NEWROSSSENIORS

We welcomed an old and long absent friend to Tinneranny on Thursday, and he got such a great welcome that he stayed with us the whole day through.

He was, of course, ‘Old King Sol’ whose brilliant rays of spring sunshine shone down on what was a perfect day for golf. Dry underfoot, greens running fast and true, and the temperature rising as well, meant we had a most enjoyable outing.

Scoring wise, the temperature was rising too with 13 of the 14 competing teams clocking up 90 points or more. However, the majority of these did not even feature in the prizes despite some great scores.

The ton-up brigade with one hundred points or more took pride of place, with a battle royal to finally decide the placings.

Taking the day’s honours, albeit by only one point, were Tony Harford (16), Michael Kavanagh (17 - that man again), Willie Wallace (20) and Aidan Wallace (28) with 103 points.

Pipped at the post on 102 points were Michael Gannon (18), Hughie O’Connor (20), John F. Roche (22) and Jamesie Murphy (26).

We had a right scramble to decide third place, with two teams finishing on 100 points. A better back nine (49/48) gave the third prize to Billy Redmond (17), Willie Kelly (21) and Frank Boyle (23).

Nearest the pin prizes went to Tony Sexton on the ninth hole and Les Jastrebski on the eleventh.

Just to clear up any confusion: in future when a three-person team with their normal bonus of six points figure in the prizes with the better back nine holes score coming in to decide the issue, three points will be added to their final score over the back nine.