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Regular coverage of the All-Ireland Fourball Trophy will appear in the Irish Mail and on www.mailgolf.ie.

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	Tipperary and Galway Bay become the first Irish Mail Trophy winners 09 Sep 2009 THE men of Tipperary and the women of Galway Bay were crowned the first Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Champions after a day of dramatic fightbacks in the finals at the spectacular Macreddin Village course. Tipperary’s Michael Keaty and Liam Rafferty were never ahead in their match against Man... Full Story...
	Cream of Irish golf clubs set for the showdown at Macreddin 06 Sep 2009 A moment of golfing history awaits two of Ireland’s top clubs tomorrow (Mon) when the first winners of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy are crowned at the Paul McGinley-designed Macreddin Village course. Carlow, Galway Bay, Kilrea and Seapoint will battle for the women’s title, and... Full Story...
	Bundoran make it into the big showdown at Macreddin Village 01 Sep 2009 BUNDORAN’s Ian McDaid and Pauric Murphy became the last team through to the finals of the inaugural Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy after an impressive 4&3 win over Edenmore’s David Reid and Andrew Ellis. The pair from the Co.Donegal club were celebrating after they booked their place ... Full Story...
	Victory puts Mannan Castle on verge of a famous golfing double 01 Sep 2009 MANNAN CASTLE are on the verge of a unique double after reaching the inaugural final of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy. Mannan’s John Clarke and John Lane beat Portarlington’s Finian Daly and Ciaran Hutchinson 5&4 to go through to next month’s finals at the Paul McGinley-designe... Full Story...
	Kilrea elated as O'Donnell chips in to clinch a place in the finals 23 Aug 2009 MODEST Kilrea put it down to the luck of the draw, but the truth is the tiny club from Co.Londonderry has more than earned their place in next month’s final of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy. The nine-hole club has one of the smallest lady sections in Ireland but that does not stopp... Full Story...
	Long wait is over as Tipperary reach finals of the Irish Mail Trophy 18 Aug 2009 IT’S been a long wait for Tipperary, but the club that was the first Irish men’s team to capture the Daily Mail Foursomes title almost 30 years ago, has now reached the finals of the inaugural Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy. Michael Keaty and Liam Rafferty’s thrilling 2&1 win over Adare’s... Full Story...
	Family Warke does the trick as Greenisland reach the finals 16 Aug 2009 GREENISLAND have beaten Rockmount to win the battle of Belfast clubs and become the first team to reach the finals of the inaugural Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy. Father and son pair Jim and Peter Warke produced a thrilling 2&1 victory over Rockmount’s Adam Foreman and James Hume, who were the ... Full Story...
	Rockmount power pair now take on Greenisland in quarter-finals 04 Aug 2009 ROCKMOUNT are staging a strong challenge to win the inaugural Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy. Adam Foreman and James Hume, who both play off three, are the best rated team by handicap in this year’s competition and after a 3&2 win over Cushendall they have made it through to the quarter-finals.... Full Story...
	Five-mile school trip is the perfect preparation for Black Bush win 28 Jul 2009 TEACHER Mary Devine had to go straight from a five-mile school walk along the River Boyne to the first tee of her Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy match for Black Bush against Lucan. But it did not stop her and partner Majella Kilduff putting Black Bush into the last eight of the competition with a ... Full Story...
	Dramatic last hole win gives Carlow quarter-final against Bray 26 Jul 2009 A dramatic 18th hole victory at Kilkenny has given Carlow a place in the last eight of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy, and left Madeleine Brennan and Kay Dowling by their own admission ‘a little shaken’. After Kay Dowling, who has only been playing golf four years, rolled in the p... Full Story...
	Sister Act puts Seapoint just one match away from Irish Mail finals 21 Jul 2009 SEAPOINT have become one of the first women’s teams through to the last eight of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy thanks to a remarkable Sister Act. The two sisters, Una Brennan and Fionnuala Jordan, achieved their latest success with a sudden death victory over Malone to put the club from Dro... Full Story...
	Bundoran win sudden death thriller at 22nd hole to reach the last eight 19 Jul 2009 BUNDORAN’s Ian McDaid and Pauric Murphy created a new record in the men’s competition of the inaugural Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy as their sudden death play-off went to four nail-biting holes. Playing away at Tuam, Murphy struck the crucial blow, with a chip and putt win on the 22... Full Story...
	Edenmore hoping for clean bill of health for their last eight match 14 Jul 2009 EDENMORE’S Andrew Ellis will be spending the next week hoping the phone doesn’t ring to say his partner in the club’s Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy team is injured. After beating Crossgar in a thrilling 19th hole sudden death thriller to reach the last eight, David Reid went away on a golfi... Full Story...
