Newbridge lost their quarter final Duggan cup Match against a strong Baltinglass team. Having 3 matches away meant that it was always going to be tough. Newbridge took the first match at home with Baltinglass replying in quick fashion by securing their first home match. Newbridge won the 2nd match at the Co Wicklow venue on the 21st hole, but with Baltinglass coming back well in the 2nd match in Newbridge to win on the 18th it meant that the sides were tied 2 a piece. Baltinglass eventually held sway with a hard fought win in the final match on their home patch. Well done Balto. Newbridge winners just to mention them in dispatches like, Home Fran Mackey and Noel King, Away, Dougie Houlihan and Kevin Dempsey.

Tomas O Riordan and Peter Minnock lead the way in the Presidents prize with both gentlemen returning 42 points. Tomas O Riordan also had a hole in one on the 14th hole when his fairway wood flew straight at the pin and when his playing partners saw no sign of the ball through the green they suggested that he looked in the hole where indeed the ball nestled snugly at the bottom of the cup. Tomas’s card had an unusual couple of holes in that the 14th was marked 1 for 5 pts with the following hole being marked 5 for 1 pt. Also well placed are Liam Field and Pat Courtney with 40 pts. Still all to play for folks