Golf Club
April 2009
The final section, the singles matches, of the Annual Ryder-Cup style competition with Colaiste Dhun Iascaigh took place on Wednesday 1st April at Cahir G.C. The matches were shared – 4 games won and 4 games lost by each school – but because of the lead held by Cahir since the fourballs and foursomes matches earlier in the year, Cahir retained the trophy 8 – 7. Rockwell winners were: Keelan Maher, Willie O’Dwyer, Aidan Barron and Michael Morrissey. Rockwell players who were defeated in their games were: Charles Pierse, Jack O’Connell, Guillermo Carrasco and Robert Breedy.
10th December '08
The fourball stage of the annual fixture with Colaiste Dhun Iascaigh took place at Cahir Park Golf Club on Wednesday 10th December. Rockwell was represented by Guillermo Carasco, Pablo Gerboles, Alfonso Rudolf, Michael Morrissey, Andrew Desmond, Graham Fleming, Charles Pierse and Robert Breedy. Rockwell won three of the four matches and now trail the Cahir school 3 - 5 entering the singles stage which will take place in the New Year.
26th November '08
The first stage of the annual Ryder-cup style competition between Rockwell and Colaiste Dún Iascaigh took place at Cahir Golf Club on Wednesday 26th November. The format for the first day was foursomes. The Rockwell team failed to register any points, being defeated in each of the matches by their Cahir opponents. The Rockwell team was: Pablo Gerboles and Alfonso Rudolf; Charles Pierse and Graham Fleming; Robert Breedy and Niall McKenna; and Sean O’Donoghue and Michael Morrissey. The second stage (- the fourball stage-) takes place at the same course on Wednesday 3rd December.
OCTOBER 3RD.,2008.iRISH STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIPS.
We travelled to Limerick Golf Club for this competition. Having won this competition last year we had high hopes of winning this qualifying section. Neil Farrell (3) shot the best round of the day with a score of 71.Paddy Butler 82, Paul Mc. Evoy 90. Unfortunately we again finished in third place out of 25 teams with a score of 243. Ard Scoil, Limerick were 2nd. on 242 and Charleville won.
SEPTEMBER 29TH.,08. IRISH MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIPS.
This was played in Dungarvan Golf Club in very testing and windy conditions and scores on the day reflected this. Rockwell could only finish in third position with Dungarvan C.B.S. winning with a score of 226.Neil Farrell shot 83, Paul Mc. Evoy 83, Pablo Gerboles 86 and Alfonso Rudolf 95. Our team score was 252 with the three best scores to count. Only one team goes through to the Munster final.
JULY 2008. Sarah Crowe ,who had sat the Leaving Cert. this June represented the Irish Ladies u18 golf team in Scotland. Unfortunately, Ireland did not win this home international.
APRIL 28TH., 08.
Congratulations to Paddy Butler, playing off 2.7, who won the Munster Youths Championship this weekend, with a score of 219 (3 over ),beating 120 other golfers. This now puts him in line for the Irish Boys team, a remarkable feat.Unfortunately, both David Ruddy and Neil Farrell failed to make the cut ;in Davids case by one stroke.
IRISH SCHOOLS STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP.
Played in Rosses Point on Tuesday, 22nd. of April our team finished 2nd. to Sligo Grammer. Coming into this final we were ranked 4th. with a combined handicap of 7 but on the day we performed with distinction. In fact we were 4 strokes ahead of Sligo in the back 9, but local Knowledge won out. St. Peters of Wexford finished 3rd. and Campbell of Belfast were 4th..There were very strong winds and with pin placements on the very front of the green playing conditions were as difficult as Augusta, Georgia for the Masters.Even players off +1 and scratch failed to break 80 and only two players managed to do so. ROCKWELL SCORES: David Ruddy-79, Paddy Butler-81, Neil Farrell-85.
APRIL 8TH. 2008. Rockwell win Munster Schools strokeplay Championship.
