Can These Delgany Ladies Make History On Sunday…?

There’s going to be a lot of people cheering the Delgany Ladies Junior Cup Golf Team this Sunday morning at Charlesland, but quite possibly the loudest of them all will be Ann MacKeogh.

It was back in 1974 that Ann led Delgany to the Townsend Cup title, alongside Lady Captain Mrs B. Wallace, plus A Bain, A Gaynor, E. Whelan, M Kenny, L Wycherley, K. Baker, A. Byrne and Miss D. Brennan.

The fact that Ann was Team Captain for Delgany’s last ever Leinster title makes Sunday’s game all the more significant.

That’s 43 years without a Leinster victory. Be. The. Hole-In-One.

This year’s team are very much up to the challenge though, having begun their training back in January, and sweeping aside Lucan, Old Conna, Woodbrook, Sutton and Rathfarnham to face Stackstown this weekend. 

Under the watchful eye of Team Manager Teresa Bradshaw, the Delgany dynamos Anna O’Loughlin, Pauline Burke, Cliona Lyons, Eileen Bates and Trish Wyse are gunning for victory. The fun kicks off at 9am.

We swung up to the Delgany Golf Club this evening, to talk to the two ladies at the either end of a very long wait for another Leinster title to find out about the preparations for Sunday, and what it is about golf that can kinda take over your life…

Update: Sadly, it was not to be. A miserable day, in every way – man, that rain was relentless – Delgany saw how poorly Stackstown were playing, and graciously lost the game to give them a much-needed boost. Next year!