Deer Park pounce on Junior Pairs place

Dateline: August 2005. Dublin, Ireland

Four youngsters from Deer Park Hotel and Golf Course have earned the honour of representing Ireland in the YMG International Junior Pairs Final, but only just!

Playing at the Ireland national final of the new junior tournament held at the Balcarrick Golf Club, Vicky Ruttle, Stephen Ludgate, Alan Carroll and Stephen McDonald finished top of the pile by just a single shot from the team representing the host club.

With a place in the international final at the St Andrews Bay Resort & Spa in Scotland at stake for the winners, there was a tremendous battle amongst the young teams.

Balcarrick team fought all the way...
The Balcarrick team of Grace Williamson, Padraig Rayfus, Niall Worth and Ross Mohan fought hard to match the winning team, but at the end of the 18-hole Team Texas event, they fell just short by the narrowest of margins of a single shot.

With each team having to be made up of at least one player under 7-years old, an 8- to 11-year old, a player aged 12- or over and at least one girl player, there was some terrific golf and tremendous support was received from the host club Balcarrick for all the teams taking part.

Deer Park winners head for Fife...
The winning team from Deer Park (pictured above, left to right: Stephen Ludgate, Alan Carroll, Deer Park Manager Dympna Gavin, Stephen McDonald and Vicky Ruttle) now go forward to represent Ireland in the final of the YMG International Junior Pairs, scheduled for October 6 at the St Andrews Bay Resort & Spa in Fife, Scotland.



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