Played in Fermoy on a bright but cold day our team played very consistent golf to defeat Cobh who boasted a 2, 2 and 5 handicap golfers. David Ruddy ( capt.), Paddy Butler and Neil Farrell each shot 74 to finish on 224, 6 strokes ahead. Each of these students played superbly and when pressure was exerted early on, particularly on the first when David struck a tree from his tee off, they kept their composure to make some very difficult birdies. We now look forward to the Irish finals which will be held in Rosses Point on the 22nd. of April where we meet Campbell of Ulster, St. Peters of Leinster and sligo Grammer of Connacht.
APRIL 2008.
Sarah Crowe played in the Inter-Provincials last weekend and won both her foursomes matches. She also won one of her three singles matches and only lost to Leona Maguire of Ulster on the 18th. Munster beat Leinster 7-1, connacht 6-2 but lost to Ulster 7-1, thereby finishing 2nd..Sarah has now been selected for specialised Irish training at St. Andrews on the 26th. and 27th. of April.
MARCH 2008.
Congratulations to Sarah Crowe (4.4) who has been selected to play for Munster in the inter-provincials which take place from the 26th. to the 28th. March. Also to Jill Pierse (8) who, in her first year playing golf, has been selected on the panel.
Our senior boys went to Fermoy last week for a practice round in preparation for the Munster schools final on the 8th. of April there.D. Ruddy shot a round of74, N.Farrell 75 and P. Butler 77. They will need to improve on this if we are to lift the title.
2007. Congratulations to Arthur Pierse Senior a past student of this college who won the 2007 British Amateur Senior Open championship. This was a remarkable feat for a man who is still at the top of his game.His daughter, Jill, who is playing off 7 caddied for him.
OCTOBER 2007 Wednesday,26th. Oct 07 Sarah Crowe won the ladies open day in Tipperary with a score of 71 and was cut from 4.8 to4.1 She competed in the Munster schools golf championships in Charleville on Sept.28th.and shot a round of 87, finishing 4th -4 strokes behind the winner. |
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Rockwell successfully retained the Cup when they won the singles matches with Colaiste Dhun Iascaigh on Tuesday 1st May. Five wins, as well as a halved match, was more than sufficient to enable Rockwell to comfortably retain the trophy: 11 to 5. Paul McEvoy, Brian Silke, Sarah Crowe, Joe Kiely and Rory Rafferty had wins; Stuart Munich halved his game; while Robert Kearney and Ian Croke were defeated in their matches. |
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| Congratulations to Sarah Crowe, Playing off 7.9 who has made the Munster School Girls panel. She will be competing in the inter provincials later in the spring. The annual Ryder Cup style competition with Colaiste Dun Iascaigh, Cahir is due to begin on Wednesday 14th March. We are the holders of this cup. On the same day it is hoped to take our three man team, involved in the Munster School final, to Tipperary Golf Club for a practise round. Neill Farrell will be unavailable for the final so two students, Luke O’Callahan (5) and Ross O’Dwyer (4) will compete for the last place on the team. |
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Our annual “Ryder Cup” style competition against Cahir began on Tuesday 27th September in Cahir with the “foursomes”. Here we began well, winning 2½ - 1½. Brain McEvoy (7) and Neil Farrell (6) won their match as did James Nagle (16) and Sarah Crowe (15). Paddy Butler (5.4) and Luke O’Callaghan (5.1) halved their match while Ross O’Dwyer (8) and Eoin Delahunty (14) lost theirs. The first round of the Irish Schools Championship took place again in Ballyneety on the 26th April with only one school to qualify for the Munster Finals out of 26. Our players performed exceptionally well but again we came up short finishing 2nd to Crescent Comprehensive, Limerick with a score of 229 to their 223. Our players on the day were Paddy Butler (4.1) 77; Neil Farrell (5.4) 77; Brian McEvoy (5.8) 77 and Ross O’Dwyer (7.1) 75. All of these players will be with us next year so we are hoping to go one better then. In March of this year we were lucky to have Jim Burke, a professional who has played on the European Tour, give lessons to 40 golfers over the following three months. He was an invaluable asset coaching both the experienced and uninitiated alike and we would like to sincerely thank him for his contribution to golf in Rockwell College .
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