Declan Flynn is the first player from Ashgrove (and the first representing a Kilkenny club) to win the National Over-55s Junior grade Strokeplay championship.
Declan’s 99 lowers the all-time best winning aggregate in the 22-year history of the championship by two strokes.
Declan is the first player to break 100 in the championship and his ten-shot victory margin is the all-time largest, eclipsing Joseph O’Riordan’s five stroke cushion at Cement (now Killineer) in 2011.
Gerry Doyle is the first player representing Athgarvan (and the fifth from a Kildare club) to claim second place in the National Over-55s Junior grade Strokeplay championship.
2019 champion Gerry is the fourth player in history (after John Sweeney, Joseph O’Riordan and Martin Verbeek) to win gold and silver medals in the championship. (Martin won once and was second twice).
Having collected second prize in the 2011 intermediate championship, Gerry is the first player ever to capture silver medals in both the intermediate and junior categories.
Richard Harkin matches Loughlinstown clubmate Thomas King who claimed third place at Erry in 2013.
Richard is the third player representing a Dublin club to be third in the championship.
Barry O’Flynn emulates St. Anne’s colleague Edward Kenny (who was third two years ago) as a podium finisher in the National Over-55s Junior grade Strokeplay championship.
Barry is the second Cork player (after Raffeen Creek’s Stephen Ashcroft) to capture Best Nett in the event.
Liam Buckley is the first member of Collinstown (and the second from Co. Westmeath after Kilbeggan’s John Carton) to win the National Over-55s Intermediate grade Strokeplay championship.
Liam’s 98 aggregate matches Mick Sullivan’s (Erry) winning tally at Deerpark 20 years ago. 98 is the joint third best victorious total in history. 96 has been achieved twice and 93 once.
Anthony Kavanagh is the first player from Trim (and the third from Co. Meath) to lift a silver medal in the National Over-55s Intermediate grade Strokeplay championship.
The winning margin was two shots, for the fifth time in history, making a couple of strokes the most frequent buffer enjoyed by a champion.
Gerard Thornton emulates Oliver Cooney (Cement, now Killineer) who finished third at Gaeil Colmcille in 2013.
Michael McGrath is the second Tipperary man in succession (after James McGrath) to annex the Best Nett award in the National Over-55s Intermediate grade Strokeplay championship.
Sean Dinnegan is the first Lough Owel player and the first representing a Co. Westmeath club to win the National Over-55s senIor grade Strokeplay championship.
Tadhg Harrington is the first player in history to achieve two third places and a second position in the National Over-55s senIor grade Strokeplay championship.
Tadhg Harrington emulates Tom Mason (Loughlinstown) who finished third in 2011 before claiming second place in 2012 and Declan Freeman (Fermoy and Majestic) who collected bronze and silver medals in 2023 and 2024 respectively.
Barry Morrissey finished third in the National Over-55s senIor grade Strokeplay championship for the third time, which moves him ahead of Kevin Bermingham and Tadhg Harrington on that particular list.
John Donnelly ensured a Westmeath win in the Nett category for the second successive year (after Noel Comiskey Senior in 2025).
Eleanor Walsh is the first player from Fermoy (and the third representing a Cork club) to win the National Ladies Over-55s senior grade Strokeplay championship.
Eleanor is the sixth National Matchplay champion (after Geraldine Ward, Margaret Hogan, Mary Murray, Breda White and Sheelagh Elmes) to subsequently win the National Ladies Over-55s senior grade Strokeplay championship.
2016 and 2022 victor Breda White finished second in the championship for the first time. Breda has also placed third three times.
Geraldine Ward’s bid for a four-in-a-row was denied but the Portmarnock star has now occupied the three main podium positions (three wins, one second and one third).
Ger finished in the top three for the fifth successive time, eclipsing clubmate Sheelagh Elmes’ four (2010-2013).
Margaret Hennessy becomes the second player (after Shandon’s Maree O’Toole) to claim Senior Best Nett having previously won the National Ladies Over-55s intermediate grade Strokeplay championship overall.
Margaret Hennessy adds National Ladies Over-55s senior grade Strokeplay championship Best Nett to the Nett award she claimed in the 2022 main National Ladies Intermediate Strokeplay championship.
Margaret Conneely is the first player from Trim (and the second from Co. Meath after Kathleen Grendon of Rathfeigh in 2011) to lift the National Ladies Over-55s intermediate grade Strokeplay trophy.
Margaret is the first player to win the championship and also have secured a Nett category victory (in 2022).
Bridie Cummins is the first player from Trim (and the second from Co. Meath after Monica McGovern of Gaeil Colmcille in 2014) to collect a National Ladies Over-55s intermediate grade Strokeplay silver medal.
Margaret Conneely and Bridie Cummins are the first two players from the same club to fill first and second places in the same year in the National Ladies Over-55s intermediate grade Strokeplay championship. That’s been done twice in junior but never before in intermediate.
Kathleen Carton is the first player from Kilbeggan (and the first from Co. Westmeath) to finish third in the National Ladies Over-55s intermediate grade Strokeplay championship.
Kathleen joins Riverdale’s Margaret Forde as a previous Nett category winner to capture a bronze medal in the championship.
Patricia McLoughlin matches Shandon clubmate Mary Fullam who was also a National Ladies Over-55s intermediate grade Strokeplay championship Nett winner (in 2019).
Elizabeth Maguire is the first member of Royal Meath and the first player from Co. Meath to win the National Ladies Over-55s junior grade Strokeplay championship.
Darlene Parr continues Cloghogue’s excellent recent record in the ladies junior championship. The Newry club has now racked-up one win, three seconds, a third and a Best Nett in the last eight stagings.
Cloghogue’s three second places put the club level with St. Bridget’s at the head of that category.
Mary Nally is the first Ferbane player and the first from Co. Offaly to collect a bronze medal in the National Ladies Over-55s junior grade Strokeplay championship.
Serena O'Neill claimed Nett laurels for the second successive year and is the first player ever to win the Nett category twice.
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