ON the FAIRWAYS
ENNISCORTHY LADIES
The Enniscorthy ladies have been enjoying the beautiful sunshine as they continue to bring in fantastic scores.
The competition on Tuesday, May 9, was sponsored by Beechdale Garden Centre. This was a singles stableford.
Results: 1, Mary Halligan (29), 42 points; 2, Lizzy Browne (13), 40 points; 3, Margaret Mangan (28), 39 points (back nine); gross, Aisling O’Leary (1), 30 points; 5, Jo McMahon (30), 38 points; nine-hole qualifier: 1, Stasia McGuire, 18 points.
Monday, May 8, saw three of our teams play and all three teams were victorious. The Challenge Cup beat St. Helen’s in Wexford, the Minor Cup beat Rathdowney in Callan, and the Junior Cup beat Wicklow in Woodenbridge.
Many congratulations to the teams, managers and caddies on their amazing results. We wish them continued success in their next rounds.
The ladies’ open Seniors competition for this month is on Thursday, May 18, and is sponsored by Mervyn Cooney.
Next Tuesday, May 23, the competition is sponsored by Pettitt’s SuperValu and is a stroke/medal.
We are delighted to see our ‘new ladies’ who are part of the Ladies Into Golf programme on our fairways under the guidance of Maeve McCauley. It won’t be long before they will be taking part in our weekly Tuesday competitions!
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BUNCLODY
May 6 and 7, Pro-Am qualifier: 1, Frank Corcoran (27), 41 points; 2, Barry Murphy (10), 39 points; 3, Ray Furlong (10), 39 points.
May 9, ladies’ monthly medal: 1, Ann Steemers (24), 68 nett; 2, Ethel Deacon (27), 70 nett; gross, Linda Byrne (12), 82 nett; 3, Bernie Foley (36), 72 nett.
May 10, Wednesday open singles: 1, Ger Bolger (13), 38 points; 2, Martin Bennett (14), 38 points; 3, Graham Porter (18), 37 points.
BALLYMONEY
Well done to Paul and Anthony Doyle who beat David Fitzgerald and Martin Conroy in the winter league plate final.
Wednesday nine-hole: 1, Shane Fox (7), 22 points; 2, Ger O’Brien (6), 20 points with Eugene O’Brien Jnr. (12).
The weekend singles stableford was won by Michael Brennan (19) with 38 points. David Glynn (12) was second with 37 points and new member Trevor Davis (7) was third, also with 37.
The ladies’ singles was won by Veronica O’Riordan with 31 points.
Well done to the victorious Towns Cup team on edging out Arklow in a thriller on Saturday. Remarkably, Shane Fox came from six down with six to play to win on the third play-off hole in Arklow and clinch the victory.
The Pierce Purcell team battled hard up in Roundwood on Saturday in tough conditions but came up short of qualifying for the matchplay on Sunday. Well done to our neighbours Courtown for taking fourth place.
COURTOWN
It is good to see that all matches have now been played in the preliminary and first rounds of the club matchplays. Please note that the next round for singles is to be completed by June 19, with the fourball to be completed by June 26. It may seem like a lot of time to arrange a match, but with holiday season upon us time slips by very quickly.
Out Pierce Purcell shield team members were out over the weekend and qualified in fourth place on Saturday, but fortune did not favour them on Sunday morning when they were beaten by Wicklow Golf Club.
We wish the best of luck to my team-mates in the Michael Moore competition on Sunday, May 28, when they take on Gowran.
Competitions for the rest of this week are: Wednesday, May 17, open gents’ singles; Friday we will have the ever-popular Saint Aidan’s Services classic, and anybody wishing to enter a team please contact our club professional, John Coone; Saturday, ladies’ and gents’ singles, 3T’s qualifier (Turning The Tide of Suicide); on Sunday we will have an any combination open fourball sponsored by Tom (TH) Hardiman, Gala.
Sunday, May 7, any combination fourball, sponsored by Middleton House Retirement Village: 1, Noel McCartan (11), Julie McCartan (23), 45 points (last nine); 2, Eamon Byrne (15), Jimmy McDonald (11), 45 points; 3, Noel Ivanoff (8), Martin Hempenstall (17), 43 points; 4, Mick Morrissey (5), Niall Murphy (8), 42 points.
Wednesday, May 10, gents’ open singles: 1, Tony Crehan (11), 41 points (last nine); 2, Cillian Hughes (5), 41 points; 3, Michael Hooke (18), 39 points; eleven holes: 1, Tom Kitt.
Saturday, May 13, John McGarry fourball, any combination, sponsored by the McGarry family: 1, Noel Ivanoff (8), Vincent Lumsden (16), 44 points; 2, Kevin Kelleher (9), Richard Hounslow (14), 42 points (last nine); 3, Martin Byrne (20), David Swords (18), 42 points.
Conditions were perfect for our ladies’ v. par competition on Tuesday, May 9, sponsored by McCauley’s Pharmacy. Courtown ladies extend a huge thank you to McCauley’s for their continued sponsorship.
