Pitch & Putt IrelandInterprovincial Challenge Match - Meet the teams
Meet the players, captains and vice captains that will represent Leinster & Munster on the 4th November
LEINSTER
Sean Goggin (MacBride)
- 2022 National Strokeplay champion
- Twice Leinster individual champion (one Matchplay and one Strokeplay)
- Represented Ireland in the 2008 Willie Parker International Challenge v. Netherlands at R.G.S.C.
- Twice a National Inter-County runner-up with Louth
- Four times a Leinster Inter-County winner with Louth
Gary Healy (Loughlinstown)
- Twice a National Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Four times a Leinster Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Runner-up in both National Strokeplay and Leinster Matchplay in 2022
Ian Dillon (St. Bridget's)
- Reigning Leinster Matchplay champion
- Reigning Leinster Matchplay champion
- Represented Ireland in the 2014 International Challenge v. Catalonia
- National Inter-County winner with Kildare in 2000
- Leinster Inter-County winner with Kildare in 2011
- Leinster Inter-County winner with Kildare in 2011
- National Mixed Team Event winner with St. Bridget’s in 2008
Eamon Gibney (Castletown)
- Irish Open winner in 2014
- Irish Open winner in 2014
- World Cup winner with Ireland in 2016
- European Team Championship winner with Ireland in 2018
- European Team Championship winner with Ireland in 2018
- Leinster Inter-County winner with Meath in 2012
Darren Fagan (Seapoint)
- Reigning Leinster Strokeplay champion
- 1997 Leinster Intermediate Strokeplay champion
- Twice a Leinster Inter-County runner-up with Louth
Chris Gallagher ( Lucan)
- Twice a National Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Five times a Leinster Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Six times Dublin individual champion (four Strokeplay and two Matchplay)
Mark Millar (Killineer)
- Three-time National individual champion (two Matchplay and one Strokeplay)
- Twice Leinster Matchplay champion
- European Team Championship winner with Ireland in 2001
- National Inter-County winner with Louth in 2002
- Twice a Leinster Inter-County winner with Louth
Stephen Murray (Old County)
- Twice a National Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Five times a Leinster Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Irish Open runner-up in 2010
Dean Grannell (St. Patrick's)
- 2017 Leinster Matchplay champion
- Leinster Inter-County winner with Wexford in 2019
- National Inter-Club winner with St. Patrick’s in 2015
- National Juvenile Inter-County winner with Wexford in 2006
George McGreal (Old County)
- Leinster Strokeplay champion in 2010
- Twice a National Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Seven times a Leinster Inter-County winner with Dublin
Sean Harkins (Ryston)
- Three times National Matchplay champion
- Leinster Strokeplay champion in 1992
- Leinster Strokeplay champion in 1992
- European Team championship winner with Ireland in 2001
- Three times a National Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Leinster Inter-County winner with Dublin in 1996
Jim Judge (Jnr.) (MacBride)
- Twice a Leinster Inter-County winner with Louth
- Leinster Matchplay runner-up in 2015
- Munster Matchplay runner-up in 1995 when a member of Waterford Crystal
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Non-playing captain Anthony Malone (Lucan)
- Five-time National individual champion (two Strokeplay and three Over 55 Strokeplay)
- Represented Ireland in the inaugural Catalonia v. Ireland International Challenge at Solius in 1997
- Four times a National Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Eight times a Leinster Inter-County winner with Dublin
- Dublin County Board Chairman
Vice-Captain Darren Keogh (Ryston)
- National Inter-County runner-up with Kildare in 2001
- Leinster Inter-County winner with Kildare in 2011
- Kildare Strokeplay champion in 2013
- A pivotal part of a number of Pitch and Putt Ireland Sub-Committees
Vice-Captain Patsy Fagan (Seapoint)
Patsy has been a wonderful mentor to many Pitch and Putt players including his son Darren Fagan, Mark Millar (both of whom play for Leinster) and his daughter Audrey (Donnelly). A regular contestant in the National Mixed Foursomes with his wife Ann, Patsy is a prolific winner alongside Ann and Darren in events such as the Louth Down Monaghan Doubles championship and the Seapoint Masters.
