ON the FAIRWAYS
NEWROSS LADIES
Lady Captain Mary J. Maher hosted a very successful Captain’s prize last week which flowed smoothly from start to finish. Following diligent preparation and attention to detail, the event culminated in a very enjoyable presentation on Saturday night among Mary’s friends, family and fellow members.
There was some great golf played over two days and the worthy winners were: 1, Ann Banville (27), 148; 2, Ellen Howlett (32), 146; gross, Kate Mackey, 173 (last 18); 3, Anne O’Grady (35), 148 (last 18); 4, Patricia Quinn, 148; 5, Mary Maher (15), 149; 6, Deirdre Reid (27), 150; 7, Teresa Foley (20), 152; past Captains, Anne Conway (12), 154; committee prize, Ann Curtis Adm. (20), 153; first 18, Margaret Furlong (19), 73 (last nine); second 18, Agnes Whelan (32), 71; 29-36 handicap, Mary Fogarty (31), 164.
Gents: 1, Eddie Morrissey (19), 39 points; 2, Billy Whelan (18), 38 points; gross, Aidan O’Neill (5), 33 points; 3, Ken Irwin (21), 37 points.
Mixed: 1, Mary J. Maher, Derek Ronan and Martin Forristal, 46 points (last six); 2, John Hartley, Eddie Sweeney and Kate Mackey, 46 points; 3, Tom Clarkin, Margaret Furlong and Kay Bolger, 45 points.
Upcoming competitions: Wednesday, June 29, 18-hole stableford Pro-Am qualifier; Wednesday, July 6, 18-hole stableford (Senior) sponsored by Glanbia; Friday, July 8, lady Captain’s charity day in aid of New Ross Day Care Centre, ladies’ and gents’ three-person team, Mexican scramble format, timesheet open.
Well done to our Boyne Trophy team which played Abbeyleix last Monday and secured a win when our final pairing came from behind to win their match in Abbeyleix.
ROSSLARE LADIES
‘Come on ye boys in green’...no, sorry, I meant ‘come on ye girls in pink!’
That’s our club colours and we are in the quarter-finals, with our Junior cup team playing yesterday (Monday) against Wexford in Bunclody, and our Intermediate Cup team playing on July 4 against Wicklow in Courtown.
Also in the quarter-finals are the Revive team against Cahir Park, with the match still to be arranged. The Finn team has gone through to the next round, playing in Wexford on Saturday, July 9.
So yes, our army is on the march too and like the Irish soccer team it is a while since we have done so well. We haven’t got our songs sorted out, but if there are any supporters out there, come along, tickets are free and hopefully we will be singing ‘ole, ole’.
Tuesday, June 21, was a Scotch foursome competition, so hopefully no one fell out with their partner as each pair took alternate shots. No one wants to be landed in the long grass or a bunker or to land your partner there.
Mary O’Shaughnessy must not have gone near either this week as she came first on Tuesday and Wednesday! Last time she won she said in her winning speech it was all down to a lesson from our new professional, Jamie O’Sullivan. Did you have more lessons Mary, or should we be going to you now for the lessons?
Tuesday, July 5, is a v. par singles competition sponsored by Boggan’s Londis, Rosslare.
Saturday, June 18, open fourball: 1, Doreen McGovern (12/11) and Marianne Brennan (18/17), 45 points; 2, Bernadette Cuddihy (23/21) and Sheila Doyle (21/19), 41 points.
Tuesday, June 21, Countess of Granard Scotch foursomes/N.C.B.I., sponsored by Wallace’s of Wellingtonbridge: 1, Kit Codd and Mary O’Shaughnessy (15), 42 points; 2, Vandra Deacon and Elizabeth Callaghan (20), 40 points; 3, Norrie Goff and Niamh Byrne (15), 38 points (back nine); 4, Lynn Cronin and Gerarde Mahon (16), 38 points; front nine, Neasa Uí Ragnaigh and Bernadette Cuddihy (27), 21 points; back nine, Val Mernagh and Paula Stafford (16), 20 points (back six).
Wednesday, June 22, open singles stableford, C.S.S. 33 points: 1, Mary O’Shaughnessy (15), 33 points.
ROSSLARE
Congratulations to John Brady who had a tremendous win in the Leinster Boys’ Championship in Mullingar on Thursday. John (+2) had a seven-stroke win over his nearest rival.
He shot rounds of 72, 68 and 70 (six under par), the only player in the field under par. This is a great achievement for John who has two more years left in this grade. Brendan Rossiter with rounds of 74, 76 and 77 finished in the top 20.
On Saturday the Jimmy Bruen team made its exit from the competition when it failed to qualify for the matchplay stages in Bunclody. Sixteen teams competed for four places and after the five Rosslare pairings were in a strong position, a disastrous back nine by all pairings put paid to their hopes.
The team was Willie White and Joe Moran Jnr., Ken Maher and Billy Davis, Ian Cuddihy and Greg Kelleher, Dale O’Sullivan and Conor Brett, and Michael Geraghty and Mark Fitzpatrick.
Hard luck to all the players and to the manager, John Kelleher, who put in a big effort in preparing for the tournament.
Fourball: 1, Mick O’Connor (1) and Bill Underwood (18), 43 points; 2, Stephen Rossiter (14) and Pat Wright (20), 42 points.
Fourball: 1, Liam Duggan (7) and Tim Cummings (14), 43 points; 2, Tom McGrath (17) and Liam Bennett (18), 39 points.
Singles: 1, Niall Ellard (5), 40 points; 2, Cian Martin (4), 37 points; gross, Paul Murphy (scr.), 36 points; vet., John Scott (19), 35 points; 3, John Murphy (17), 36 points.
