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Summary Information

Events

Women’s Senior Foursomes
Men’s Barton Shield
Women’s Senior Cup
Men’s Senior Cup

Venue

Douglas Golf Club

Maryborough Hill, Douglas, Cork T12AC92

Office: 353 (0)21 489 5297 info@douglasgolfclub.ie

Restaurant enquiries: 353 (0)21 436 7207 1909bookings@gmail.com

Pro shop enquiries: 353 (0)21 436 7208 proshopdouglasgc@gmail.com

Date(s)

Thursday 28^th – Sunday 31^st August 2025

Official Practice Days, Wednesday 27^th August (Senior Foursomes and Barton Shield) and Friday 29^th August (Senior Cups)

Schedule

Practice

Official Practice Rounds (listed in schedule below)

Please note that due to the busy nature of this schedule, changes are not permissible. Please do not contact Douglas Golf Club to book a change. Additional practice rounds on other dates are entirely at the discretion of Douglas Golf Club and standard green fee rates for same will apply.

Practice area

Please note that the practice area is strictly limited to the use of irons only.

Driving bays available and free practice balls, within limits.

Wednesday 27^th August

PRACTICE ROUNDS SENIOR FOURSOMES & BARTON SHIELD

10:00 Senior Foursomes - Munster East

10:10 Senior Foursomes - Munster East

10:20 Barton Shield - Munster East

10:30 Barton Shield - Munster East

10:40 Senior Foursomes - Munster West

10:50 Senior Foursomes - Munster West

11:00 Barton Shield - Munster West

11:10 Barton Shield - Munster West

11:20 Senior Foursomes - Leinster Central

11:30 Senior Foursomes - Leinster Central

11:40 Barton Shield - Leinster Central

11:50 Barton Shield - Leinster Central

12:00 Senior Foursomes - Leinster South

12:10 Senior Foursomes - Leinster South

12:20 Barton Shield - Leinster South

12:30 Barton Shield - Leinster South

12:40 Senior Foursomes - Leinster North

12:50 Senior Foursomes - Leinster North

13:00 Barton Shield - Leinster North

13:10 Barton Shield - Leinster North

13:20 Senior Foursomes - Connacht

13:30 Senior Foursomes - Connacht

13:40 Barton Shield - Connacht

13:50 Barton Shield - Connacht

14:00 Senior Foursomes - Ulster South

14:10 Senior Foursomes - Ulster South

14:20 Barton Shield - Ulster South

14:30 Barton Shield - Ulster South

14:40 Senior Foursomes - Ulster North

14:50 Senior Foursomes - Ulster North

15:00 Barton Shield - Ulster North

15:10 Barton Shield - Ulster North

Thursday 28^th August	SENIOR FOURSOMES Q-FINALS 08:00 1st tee 1 Leinster North -v- Connacht 08:09 1st tee 2 Leinster North -v- Connacht 08:18 1st tee 3 Leinster North -v- Connacht 08:00 10th tee 4 Ulster South -v- Munster East 08:09 10th tee 5 Ulster South -v- Munster East 08:18 10th tee 6 Ulster South -v- Munster East 08:27 1st tee 7 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 08:36 1st tee 8 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 08:45 1st tee 9 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 08:27 10th tee 10 Munster West -v- Leinster Central 08:36 10th tee 11 Munster West -v- Leinster Central 08:45 10th tee 12 Munster West -v- Leinster Central BARTON SHIELD Q-FINALS 09:00 1st tee 13 Leinster North -v- Connacht 09:09 1st tee 14 Leinster North -v- Connacht 09:00 10th tee 15 Ulster South -v- Munster East 09:09 10th tee 16 Ulster South -v- Munster East 09:18 1st tee 17 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 09:27 1st tee 18 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 09:18 10th tee 19 Munster West -v- Leinster Central 09:27 10th tee 20 Munster West -v- Leinster Central SENIOR FOURSOMES S-FINALS 13:30 1st tee 21 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 13:39 1st tee 22 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 13:48 1st tee 23 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 13:57 1st tee 24 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C 14:06 1st tee 25 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C 14:15 1st tee 26 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C BARTON SHIELD S-FINALS 14:30 1st tee 27 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 14:39 1st tee 28 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 14:48 1st tee 29 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C 14:57 1st tee 30 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C
