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Irish Independent
24-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Sixteen Irish to bid for spots at Royal Portrush in Final Qualifying for The Open next week
There are five spots on offer at each venue and Graeme McDowell will bid to secure his place in his home town Open at Royal Cinque Ports in Kent next Tuesday July 1. Niall Kearney tees it up at Burnham and Berrow, while Liam Nolan will be hoping lightning strikes twice at Dundonald Links in Scotland, where he qualified last year. He will have several compatriots alongside him as Amateur Championship runner-up Gavin Tiernan joins fellow amateurs Finlay Eager and Caolan Rafferty, as well as Rowan Lester, Brendan McCarroll, Dermot McElroy, Keith Shannon and Ruaidhri McGee at the Scottish links. Paul McBride, who won Regional Qualifying at The Island on Monday, will be joined at West Lancs by Conor Purcell, Alex Maguire, Ronan Mullarney and reigning AIG Irish Amateur Close champion Thomas Abom. Five Irishmen are already in the field for Royal Portrush — former Open champions Pádraig Harrington, Darren Clarke, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry, and LIV Golf's Tom McKibbin. Purcell will have a chance to clinch his place in this week's Italian Open in Tuscany, where the leading two players, not already exempt, who make the cut will qualify. Seamus Power is not entered for Final Qualifying but may have a chance to make it if he makes the field for the Genesis Scottish Open and finishes in the top three not already exempt. Power, who plays this week's Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, is entered for next week's John Deere Classic as he looks to make the top 100 in the FedExCup standings who will be fully exempt next season. The West Waterford man is currently ranked 118th. Purcell will have a chance to clinch his place in this week's Italian Open in Tuscany, where the leading two players, not already exempt, who make the cut will qualify. ADVERTISEMENT Séamus Power is not entered for Final Qualifying but may have chance to make it if he makes the field for the Genesis Scottish Open and finishes in the top three not already exempt. Power, who plays this week's Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, is entered for the next week's John Deere Classic as he looks to make the top 100 in the FedEx Cup standings who will be fully exempt next season. The West Waterford man is currently ranked 118th. The 153rd Open — Final Qualifying draw Burnham & Berrow: Niall Kearney Dundonald Links: Rowan Lester, Brendan McCarroll, Gavin Tiernan (a), Dermot McElroy, Keith Shannon, Liam Nolan, Ruaidhri McGee, Finlay Eager (a), Caolan Rafferty (a) Royal Cinque Ports: Graeme McDowell
BBC News
01-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Birmingham disability photography show looks at unique beauty
A photographer has set out to shine a light on physical disabilities and conditions in an exhibition now on at Birmingham City Berrow, from Kidderminster, has returned to the university where she graduated as an collection of 12 photographs, Sui Generis, which is Latin for "of its own kind", is on display until 5 images focus on models' faces, with some looking at the camera and others looking away, which Berrow described as almost "confrontational". The 23-year-old said she spent time talking to her models about their lives and their stories before she captured the of the models began the process with two hearing aids and later went through cochlear implant surgery, a journey that Berrow said this journey had allowed her to connect with the model and the others she worked with on a personal level and gave her a deeper understanding of their characters, which informed her series of portraits was taken over eight months. Berrow was travelling in South East Asia for part of the time, where she said she met people, observed them as individuals, and thought about how many people there were in the world, while she learnt about their stories."It's important for people to see themselves represented in the media," she said. "But it's the unique traits of everyone that make their stories beautiful and interesting."I wanted to capture the unique beauty of each individual through my lens."The aim, she said, was to celebrate diversity and challenge stereotypes, particularly in the fashion and media has until now specialised in portraits and fashion. Her current exploration of diversity has focused on faces for this exhibition. She plans to move on to whole body portraits in the future. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
