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GRAIGUENAMANAGH SOCIETY
The Graiguenamanagh Society will hold its annual charity golf classic on Saturday, August 6, at Borris Golf Club. The Society has donated over £50,000 to local charities and worthy causes over the years, and this year their chosen charity is the Carlow/Kilkenny Home Care Team whose tremendous work is universally appreciated.
The entry fee is £100 for a team of four, any combination. Non-G.U.I. members are welcome.
Full club handicaps apply. For more details contact Billy Hoare, Hon. Secretary (087-6196291), or Jim Kielthy (087-9644851).
NEW ROSS SENIORS
We had a lovely outing at Dungarvan Golf Club on Monday, July 25, playing on a course which was in pristine condition. Taking part in their Seniors open competition as well as having our four-person team event with the best three cards counting, we had the best of both worlds.
Plaudits go to Dungarvan for their forward tee positions which made the game more enjoyable for all concerned. It’s a pity more clubs wouldn’t follow their example and take Senior players into consideration when marking out the course for Senior events.
As usual with our group we had a grandstand finish with only one point separating the winners and the runners-up. John Joe Cullen (39), Larry Shannon (37) and Pat Traynor (36), and with their fourth player’s total (Billy Redmond) not required this time, took the honours with 112 points.
Second on 111 points were Tony Sexton (41), John F. Roche (39) and Patsy Farrell (31), their fourth non-scoring colleague being Jim ‘Dublin’ Ryan. On 108 points and in third position were John Browne (38), Tom Kent (38) and Eamon Delaney (32), their super-sub being Michael Brennan.
Finishing fourth on 101 points were John Joe Murray (35), Liam Glasheen (35) and Tony Harford (31), and first sub. here was the Campile historian, Thomas Grennan. Andy Ronan (35), Jamesie Murphy (35) and Willie Naddy (31) were fifth also with 101 points, with Eddie Keher the odd one out.
Many thanks go to Irene and the staff at Dungarvan for their warm welcome and for making our outing a very pleasant one indeed.
The Autumn Senior Alliance outing is on Monday, August 8, and the venue is Clonmel Golf Club. Names A.S.A.P. to Jamesie Murphy on 085-1846172.
Just a reminder to all who intend travelling to Faithlegg on August 16 that we will take the names and entry fee €20 this coming Thursday, August 4. On the draw board for August are John Murphy, Willie Naddy and Denis Kirwan.
BUNCLODY
July 21 and 22, open singles - men: 1, Mick Kenny (14), 41 points; 2, Dan O’Leary (12), 40 points; gross, Colin Carbery (4), 34; 3, Nicky Morris (13), 37 points; 4, Jason Chawke (14), 37 points; ladies: 1, Imelda Redmond (23), 38 points; 2, Kiera Sharkey (14), 37 points.
July 23 and 24, open four-person team event: 1, Diarmuid Cullen (Enniscorthy, 5), Mark Higgins (Enniscorthy, 8), Conor O’Neill (Enniscorthy, 15), Davy Boland (Enniscorthy, 18), 93 points; 2, Keith Willis (Killerig, 3), Paul Kirby (Killerig, 9), Andy Heffernan (Ballykisteen, 16), Shane Kelly (Killerig, 17), 92 points; 3, Ray Moore (16), Paul Healy (13), Declan Byrne (16), Liam O’Leary (13), 91 points.
July 25, Senior open - men: 1, Rory Kinsella (15), 43 points; 2, Kevin O’Connell (Borris, 21), 42 points; 3, Liam O’Reilly (Dungarvan, 22), 42 points; ladies: 1, Margaret Stafford (Enniscorthy, 21), 38 points; 2, Denise King (Bellewstown, 17), 33 points.
July 24 to 27, ladies’ 18 holes stableford: 1, Margaret Moore (10), 37 points; 2, Fiona Bodels (22), 36 points; 3, Doreen Hogg (22), 35 points.
July 27, Wednesday open singles - men: 1, Stefan Asple (Rosslare, 7), 43 points; 2, Eoin Carey (Milltown, 12), 42 points; 3, Kevin Kenny (Roscommon, 18), 41 points; ladies: 1, Ann Hallinan (Hollywood Lakes, 11), 36 points; 2, Sharon Dolan (Hollywood Lakes, 11), 36 points.
COURTOWN LADIES
The competition on Tuesday, July 26, was sponsored by our club professional, John Coone.
Results: 1, Catherine Quinn (17), 38 points on countback; 2, Clare Kinsella (32), 38 points; 3, Bernie Caffrey (20), 37 points on countback; Cat. A, Stella Courtney (16), 37 points; Cat. B, Ann Duggan (25), 37 points; Cat. C, Breda Nolan (35), 36 points; nine-hole stableford: 1, Elizabeth Kiernan (36), 18 points; 2, Audrey Hall (30), 16 points.
