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Members Achievements

The Ladies of Rockmount Golf Club won the All-Ireland Final of the Women’s Junior Cup on Saturday 7th September 2024 at Athlone Golf Club when they beat the Ladies from Powerscourt Golf Club by 3-matches to 2-matches. They were led out by Jan Lindsay who put the first point on the board with a 4 and 3 win against Sarah McCooey, next on the tee was Andrea Watson who lost her match by 7 and 6 against Margaret Worrall, Abbie Poole had to go up the 19th before securing what was to be the winning point against Lynda Booth, in the penultimate match Alexandria Poole had a 2-hole win against Annie O'Neil and in the bottom match Ciara Agnew lost her match by the minimum against Maeve Cantwell.
They met the Ladies from Malone Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final in the morning and recorded a 3-matchs to 2-matches against the Co. Antrim Club. First on the tee was Jan Lindsay who had a 3 and 2 win against Rachel Taylor, next up was Andrea Watson who lost her match against Eva Branks by 5 and 4, Abbie Poole had a 1-hole win against Oonagh McClure, in the penultimate match Alexandria Poole lost her match by 2 and 1 against Sara O'Sullivan and in the bottom match Ciara Agnew had a 3 and 1 win against Siobhan McHugh.
The previous day they met the Ladies from the Island Golf Club in the Quarter-Finals and recorded a 3½-matches to 1½-matches against the North Dublin Club. Jan Lindsay led them out as normal but lost her match against Eithne Knight by 3 and 2, next up was Andrea Watson who clinched the point on the 19th against Angela Dwyer, Abbie Poole had a 3 and 2 win against Karen McAllister, in the penultimate match Alexandria Poole recorded a 3 and 2 win against Geraldine Ryan and the bottom match of Ciara Agnew against Nessa Mulcahy was halved when called-in.

The Ladies of Rockmount Golf Club were Runners-Up in the All-Ireland Semi-Final of the Irish Women’s Minor Cup at Westport Golf Club on Thursday 21th September 2023 when they went down to Lee Valley Golf Club by 3½-matches to 1½-matches.
They were led out by Alexandria Poole who had a 6 and 5 win against Eimear Quaid, they lost the next match by 4 and 3, in the next match Karen Gowdy halved her match against Kris Hayes, in the penultimate match Noreen O’Hare lost her match by 7 and 6 and in the bottom match Alice Tang lost her match against Josephine Martin by 5 and 4.
The Ladies of Rockmount Golf Club won the Quarter Finals of the Women’s Minor Cup on Saturday 2st September 2023 at Tubbercurry Golf Club when they beat Tubbercurry Golf Club by 3-matches to 2-matches.
They were led out by Alex Poole who had a 5 and 3 win against Breege Walshe, she was followed by Hilda Beamish how beat Kathleen Cryan by 2-holes, next on the tee was Karen Gowdy who lost her match by 3 and 2 against Ann Mulligan, in the penultimate match Donna Montganery had a 1-hole win against Mary Conway and in the bottom match Noreen O'Hare lost her match against Brid Leonard by 3 and 2.

The Ladies of Portumna Golf Club won the Quarter Finals of the Irish Women’s Challenge Cup on Sunday 27th August 2023 at Castle Dargan Golf Club when they beat Rockmount Golf Club by 3½-matches to 1½-matches.
They were led out by S. Noone who lost her match against A. Tagg by 4 and 3, she was followed by M. Cormican who had a 3 and 2 win against K. Carswell, next on the tee was L. Sullivan who had a comfortable 6 and 4 win against E. Patterson, in the penultimate match M. McDonagh recorded a 3 and 2 win against M. Sloan and the bottom match of  E. Moran against E. McCloughan was halved when called-in.

The Ladies of Rockmount Golf Club were Runners-Up in the Quarter Finals of the Irish Women’s Junior Foursomes on Sunday 27th August 2023 at Castle Dargan Golf Club when they went down to Bearna Golf Club by 2-matches to 1-matches.
In the top match C. Agnew with L. Power had a 2 and 1 win against E. Neville with N. Timoney, they were followed by F. Lawther with A. Poole who lost their match by the minimum and in the bottom match P. McWilliams with B. Fleet went down by 6 and 4 against M. Keenan with S. Smyth.   

