Gavin Tiernan’s sensational run to the quarter-finals of The Amateur Championship has helped earn him a place in the Irish selection for the European Amateur Team Championship at Killarney Golf & Fishing Club next month.
The 19-year-old is part of a six-strong outfit who will hope to make history on the 50th anniversary of the last staging of this competition in Killarney. Ireland are looking to bridge the gap back to 2008 when Shane Lowry was one of the stars of that victorious side. They had gone back-to-back with Rory McIlroy also part of the team in 2007.
Tiernan has built on a third-place finish at his native County Louth in the East of Ireland Amateur Open Championship last month, with another strong showing at Royal St George’s and Royal Cinque Ports, where he is up against Estonian Richard Teder this morning.
He is joined by another exciting teenager, John Doyle (Fota Island), who has already claimed the Flogas Irish Boys’ Amateur Open Championship and Munster Stroke Play in Cork this year.
Doyle’s runner-up finish at the St Andrews Links recently was another huge step forward while Roscommon golfer Thomas Higgins had a fantastic T6 there to help secure his spot on this team.
Reigning Flogas Irish Men’s Amateur Open Champion, Stuart Grehan (Co Louth), is also selected alongside the 2024 winner Matt McClean and fellow former Walker Cup star Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk).
The Irish Boys’ team has also been announced ahead of their trip to Golf Resort Kaskada Brno in Czech Republic.
John William Burke (Ballyhaunis), Caelan Coleman (Galway Bay), Adam Fahey (Portmarnock), Louis Goodman (Co Louth), Isaac Oliver (Glasson) and William O’Riordan (Greystones) will form the team.
Both events take place between 8 to 12 July, there will be two rounds of stroke play on the first two days before match play, with the eight teams who are still in contention for a medal then playing two foursomes and five singles, as the Final takes place on Saturday.
Ireland Men:
John Doyle (Fota Island)
Stuart Grehan (Co Louth)
Thomas Higgins (Roscommon)
Matthew McClean (Malone)
Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk)
Gavin Tiernan (Co Louth)
Support Team:
Captain – Damien Coyne (Tuam)
Manager – Mark O’Sullivan (Laytown & Bettystown)
Coach – Michael Collins
Ireland Boys:
John William Burke (Ballyhaunis)
Caelan Coleman (Galway Bay)
Adam Fahey (Portmarnock)
Louis Goodman (Co Louth)
Isaac Oliver (Glasson)
William O’Riordan (Greystones)
Support Team:
Captain – John Carroll (Cork)
Manager – James Corcoran
Coach – Stephen Hood
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