Friday 29^th August	PRACTICE ROUNDS, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SENIOR CUPS 08:30 Women's Senior Cup - Munster East 08:40 Women's Senior Cup - Munster East 08:50 Men's Senior Cup - Munster East 09:00 Men's Senior Cup - Munster East 09:10 Women's Senior Cup - Munster West 09:20 Women's Senior Cup - Munster West 09:30 Men's Senior Cup - Munster West 09:40 Men's Senior Cup - Munster West 09:50 Women's Senior Cup - Leinster Central 10:00 Women's Senior Cup - Leinster Central 10:10 Men's Senior Cup - Leinster Central 10:20 Men's Senior Cup - Leinster Central SENIOR FOURSOMES FINAL 10:50 1 11:00 2 11:10 3 BARTON SHIELD FINAL 11:30 4 11:40 5 PRACTICE ROUNDS, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SENIOR CUPS 12:00 Women's Senior Cup - Leinster South 12:10 Women's Senior Cup - Leinster South 12:20 Men's Senior Cup - Leinster South 12:30 Men's Senior Cup - Leinster South 12:40 Women's Senior Cup - Leinster North 12:50 Women's Senior Cup - Leinster North 13:00 Men's Senior Cup - Leinster North 13:10 Men's Senior Cup - Leinster North 13:20 Women's Senior Cup - Connacht 13:30 Women's Senior Cup - Connacht 13:40 Men's Senior Cup - Connacht 13:50 Men's Senior Cup - Connacht 14:00 Women's Senior Cup - Ulster South 14:10 Women's Senior Cup - Ulster South 14:20 Men's Senior Cup - Ulster South 14:30 Men's Senior Cup - Ulster South 14:40 Women's Senior Cup - Ulster North 14:50 Women's Senior Cup - Ulster North 15:00 Men's Senior Cup - Ulster North 15:10 Men's Senior Cup - Ulster North
Saturday 30^th August	WOMEN'S SENIOR CUP Q-FINALS 08:30 1 Leinster North -v- Connacht 08:39 2 Leinster North -v- Connacht 08:48 3 Leinster North -v- Connacht 08:57 4 Leinster North -v- Connacht 09:06 5 Leinster North -v- Connacht 09:15 6 Ulster South -v- Munster East 09:24 7 Ulster South -v- Munster East 09:33 8 Ulster South -v- Munster East 09:42 9 Ulster South -v- Munster East 09:51 10 Ulster South -v- Munster East 10:00 11 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 10:09 12 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 10:18 13 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 10:27 14 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 10:36 15 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 10:45 16 Munster West -v- Leinster Central 10:54 17 Munster West -v- Leinster Central 11:03 18 Munster West -v- Leinster Central 11:12 19 Munster West -v- Leinster Central 11:21 20 Munster West -v- Leinster Central MEN'S SENIOR CUP Q-FINALS 11:39 21 Leinster North -v- Connacht 11:48 22 Leinster North -v- Connacht 11:57 23 Leinster North -v- Connacht 12:06 24 Leinster North -v- Connacht 12:15 25 Leinster North -v- Connacht 12:24 26 Ulster South -v- Munster East 12:33 27 Ulster South -v- Munster East 12:42 28 Ulster South -v- Munster East 12:51 29 Ulster South -v- Munster East 13:00 30 Ulster South -v- Munster East 13:09 31 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 13:18 32 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 13:27 33 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 13:36 34 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 13:45 35 Ulster North -v- Leinster South 13:54 36 Munster West -v- Leinster Central 14:03 37 Munster West -v- Leinster Central 14:12 38 Munster West -v- Leinster Central 14:21 39 Munster West -v- Leinster Central 14:30 40 Munster West -v- Leinster Central
Sunday 31^st August	WOMEN'S SENIOR CUP S-FINALS 08:00 1st tee 1 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 08:09 1st tee 2 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 08:18 1st tee 3 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 08:27 1st tee 4 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 08:36 1st tee 5 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 08:00 10th tee 6 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C 08:09 10th tee 7 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C 08:18 10th tee 8 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C 08:27 10th tee 9 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C 08:36 10th tee 10 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C MEN'S SENIOR CUP S-FINALS 08:50 1st tee 11 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 08:59 1st tee 12 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 09:08 1st tee 13 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 09:17 1st tee 14 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 09:26 1st tee 15 Leinster N/Connacht -v- Ulster S/Munster E 08:50 10th tee 16 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C 08:59 10th tee 17 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C 09:08 10th tee 18 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C 09:17 10th tee 19 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C 09:26 10th tee 20 Ulster N/Leinster S -v-Munster W/Leinster C WOMEN'S SENIOR CUP FINAL 13:00 21 13:08 22 13:16 23 13:24 24 13:32 25 MEN'S SENIOR CUP FINAL 13:50 26 13:58 27 14:06 28 14:14 29 14:22 30 All above timings may be subject to alteration.

