Twist at Premier summit
CARRANSTOWN have slipped to second place in the Premier Division after a heavy home defeat by Greyhound last Friday night.
Lantern are now the outright leaders, although Carranstown will still qualify for the knockout stage, while a fierce battle rages between Greyhound, Morning Star and Mariner for the other two qualifying spots.
However, there are no Premier Division matches this Friday due to the National Inter-County competition.
On a day of surprises in Division 1 the most significant results were Thatch C’s home defeat by Sally Inn and Hill Bar’s win against Grennans, with several teams now in contention for the final knockout spot behind Matthews, Foxs and Pheasant.
Time is rapidly running out to enter the upcoming League Doubles Competiton, which takes place in the Westcourt Hotel on Sunday March 1st at 2pm sharp. Entries must be in by Thursday February 27th as the draw takes place that night in the Carranstown Lodge at 8.30pm.
Results
Fosters Premier Division
Lantern Bar 7, Boyne Valley 1; Morning Star 5, Mariner 3; Carranstown A 2, Greyhound 6.
Fosters Division 1
Pheasant 3, Cottage Inn 5; Hill Bar 5, Grennans 3; Thatch C 3, Sally Inn 5; Foxs 6, Lynchs 2.
Fosters Division 2
Grangegeeth 3, Watters 5; Morning Star 4, B/W Thatch 4; Fair Green Bar 4, Railway Bar 4; Carranstown 5, Valley Inn 3.
Fosters Division 3
Mariner B H/W; Tara Na Ri; Maguires 8, Thatch B 0; Foleys 4, Barney Macs 4; Nolans 5, Admirals 3.
Fixtures
Friday February 21st
Fosters Div 1
Grennans v Foxs; Cottage Inn v Hill Bar; Lynchs v Sally Inn; Matthews v Pheasant (at Watters, Collon).
Fosters Div 2
Carranstown v Morning Star; B/W Thatch v Grangegeeth; Valley Inn v Fair Green Bar; Railway Bar v Watters.
Fosters Div 3
Thatch B v Mariner B; Admirals v Maguires; Tara Na Ri v Barney Macs off; Thatch D v Nolans.
COUNTY LOUTH
WINNERS from Sunday’s Pro v Challenge competition were as follows:
Front nine fourball better ball stableford - Michael Kierans (4) & Tom Matthews (16) 21pts; Back nine singles stableford - Class 1 Niall Floody (11) 18pts ob6, Class 2 James Reilly (14) 16pts.
CO LOUTH LADIES
WINNER of last Tuesday’s back nine v par lamb competition was 22-handicapper Sarah O’Hagan who finished 1up. There was only class due to the small field of 27 entries.
DUNDALK
STORM Dennis ensured there were tricky condition to test the field in Sunday’s Four-Man 14Hole Scramble and in the end it was the experienced quartet of Pat Curran (14), Tadhg O’Sullivan (22), Andrew Shekleton (14) and Seamus Kelly (18) that prevailed.
The winners had just 0.3 of a shot to spare over the runners-up who were a formidable outfit themselves, with two five-handicappers in Conor McCaughey and Colin Roche as well as Martin Cairns (16) and Adrian Kenny (18).
The 14-hole course did not include the third, fourth, 15th and 16th holes, so after opening with two pars, the winners moved the par three fifth where Shekleton’s tee shot set up their first birdie of the round.
His tee shot at the next, the par five sixth, also proved decisive in setting up another birdie and they then parred the next three holes to turn for home in 26.
It was O’Sullivan’s drive at the par five 10th that laid the foundation for their third birdie of the round and at the index one par four 11th it was off Curran’s drive that they delivered the fourth and final birdie of their round.
They then successfully negotiated the final five holes without dropping a shot to finished with a
GREENORE
FOURTEEN-HOLE voucher competition played on Sunday: 1st Ian Young (6) 30pts, 2nd Keith Kelly (4) 30pts (31).
The 14-hole voucher competition played on Saturday was won by Gerard Kennedy.
This coming Saturday and Sunday will be round 10 of the Winter League 14-hole stableford, kindly sponsored by Rice & Roddy Motors Main Kia Dealers. Open Gents Singles continue every Tuesday and the next Open Seniors Stableford takes place next Monday. Timesheets are available online at www.greenoregolfclub.com or from our pro shop at 042-9373951.
LAYTOWN & BETTYSTOWN
RESULTS from the 15-hole Invitation Fourball Stableford, held on February 5th:
1st Paul Reilly 29 (15) & Noel Savage 11 (8) 42pts; 2nd Cianan Murphy 20 (15) & Paddy Bedford 19 (14) 40pts; 3rd Michael Sweeney 6 (5) & Joseph Delaney 14 (11) 39pts.
Fifteen-hole scotch foursomes stableford held on February 8th: 1st Eoin Brady 15 (13) & Hugh Holt jnr 16 (13) 38pts; 2nd Keith Wilde 10 (8) & Thomas Butterly 14 (12) 35pts; 3rd Frank Walsh 13 (11) & Aidan McKeown 11 (9) 34pts.
MACBRIDE P&P
WEEK five of the MacBride Winter League took place last weekend and was an 18 gross competition.
Grade 1 was won by Pádraic Sarsfield with a score of 46 gross and Grade 2 went to Liam Flood with a score of 55 gross.
Topping the Winter League table with a stableford team score of 84 points were Team D - Pádraic Sarsfield, Audrey Donnelly & Shane Kirwan - along with Team G which comprised Ray McKenna, Tommy Dyas & Liam Flood.
Thanks to everyone who played over the weekend, and well done
SEAPOINT
RESULT from the Flogas Spring League week one competition held on Sunday: 1st Aiden Butterly (11) 19pts ocb, 2nd John McDonnell (12) 19pts, Gross prize Colm Kerr (6) 17pts, 3rd John Delaney (13) 18pts ocb; Cat 1 Shane Murphy (9) 17pts ocb, Cat 2 Ray Culhane (13) 18pts ocb, Cat 3 Terry Hamilton (18) 18pts ocb.
February 8th 12-hole stableford: 1st Brendan McKenna (17) 26pts, 2nd John Maguire (13) 25pts; Cat 1 David Geoghegan (5) 22pts, Cat 2 John Delaney (13) 20pts ocb, Cat 3 Paul Duffy (21) 25pts ocb.
SEAPOINT LADIES
LAST Thursday’s nine-hole surf ‘n’ turf competition: 1st Sharon Gannon 20pts, 2nd Irene Kirwan 18pts, 3rd Elaine Smith. Congratulations to the prize-winners.
The weekend nine-hole competition was cancelled.
SEAPOINT P&P
RESULTS from last week’s 18 gross competition were as follows:
Senior - 1st Gerry Breen jnr 50, 2nd Pat Greene 51; Inter - 1st Kieran McDonnell 55, 2nd John Curran 56 (ob9 26); Junior - 1st John Kelleher 56 (ob9 27), 2nd Eddie Smith 56; Ladies - 1st Marlo Everitt 51, 2nd Mary Agnew 56.
We revert to the Winter League for week four and the competition will be an 18 gross - times of play Friday and Saturday at 1.30pm and Sunday at 9.30am and 1.30pm.
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