	Father and son make it through to the last eight for Greenisland 12 Jul 2009 A FATHER and son team have become the first pair through to the last eight of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy. Greenisland’s Jim and Peter Warke beat Hilton Templepatrick’s Stephen Jenkins and Ronnie McCullough on the 18th green after a blistering back nine which featured five bird... Full Story...
	Skibbereen's Ross makes history with his first ever hole-in-one 28 Jun 2009 SKIBBEREEN’S Henry Ross put himself in the record books when he landed the first ever hole-in-one in the Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy with a perfect strike in the third round match at Beaufort. Ross used a 4-iron on the 191-yard, 9th hole, but then had to try to put the feat at the back of his... Full Story...
	No backing out by courageous Catherine after injury strikes 23 Jun 2009 THE Kilrea pair of Sandra Millar and Catherine O’Donnell had to cope with a medical scare to reach the last 16 of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy. On the 16th tee against Carrickfergus, O’Donnell bent down to get a tee out of her golf bag and a bulging disc from an old sporting injury moved... Full Story...
	Irish rugby star Reggie Corrigan ready to prop Bray up in finals 21 Jun 2009 BRAY will have the backing of a celebrity supporter if they make it through to the finals of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy - former Ireland rugby star Reggie Corrigan. For Reggie’s mum, Marion Corrigan, and her 16-year-old partner Katie Nicholson, beat Arklow on the last green to reach the... Full Story...
	Five clubs chase a double as Irish Mail Trophy draw is made 07 Jun 2009 FIVE leading clubs are chasing a remarkable double success in the inaugural Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy. Following a thrilling spring of golf, Bangor from Co.Down, Bundoran from Co.Donegal, Old Conna from Co.Dublin, Seapoint from Co.Louth and Tipperary are celebrating after both their ... Full Story...
	East Cork staff on overtime as Kinsale pair win a thriller at 20th 02 Jun 2009 IT WAS a late night for the club staff at East Cork waiting for yet another marathon Irish Mail Trophy match to end, in what is proving a year of dramatic sudden death finishes. They would have had got home earlier if Kinsale’s Evelyn Lambe and Mary O’Hare had held on to their two hole lead a... Full Story...
	Former Man City soccer hopeful on target for Hilton Templepatrick 31 May 2009 A FORMER teenage footballer at Manchester City has helped to shoot Hilton Templepatrick into the last 32 of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy. Ronnie McCullough, who was at City for three years in the 1990s, joined with partner Stephen Jenkins to beat City of Belfast’s Thomas Lavery & Stephen S... Full Story...
	History lends a helping hand as Ballina pair show fighting spirit 26 May 2009 THE inspiration of a heroic victory over 20 years ago is driving on Ballina’s Siobhan Leonard and Pauline Rowley in this year’s Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy. In 1988 the Ballina mother and daughter team of Renee and Mary Corcoran won the Daily Mail Foursomes, defeating England’s Brickendon... Full Story...
	Ciara's the toast of the bar after reaching the last 32 in a Rush 24 May 2009 IT WAS celebration drinks all round as the locals in a Drumcondra pub toasted their barmaid after she was one of the heroes of the biggest third round win in the Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy. Rush Golf Club’s Ciara O’Gorman, who works part-time in Quinn’s in Drumcondra to help support hers... Full Story...
	Castlegregory make big noise as they beat Dooks - and the toads 19 May 2009 IT was the most unusual and certainly the noisiest gallery in the history of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy. Hundreds, probably thousands of natterjack toads were on hand to celebrate Castlegregory’s third round victory over Dooks which takes them into the last 32 of the women’s competitio... Full Story...
	Ballaghaderreen's golfing poet makes it an epic against Carrick 17 May 2009 IF poet Geraldine Lavin is tempted to write about Ballaghaderreen’s victory over Carrick-on-Shannon, it’s likely to be an epic rather than a couple of verses. With partner and sister Ogie Moran, the Ballaghaderreen pair’s 2&1 win over Carrick in the third round of the Irish Mail All-Ireland... Full Story...
	Home from home for Shields but Foyle still get the upper hand 12 May 2009 FOR John Shields, Portsalon’s first round match in the Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy promised to be a home away from home. The North Donegal club was drawn away at Foyle in Londonderry where Shields spent seven years as greenkeeper and member before moving to Portsalon. With his intimate knowledge... Full Story...
	Quigg brothers take up challenge as City of Derry go through 10 May 2009 THE golfing family Quigg have handed over the baton from the female side to the male as City of Derry look for success in the Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy. Over ten years City of Derry women have been one of the most successful teams in The Mail on Sunday Classic, twice winning the trophy in 199... Full Story...
