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BUNCLODY
September 18, ladies’ open three-person team: 1, Ciara Sharkey (Enniscorthy, 4), Lucy Healy (13), Maria Pinotti (37), 83; 2, Terri Byrne (5), Linda Byrne (11), Ann Cowman (29), 82; 3, Nula Mahon (Castlecomer, 17), Bridget Ryan (Curragh, 18), Mary Rice (Kilkenny, 26), 77.
September 19, Senior open: 1, Ben McLellan (11), 38 points; 2, John McGarry (23), 37 points; 3, James Bodels (12), 37 points.
September 21, Wednesday open singles: 1, Bob Flynn (Shannon, 8), 37 points; 2, Jonnie Ryan (17), 35 points; 3, Joseph Goulding (Citywest, 6), 35 points; best lady, Lucy Healy (13), 31 points.
September 20, ladies’ weekly competition: 1, Linda Byrne (11), 34 points; 2, Margaret Byrne (34), 32 points; 3, Joanne Kenny (14), 31 points.
ENNISCORTHY LADIES
Mary Hudson, from Glamour Boutique in Enniscorthy, sponsored the ladies’ singles which was held on Tuesday, September 21.
Eighty ladies played, on a lovely sunny day, and former lady Captain Helen Cosgrave will be paying a visit to Glamour to pick up something stylish from the boutique following her success in the competition.
Results: 1, Helen Cosgrave (12), 40 points; 2, Mary Delaney (33), 39 points; 3, Ciara Sharkey (4), 39 points; 4, Patricia Cullen (34), 38 points; 5, Margaret Mangan (28), 36 points; 36 handicap, Kit Byrne, 31 points. The nine holes qualifier was won by Joan Kavanagh with 17 points.
The quiz night held on Friday, September 23, in aid of Crumlin Children’s Hospital was a great success. With 29 teams of four participating, the organisers, Tom O’Shea and Mick Coffey, were delighted with the success of the event and would like to thank everybody who helped out.
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BALLYMONEY
Wednesday nine-hole, non-qualifier (back nine): 1, Anthony Fortune (16), 20 points; 2, Mark Read (13), 20 points; 3, Rudi Wortmann (15), 19 points.
Matchplay semi-final: Martin Conroy.
The ladies’ singles stableford was won by lady Captain Sinéad Johnson (23) with 33 points.
The September medal (stableford from back tees) saw very little play on Saturday due to the rain but a big turn-out on Sunday.
Preferred lies were in place (on the fairways) and with a strong wind the course was playing hard (C.S.S. was 72).
David Fitzgerald (13) took the gold with 37 points, with Ken Layton (14) holding off John Kennedy (18) on countback for silver, both with 37 points.
ENNISCORTHY
Leighton Gleeson beat
We are running a four-person scramble over two days, October 1 and 2, on the Ryder Cup weekend open to all. The cost will be €5 for members and €10 for visitors. Booking became available on September 23.
On Sunday, October 2, Vincent Byrne and Nicky Murphy will be playing the final of the club singles tournament.
The Champion of Champions competition will be played on October 8. This is for all the overall winners and category winners in the Wednesday midweek competitions held throughout the year.
We are also re-introducing the turkey shoot competition on Sunday, October 23. More details to follow but suffice to say for the moment that the ordinary rules of golf will not be adhered to. Booking becomes available on October 14.
There will also be a raffle for free range bronze turkeys from a local supplier that should weigh 14 to 16 lbs. by Christmas time, only €5 a ticket and the draw for these will be held just before Christmas.
Our Monday ladies’ and gents’ open singles is proving very popular judging by the number of participants. The competition is scheduled to be on almost every Monday until well into the winter months. The entry fee is €5 for members and €10 for visitors, open to all membership categories.
If you know of anyone who might be interested in this competition then please bring them along. Where else would you get such great golfing facilities for €10? The next competition is on October 3.
The next gents’ open Seniors will be on Thursday, October 13, and the sponsor is club Vice-President Jim Hogan.
It has been decided to hold an E.G.M. regarding the installation of the lift to the lobby on Sunday evening, October 23. The time is to be announced at a later date.
Members will get the required two weeks’ notice of the meeting via e-mail. If you have something to say on the topic then this is your chance. If for some reason you cannot make that date then write in a letter to the Hon. Secretary and it will be read out. Only those present can vote on the night and you must be a full member to have that privilege.