The Ladies of Rockmount Golf Club won the All-Ireland Final of the Minor Cup on the 9th September 2022 when they beat the Ladies from Greenacres by 4-matches to 1-match.
Patricia McDonnell put the first point on the board with a comfortable 6 and 4 win against Amanda Pollack, next on the tee was Hilda Beamish who also had a resounding 6 and 5 wind against Julie Thompson, in the 3rd match Karen Gowdy halved her match against Astrid Graham when called-in, the penultimate match of Sue McDonagh beat Rosie Waters by 3 and 2 and the bottom match of Bernadette Traill against Vicky Kell was halved when called-in.            
They qualified for the Quarter-Finals of the All-Ireland series of the Minor Cup at Slieve Russell Golf Club on Wednesday 7th September 2022.
They were drawn against the Ladies from Ballyneety Golf Club and won their match by 4-matches to 1-match.
First on the tee was Patricia McDonnell who lost her match by the minimum against Louise Wilkinson, she was followed by Moyra Evans who won her match against Maiella Comerford by 2 and 1, next on the tee was Karen Gowdy who had a very comfortable 6 and 5 win against Dolores Curtin, in the penultimate match Alwyn Higham recorded a 2 and 1 win against Jinakie Fogarty and in the bottom match Sue McDonagh won her match by 3 and 2 against Fiona Hennessy.   
They met the Ladies from Cill Dara Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final the following day and won their match by 3-matches to 2-matches.
Patricia McDonnell led them out again and secured a 3 and 2 win against Lori Solan, next on the tee was Moyra Evans who lost her match by 5 and 3 against Maiella Howard, she was followed by Karen Gowdy who won her match against Esther Loakman by 4 and 3, in the penultimate match Alwyn Higham lost out by the minimum against Maria Scully in the bottom and deciding match Sue McDonagh clinched the match with a 1-hole win against Tracey Gallagher.

The Girls of Rockmount Golf Club qualified for the All-Ireland deciders of Girls Inter-Club All-Ireland Series at Ballina Golf Club on 23rd August 2022.

They met the Girls of Doneraile Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter-Final and lost out by 2½-matches to ½-match.
First on the tee was Abbie Poole who went up the 19th before relinquishing the match to Niamh O’Sullivan, she was followed by Alexandria Poole who lost her match by 3 and 2 against Muireann O’Sullivan and the bottom match of Bethany McIlhatton against Anna O’Brien was halved when called-in.    

Rockmount Golf Club won their regional Final in the Irish Mixed Foursomes and qualify for the All-Ireland Series at Strandhill Golf Club, Co. Sligo from Thursday 30th September to Saturday 2ND October 2021.
They met Castle Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals on Thursday 30th September and won their match by 3-matches to 2-matches.
They were led out by Ryan Wilson with Patricia McDonnell who lost their match by 3 and 2 against Ronan Burke with Joanne O’Connor, they were followed by Colin McClenaghan with Rosemary McCrea who had a 2 and 1 win against Harry Scott with Lisa McDonnell, next on the tee was Martin and Frances Lawther who had a 2-hole win against Jack Walsh with Fiona McDonagh, in the penultimate match Adam Douds with Leonie Power beat Ross Kinsella with Marese Kelly by 3 and 2 and the bottom match of Jonathan Patterson with Barbara Fleet went 5 and 3 down to the Rathfarnham pair of Jim Mulready with Loraine Cunningham.

Having accounted for Castle by 3-matches to 2-matches on the Thursday they met Royal Tara Golf Club the following and lost their match by 4-matches to 1-match.
First on the tee was Ryan Wilson with Patricia McDonnell who had a 4 and 3 win against Barry Reilly with Dolores O’Sullivan, they were followed by Colin McClenaghan with Rosemary  McCrea who had a comfortable 5 and 3 win against Mark Reilly with Alice Staunton, next up were Martin and Frances Lawther who halved their match against Brian Newman with Jane Hughes as did James Robinson with Sue McDonagh against Tony Maher with Deirdre Byrne and in the bottom match Adam Douds with Leonie Power had a 5 and 3 win against Sean Duffy with Catherine Colgan.                   

Rockmount Golf Club met the West Cork team Doneraile in the All-Ireland Final of the Irish Mixed Foursomes at Strandhill Golf Club on Saturday 2nd October 2021 and lost the green pennant by 3½-matches to 1½-matches
They were lead out once more by Ryan Wilson with Patricia McDonnell who had one of those days when going down by 6 and 5 to Hugh Nolan with Noreen Roche, next on the tee was Colin McClenaghan with Rosemary McCrea who went up the 19th before relinquishing the point to James O’Mahony with Aoibheann Daly, they were followed by Adam Douds with Leonie Power who lost their match by 4 and 3 against Eddie Roche with Rachel Kelleher, in the penultimate match James Robinson with Sue McDonagh had a very comfortable 6 and 5 win against Darren Roche with Marie Kelleher and the bottom match of Jonathan Patterson with Barbara Fleet against David Finn with

The Ladies of Rockmount Golf Club won the Northern Regional Final of the Ladies Miele Irish Interclub Foursomes at Slieve Russell Golf Club in 2010; when they beat Larne Golf Club by 3-matches to 1-match. They were led by Andrea Patterson with Leanie Power who beat Roma English with Audrey Faukner by 6 and 4, they were followed by Ciara Agnew with Jan Lindsay who won their match by 2-holes against beat Sarah O'Neill with Barbara O'Neill, in the penultimate match Diane Patterson with Carol McGrath lost by 1-hole against Jessica and Janice Boal, the bottom match of Noreen Mikhael with Marie Donnelly was a 4 and 2 win over Gail McNabb with Debbie McNabb.

