Mullingar had much to celebrate recently with the election of Cathy Smith to the position of president of the Irish Ladies Golf Union. The club are now the holders of two of the major positions in Irish golf with Albert Lee already in his second year as chairman of the Leinster Branch GUI. Two former internationals will be very much involved in team selections this year with Eavan Higgins named as captain of the Irish senior side and also the ILGU's representative on the LGU training committee while Killarney's Brigid Gleeson Healy will manage the girls' team.

ILGU Officers 2001: President: Cathy Smith (Mullingar); hon treasurer: Nora Murphy (Curragh); Council: Edna Wilson (Knock), Brigid McCaw (Royal Co Down Ladies), Angela Murphy (Forrest Little), Liz Kinsella (Woodbrook), Clodagh Tayler (Kinsale), Joan Bouchier Hayes (Newcastle West), Mary McGuigan (Roscommon), Mary Madden (Ballinasloe), Deirdre Curly (Blainroe), Olive Langan (Carlow). Delegates to LGU Executive Council: Ann Popplewell (Curragh), Anne Wallace (City of Derry). Hon secretary Central Junior Committee: Anna Usher (Newlands). District junior secretary: Phil McAreavey (Malone), Collette Cassidy (Howth), Pat Farrell (Co Longford), Irene Ryan (Tipperary), Angela O'Grady (Kilkenny). Representatives on LGU international selection: Ann Byrne (Woodbrook). Representative on LGU training: Eavan Higgins (Douglas). Representative on LGU scratch score: Valerie Hassett (Ennis). Irish Ladies' Home International and European team captain: Eavan Higgins (Douglas); manager: Mary Culliton (The Heath); Irish girls' team captain: Evelyn Hearn (Waterford); manager: Brigid Gleeson Healy (Killarney).