A-Z Information

Accommodation

Each Club is responsible for their own accommodation arrangements. Information on local accommodation is available HERE

Please note that Golf Ireland does not take responsibility for the quality of accommodation.

Attendance Form

It is a requirement of your club’s participation in the competition that you fill out the online attendance form no later than 18^th August 2025.

Additional panel members can be added if required.

To fill out the attendance form, click HERE.

Car Parking

Team panels will be given priority in the main car park.

There is also an overflow area within the course boundary.

Further parking for spectators etc. is available within neighbouring housing estates.

Catering

Douglas Golf Club will offer catering throughout the event including breakfast if required. We would ask that all teams contact the club to confirm their catering needs for the event.

Course Setup

For guidance the following tees will be used:

Red – AIG Women’s Senior Foursomes and Senior Cup

Blue – AIG Men’s Barton Shield and Senior Cup

Please note that this information is subject to final review based on weather and course conditions at the time of the matches.

Medals

Golf Ireland awards silver gilt medals to the winners of the Cups and Shields competitions, silver medals to the runners-up and bronze medals to the defeated semi-finalists.

A special medal is awarded to the Team Captain. Two extra medals or shields will be made available, free of charge, to a Club playing a four to six-person team event and four extra medals or shields will be made available, free of charge, to a Club playing in a ten-person team event, provided such extra medals or shields are required for players in attendance.

If additional medals are required, please click here to make your order (after the event only).

The password to enter this portal is: CameronSmith

Practice

Teams may avail of one complimentary practice round on the day prior to their participation in the All-Ireland Finals.

The practice times as laid out above in the detailed schedule must be adhered to, noting the extremely tight schedule that will be running during the event.

Failure to attend on the first tee at least five minutes before the appointed practice times will result in forfeiture of practicing rights on each day. Practice times are only made available for members of the teams concerned. Club and Team Officials are not permitted to play.

Players may only play one ball during practice. GI Officials will be monitoring the pace of play of all practicing groups.

If your team is not using some or all of its practice time during the official practice round, please e-mail championships@golfireland.ie

Referees

Referees will be situated throughout the course to give rulings when required. These referees will be monitoring pace of play.

Should players fall out of position, they will be timed and may be penalised for bad times. Please ensure players are conscious of the need to play at a steady pace.

NB – It is important to note the status of a referee in match play as these referees are not assigned to follow an individual match. In these cases, the referee cannot intervene unless one or more of the players calls on them to do so. A team captain is not part of the side under the rules of golf and cannot act on the players’ behalf in this regard. However, a team captain can advise the players to call a referee.