They made their way to Glasson Golf Club to compete in the National deciders on Sunday 19th September, where they met the Southern Regional Champions and eventual green pennant winners Thurles Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final and lost out on a count-back. They were led this time by Jo Donaldson (11) with Leonie Power (16) who lost their match to Rose Maloney (12) with Margaret Lonergan (14) by 4 and 3, they were followed by Ciara Agnew (16) with Jan Lindsay (18) who won their match by 3 and 1 against Orla McKevitt (10) with Fionnuala Corcoran (17), next up was Diane Patterson (15) with Carol McGrath (22) who beat Mary Coman O'Neill (14) with Lorraine O'Keeffe (14) by 2 and 1, in the bottom match Noreen Mikhael (15) with Maire Donnelly (22) lost out to Marian Finn (8) with Susan Troy (25) by 2 and 1.

The Ladies of Rockmount Golf Club were runners-up in the All-Ireland Junior Cup at Athlone Golf Club on the 30th September 2007 they beat Galway Golf Club by 3 matches to 2 matches in the Semi-Final and met Dun Laoghaire Golf Club in the All-Ireland decider.

First up was Marie Donnelly against Phyl Glavin who lost out by 3 and 1, she was followed by Grace Downey who lost to Sheila Clancy-Nolan by 6 and 5. Next up was Andrea Patterson who halved her match against Martina Lee. The penultimate match of Carol McGrath gave some hope to the Ladies from Carryduff when Carol had a very convincing 6 and 5 win over Mary Dempsey. However it was not to be as Noeleen Houston lost out to Jo Ebbs by 5 and 4.

Rockmount Golf Club won the County Championship in the J. B. Carr Diamond Trophy in 2004.

Prior to 2001

Rockmount Golf Club won the, Sam Rutherford Memorial Cup in 2000, when the team was, J. Robinson, G. Goodfellow, M. Wilkinson, J. Miller, C. Childs, P. Greenwood, P. Mearns, R. Patterson and T. McCreery, they were captained by M. Lawlor assisted by G. Willis.

Rockmount Golf Club won the, Junior Cowdy Cup in 2001, when the team was, J. Campbell, M. Foreman, A. Patterson, J. Hinds, W. Hogg, R. Jamison, C. Paul, P. Banford, D. Stronge, T. J. Johnston, D. Reynolds, T. Branagh, I. Scott and N. Willis, they were captained by J. Bloomer assisted by H. Moore.

Rockmount Golf Club won the, Jack Craig Memorial Mixed Foursomes in 1998, when the team was, Alan Shrieber, Jerry McWilliams, Noreen Mikhael, Leonie Power, Diane Patterson, Pauleen, McWilliams, Barbara Fleet, Paul Mearns and Peter Coffey, they were captained by Harold Robinson.

History of Rockmount

The course officially opened on the May Day - Monday 8th May 1996, when European Ryder Cup player Darren Clarke performed the opening ceremony and then played in a Fourball when he partnered Robert Patterson to a 2 and 1 victory over European Tour player Raymond Burns and sports presenter Mark Robson. A large following of spectators enjoyed the occasion and the course officially opened to the Rockmount Golf Club Members the next day.

In his mind's eye he could see wasteland around his home transformed. Rolling greens, trees and shrubs, lakes and ponds. His dream was an ambitious one - a Golf Club for Mayobridge.
     "i first had the idea about ten or fifteen years ago" said Mr Fegan. "I was a member of Warrenpoint golf Club and thought that Mayobridge would be ideally suited for one."
    Mr Fegan should be taking it easy and enjoying a restful retirement. He is after all, in his seventies. He enjoys a puff of his pipe, but is by no means ready to settle into his slippers. He's much too busy running Mayobridge Golf Club. A club he constructed  in his own time, by his own hand and with his own money. A cattle and poultry farmer, his only real knowledge of golf was as a player. He and his son Shane, who has been a keen golfer since childhood did all their own research. They studied the layouts of existing golf courses. They read up on green keeping and seed mixtures. Eventually they came up with a design - and then the real work started.
   Over two miles of ditches were removed. Thousands of tonnes of waste was cleared. All the fields were dug up and filled with stones for drainage. They were then re-clayed and top-dressed with special seeding. About 1,000 different types of shrubs and trees were planted. a series of eight new lakes and ponds were then created for drainage set. As Mr Fegan puts it, "It was back breaking - the sort of thing you'd only do once in a life time."
    The result is a unique and quite stunning course. "No other course has a layout like this. And because the land was inhabited until about thirty years ago, cottages are still dotted about. It's really very scenic. In summer we get families coming to picnic around the course," he said.
    The course is thriving. When it opened in 1999 it has nine holes. It now has eighteen. It has helped to boost the Mayobridge area, with keen golfers from throughout Ireland visiting for a game. Professional golfer Paddy Gribben, who has competed against Nick Faldo, is a regular. All Ireland winner Louise Coffey plays at the club too. Its about to be affiliated to the Golfing Union of Ireland. So Mr Fegan's Club will now be able to compete in Inter club competitions throughout Ireland and beyond.
    But Mr Fegan will not rest on his laurels. He has just received planning permission for the next part of his project - a proper clubhouse. Mr Fegan had a dream. With Dedication, determination and patience he has made it a reality. And his thoughts on his achievement? "I never have time for a good game of golf anymore."