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Members Achievements

The Ladies of West Waterford Golf Club qualified for the All-Ireland Fourball Final Series on Saturday 4th September 2021 where they met the Ladies from Gort Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter Finals and recorded a 3-matches to 2-matches win against the Co. Galway Club.
They were led out by June Whyte with Joanne Fox who had a 2-hole win against Siobhan Forde with Shauna Burke, they were followed by Mary-Lou Carroll with Marie Curran who lost their match by 4 and 3 against Jane Joyce with Mary Fahey-Cone, next on the tee were Deirdre Ruane with Una Mulligan who had a comfortable 5 and 3 win against Maura Hanrahan with Josie Collins, in the penultimate match Denise Nugent with Fiona Butler had a 2 and 1 win against Ruth Naughton with Teresa Gill and in the bottom match Josephine Swayne with Ciara Donnelly went down by 5 and 4 against Joan Fogarty with Sara Broderick.   

Having accounted for the Ladies from Gort Golf Club by 3-matches to 2-matches in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals, they made their way to Strandhill Golf Club in Co. Sligo where they met the Ladies from Ballybunion on Saturday 2nd October in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals and lost out by 3½-matches to 1½-matches against the Co. Kerry Club
First on the tee was Catherine Ruane with Josephine Swayne who lost their match by 2 and 1 against Margaret McAuliffe with R. Fitzgerald, next on the tee was June Whyte with Joanne Fox who halved their match against Susan Gilmore-Kettler with Olga Kiely, they were followed by Mary-Lou Carroll with Marie Curran who went down by 5 and 4 against Eileen Kenny-Ryan with Marion Kennedy-Hogan, in the penultimate match Deirdre Ruane with Una Mulligan also lost their match by 5 and 4 against Patricia Joyce with Anne-Marie Sexton and in the bottom match Denise Nugent with Finola Butler had a very comfortable 6 and 5 win against Maeve Barrett with Siobhan Walsh.  

West Waterford Golf Club won the Munster Final of the Irish Senior Cup in 2009, and went on to play Castlerock Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final at Tullamore Golf Club in September.

First on the tee was Mark Shanahan against David Mulholland who had a comfortable 6 and 5 win. He was followed by Gary Hurley who beat Dan Beattie by 2-holes. Next up was Philip Spratt who beat Gordon Forbes by 2 and 1. With the points in the bag the following matches of David Curran against Aaron Kearney and Philip Walsh against Donal Mulholland were halved giving the Munster Champions a 4 matches to 1 match victory and a place in the All-Ireland Final.

They met Connacht Champions Galway Golf Club in the decider, Mark Shanahan led the West Waterford team against Dave Scully and had a 3 and 2 win to give the Dungarvan lads the perfect start. He was followed by Gary Hurley against Eddie McCormack and recorded a halve against one of Galway's strongest players. Next up was Philip Spratt who lost out by the 1-hole to Damien Coyne. Then the tables turned with David Curran losing out to Damien Glynn by 5 and 4. The bottom match of Philip Walsh against Joe Lyons finished 2 and 1 in favour of the men from Salthill and the coveted green -pennant went West to add to the many other green-pennants to be found hanging in their clubhouse.

West Waterford Golf Club won the Munster and All-Ireland Finals of theIrish Junior Foursomes in 2008.

West Waterford Golf Club won the Munster and All-Ireland Finals of theIrish Junior Foursomes in 2007. They made the long journey to Westport Golf Club in Mayo to compete in the All-Ireland deciders.

They met Ulster Champions Cairndhu Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final on Tuesday 28th August. They met Leinster Champions South County Golf Club in the decider in the afternoon. To continue the remarkable success in underage golf that West Waterford Golf Club having won before in 2005.

West Waterford Golf Club won the All-Ireland Cidona Irish Junior Foursomes at their Neighbouring course in Dungarvan Golf Club on 24th August 2005.

As Munster Champions they met Galway Golf Club in the Semi-Final and recorded a 3-hole victory over the Connacht Champions.

They played Ulster Champions City of Derry in the Final, when they won by 4-holes.

Seamus Power was considered a "veteran" when he represented Ireland in the Boys' Home Internationals at Woodhall Spa, Lioncolnshire on 2nd August 2005 having been selected the previous year at Portmarnock Golf Club. He and Niall Kearney (The Royal Dublin) were the only two survivors from the 2004 team.

Mark Shannon was selected on the Munster team for the Interprovincial Matches played at Portmarnock Golf Club from 11th to 13th August 2004.

Prior to 2001:

Paddy Murphy was elected to the council of the Munster Branch of the GUI for 2001.

West Waterford's Youths' Team won the Munster Title, which holds well for the future of the club. Having been Provincial Runner-Ups in 1998.

The boys' team won the Munster Fred Daly in 1999.

The men's team were Provincial Runner-Ups in the Jimmy Bruen Shield in 1995. 

West Waterford won the Irish Independent National Pairs Championship in 1994. 

John Dunphy won the Golf Foundation award in 2000.

Austin Spratt won the Senior Scratch Cup at Mitchelstown Golf Club in 1995.

Members who played representative golf for Country or Province;

Seamus Power represented Ireland as a Senior International in 2006 playing 2-times won 0-matches and lost 2-matches accumulating 0-points . He represented Ireland at international Youths level from 2006 to 2008 playing 8-matches, won 4-matches and lost 4-matches accumulating 8-points. He represented Ireland at Irish Boys level from 2003 to 2005 playing 17-times won 4-matches and lost 14-matches accumulating 8-points. He represented Munster as a Senior Interprovincial from 2006 to 2009 playing 24-times won 13-matches halved one and lost 10-matches accumulating 27-points. He represented Munster at Youths’ Interprovincial level from 2005 to 2008 playing 24-times won 12-matches halved one and lost 11-matches accumulating 25-points. He represented Munster in the Boys Interprovincial Championships from 2003 to 2004 playing 13-times won 8-matches halved five and lost 0-matches accumulating 21-points;

Alan Harty represented Ireland at Irish Boys level in 1998 playing 5-times won 1-match halved one and lost 3-matches accumulating 3-points. He represented Munster at Youths’ Interprovincial level from 1997 to 2000 playing 24-times won 8-matches halved three and lost 13-matches accumulating 19-points;

Gary Hurley represented Ireland at Irish Boys level in 2010 playing 6-times won 5-matches and halved 1-match accumulating 10-points. He represented Munster in the Boys Interprovincial Championships from 2009 to 2010 playing 10-times won 4-matches halved one and lost 5-matches accumulating 9-points;

M. Shanahan represented Munster as a Senior Interprovincial from 2004 to 2010 playing 12-times won 4-matches halved two and lost 6-matches accumulating 10-points;

John Dunphy represented Munster in the Boys Interprovincial Championships in 2000 playing 4-times won 1-match and lost 3-matches accumulating 2-points;

History of West Waterford

In 1990, Pat and Nora Spratt decided to sacrifice 150 acres of their farm, to create a magnificent golf course in the tranquil setting, that is now West Waterford Golf & Country Club. Thankfully they had the good foresight not to try a do-it-yourself development and they called on the services of Eddie Hackett one of Irelands best known and much respected course architects. The result of their foresight is now to be seen at this fine course which opened for play in 1993 and are now producing some of the finest young golfers in the region.

A good friend of mine Mick Healy communally known as Dublin Mick, was born on the land that was formally a convent and his grandfather was the gamekeeper.