Browne still has what it takes at 68

VETERAN Laytown and Bettystown GC professional Bobby Browne received a tonic ahead of going into hospital for an operation by coming joint second in the PGA Super 60s Tournament at De Vere Belton Woods in Lincolnshire last Thursday.

Meath's provincial triumph

MEATH have been celebrating their unexpected victory in the Leinster Pitch and Putt Intercounty Championships at Lucan, pipping hot favourites Dublin who came second ahead of Louth. In the doubles, Ian Farrelly and Anto Kavanagh (both Bellewstown) gave the Royals a great start with a score of 44, while Paddy McBride (Stackallen) and Trim's Michael Conneelly (51) and Wally Sheridan (Bellewstown) and Stackallen's Sean Downes (47) kept the momentum going.

YOUR WEEKLY SPORTING NOTES: ATHLETICS

Ardee & District: The club's Open Sports Day takes place on Sunday at 1.30pm in the Boys School field. Contact 086-8171646 for details. Drogheda & District The BHAA Irish Life and Permanent 3K Track Race will be held next Wednesday at 7.30pm in Irishtown Stadium, and the BHAA Zurich 2-mile Track Race will be held on Wednesday August 25th at 7.30 in Tallaght AC Stadium.

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• MOUNTAIN BIKING
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Cream of the juvenile crop to descend on Bettystown course

LAYTOWN and Bettystown Golf Club will host the East of Ireland Open Juvenile Championships on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 6th and 7th 2010. These competitions for golfers from U-8 to U-21 attract the cream of young players from all over Leinster and from further afield.

Seapoint lands major coup with Irish PGA

MANY of Ireland's top professional golfers will be teeing up at Seapoint this autumn, after the local club landed a major coup by being awarded the 100th Irish PGA Championship. The list of previous winners of the tournament reads like a who's who of Ireland's greatest players, with the names of Padraig Harrington and Des Smyth (six times each), Paul McGinley and Philip Walton (4 each), David Feherty ( 2), Darren Clarke and Eamonn Darcy all appearing on the famous trophy.

Maguire netts the plaudits

THE long wait for a local East of Ireland golf champion goes on, but Enda Maguire gave the Seapoint club something to shout about by claiming the Best Nett prize at Baltray on Monday.

Wife wins President's Prize

IT was a case of 'keeping it in the family' at County Louth Golf Club recently – when Aidan Walsh's President's Prize was won by his wife Anne!

School's Leinster triumph

ST MARY'S DS' junior golf team have been celebrating a Leinster title – a big achievement for a school taking part in a GUI event for the first time in more than a decade.

Club in form

BELLEWSTOWN members were prominent at Sunday's Meath Strokeplay Championships at Newtown.