	The Hills come come alive as Whitehead turn on the power 03 May 2009 FATHER and son team Thomas and David Hill turned the throttle up to beat Larne’s Stephen McNeilly and Lee Mearns 2&1 and put Whitehead into the second round of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy. The victory confirmed what everyone at Whitehead knows, that the Hills are a very competiti... Full Story...
	Bravehearts of The Curragh win dramatic victory at the 22nd hol 03 May 2009 CURRAGH’S Anne Delaney and Violet Macdonald produced a Braveheart performance to reach the third round of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy. They beat Killeen’s Noirin Fitzgerald and Mary Rose Kiely at the fourth hole of sudden death in the gathering gloom in one of the longest match... Full Story...
	No apologies as Father and Son turn on the style for Navan 28 Apr 2009 A FATHER and son teamed up for a famous family victory to put Navan into the second round of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy. Donal and Ciaran Geraghty beat Ardee’s Declan Haughey and Ciaran Murtagh on the 18th green after a thrilling match and then revealed the secret of their succe... Full Story...
	Electrifying win for Old Conna thanks to a Declan double 26 Apr 2009 TWO bright sparks produced an electrifying win for south Dublin club Old Conna in the first round of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy. Declan Murphy, director of a fire alarm company, and Declan Ryan, who heads an electrical firm, teamed up to beat Dublin City on the 18th green after dr... Full Story...
	Small is perfect for Kilrea ladies who work their away day magic 21 Apr 2009 TINY Kilrea have made the big clubs sit up and take notice after reaching the third round of the new Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy. The 9-hole club from County Londonderry has one of the smallest lady sections in Ireland but that does not stopping them having big ambitions. Sandra Mil... Full Story...
	New faces bidding for a famous double for Mannan Castle 19 Apr 2009 THE five heroes of Mannan Castle’s memorable win in The Mail on Sunday Classic last year have had to stand aside and let two new faces take over in the inaugural Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy. John Clarke and John Lane won the Mannan Castle matchplay pairs championship and the club dec... Full Story...
	Family golfers team up to put the K Club on the road to victory 14 Apr 2009 THE K Club kept it in the family as they swept to an impressive victory in the first round of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy. Kathy Smurfit, the wife of Michael Smurfit, and Karena O’Connor, Michael’s cousin, teamed up for the K Club in a powerful 7&6 win over Castlewarden’s Ann... Full Story...
	Jennifer's switch gives helping hand to the top for Enniscorthy 12 Apr 2009 KEEN hockey player Jennifer King began playing golf three years ago as a left-hander and could not understand why she was making such slow progress. However a friendly tip from a fellow member of Co.Wexford club Enniscorthy that she might try swinging a right-handed club instead did the trick. ... Full Story...
	Skerries pair chasing more glory 14 years after Foursomes win 07 Apr 2009 FOURTEEN years on and two Irish golfers are chasing a most unlikely sporting double. In 1995 Mary Kenny and Mary Leonard triumphantly took the Daily Mail Foursomes trophy back to north Dublin club Skerries. Now they have teamed up again to try to win the successor competition, the Irish Mail All-... Full Story...
	Woodbrook round one success 06 Apr 2009 WOODBROOK recorded one of the biggest wins in the first round of the Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy and are now focusing on some unfinished business. The Irish Mail Trophy is the successor to The Mail on Sunday Classic, in which the Co.Wicklow club lost in the finals to eventual champions Hockley ... Full Story...
	Comeback girls hope McIlroy magic does the trick for Bangor 30 Mar 2009 MANDY McEVOY and Elaine Elborn are hoping the Rory McIlroy magic rubs off on them as they bid to win the first Irish Mail All-Ireland Trophy. Both have both been coached at Bangor by respected professional Michael Bannon, the man who looks after the swing of young sensation Rory McIlroy. And t... Full Story...
	Drama as Castle's Smith & Jones are caught up in shooting incident 22 Mar 2009 CASTLE’S Siobhan Smith and Martha Jones found themselves unexpectedly tangled up in a shooting incident, after they played their very first match in the brand new Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy. The pair from the south Dublin club were playing at Westmanstown, near Lucan, and walked off... Full Story...
	All-Ireland Fourball Trophy launched 06 Dec 2008 LEADING Irish golf clubs have given an enthusiastic welcome to the new Irish Mail All-Ireland Fourball Trophy which is officially launched today. With the final to be played at the spectacular Macreddin course, designed by Ryder Cup hero Paul McGinley, this championship is a great addition to th... Full Story...
	Irish Mail to launch new competition 01 Dec 2008 WHEN Ryder Cup hero Paul McGinley was asked to design his first ever golf course, he wanted it to be special. And by common consent, at Macreddin Village, he has produced a classic. So much so that Macreddin has been selected to be the venue for the inaugural final of an exciting new competition... Full Story...