The sixth annual United Cup played in the sunshine at Carton House on Thursday was drawn each between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The match came down to the last four ball after Ireland led 3½ to 1½ with three games to go. The north’s elected captain Jonathan Miller had broken his toe and substitute captain Jonathan Adair had to return north for a funeral, so Aaron Fletcher accepted the cup on behalf of team north under the rules which means that last’s years winers retain the cup.
Picture shows the winning northern team and their hosts: Terry Murphy of Terra Travel, Mervyn McNeely of Travel Solutions Peter McMinn of Travel Solutions, Brian Hughes of United, Clareanne Phillips of United, Pat Reede of United, Pat McGuigan of Classic Sports and Travel, Robert Galbraith of Belfast International ICTS and Terence Murphy of Terra Travel, winning captain Aaron Fletcher of Travel Solutions (front seated with cup), Andrew Osborough of Selective Travel/WTC (back), Cliff Garland of QA travel (back), Kieran O’Doherty of Premier Travel, Johnny McAloney of Belfast International Airport, Brian Jackson of United (front), Terry Murphy of Terra Travel, Terence Murphy of Terra Travel, Aaron Bolt of Selective Travel/WTC, Aoife Gregg of United and Chris Armstrong of Belfast International Airport.
Picture shows Clareanna Phillips, Pat Reede, Aoife Gregg, Barry Jackson and Brian Hughes of United.
Next year’s captains will be Stephen McKenna and Aaron Bolt.
- Watch here video report of the day.
- Watch here Pat Reede of United Airlines speaking at the event and talking about the brief and exciting arrival of the three-class Boeing 777 on the Dublin-Newark route next February.
- Watch here speech by Ireland captain Philip Airey
- watch here speech by Northern Ireland captain Aaron Fletcher.
- See more pictures here or connect with the album on Facebook.
