score and could not close the gap. The leaderboard changed more often in the O’Connor, and it took a very strong final round from the eventual winners to overtake the runners-up.
Capacity constraints within the hotel meant that a few interested teams missed out on the Burke; our apologies to them. Thanks to our TDs, Fearghal O’Boyle, Mairead Basquille, and Huey Daly for making sure the weekend ran smoothly.