MUNSTER
Damien Fleming (Deerpark)
- Four-time National individual champion (three Matchplay and one Strokeplay)
- Munster Strokeplay champion in 2019
- Three-time Irish Open champion
- Two Munster Inter-County wins with Kerry
Stephen O'Reilly (Hillview)
- Reigning National Matchplay champion
- Munster Inter-County win with Tipperary in 2019
- National Inter-County runner-up with Tipperary in 2023
Stephen Shoer (Riverdale)
- Reigning National Strokeplay champion
- National Intermediate Strokeplay champion in 2008
- Munster Matchplay champion in 2017
- Two Munster Inter-County wins with Tipperary
- National Inter-Club runner-up with Lakeside in 2018
- National Inter-County runner-up with Tipperary in 2023
- National Strokeplay runner-up in 2017
Kieran Earls (Bruff)
- 2020 National Matchplay champion
- Twice Munster individual champion (one Matchplay and one Strokeplay)
- Two Munster Inter-County wins with Limerick
- Winner of the 2016 International Pairs tournament in Catalonia (with Munster Vice-Captain Tom Hanley)
John Cahill (Fermoy)
- National Strokeplay champion in 2001
- European Strokeplay champion in 2019
- European Team Championship winner with Ireland in 2018
- 12 National Inter-County wins with Cork (plus two juvenile)
- Four National Inter-Club wins with Fermoy
- National Mixed Team event winner with Fermoy in 2009
- Eight Munster Inter-County wins with Cork
- Two Munster Strokeplay titles
David Sexton (Fermoy)
- Reigning Munster Strokeplay champion
- Four National Inter-Club wins with Fermoy
- Third in the recent National Strokeplay championship
Ray Murphy (St. Anne's)
- Ten-time National individual champion (six Matchplay and four Strokeplay)
- World Cup winner with Ireland in 2008 and 2012
- World Cup winner with Ireland in 2008 and 2012
- European Team Championship winner with Ireland in 2001 and 2007
- 17 National Inter-County wins with Cork
- National Mixed Team Event winner with Templebreedy in 1994
- National Club Tournament winner with Templebreedy in 1997
- Twice National Inter-Club winner with St. Anne’s
- 17 Munster Inter-County wins with Cork
- Four-time Munster individual champion (three Strokeplay and one Matchplay)
Barry Morrissey (Bishopstown)
- 2022 National Matchplay champion
- National Inter-Club winner with Fermoy in 2019
- One Munster Inter-County win with Cork (in 1985!)
- Munster Strokeplay champion in 1987
- 16 Cork County League wins (with four different teams – Carrigaline, Pfizer, Templebreedy and Raffeen Creek)
James Cleary (Larkspur Park)
- European Championship winner with Ireland in 2018
- Three Munster Inter-County wins with Tipperary
- Munster Matchplay champion in 2004
- National Strokeplay runner-up in 2006
John Walsh (Collins)
- Five-time All-Ireland individual champion (three Matchplay and two Strokeplay)
- World Cup winner with Ireland in 2012 and in 2016
- European Team Championship winner with Ireland in 2003 and 2005
- 16 National Inter-County wins with Cork
- 12 Munster Inter-County wins with Cork
- National Club Tournament winner with Collins in 1988
- Fourteen Munster individual titles (seven Matchplay and seven Strokeplay)
- World Strokeplay champion in 2013
Jason Cregan (Tralee)
- Reigning Munster Matchplay champion
- Reigning Munster Matchplay champion
- National Juvenile Inter-County runner-up with Kerry in 2011
- Munster Juvenile Inter-County runner-up with Kerry in 2011
Paudie O'Sullivan (Majestic)
- Represented Ireland in the 2006 Willie Parker International Challenge v. Netherlands
- Four National Inter-County wins with Cork
- Four Munster Inter-County wins with Cork
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Non-playing captain John Looney (Collins)
- National Intermediate Strokeplay champion in 1987
- National Inter-County runner-up with Cork in 1994
- National Club Tournament winner with Collins in 1988
- Three Cork County League wins (with two different teams – Collins and Douglas)
- Cork County Board Secretary
Vice-Captain Thomas Hanley (Bruff)
- Munster Matchplay champion in 2016
- European Team championship winner with Ireland in 2018
- National Inter-Club runner-up with Bruff in 2015
- Munster Inter-County winner with Limerick in 2018
- Winner of the 2016 International Open Pairs in Catalonia (with Kieran Earls)
Vice-Captain John O’Leary (Douglas)
- 1983 National Matchplay champion
- Represented Ireland in the 1980s international series against England.
- Three National Inter-County wins with Cork
- Four Munster Inter-County wins with Cork
- Three-time Munster Strokeplay champion
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