It gave Portmarnock a 20th success in the Senior Cup, and first since 2011 at Castlerock, when Lenehan was also the man to clinch the winning point. We’ve put a lot of pressure on ourselves over the years, maybe that was detrimental to us,” said Lenehan. We had John McHenry with us with Munster this year, and he kept saying, ‘just keep moving forward, apply pressure, apply pressure, you never know’. “The Walker Cup is a long way away from now, build this winter and see where we can get,” said Purcell. Senior Cup FinalPortmarnock 4 Royal Portrush 1Geoff Lenehan bt Paul Cutler at 19th; Stephen Walsh bt Andrew Morris 4 and 2; James Fox halved with Matthew McAlpin; Conor Purcell bt Richard McCrudden 5 and 4; Darragh Coghlan halved with Mark McMurray.

Source: The Irish Times October 07, 2018 15:11 UTC