Well done to our FBD Barton Cup Team!

It was always going to be a tough challenge with an away draw but 'cometh the hour, cometh the team' and team managers Jim Delaney, Richard 'Butch' O'Connor and Liam Spratt could not have imagined a better outcome. At several times our lads were down and on one occasion were down three holes but the fought back to beat a very strong fielded Mount Wolseley team. The absence of some of our key players with Graham Donohoe away playing for his Country and an injured Paul Connolly left the managers very much focusing on the task ahead. As an elated Jim Delaney said after the final tally when asked who are we meeting next he said "I haven't a clue, our aim was to focus solely on today's match and then see where do we go from here. We've a great bunch of lads and it's back to the grindstone now in order to meet the next challenge."
The 2008 champions Enniscorthy safely negotiated the opening round of this years FBD Insurance Barton Cup competition beating Mount Wolseley 3 – 2 on Saturday. It was a tight match and went down to the wire. Nicky Murphy and Robert Ronan were never in trouble in their match at home and won on the 14th.
In the 3 matches away Mark Murphy and Dean Grannell were 3 down after 9 but fought their way back and were unlucky to loose on the 18th.
James Buckley (who stepped in at the last minute for Graham Donohoe) partnered Brian Sinnott and they too were 3 down but again made a terrific fight back and lost on the 18th. Graham Donohoe incidentally was on duty with the Irish Team.
Hughie O’Connor, one of the only 2 remaining players from the team that won in 2008 joined John Hayden and they played superb golf to win on the 16th.
The match came down to the last game at home and Maurice Donohoe and James Morrissey were behind in their match for a long time before they turned it around and were 3 up playing the 16th but lost that and then they pared the 17th to win their game and for Enniscorthy to win the match.
Enniscorthy now face Borris in the next round before the end of April.
By Liam Spratt

Maurice Donohoe, Teams Manager Jim Delaney and James Morrissey