We had our annual charity day last Friday week and it was a great success with the timesheet 99% full. The proceeds went to The Irish Guide Dogs charity and Enniscorthy Hospice Home Care. The amount raised was in excess of €1,800 and has been duly dispatched to the recipients.
Mick Coffey and Tom O’Shea organised a hugely successful quiz in the clubhouse last Friday where the massive sum of €2,300 was raised for Our Lady’s Hospital Crumlin, and more specifically for the Crumlin Medical Research Foundation. They were both delighted and overwhelmed at the turn-out and the amount raised and were very thankful to all who helped in any way to make the night possible.
Maria Clifford was question mistress and proved very capable, and the whole evening ran very smoothly without a hitch. A total of 27 tables took part and such was the generosity shown that ten tables were paid for by people that couldn’t turn up.
In all, 140 to 150 people were present at this very efficiently run quiz which was a credit to all those who helped to make it a success. Every angle was covered. Kilcannon Garden Centre and Matty Mernagh sponsored the first and second prizes.
There were 20 prizes donated for the raffle, too many to list but a big thank you to all who did. The winners with a score of 91 were Judy Donnelly, Charlene White, Paul Murphy and yours truly who each received a Kilcannon Garden Centre voucher and a cash sum which was duly returned into the pot.
There will be another attempt at a golf-themed quiz as a club fundraiser before Christmas and it would be great to see just as many members turn up to that one as they did to this quiz.
The Brittle Bones played on Thursday only last week and Michael Doyle, John Leacy and Joe ‘45’ Murphy were the winners with 51.1 points.
Singles stableford, September 24-25, sponsored by E.G.C. (98 played): 1, John Mernagh (10), 38 points; 2, John Ryan (18), 37 points (back nine); gross, Jason Rackard (+1), 34 points; 3, Pechelli J. English (15), 37 points; 4, Jim Mackey (10), 37 points; 5, Edward Doyle (8), 36 points; Seniors, Shay Guinan (16), 35 points.
It has been agreed to change the order of the course temporarily for the month of November in order to get feedback from our members. The present 16th and 17th will become the fifth and sixth. The present fifth then becomes the seventh and so on until you come to the present 15th which will become the 17th.
The tenth and final round was played recently for the golfer of the year tournament and we now finally have a winner. Byrne’s Bookshop sponsored the Bobby Jones Shield that was won by Fintan O’Sullivan with 69 (back nine).
The top five in the golfer of the year standings are: 1, Karl Cullen, 138 from six; 2, Fintan O’Sullivan, 122 from five; 3, Paul Lynch, 114 from five; 4, Liam Sheridan, 101 from five; 5, Cormac Martin, 100 from six. Well done to Karl Cullen for showing such consistency over the year.
At the latest meeting of our men’s golf committee it was agreed that our Junior members over 13 years of age with a single figure handicap would be allowed to play in and win our monthly medal competitions next year.
There is a new offer out for potential new members so spread the word to anyone you think that might be interested. The mid-season membership offer is that new and full memberships are available from now until December 31, 2017, for only €781 plus G.U.I./I.L.G.U. levies.
COURTOWN
Wednesday open, September 21: 1, James Dixon (8), 39 points (back nine); 2, Brian Poole (4), 39 points; 3, Des Roche (6), 35 points; eleven holes: 1, Harry Poole (24), 25 points; 2, Peter McAteer (22), 24 points.
Sunday, September 24, ladies’ and gents’ singles: 1, Joe Keegan (5), 36 points; 2, Colin Breen (5), 35 points; 3, Con Brosnan (14), 35 points; 4, Brendan Breen (2), 35 points; ladies: 1, Denise Burke (21), 34 points.
The Wednesday sweep for 2016-’17 begins on October 5 under the chairmanship of Pat McCarthy and his committee.
Scoring details for the Paschal Storan Cup are: five points for win; three points for second; two points for third, and one point for fourth. The highest total at the end of March, 2017, will be the winner.
ROSSLARE
Congratulations to John Brady who was a member of the six-man Under-18 Irish team which won Division 2 of the European championship in the Czech Republic last week.
This is the first time ever that Ireland has qualified for the top division.
The competition was played over four days with two rounds of strokeplay qualifying. Ireland led the qualifiers by a staggering 23 shots with John finishing in fifth position overall.
In the semi-final they beat Switzerland and in the final Slovakia were the victims. This is a great achievement by John considering he has two more years left in the grade.
On Sunday Paul Murphy (+1) produced the round of his life with a six under par 66. Having dropped a shot at the first, he then had birdies at the third and fourth to turn in 35.
