HDA Members' International Ryder Cup!

hdagolfmembers
Sep 28, 2025
2 min read

Friday 26th & Saturday 27th September 2025 was a truly international golfing event at HDA with a superb 12 nationalities taking part and 120 players over both days, competing for the Padraigh Cantwell Memorial Trophy. Thank you everyone who joined in and played their part for HDA golf, some playing day 1 and many playing 2 days.

Thank you to Javier Febrega and Andrew Haigh as the Team Captains for all their hard work in creating the competition and teams formats and working with the golf committee to produce a great 2 day event for everyone. Thank you all.

2 Teams - Rest of the World V Team England!

Results Day 1 - 68 Players - Matchplay Pairs

REST OF THE WORLD: 7.5

ENGLAND: 8.5

Day 2 - 52 Players in Matchplay Singles - TIED!

REST OF THE WORLD - 14

ENGLAND - 14

Overall Results - Only 1 point in it!

Winners - Team England with a combined score of 22.5

Runners up - Team Rest of the World with a combined score of 21.5

A very very close competition over the both days. Well done teams.

Après drinks were kindly hosted by Lochy´s, who aired the Ryder Cup live for us - thank you.

Players arrived in anticipation of the results presentation. Everyone was chatting, swapping

stories and walking through their game that day. The Chair, Imelda presented the results to a maddening roar (and a few boos!) and handed over to the Team Captains, Andrew & Javier for a few words.

A big thank you also to Louise and Jan for Friday´s fare and their lovely smiling faces.

Thank you for making these competitions happen. It needs all of us pulling together to make these events something to remember.

Lots of photos over the 2 days to scroll through. I hope you´re in there somewhere. They are posted onto the Facebook site - HDA Golf Members. If you´re not yet a member, you're missing out on the latest news and views! 591 members so far, lets take it over the 600 mark.

A final line which I know you´ll want to hear. The new bridge structures have been delivered and await fitting. Fingers crossed, it won´t be long.

Until the next time .......