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EXPERIENCE and sheer determi- nation won out in the final of the Eu- ropean Seniors’ Team Championship at Shannon Golf Club on Saturday as Ireland won back to back titles against a Scotland team that were simply overwhelmed by the strength of their Irish counterparts by 4 1/2 matches to a 1/2.
It was Portmarnock’s Adrian Mor- row (pictured right), the current Irish and European Seniors Champion that shot out of the blocks first and by the turn had a three hole advantage over Scotland’s Derek Murphy. The
match ended on the 16th with a win for the towering Dubliner, 3 and 2.
Former Walker Cup player Arthur Pierse made short work of John Fraser. The Tipperary man was four holes to the good after nine and closed out the rather one sided match on the 16th, also by a 3 and 2 mar- gin. There were wins too for Liam MacNamara from Woodbrook who saw off Robert Stewart convincingly while John Carroll and Hugh Smyth enjoyed a comfortable win against Gordon MacDonald and Alexander wabuter
Killeen’s Maurice Kelly was in to- tal control of his match against the
four time Walker Cup star, and Cap- tain of the Scottish side, Ian Hutch- eon but was called in off the course to halve the match.
Team captain, Tommie Basquille was thrilled with the win and paid tribute to his team during his victory speech. “The lads were brilliant all week, and while we suffered a scare in the semis against the Germans, the team really concentrated and played superb golf in winning the title again. J am immensely proud of them for all their hard work and commitment.”
Ireland will go in search of three in a row next year at Ascona in Swit- zerland.