A GOOD WALK
BELLEWSTOWN LADIES
SATURDAY’S Turkey League result: 1st Grace McCullen 18pts, 2nd Catherine Geoghegan-Quinn 17pts.
CLOVERHILL
PREPARATIONS are well in hand for the hosting of Captain Shane Muckian’s Prize Presentation Dinner in the clubhouse this coming Saturday Nov 23. A reminder to all those attending that Café Brew Dundalk will be serving dinner AT 8pm sharp.
With the course in great condition and the weather terrific players in week 2 of the 12 hole Christmas League were set to have the life of O Reilly as they battled to see who would be putting the Christmas Dinner on the table. The winning score of 26 points from last week was easily surpassed during Saturday’s early morning play as Daniel Hughes (3) set the bar at 29 points following his 2 under par round. Nial Smyth (8) matched the leading score but they were left in the shade as Damien Reilly (7) became the first player to reach 30 pts. The question was could Damien survive the Sunday morning full timesheet to keep the ham on the table. In another great day for golf Sunday’s best came from Peter Byrne (10) who had 27 thus leaving the Ham in Reilly’s, the Turkey via the countback in Hughes and the wine heading to Smyth’s. Round 3 of 7 will take place next weekend.
Round Four of the Seniors Winter League was played in very cold but dry conditions. It was a hot streak of form (3 birdies) from Brendan Hughes which helped him to victory over runner-up Charlie O Hare. There are 3 more weeks of the League to run with the overall 1-2-3 prizes very much up for grabs as there have been 4 different winners to date.
The club is holding a Texas Holdem fundraiser on Saturday Nov 30 in the Cross Square Hotel, Crossmaglen at 8pm. The winner is guaranteed a £1000 and entry fee is £30. For further details contact 30889580.
COUNTY LOUTH
WINNERS from Sunday’s Turkey 2 Nines competition: Front nine - Class 1 Niall Flynn (7) 20pts, Class
CO LOUTH LADIES
RESULT from the nine-hole stableford turkey competition that concluded last Tuesday:
Class 1 winner Ann Marie Daly (16) 18pts ob6, Class 2 winner Pauline McCloskey (24) 19pts, Class 3 winner Fleur McCloskey (33) 15pts, overall runner-up Rosemary Hayes (8) 18pts ob6.
DUNDALK
PETER McCaughey (20) won Sunday’s 14-Hole Singles Stableford competition with an excellent score of 34 points.
But thoughts of victory were far from his mind after he walked off the first hole having failed to score.
A two-point bogey at the second got him on the board and pars at the next three holes yielded a haul of 10 points which put him right back in the competition.
Another two-point bogey at the par-five sixth was followed by three-point pars at the seventh and eighth before he finished the front nine with a two-point bogey for an impressive 22 points heading into the final four holes.
Two points were gained at both the 10th and 11th, before he parred the par-five 12th for three points and bogeyed the par-three 13th for two points.
He then jumped from the 13th to the 18th for the 14th hole of his round and a three-oint par on the last was enough to take McCaughey beyond three players who finished up on 33 points and give him the overall victory.
Mickey Coburn (10) was one of those on 33 and he took Category 1 by a point from Charlie Monahan (10), while Brian Crombie (19) needed a countback that went back to the final two holes before he edged out Gerry Byrne (19) after both had finished on 33 points in Category 2.
Conor Byrne (21) took Category 3 with 32 points from Anthony McGuinness (20) who finished with 31, while the evergreen Peter Rogers went around in 28 points for the day’s best gross score.
Sunday, November 17 – 14 Hole Singles Stableford – Overall: Peter McCaughey (20) 34pts. Category 1 (0-13): Michael Coburn (10) 33pts, Charles Monahan (10) 32pts. Category 2 (14-19): Brian Crombie (19) 33/21/14/7/5pts,
Gerard Byrne (19) 33pts. Category 3 (20+): Conor Byrne (21) 32pts, Anthony McGuinness (20) 31pts. Best Gross: Peter Rogers (3) 28pts.
DUNDALK LADIES
WINTER League results from Tuesday and Saturday: Category 1 - 1st Brid Rocks (20) 19pts, 2nd Pauline Duffy (21) 18pts, 3rd Fionnuala Dullaghan (19) 16/14pts; Category 2 - 1st Deirdre Ryan (28) 20pts, 2nd Ann Doohan (23) 19pts, 3rd Grainne Mullins (25) 18/14pts; Category 3 - 1st Rita Kelly (34) 17pts, 2nd Marcella Carr (35) 16/15pts, 3rd Oonagh Quinn (29) 16/13pts.
GREENORE
SUNDAY’S Winter League round kindly sponsored by: Rice & Roddy Motors Main Kia Dealer: 1st Robert Roche (19) 29, 2nd John McSorley (10) 29, 3rd Larry Hughes (17) 28 and 4th: Jarleth Digney (17) 28.
Saturday’s Winter League round one kindly sponsored by Rice & Roddy Motors Main Kia Dealers: 1st Breffni McCabe (17) 29, 2nd Rolan McGarry (20) 28 (29).
Sunday 10th November 14 Hole Voucher Competition: 1st Hugh Thornton (24) 33, 2nd James McGrane (16) 31(33), 3rd Mark Laverty (20) 31, 4th James O’Hanlon (22) 29.
This coming Saturday and Sunday will be round two of the Winter League (14H Sf) kindly sponsored by Rice & Roddy Motors Main Kia Dealers. Every Tuesday there’s an Open Gents Singles and there’s an Open Seniors S/F on the last
Monday each month, with the next Open Seniors taking place on Monday 25th.
Time sheets are available on line at www.greenoregolfclub. com or from our Pro Shop at 042 9373951. We are available for clubhouse functions. For bookings contact 9373212 ex 3 or Doreen at 086-2333384.
GREENORE LADIES
THE second round of the 12-hole winter league took place on Saturday played in conjunction with the voucher competition.
A good entry permitted two prizes as follows: Winner Fionnuala Monahan on 25 pts, runner-up Celine Griffin on 21 pts. Recent competition winners can collect their vouchers at the bar. The midweek competition is carried over and runs from Sunday to Friday. On Saturday there is a 12 hole SF competition and the 3rd round of the league. BRS opens for booking as usual at 7pm on Wednesday.
MACBRIDE P&P
WEEK six of the MacBride Turkey League took place last week and was an 18 nett competition.
The Grade 1 winner was Keith Smyth with a score of 43 nett ob9 (h/c -4). The Grade 1 roast was won by Mark Donnelly with a score of 40 nett (h/c -2).
Grade 2 was won by Audrey Donnelly with a score of 46 nett (h/c -12). The Grade 2 roast went to Brendan Walker with a score of 42 nett.
Week seven of the keague will be an 18 gross competition - times of play Wednesday and Saturday