Ballycastle golf club Antrim

Members Achievements

The Ladies of Ballycastle Golf Club qualified for the All-Ireland Fourball Final Series on Saturday 4th September 2021 where they met the Ladies from Clontarf Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter Finals and recorded a 3½-matches to 1½-matches win against the North Dublin Club.
They were led out by Brenda McNeill with Doreen Reid who had a 2 and 1 win against Fionnuala Forde with Rachael Murphy, they were followed by Joan Kennedy with Briege Loughrey who has a 3 and 2 win against Anne-Marie Dufficy with Niamh Brown, next up was Susan Crawford with Mary Duffin who beat Mary Sheridan with Paula Carton by 3 and 2, in the penultimate match Catherine Black with Rita McCormack had a 4 and 3 win against Marianne Considine with Frances Hand and the bottom match of Phoebe Traill with Bernadette Hegarty against Hannah O’Neill with Rena Walsh was halved when called-in.

Having accounted for the Ladies from Clontarf Golf Club by 3½-matches to 1½-matches in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals, they made their way to Strandhill Golf Club in Co. Sligo where they met the Ladies from the K Club on Saturday 2nd October in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals and recorded a 3½-matches to 1½-matches win against the Co. Kildare Club.
First on the tee was Brenda McNeill with Phoebe Traill who had a 2 and 1 win against Karen Palmer with Sally-Ann O’Connor, next on the tee was Bernadette Hegarty with Mary-Teresa McKiernan who halved their match against Una McQuillan with Angela Cirillo, they were followed by Joan Kennedy with Briege Loughrey who went all the way up the 21st before securing the point against Carol Barry with Beryl Bowden, in the penultimate match Susan Crawford with Mary Duffin secured a 2 and 1 win against Noreen O’Grady with Catherine Kinane and their place in the All-Ireland Decider and the bottom match Catherine Black with Rita McCormick had a very comfortable 5 and 4 win against Noirin Donovan with Amy Mangan.    

They met the ladies from Ballybunion Golf Club in the All-Ireland Final the following day and lost out by 4-matches to 1-match against the Co. Kerry Club. They were led out again by Brenda McNeill with Phoebe Traill who lost their match by 2 and 1 against Margaret McAuliffe with R. Fitzgerald, they were followed by Bernadette Hegarty with Mary-Teresa McKiernan who won their match by 3 and 2 against Catriona Corrigan with Noirin Hitchen, next on the tee was Joan Kennedy with Briege Loughrey who lost their match by 3 and 1 against Georgina Keane with Lorraine Canty, in the penultimate match Catherine Black with Doreen Reid lost out to Eileen Kenny-Ryan with Marion Kennedy-Hogan by 5 and 3 and in the bottom match Susan Crawford with Mary Duffin lost their match by 3 and 2 against Patricia Joyce with Anne-Marie Sexton.   

The Ladies of Ballycastle Golf Club won the Ulster Final of the AA Insurance Senior Foursomes and were runners-up to Munster Champions Douglas Golf Club in the All-Ireland Final at Royal Tara Golf Club in 2009.

They met Connaught Champions Enniscrone Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final, first on the tee was Fiona Glass (12) with Paula Rooney (12) who lost their match by 5 and 4 against Sarah Helly (4) with Joan Ruane (14), they were followed by Brenda McNeill (12) with Rita McCormick (13) who won their match by 1-hole against Frances Bourke (9) with Dolores Tuohy (12), the bottom match was also a very close encounter when Mary Teresa McKiernan (12) with Susan Crawford (14) beat Rita McGoldrick (9) with Alice Higgins (13) by 1-hole.

They met Munster Champions Douglas Golf Club in the All-Ireland Final the following day they were led again by Fiona Glass (12) with Paula Rooney (12) who lost their match against Karen O'Neill (3) with Deirdre M O'Hanlon (10) by 6 and 5, they were followed by Brenda McNeill (12) with Rita McCormick (13) who lost their match to Eavan Higgins (2) & Wendy Daly (14) by 4 and 3, the bottom match of Mary Teresa McKiernan (12) with Susan Crawford (14) was halved against Kate MacCann (3) with Sabina Nagle (13). 

The Ladies of Ballycastle Golf Club won the Ulster Final of the AA Insurance Junior Cup and were beaten by East-Leinster Champions Dublin City Golf Club in the All-Ireland Final at Royal Tara Golf Club in 2009. They were led byFiona McComb (8) who lost her match to Esme Murphy (6) by 5 and 3, she was followed by Brenda McNeill (12) who narrowly lost her match by 1-hole to Carol Loftus (13), next up was Fiona Glass (12) who again lost by 1-hole to Sheila Stone (11), the penultimate match of Mary T McKiernan (12) went all the way to the 21st-hole before losing out to Grace O'Neill (15), the bottom  match of Rita McCormick (13) was won on the 19th against Joan Shields (15).

Ballycastle Golf Club won the Ulster Final of the Irish Junior Cup atDunmurry Golf Club on Friday 15th August 2008. It was on toMonkstown Golf Club outside of Cork City where the met Leinster Champions NaasGolf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final on Wednesday 17th September2008.

Tony McConville lead against Ray Lynch, but he lost his match by 2 and 1. Hewas followed by Liam Quinn, who beat Dermot Keane by 3 and 2, next up was DonalMcCormick who lost out to Gus Fitzpatrick by 3 and 2, Colum Egan had a similarresult against David Prendergast, the bottom match of Hugh Sayers against ConorO'Rourke was halved. The 3 ½ matches to 1 ½ matches put the Leinster Championsthrough to the All-Ireland Final against Connacht Champions Ballina thefollowing morning.

Rory McCormick won the Under 15 Ulster Boys' Championship in 1999

Anne Boyd played for the Irish Girls' in 1967

Aine McCoy played for the Irish Girls' in 1968 and 1969

Rita Sheehan played for the Irish Girls' in 1971

Patricia Atkinson won the Irish Girls' Close Championship in 1963

Christine Scarlett won the Irish Girls' Close Championship in 1964.

Members who played representative golf for their Province;

 John Woodside represented Ulster in the Senior Interprovincial's from 1896 to 1898 playing 4-times won 1-match halved one and lost 2-matches accumulating 1½ -points.

J. Boyd* represented Ulster as a Youth in the Interprovincial Championships in 1965 playing 2-times

History of Ballycastle

Instituted 1890affiliated 1891

Founded on the 8th May, 1891, Golf magazine on 8th January, 1897, gives thefollowing account "the making of this pretty little nine-hole course was mainlydue to the energy of Comdr. Causton, R. N., later in charge of the Coastguardin the district, and Lt. Cutfield, the present Coastguard officer and aboutfour years ago a club was formed with Captain Causton as Secretary, which posthe still retains".

Ballycastle was one of the nine founder members of the GUI in November 1891.Ladies have been playing golf at Ballycastle as far back as 1897, with theCauston played for monthly.

Causton fell in love with the game when he was introduced to the game atPortrush. He received permission from Miss Boyd, and set about setting out,with three or four others, what has become one of Ireland's finest Links.