Clarke takes Ulster title

Holywood two-handicapper James Clarke won the Ulster Boys title at Ballycastle yesterday, beating JC Rice (Shandon Park), by …

Holywood two-handicapper James Clarke won the Ulster Boys title at Ballycastle yesterday, beating JC Rice (Shandon Park), by 5 and 3.

The boys are classmates at Our Lady and St Patrick's College in Belfast and were also team-mates in the Ulster boys team last year, but this was the first time they met in a head-to-head battle.

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