{"id":934047,"date":"2026-10-19T18:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/934047\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T18:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:42:13","slug":"revive-active-regional-champions-crowned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/934047\/","title":{"rendered":"Revive Active regional champions crowned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carton House, Crossgar, Athlone and Templemore claimed regional honours in this year\u2019s Revive Active Women\u2019s Four-Ball, with the four finals taking place across September and October.<\/p>\n<p>The Leinster and Ulster finals were first down for decision on September 20, with Kilkenny hosting Carton House and New Forest, while Crossgar and Virginia faced off at Castle Hume.<\/p>\n<p>Having won the Leinster title at Balbriggan in 2025, Carton House secured back-to-back crowns with a 3-1 victory over New Forest. The Kildare side were pushed all the way in their title defence, with two matches decided on the 17th hole and another on the 18th.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-119916 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Carton-House-Revive-Active-Leinster-Champions-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\"  \/>Carton House, winners of the Revive Active Leinster Women\u2019s Four-Ball Regional Final at Kilkenny Golf Club<br \/>Photo: Inpho | James Crombie<\/p>\n<p>Crossgar were impressive in claiming the Ulster pennant, recording a 3.5-0.5 victory over Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Samantha Coulter and Lorna Stevenson secured a 2&amp;1 win in the opening match before Rebecca Morrison and Siobhan Tweedle (6&amp;4) and Joyce Dodd and Fiona Douglas (3&amp;2) completed the victory for the Down side.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-119917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Crossgar-Revive-Active-Ulster-Champions-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\"  \/>Crossgar, winners of the Revive Active Ulster Women\u2019s Four-Ball Regional Final at Castle Hume Golf Club<br \/>Photo: Inpho | Tom O\u2019Hanlon<\/p>\n<p>While the other regional finals were decided in a single day at neutral venues, the Connacht final once again took place over two legs, with Athlone and Castlebar meeting at their respective home courses.<\/p>\n<p>The tie was level at 2-2 after the opening leg, with Ella Grennan and Angela Quirke (2 holes) and Siobhan McGrath and Martha Kelly (2 holes) winning for Athlone. Edel Burke and Gina Kelly (2&amp;1) and Sheila Baynes and Bernie Burke (1 hole) claimed victories for Castlebar.<\/p>\n<p>The second leg took place on October 11, with Athlone edging the contest thanks to victories for Grennan and Quirke (8&amp;6) and Margaret Byrne and Carol McGettirick (6&amp;5). Half points for McGrath and Kelly, and Yvonne Walsh and Rhona Fitzgerald, secured the overall win as Athlone claimed the club\u2019s first women\u2019s regional pennant in 23 years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-119918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Athlone-Revive-Active-Connacht-Champions-1024x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\"  \/>Athlone, winners of the Revive Active Connacht Women\u2019s Four-Ball Regional Final at Athlone Golf Club<br \/>Photo: Inpho | Tom O\u2019Hanlon<\/p>\n<p>The final regional title was decided at Cahir Park on October 18, where Templemore secured the Munster pennant with a 3-2 victory over Dooks.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Hassett and Claire Fitzpatrick set the Tipperary team on their way with a 5&amp;4 victory in match two, before Josie Bourke and Shauna Geary moved the side within a point of the title with a 4&amp;3 win in match three.<\/p>\n<p>Dooks fought back, however, as Eileen Oige O\u2019Sullivan and Catherine Doyle, followed by Anna Galvin and Lisa McGillycuddy, levelled the tie at 2-2. The title came down to match four, where Lorraine Ryan and Niamh Connolly held on to secure a dramatic victory for Templemore.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-119919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Templemore-Revive-Active-Munster-Champions-1024x718.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"718\"  \/>Templemore, winners of the Revive Active Munster Women\u2019s Four-Ball Regional Final at Cahir Park Golf Club<br \/>Photo: Inpho | Dan Clohessy<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For full results and further information on the Revive Active Women\u2019s Four-Ball Regional Finals, visit the Golf Ireland Inter-Club Hub <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfgenius.com\/pages\/12071759943296907291\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carton House, Crossgar, Athlone and Templemore claimed regional honours in this year\u2019s Revive Active Women\u2019s Four-Ball, with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,500935,85],"class_list":["post-934047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-revive-active-fourball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}