Fixtures: Saturday, July 2, Kerlogue Cup mixed fourball sponsored by K.D. Garage; Sunday, July 3, gents’ singles (G.O.Y. qualifier).
WEXFORD LADIES
Margaret Hearne led the way on Monday with a great win, scoring 30 points in the 14-hole Senior competition.
Full results: 1, Margaret Hearne (15), 30 points; 2, Mary Roche (21), 26 points (back seven); 3, Phil Flood (28), 26 points; 4, Una Doherty (22), 25 points (back seven).
The Tuesday evening mixed was played in cool enough conditions with 25 pairings playing.
Results: 1, Linda Friel and Kevin Murphy (14 2/3), 51 1/3; 2, Jane Duignan and John Bolger (14 1/3), 52 2/3; 3, Patricia and Fred Boyd (11 2/3), 55 1/3.
On Thursday there was keen competition among 78 ladies to win the free sub. Very few strokes separated the top ten finishers but Trish Hanton was victorious with a great round of 71. A big thank you to Pump Supplies and the ladies’ section for the wonderful prizes.
Results: 1, Trish Hanton (21), 71; 2, Martina Dempsey (20), 72; gross, Ruth Kennedy (5), 78 (back nine); 3, Tara Dunne (5), 73 (back nine); 4, Cathríona Walsh (14), 73; 5, Leonie Furlong (12), 74 (back nine); front nine, Patricia Boyd (21), 32.5 (back six); back nine, Mary B. O’Leary (35), 35; Senior, Eileen Kent (26), 75; nine-hole stableford, Noreen Power (17), 10 points; nearest the pin, Mary Walsh, six ft. eleven inches.
Next week’s competition is 18 holes singles stableford, sponsored by Pettitt’s SuperValu.
The first round of the J.J. Devereux matchplay has now been completed with the majority of the matches going the full distance and a few going to the 20th and 24th hole such is the competitiveness of these ladies.
The second round matches are to be completed by July 21.
WEXFORD
The club hosted a round of the Volvo Open Golfers’ Digest competition on Friday.
This competition is run over the summer months on the top parkland courses in the country, and this is the second year that we have hosted a round of the prestigious event.
The winner of the Wexford round which attracted golfers from all over the country was Wexford club member Brad Cohen with 38 points.
Other local winners were Seán Kinsella (longest drive) and Rhys Clarke (nearest the pin).
Our Vice-Captain, the evergreen Tony O’Neill, was a category winner and won a fantastic prize of a trip to Malmo in Sweden.
Tony does not know yet if he will take Mammy or Pat Furlong with him, but Tiger has also staked his claim for the trip, saying that his passport is now in order.
The split the pot winner last week was Con Dowdall. In the Seniors’ section on Tuesday, grandfather George Roche was the winner of the 15-hole singles with Ger Mulhall in second place and Brian P. Judd in third place.
Last Sunday’s 18 holes v. par competition was won by John Ffrench on two up. Second place went to John Simpson on one up (back nine).
Third place was taken by a man who is showing great form at the moment, particularly in skins competitions, Roy Doyle, on one up.
The gross prize went to Derek Campion and fourth and fifth places went to Tadgh Foran and Tom O’Donnell respectively.
Jim Roche was the winner of the vets.’ prize. Many thanks to our sponsor for this competition, Zurich Insurances.
Wednesday’s 14-hole fourball went to prolific winners P.C. Browne and Davy Byrne on 36 points (back five). Second place went to Larry Byrne and John Pitt on 36 points, and in third place were John O’Connor and Pat Murphy on 34 points (back seven).
Last weekend’s competition sponsored by the Wexford Garda Golf Society was for the Seamus Quaid Trophy.
The winner was Roy Doyle with 40 points. In second place was Peter Corish on 39 points.
Third place went to Paul MacCarthy on 38 points (back nine).
The gross prize went to Peter Byrne and in fourth place was Kevin Murphy with 38 points.
The winner of the vets. prize was John Pitt. Thank you to our sponsors, Wexford Garda Golf Society.
For details of all club activities and results see our website: Wexfordgolfclub.ie
ENNISCORTHY LADIES
Junior member Aileen Brophy, who only took up golf in 2015, is certainly making great strides in the game and definitely going to be a star of the future.
Aileen brought in a wonderful score of 60 in last Tuesday’s medal competition, which was sponsored by Valentia Nursing Home, and she has now lost twelve shots this season.
That’s some going and congratulations Aileen. Seventy-four ladies participated and the full results were:
1, Aileen Brophy (26), 60; 2, Connie Doyle (7), 73; gross, Eimear McGrath (9), 86 (back six); 2, Margaret Frayne (13), 75; 4, Mary Murphy (24), 75; Seniors, Margaret Mangan (27), 75; 36 handicap, Yvonne Treacy, 79. The nine holes competition was won by Joan Kavanagh with 17 points.
The competition scheduled for Tuesday, June 28, is sponsored by Wheelock Fruits.
There was bad news on the teams’ front with the Boyne team losing out to Waterford (3-2) and the defending Mid Leinster Senior Foursomes champions losing out to Kilkenny (2-1).
Our Junior girls have coaching and competition every Wednesday and Saturday morning.
So parents, if you would like your child to try out this game which is of lifetime benefit, contact the office (05392-33191). We would love to see your sons, daughters or grandchildren enjoying our wonderful course.
Keep up to date on club activities by checking out our facebook page: www.facebook.com/Enniscorthy. Golf.Club/
And don’t forget the Monday opens - every Monday until the end of September.