Lady Captain Lily Hilly, Captain Willie Gannon and President Sean O'Connell, qualified for the National Final of the Mercedes-Benz Irish Independent Executive Golf Classic at The K Club on August 12th 2002.
Maurice DeLacy Staunton was elected President of the GUI in 1974.
Castlerea Golf Club won the Connacht final of the Bulmers Barton Shield in 1974, They won the Connacht Senior Cup in 1965. The team was, L. Brennan, W. Keane, R. DeLacy Staunton, G. DeLacy Staunton and B. Keane.
They won the Connacht Senior Cup again in 1980. The team was John Caulfield, Jimmy Joyce, Michael McSherry, Ignatius Hayden and the team manager was Ruphert Staunton.
They won the Irish Junior Cup in 1955, the Bulmers Pierce Purcell Shield in 1972 and were beaten Finalists. The team was Eamonn Hayes, Ivan Finch, John Caufield, Jimmy Fenlon, Patsy Burke, Padraic Moran, Michael Mulligan, Michael McSherry and they were Captained by Tom Joyce.
They won the Connacht Shield in 1957, 1960 and again in 1973, when the team was T. Joyce, L. Brennan, I. Hayden, M. McSherry, R. Staunton, J. Coyne, E. Hayes, M. DeLacy Staunton, M. Mulligan, P. Burke and they were Captained by C. Glynn.
They won the Ulster Bank All-Ireland Ladies Foursomes in 1999 and 2000.
Michael Doyle won the Midland Boys' Championship at Birr Golf Club in 1987.
2002 Lady Captain Lilly Healy won the Lady Captains Prize in the Millennium and again in 2001 and added the Lady President's Prize to her wins the following year.
B. Frost represented Connaught in 1987. S. Heavey represented Connaught from 1986 to 1998, having played 38 matches.
S. Heavey played Connaught Youths from 1984 to 1987 playing 20 matches. Roddy Staunton played Connaught Boys in 1997.
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