Regulations and Terms of Competition

It is essential that you familiarise yourself with the Terms of Competitions, which can be found online HERE

As per the GI Hard Card, a Team Captain may consult with and give advice to the members of his team during the course of play but may not walk onto the putting green or point out a line for putting. Please note that only one individual may be appointed for such purposes.

Rules / Local Rules

Golf Ireland’s Hard Card is in operation Golf Ireland Hard Card

The local rules on the club scorecard will not apply.

Any Additional Local Rules specific to the event, will be notified on the competition portal and by the Starter.

Team Sheets

You are required to submit your team sheet for all matches no later than 40 minutes before play in that match is due to commence.

Teams must be submitted on the Official Team Sheet, which can be downloaded from HERE

Additional copies will be available on site.

Transportation Policy (Buggies)

Buggies are available for use by Golf Ireland Referees and Officials.

Golf Ireland’s Transportation Policy applies to all other persons on site.

A copy Golf Ireland’s Transportation Policy is appended to this document and will be strictly enforced. Please note that this Policy intends to facilitate players only with physical disabilities in allowing such individuals to use Golf Buggies.
However, the use of a Golf Buggy will be subject to any health & safety restrictions laid down, and is not guaranteed in the event of course conditions not allowing such use, etc.
Any competitor intending to use a Golf Buggy in accordance with the Transportation Policy MUST contact us in advance at championships@golfireland.ie or 01-5054000 and IS REQUIRED to submit the appropriate certification in advance of their arrival at the venue. Submission of certification in person on the day of competition WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO BE ALLOWED TO USE A BUGGY.

Buggies subject to availability at venue and hire cost.

Appendix 1 – Transportation Policy

Aims:

The Transportation Policy of Golf Ireland as referred to in the relevant Competition Terms and Hard Card provides for Terms permitting players to use transport when playing golf.
Golf Ireland wishes to encourage the participation in golf of all players including the participation of persons with disabilities whenever possible.
It is recommended that other associations and golf clubs should take separate legal advice in the event that they wish to put in place a transportation policy appropriate to their specific needs.

Definitions:
1. ‘Disability’ has the same meaning as provided in the Irish Disability Act (2005) and UK Disability Discrimination Act (1995) which is as follows: A person has a disability if they have an enduring physical, sensory, mental health or intellectual impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
2. ‘Golf Buggy’ means any vehicle deemed by Golf Ireland to be a golf buggy.
3. Valid medical confirmation of disability means a valid written confirmation obtained from a registered general practitioner or consultant registered with the Irish Medical Council or Medical Practitioners in Country of Residence of Competitor which certifies that the player suffers with a disability as defined by the aforesaid legislation and which necessitates the use of a buggy. This confirmation must be entered on the standardised certificate (ie, the Golf Ireland Buggy Certificate – see Appendix 1 of the Competition Regulations in the Golf Ireland Handbook).

Application for use at Designated Elite Events: All applications for use of a golf buggy in the following designated elite championships MUST BE MADE AT LEAST 14 DAYS BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP, and will be referred to the Committee for a final decision:
1. 1. 1. Irish Women’s and Men’s Close Championships
    2. Irish Women’s and Men’s Amateur Open Championships
    3. Irish Girls’ Close, Irish Girls’ and Boys’ Amateur Open Championships
    4. All Interprovincial Championships
    5. All Regional Championships of the categories listed above in i) to iv)
    6. The Irish Senior Women’s and Senior Men’s Close Championships and the Irish Mid-Amateur Men’s, and Irish Senior Women’s and Senior Men’s Amateur Open Championships.

A player who presents a request form on the day without prior notice at one of the designated elite events will not be entitled to use motorised transportation.

Application for Use at all other Golf Ireland Events: The Committee may require the submission of forms in advance of a competition. Where this requirement is not imposed, a player who presents a Golf Ireland Summary Medical Confirmation of Disability (see Appendix 3) signed and stamped by a registered medical practitioner will be permitted to use a buggy in all other Golf Ireland events, provided that such a buggy is available for use by a player and subject to the terms and conditions listed in f) and g) below. This form must be presented to a Golf Ireland Official in Charge or, on the day of matches which are played without the presence of such an Official, to the opposing Team Captain.

