He was one of the leading legal counsel representing tobacco companies in their unsuccessful fight against the Australian government's plain packaging legislation. He was a foundation member and has been director of the Australian Academy of Law since 2007. He was governor of the Law Foundation of NSW from 1996 to 2007, and Special Commissioner of Inquiry for the NSW government into Sydney Ferries in 2007. He is a patron of the State Library of New South Wales as a foundation senior fellow and has been a member of the NSW Health Clinical Ethics Advisory Panel since 2003. Walker is a member of the Council of Law Reporting for New South Wales, and has been editor of the NSW Law Reports since 2006. He was president of the New South Wales Bar Association from November 2001 to November 2003, having been vice-president from 1996 to 2001. Walker was admitted to the New South Wales bar in 1979 and was appointed senior counsel in 1993. He graduated with degrees in arts and law from the University of Sydney. Walker was educated at Concord West Public School and The King's School, Parramatta. Defending champion Brendan McGovern has a bit of work to do to retain his title as he returned a 71 yesterday.Walker is the son of an Anglican minister.
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This is Giles' first competitive outing since returning from England to take up an appointment as professional at Greenore. Included in a group, tucked in behind the leaders on 68, is Robert Giles who is making his comeback on the Irish circuit. They are Neil Manchip, Peter O'Hagan, Finian Dwyer and John Dwyer. O'Sullivan, 22, made four birdies on the first nine holes to be four up on Maybin at the turn.īut the Ulster star won the 14th with a bogey five and the 15th with a birdie to get back to two down before losing on the 17th after pulling his drive and hitting his second through the green with O'Sullivan ten feet away in two.įog on the east coast yesterday meant an hour's delay in action during the opening round of the PGA Irish Regional (Southern) Open Championship at Arklow, resulting in a late, late evening finish.Īs the players go into today's final round there is a traffic jam at the top with four players sharing two-under-par 67. The key is how few errors you make, not how many birdies you have." Galway man O'Sullivan said: "I had a good feeling coming in here and I've been playing well. He will have his work cut out to beat O'Sullivan who knocked out Darren Crowe on the 19th and then shocked favourite Gareth Maybin with a three and one quarter-final win. Morgan beat Kilpatrick by 2 and 1 and then played flawless golf to beat O'Keeffe by five and four to set up a semi-final meeting with Mark O'Sullivan. In the other half of the draw Mullingar's Des Morgan scorched into the semi-finals after wins over Richard Kilpatrick and big Peter O'Keeffe of Douglas. Kehoe had holed from 20 feet for an eagle at the 18th in the morning to take Connor Doran to extra holes before beating him with a six foot birdie putt at the 19th.īut he wasn't firing on all cylinders in the quarter final and after a close battle, he lost the 14th and 15th to pars to go two down to Carroll who played the steadier golf and held on to win. Two up on the 24 year old after 14, Carroll won the 15th where O'Callaghan was in bunker trouble and levelled the match by holing for birdie from 15 feet at the 17th.Īt the par five 18th, O'Callaghan hit the green in two but three-putted from 25 feet as Carroll got up and down from the rough left of the green for a winning birdie. O'Callaghan had played tremendously in earlier rounds to beat local favourite Eddie Power and Ulster interprovincial Johnny Foster before his odyssey came to an end. The Dubliner birdied the final two holes in the third round to beat Aaron O'Callaghan of Douglas by one hole and then beat Kehoe by two and one in the quarter-finals. The Portmarnock man will face 24-year-old David Carroll of the Grange in the first semi-final today. With Bowden in the bunker off the tee, Brett putted up stone dead and watched as his younger opponent splashed out to eight feet but missed the return. They were still tied after 18 holes and then shared the next five holes in regulation pars before Brett took the match at the 175-yard sixth.
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