The Thursday, July 28, open singles was sponsored by The Gaslamp Gallery, Gorey.
Results: 1, Mary Osborne (19), 41 points; 2, Sorcha Howell (4), 40 points; gross, Katie O’Hart (Arklow, 9), 27 points; 3, Eileen Moriarty (25), 39 points; 4, Miriam Ryan (Elm Park, 36), 39 points on countback; nine-hole stableford: 1, Anne Kearney (36), 17 points (back two).
Congratulations to our Boyne Trophy team managed by Marcella Jones which has advanced to the semi-finals.
ENNISCORTHY LADIES
Another very successful open week concluded on Monday, August 1, with the final team event of the week.
The ladies’ open on Tuesday was sponsored by Treacy’s Hotel and there was a great turn-out on a lovely day. Anton Treacy was also in attendance for the prize-giving on Tuesday night. It was great to see so many visitors to the club and also featuring in the prizes.
Results: 1, Louise Doyle (27), 42 points; 2, Joan Dunbar (21), 42 points; 3, Caroline Hewitt (Courtown, 7), 41 points; 4, Bernie Webster (19), 41 points; 5, Joan Miller (20), 41 points; 6, Lisa O’Leary (Bunclody, 26), 40 points; 36 handicap, Kit Byrne, 37 points.
A fundraiser for the Oncology Unit at Wexford General Hospital takes place on Wednesday, August 3. ‘On The Road Again’ is Tommy O’Rourke’s highly-entertaining variety show.
Guest artists will include the golf club choir and a host of local celebrity musicians. It’s a guaranteed great night, supports a worthy cause and will commence at 9 p.m.
On Friday, August 5, a golf trivia quiz will commence at 8 p.m. in the club. All questions are guaranteed to be easy and golf related. The entry fee is €30 per table, and there will be prizes for the top three tables in addition to some spot prizes.
Keep up to date with activiities and results by checking out our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/Enniscorthy. Golf.Club/), follow us on Twitter @enniscorthygolf or Instagram (enniscorthygolfclub)
BALLYMONEY
Wednesday nine-hole (mixed): 1, Bartie Kehoe (16), 22 points; 2, Seán Furlong (9), 21 points; 3, Carole Wortmann (22), 20 points.
Matchplay round three: Mark Miskella beat James Mooney; Eamonn Whelan beat Ron Breen; Martin Conroy beat Mike O’Grady.
Open singles stableford (mixed), Saturday: 1, Mark Miskella (7), 41 points; 2, Christy Dodson (23), 39 points; 3, Wally O’Brien (21), 37 points, holding off Enda O’Driscoll (13) and Sammy Walker (9) on countback.
Open singles stableford (mixed), Sunday: 1, Bob Ryan (20), 41 points; 2, Nuala Le Gros (27, Newlands), 41 points; 3, Robbie Kehoe (12), 38 points.
Results of the Bank Holiday Monday open fourball will be in next week’s report.
ENNISCORTHY
Our open week finished on the Bank Holiday and it was a great success with full timesheets every day with many formats and variations to suit all categories. Many old friends and acquaintances renewed friendships both on the course and in the convivial surroundings of our bar and restaurant.
We had fabulous prizes at each of the nightly presentations so a big thank you to our many generous sponsors and we hope to see you all again next year.
Ladies’ and gents’ nine-hole sprint, stableford, July 22 (54 played): 1, Joan Miller (20), 21 points; 2, Connie Doyle (8), 19 points (last one); 3, Aileen Brophy (21), 19 points.
Ladies’ and gents’ open singles, stableford, July 25, sponsored by Calor Gas (149 played, S.S. 37): 1, Eddie Doyle (11), 42 points; 2, Seamus Murphy (16), 41 points; gross, Neville Steedman (1, European Club), 37 points; 3, John Colclough (13), 39 points (back nine); 4, Ollie O’Connor (13), 39 points; 5, Paul Connolly (6), 38 points; Senior, Jo McMahon (30), 38 points; visitor, Paul Murphy (10, Mountain View), 37 points.
Ladies’ and gents’ open singles, stableford, July 26, sponsored by Tyreworld and Treacy’s Hotel (74 played, S.S. 36): 1, Martin Dempsey (5), 39 points; 2, Adam Meehan (21), 38 points; gross, Paul Lynch (4), 33 points; 3, John Daly (13), 38 points (back nine); 4, Paul Murphy (10, Mountain View), 38 points; 5, Murt Mangan (6), 37 points (back nine); Senior, Patsy Kavanagh (7), 36 points; visitor, Jack Small (4, Elm Park), 36 points.