Persons who may use a Golf Buggy:
1. 1. 1. Competitors: A Golf Buggy may be utilised only by a competitor in possession of a Golf Ireland Buggy Certificate, and then only if (a) the Host Club permits the use of such vehicles and (b) no Health & Safety considerations prevent the use of such vehicles. In such circumstances, it is the responsibility of the person concerned to source a buggy, not Golf Ireland. The buggy may be used only by the person named on the certificate and may only carry their equipment and caddie. Where the disability prevents the player from driving the buggy, they may nominate a third party to drive the buggy for them, who must be approved by the Committee.
    2. Under 18 Competitors: Where a player is under the age of 18 years and has met the criteria above, the Committee shall reserve the right to specify that the golf buggy
      is driven by a person having parental responsibility for the player, or, in the case that such a person is unable or not competent or qualified to do so, another person of the Committee’s choice.
    3. Any individual intending on using a buggy on the grounds of medical disability must ensure they produce a Golf Ireland Buggy Certificate at any event in which they intend to use a buggy.
    4. Team Captains/Others: Where applicable, the on-site Tournament Committee will, at its absolute discretion, decide on whether a Team Captain or other party may use a buggy. In the case of home/away matches in inter-club competitions, the use of buggies by team captains is contingent on agreement between both clubs.

Terms on the use of Golf Buggies
1. 1. A player who has been granted permission to use a golf buggy must accept full responsibility for any loss or injury sustained by anybody which results from the use of the golf buggy.
  2. A player or any other person intending to use their own buggy (having been so permitted by Golf Ireland) must hold personal and third party insurance at all times and may be required to produce proof of said insurance policy to the Tournament Committee at any event if request to do so.
  3. Penalty for breach of Transportation Policy: The player gets the General Penalty for each hole during which there is a breach of this Policy. If the breach occurs between the play of two holes, it applies to the next hole.

Committee Discretion on the use of a Golf Buggy: Where the use of a buggy by a player, or third party is permitted, the Tournament Committee on site shall have regard to the following additional health and safety considerations before granting approval at a particular event:

Any relevant weather conditions.
The condition of and suitability of the golf buggy.
The topography and ground conditions.
Any other relevant considerations which might affect the safe use of a golf buggy or impact on the safety of others.
If at any particular time the Tournament Committee believes on grounds of Health and Safety a golf buggy should not be used by a player/relevant third party the Committee may:
- Refuse to grant permission for the use of a golf buggy, and shall inform the player or relevant third party.
- Revoke any permission to use a golf buggy already granted by Golf Ireland to a player /relevant third party by virtue of the consideration of any new Health and Safety issue by the Committee.

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Medical Confirmation of Disability (Buggy Cert)

Golf Ireland’s General Competition Regulations state that

‘During a round, a player must not ride on any form of motorized transportation unless they are subject to medical confirmation of a disability as defined by the statutes of the Republic of Ireland and of the United Kingdom’.

The following confirmation is thereby required by applicants for use of a buggy or other motorised transportation during Golf Ireland competitions. The terms and conditions which apply to the use of this confirmation are set out in Regulation 23, and in Competition Policy No.6 (Transportation Policy) both of which should be read very closely by applicants. Where these rules require, prior submission of certification must be made no later than 10 days in advance of a championship.

The following confirmation must be filled out by a Doctor registered with the Irish Medical Council or UK Health Professions Council (as applicable):

In my capacity as a Doctor registered with the appropriate abovementioned body, I certify that

Name: ________________________________

has a Disability which meets the definition of the Irish Disability Act of 2005 and the UK Disability Discrimination Act of 1995, and as a result of this Disability they may require a buggy to compete in golf tournaments.

Signed: ____________________________________

Print Name: ____________________________________

Contact No: _______________ Date: __________

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