Ethel Culliton Memorial Shield

Ethel Culliton Memorial Shield 2024

The following are the details of the Ethel Culliton Memorial Shield (Formerly Laois Shield) 2024

Day Date Club Tee Times
Day 1 15th August Rathdowney 13.00 To 15.10
Day 2 22nd August Mountrath 13.00 To 15.10
Day 3 29th August Abbeyleix 13.00 To 15.10

The dates are fixed and cannot be changed.

Competition format: Scotch Foursomes / Greensomes / Stroke

Teams: Four (4) pairs with 7 subs allowed over 3 days – Pairings cannot be changed.

Handicap Index:  A player must have a Handicap Index of not lower than 19.0 and not higher than 40.0 on day of each event.

Official Team Sheet signed by club Handicap Secretary and to be handed in by 12.30 pm each day, together with a list of players, their handicap index and their allocated times.

Changes cannot be made after the time sheet has been handed over/submitted.

Each Manager must make their pairs aware of their tee times.

Draws start at 13.00 pm and at 10 min intervals.

Entry Fee: €100. This must be sent to the Ladies Treasurer Abbeyleix Golf club (final day host club 2024) before the 8th August 2024.  

 Prizes              

  • 1st €200 to the winning team
  • 2nd €160 Runner-up Team
  • 3rd €120 3rd place team
  • 4th  €100 4th place team
  • € 20 each to the pair with the best score each day.
  • On the final day of the competition, an additional ‘Best Score’ will be awarded to the team pair who has not featured in the above results.

Please note that the ‘Best Score’ prize cannot be given to players who feature in any of the above winning teams.

Results 1st day club (2024) Rathdowney shall make out the results sheet; it needs to be big enough for the results/scores over the 3 days.

Dowload team sheets to be used on each day of competition.

1st Day Draw times

1 Abbeyleix V The Heath 13.00 pm
2 Mountrath V Portlaoise 13.10 pm
3 Portarlington V The Heritage 13.20 pm
4 Rathdowney V The Heath 13.30 pm
5 The Heritage V Rathdowney 13.40 pm
6 Portlaoise V Portarlington 13.50 pm
7 Abbeyleix V Mountrath 14.00 pm
8 Portlaoise V Abbeyleix 14.10 pm
9 Portarlington V Rathdowney 14.20 pm
10 The Heath V The Heritage 14.30 pm
11 Mountrath V Abbeyleix 14.40 pm
12 The Heritage V Mountrath 14.50 pm
13 The Heath V Portarlington 15.00 pm
14 Portlaoise V Rathdowney 15.10 pm

2nd Day Draw times

1 Rathdowney V The Heath 13.00 pm
2 The Heritage V Portlaoise 13.10 pm
3 Portarlington V Mountrath 13.20 pm
4 Abbeyleix V The Heritage 13.30 pm
5 Portarlington V Abbeyleix 13.40 pm
6 Mountrath V Rathdowney 13.50 pm
7 Portlaoise V The Heath 14.00 pm
8 Portlaoise V Mountrath 14.10 pm
9 The Heath V Rathdowney 14.20 pm
10 Abbeyleix V The Heritage 14.30 pm
11 Portarlington V Portlaoise 14.40 pm
12 The Heritage V Mountrath 14.50 pm
13 Portarlington V The Heath 15.00 pm
14 Abbeyleix V Rathdowney 15.10 pm

3rd Day Draw times

1 Mountrath V The Heritage 13.00 pm
2 Rathdowney V Abbeyleix 13.10 pm
3 Portarlington V Portlaoise 13.20 pm
4 The Heath V Mountrath 13.30 pm
5 Portlaoise V Rathdowney 13.40 pm
6 The Heath V The Heritage 13.50 pm
7 Abbeyleix V Portarlington 14.00 pm
8 The Heath V Abbeyleix 14.10 pm
9 Portarlington V Mountrath 14.20 pm
10 Portlaoise V The Heritage 14.30 pm
11 Rathdowney V Portlaoise 14.40 pm
12 The Heath V Rathdowney 14.50 pm
13 Mountrath V Abbeyleix 15.00 pm
14 Portarlington V The Heritage 15.10 pm

cilck here to see 7 year fixtures

# YEAR WINNING TEAM
1 1971 Mountrath
2 1972 The Heath
3 1973 The Heath
4 1974 Portarlington
5 1975 The Heath
6 1976 Portarlington
7 1977 Portarlington
8 1978 Portarlington
9 1979 Abbeyleix
10 1980 Abbeyleix
11 1981 Mountrath
12 1982 Abbeyleix
13 1983 Mountrath
14 1984 Rathdowney
15 1985 The Heath
16 1986 Portarlington
17 1987 Mountrath
18 1988 Portarlington
19 1989 Mountrath
20 1990 Rathdowney
21 1991 Rathdowney
22 1992 Portarlington
23 1993 Rathdowney
24 1994 Rathdowney
25 1995 Mountrath
26 1996 Mountrath
27 1997 Portarlington
28 1998 Portarlington
29 1999 The Heath
30 2000 The Heath
31 2001 The Heath
32 2002 The Heath
33 2003 The Heath
34 2004 Portarlington
35 2005 Abbeyleix
36 2006 Abbeyleix
37 2007 Mountrath
38 2008 Abbeyleix
39 2009 Abbeyleix
40 2010 Mountrath
41 2011 Abbeyleix
42 2012 The Heath
43 2013 The Heath
44 2014 Portarlington
45 2015 Abbeyleix
46 2016 The Heritage
47 2017 Portarlington
48 2018 Rathdowney
49 2019 Rathdowney
50 2020 Covid
51 2021 Covid
52 2022 Rathdowney
53 2023 Portlaoise
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