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Members Achievements

The Ladies of Ardglass Golf Club won the Ulster Final of the AA-Junior Foursomes ILGU Championship in 2008, they made their way to Limerick Golf Club to compete in the National deciders, where they met East Leinster Champions Moate Golf Club in the All-Ireland quarter-final, first on the tee was Angela Casey (18) with Kathleen King (20) who lost their match by 1-hole against Pearse Corbett (17) & Mary Egan (21), in the second match Maura Fitzpatrick (19) with Roisin Byrne (20) won their match by 1-hole against Ann Whelan (18) & Mags Galvin (21), in the bottom match Dorothy McMullan (20) with Pat Murphy (23) suffered a 3 and 1 lose to Beth Dunne (18) with Breda Kelly (23). 

Ardglass won Ulster Final of the Barton Shield in 1995, when the team was Ciaran Fitzsimons, M. Rourke, Michael Curran, E. Rodgers, J. F. Moore and G. Hamill.

Ciaran Fitzsimons Gary Hamill and Michael Curran, when playing for St. Patrick's won the Irish Schools Championship in 1984, and went on the win the International Youths Championship the same year.

Ardglass Girls won the All-Ireland Smurfit Juvenile Girls Championship in 1980,when Laura Hamill, Paula Hamill, Sharon Fitzsimons and Una McClure.

They won the Ulster Fred Daly in 1981, when the team was Ciaran Fitzsimons, Garry Hamill, Michael Curran, Edward Curran, Shane Fitzsimons, Martin McEvoy and Gerard McGrath.

They were All-Ireland runners-up in the Irish Mixed Foursomes in 1997, when the team was P. A. Boyle, J. F. Moore, A. Diff, F. Rodgers, C. Fitzsimons, M. Rourke, K. Sharvin, C. G. McCann, B. Hutton, K. King, M. Fitzpatrick, C. Rourke and M. Cargo they were captained by J. McGreeve.

They were Ulster Champions in the Irish Mixed Foursomes in 1990, when the team was C. Fitzsimons, G. Hamill, J. F. Moore. J. Rice, C. J. McCann, R. Hutton, C. McStay, J. McGreevy, N. Napior, M. Deeny, T. McEvoy, C. Hayes, P. A. Brown, E. Taggart, N. Denvir and M. Denvir.

They won the Fred Daly Plate in1999, when the team was Paul Vaughan, Louis Keating, Paul Millar, Ronan Strain, Paul Curran, Christopher Bell, Martin Curran, Stephen Smyth and they were managed by Paul McEvoy.

They won the Belfast & District Cup in 1993, when the team was J. F. Moore, R. Martin Jnr. G. Hamill, C. Fitzsimons, J. Miligan, F. Rodgers, A. Meharg, C. J. McCann, S. McMorrow, R. Hutton and A. Duff.

They won the Norman Drew in 1999 and 1980 and 1979.

Members who played representative golf for Country or Province;

Gary Hamill represented Ireland at Irish Boys level in 1981 playing 4-times won 2-matches and lost 2-matches accumulating 4-points. He represented Ulster in the Senior Interprovincial’s from 1989 to 1990 playing 7-times won 6-matches and lost 1-match accumulating 12-points. He represented Ulster as a Youth in the Interprovincial Championships from 1982 to 1985 playing 8-times won 5-matches and lost 3-matches accumulating 10-points;

Robert Hutton represented Ireland as a Senior International in 1991 playing 6-times won 3-matches and lost 3-matches accumulating 6-points. He represented Ireland at Irish Boys level in 1986 playing 4-times won 2-matches halved one and lost 1-match accumulating 5-points. He represented Ulster in the Senior Interprovincial’s from 1991 to 1993 playing 18-times won 6-matches halved four and lost 8-matches accumulating 16-points. He represented Ulster as a Youth in the Interprovincial Championships from 1987 to 1990 playing 20-times won 10-matches and lost 10-matches accumulating 20-points. He participated in the Home International matches in 1991 and played in the Boys in 1986 (He represented Ulster from 1991 to 1993 and played in the Ulster Youths from 1987 to 1990 playing 20 matches;

Brian Martin represented Ireland at Irish Boys level in 1991 playing  5-times won 2-match and lost 3-matches accumulating 4-points. He represented Ulster as a Youth in the Interprovincial Championships in 1991 playing 6-times won 3-matches halved one and lost 2-matches accumulating 7-points;

Ciaran Fitzsimons represented Ulster in the Senior Interprovincial’s from 1986 to 1992 playing 14-times won 5-matches halved two and lost 7-matches accumulating 12-points. He represented Ulster as a Youth in the Interprovincial Championships from 1982 to1985 playing 11-times won 7-matches halved one and lost 3-matches accumulating 15-points;

M. Curran represented Ulster as a Youth in the Interprovincial Championships from 1984 to1985 playing 6-times won 5-matches and lost 1-match accumulating 10-points;

A. Meharg represented Ulster as a Youth in the Interprovincial Championships in 1994 playing 4-times won 1-match halved one and lost 2-matches accumulating 3-points;

Cormac Sharvin represented Ulster at the Boys Interprovincial Championships in 2010 playing 6-times won 3-matches and lost 3-matches accumulating 6-points;

History of Ardglass

Instituted 1896 affiliated 1897

The inaugural meeting of the club was healed in the local courthouse on 28^th April 1896, the Rev. Thomas Macafee presided, where a committee was elected, headed by Dr. McComiskey to draw up rules and make the necessary arrangements. On 6^th June, another meeting was held and W. P. Martin was elected Captain and B. N. Johnson was elected President.

Ladies were involved in the club from the very beginning. The "Belfast Newsletter" lists the various subscriptions, which has the Ladies’ sub at ten shillings and six pence.

The "Golf and Sportsman Holiday Guide" 1897 reads "a sporting little course of seven holes, distance about three quarters of a mile…a new clubhouse is in the course of erection"