Australia
Ireland's Alan Hanlon fired a sensational 16 under par 92 to win the second leg of the Australian Triple Crown in Canberra. Alan's rounds of 45 and 47 at the Canberra International course saw him win the inaugural unique Australia Night Championship by two strokes from fellow Irishman Ian Farrelly. Another Irish player, James Carroll was seeking to head into next weekend's Australian Open with a shot at the Triple Crown, having defeated Hanlon in last weekend's final of the Australian Matchplay championship. The Castletown, Co. Meath player finished sixth under the lights in Canberra.
2005 victor at the French International Open and a two time winner of the San Marino Open, Alan Hanlon (Collinstown, Co. Westmeath) has twice reached the Irish National Matchplay semi-finals, at Ryston in 2001 and at Lucan in ?2003.He lost the 2000 Leinster Matchplay final, to Mark Millar at C.P.M. Alan was Leinster Strokeplay champion in 1985 and fired a sensational 87 at McDonagh to inspire Westmeath to third place (beaten by Cork for second on the tiebreaker) in the millennium Inter-County championship. Alan played for Ireland's victorious team in the 2005 European Team championshp. Employed by the Department of Education, Dublin natïve Alan is also Public Relations Officer of the P.P.U.I. A two time winner of Best Gross at the National Mixed Foursomes (with Australian Ladies Matchplay champion Liz Quinn), Alan's P.P.U.I. National Ranking is 46.
Australia's Sandra Hutchison beat fellow Aussie Marie Hutchison in a sudden death play-off for the Ladies Night Championship. The pair had tied on 115. Liz Quinn, who was chasing the second leg of the ladies Triple Crown, was fourth, three shots behind.