Two-person team event, July 27, sponsored by ‘Butch’ O’Connor of Ballyhuskard Conservatories (163 played): 1, Dan Conroy (28, Courtown) and Joe Kavanagh (28, Arklow), 52 points (back nine); 2, Dave Keane (13) and Dan Byrne (14), 52 points; 3, Shane Fortune (10) and Peter O’Shea (14), 49 points (back six); visitors, Dan Cash (8, Rosslare) and Ken Maher (11, Rosslare), 47 points.
Gents’ singles, strokes, July 28, sponsored by H. Murphy & Co. Ltd. (117 played, S.S. 72): 1, Gerard Morris (19, Hermitage), 67; 2, Liam Murphy (7), 69; gross, Jason Rackard (+1), 70; 3, John Mernagh (11), 69; 4, Diarmuid Cullen (5), 70; 5, Colm Heffernan (13, Wexford), 71; Senior, Michael Murphy (16), 73 (back nine); visitor, Donal Byrne (5, Ballymoney), 71.
Four-person scramble, July 29, sponsored by Michael McHugh of Greenville Stores (214 played): 1, Nick Cahill (14), Ted Morrissey Jnr. (9), ‘Butch’ O’Connor (9) and Seán Quirke (18), 54 points; 2, Ollie Cahill (14), Jim Doran (13), Michael O’Connor (21) and Tom Shiggins (14), 54.8 points; 3, Vincent Byrne (21), Joe Doyle (9, New Ross), Thomas Kielthy (13) and Cian Martin (3, Rosslare), 57.4 points.
The club singles/club fourball competitions are well under way by now and the finish date for the quarter-finals is August 21.
There will be no extensions to the completion dates. The only rule change this year is in the club fourball where the 3/4 handicap difference has been replaced by 9/10. All matches are off the blue pins.
This month’s sponsor of the gents’ monthly Seniors on August 11 is our very own Stephen Fitzpatrick, our club professional, purveyor of the leading brands in golf equipment and apparel for all ages, sizes and abilities.
Lessons and tuition can be booked with Stephen himself; you are never too old to learn and get rid of those bad habits. Ask Tommy Cooper!
How is your golfing knowledge? We will be running a golfing quiz on Friday, August 5, at 8 p.m.
All questions will be on golf. It will be a fun trivia quiz and not too hard.
The questions will not be the likes of who won what from 40 years ago and rules/regulations interpretation and the likes.
They will be much more general and quirkier than that. It would be great if our members could get teams of four from other clubs to come along as well to add to the spice.
COURTOWN
Saturday evening in the club hosted presentations for prize-winners from some of our recent competitions. Congratulations to all the winners and a massive thank you to the sponsors including Heiton Buckley and Gaslamp Galleries, John Coone and Dominic Smith Electrical.
The Tom Funge Memorial Cups boys’ and girls’ open will be held in Courtown Golf Club on Thursday, August 11, sponsored by Funge’s of Gorey. It will be a stableford competition for anyone under 18 on January 1.
The handicap limit is 10-18 for boys and 36 for girls. Please contact the club on 05394-25166 for timesheet availability.
Tuesday, July 26, ladies’ singles sponsored by John Coone: 1, Catherine Quinn (17), 38 points on countback; 2, Clare Kinsella (32), 38 points; 3, Bernie Caffrey (20), 37 points; Cat. A, Stella Courtney (16), 37 points; Cat. B, Ann Duggan (25), 37 points; Cat. C, Breda Nolan (35), 36 points; nine-hole stableford: 1, Elizabeth Kiernan (36), 18 points; 2, Audrey Hall (30), 16 points; nearest the pin, Rita Mahoney, 6ft.
Wednesday, July 27, 18-hole singles: 1, Philip Stokes (16), 41 points; 2, Tommy Dixon (4), 37 points; 3, Danny Dixon (17), 36 points (last nine); gross, Alan McDonald (2), 33 points; nine holes: 1, Jerry O’Riordan (24), 23 points (last nine).
Ladies’ open day, Thursday, July 28, sponsored by Gaslamp Galleries: 1, Mary Osborne (19), 41 points; 2, Sorcha Howell (4), 40 points; gross, Katie O’Hart (Arklow, 9), 27 points; 3, Eileen Moriarty (25), 39 points (back nine); 4, Miriam Ryan (Elm Park, 36), 39 points (back nine); standard scratch: home, 71 (38 stableford points), visitors, 73 (36 stableford points); nine-hole competition: 1, Ann Kearney (36), 17 points (last two).
Saturday, July 30, men’s fourball sponsored by Heiton Buckley: 1, Gerard Killen (11), Paul Lysaght (Castle, 16), 45 points; 2, Barry Symes (3), Donal Sheehan (16), 44 points; 3, Danny Dixon (16), Paddy Stamp (21), 43 points (last six); ladies’ nine holes: 1, Angela Merrigan (25), 19 points; 2, Julie McCartan (23), 18 points (countback).