The prizes were fantastic and the lucky winners were: 1, Noreen Ryan (36), four up; 2, Helen Cole (25), two up (countback); 3, Helen Mundow (30), two up; Cat. A, Stella Kehoe (17), one up; Cat. B, Kate Sheehan (19), two up; Cat. C, Mary Cooper (34), one up.
The nine-hole competition was won by Muriel Richards (29) with 23 points, and second was Catherine Lawler (36) with 17 points. Congratulations and well done to all our winners.
Sunday, May 7, saw Mona Moynihan and her team take on Arklow in the Revive Active fourball better ball competition. Courtown ladies emerged with the victory. Well done everybody.
Today (Tuesday, May 16) our ladies’ competition will be singles stableford and will be sponsored by Giffney’s Shoes. We hope the weather improves so that we have a big turn-out for this event.
Sunday, May 21, will see Irene Poole and her Boyne Trophy team play against Charlesland in the first round of this competition. We wish all concerned the best of luck.
ENNISCORTHY
Nine-hole midweek, May 10, sponsored by the teachers (91 played): overall, Gerry McMahon (24), 24 points; Category A, Jimmy Hogan (7), 22 points (last six); Category B, Paddy Mooney (13), 19 points (last six); Category C, Keith Whelan (16), 21 points; Category D, Liam Swan (27), 21 points.
The presentation for all the May midweeks will be on May 31. Next week’s sponsor is Alcast Motors.
Gents’ monthly Seniors, May 11, sponsored by Charlie Kavanagh (134 played): overall, Edward Doyle, Screen (8), 39 points (last nine); Over-50s: 1, Vincent Daly (16), 39 points; 2, Seán Furlong (Ballymoney, 10), 38 points; Over-65s: Joe Leacy (13), 37 points (last nine); 2, Seán Moynihan (Wexford, 25), 37 points; Over-75s: Michael Doyle (16), 36 points; 2, Seán Hallahan (Courtown, 23), 35 points (last nine). Next month’s sponsor is club President Jim Hogan. Gents’ fourball, May 13 and 14, sponsored by Baker Tilly Hughes Blake (102 played): 1, David Boland (15) and Paul Connolly (6), 45 points; 2, Jim Delaney (14) and Jim Gahan (18), 44 points; 3, James Foley (8) and Thomas Wildes (15), 43 points (back nine). Next week’s sponsor is J Donohoe Skoda.
Our Pierce Purcell team members were in action in a wet and windy Gowran Park in the regional qualifiers last Saturday. Unfortunately, we were unlucky with the timing of the draw and ended up playing in the more difficult weather conditions on the day.
Despite this we only missed out on qualifying for Sunday’s matchplay stage by three strokes. Hard luck to the players who put in a valiant effort, namely David Boland, Dick Britton, Dan Byrne, Nicky Cahill, Paddy Fitzpatrick, Ger Flood, Ray Hutchinson, Peter O’Shea, Chris Timmons, Ger Turner and in particular to manager Ed Morrison.
Enniscorthy Chamber of Commerce had a very successful classic at the club last Friday. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t great but that didn’t deter dozens of players from turning up.
Results: 1, Paddy Fitzpatrick (14), Frankie Morrissey (9), James Morrissey (6) and Mick Rossiter (18), 57.3 points; 2, Dan Conroy (28), Paul Conroy (5), Joe Kavanagh (28) and Jim Pepper (22), 57.7 points; 3, Damien Byrne (17), Jim Byrne (12), Eddie Doyle (6) and Tommy O’Rourke (25), 59.9 points.
In the non-G.U.I. section the winners were Dave Clerkin (24), John Dempsey (19), Seán Fox (20) and John O’Sullivan (19) with 61.8 points. Nearest the pin was Paddy Fitzpatrick (8’), and longest drives were Marie Connell and Garry Lynch. See you all again next year hopefully.
The winner of the last split the pot was John Ryan who won €105.
The club singles and club fourball competitions will be starting again shortly. All matches will be off the whites this year. Entry is €5 per person and entry forms are in the Pro Shop.
A 9/10 handicap will apply to the fourball. The draw for the fourball was held last Saturday and some eagerly-awaited clashes are due to take place.
Calling all soccer clubs in the county. We are hosting a soccer clubs golf tournament on Saturday, June 3, the same day as the Champions League final, for all soccer clubs that play in the Wexford League.
This includes men’s, ladies and their referees too. We are looking for four representatives from each club to play in both a combined singles and team event. The best three scores form the team result and there will be singles prizes too for the best players.
Please reply to the e-mails that have already been sent out by May 20 in order to register your team.
The ladies’ open Seniors is on Thursday, May 18, starting at 9 a.m., sponsored by Mervyn Cooney.
The Seana Gael classic is on Thursday, May 18, at 2 p.m. and Friday, May 19, at 8.30 a.m.
The St. Aidan’s Cathedral Classic is on Friday, May 26, starting at 9 a.m.
The Bloomfield Cup is on the weekend of May 27 and 28, sponsored by Kiely Donohoe Wholesale. Also, the open Sunday evening mixed will be at 6 p.m. with a shotgun start.