On the back nine he birdied the eleventh, 13th and 18th and had a great eagle at the twelfth for five under 31. His 41 points proved to be two better than Bill Underwood (18).
The gross was won by Ian Lynch (scr.) with 35 points, while the leading veteran was Alan Cuddihy (17) with 38 points. Third was Denis Noonan (4) with 38 points.
As a result of this competition, the team to represent Rosslare in the Leinster championships in Druids Glen on Monday, October 3, was picked.
It is: Cat 1-8, Paul Murphy (+1) and Paud O’Brien (4); Cat 9-16, Kevin Foran (14) and Stan Jackson (15); Cat 17+, Bill Underwood (18) and Alan Cuddihy (17); two best from any category, Paul McDonnell (19) and Boyd Scott (16).
Fourball: 1, Stan Jackson (15) and Colman Doyle (19), 48 points; 2, Bill Underwood (18) and Mick O’Connor (17), 46 points.
Singles: 1, Stan Jackson (14), 39 points; 2, Paul Murphy (+2), 35 points; 3, Bob Quilty (9), 34 points.
ROSSLARE LADIES
Last Tuesday’s competition was the last of our majors for the season - the Christmas prizes. There was a strong entry of players as this is a very popular competition.
The prizes are usually numerous and very generous on account of the occasion and will be presented at the Christmas party held later in the year.
Eleanor O’Connor came first, well ahead of the rest with a great 42 points. Irene Fortune, Bena Hall and Eleanor Wardlaw were all very close together with second, third and fourth on 38 points. Please see detailed results below.
In accordance with I.L.G.U. rules there is an assigned alternate day for ladies to play our Tuesday competition on another day of the week. This facilitates working ladies or holiday members who cannot play during the week.
The assigned slots are usually 1.30-2 p.m. approximately on a Sunday during men’s day. There has been a change in the club rules, so that if there are any free slots from 11.04 a.m. onwards on a Sunday these may be booked by ladies from the previous day, Saturday, from 4 p.m. onwards.
Tuesday, October 4, is a ladies’ singles stableford competition.
Christmas prizes sponsored by Newline Oil and ladies’ section (C.S.S., Tuesday, 35 points; Sunday, 34 points): 1, Eleanor O’Connor (20), 42 points; 2, Irene Fortune (27), 38 points (back nine); gross, Doreen McGovern (11), 24 points; 3, Bena Hall (15), 38 points (back six); 4, Eleanor Wardlaw (22), 38 points; Seniors, Teresa Cowman (14), 36 points; 5, Kit Codd (15), 35 points; front nine, Yvonne O’Connor (16), 20 points; back nine, Gerarde Mahon (18), 20 points; Cat. A, Joan Bowe (14), 34 points (back nine); Cat. B, Bernadette Cuddihy (23), 34 points; Cat. C, Kay Broderick (26), 34 points.
Saturday, September 17, fourball: 1, Susan Evans (13/12) and Máire Farrell (18/16), 43 points; 2, Dorcas Maher (19/17) and Yvonne O’Connor (16/14), 41 points.
RATHASPECK
Rathaspeck Golf Society held their 18-hole play-off on Sunday morning to decide who would claim this year’s Captain’s prize.
Qualifying had taken place the previous weekend , with the top 16 players carrying their scores forward to Sunday morning.
Our Captain, Ray Nolan, was unfortunately unable to attend the prize-giving afterwards due to illness, but last year’s Captain, Mick Farrell, was on hand to deputise and was ably assisted by the legendary Paul McGrath who kindly handed out the prizes.
Paul had played in the visitors’ category and taken first prize with a very respectable score , beating off some stiff competition from Mick Reade and Pat O’Connor.
Winner of the Captain’s prize with an excellent aggregate score of 108 was Mark Fenlon, closely followed by Packie Carty, three strokes adrift, and Val Amiranhov, a further four shots behind.
Mick Cleere took fourth place and John Redmond was fifth.
Mick Murphy won the gross prize , with Seamus Kenny and James Byrne taking the nines.
Mick Reade and Pat O’Connor picked up prizes for nearest the pins and as mentioned above, Paul McGrath won the visitors’ prize.
Congratulations to all prize-winners and all members who took part, and a special thanks to Paul McGrath, whom we hope to see playing next season as an honorary member of our society.
Finally, we all wish Ray a speedy recovery and hope to see him back on the first tee very soon.