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WEXFORD
Tuesday, July 3, open singles v. par sponsored by Kelly’s Hotel, Rosslare: 1, Des Croke (25), four up; 2, Aaron McKeown (11), two up (back nine); 3, David O’Sullivan (9), two up; gross, Rhys Clarke, one up; vets., Billy Roche (22), one up; visitor, Thomas Healy (New Ross, 5), one up.
Wednesday, July 4, open singles sponsored by The Talbot Group: 1, Roy Sexton (8), 41 points; 2, Richard Browne (10), 39 points; 3, John Foley (19), 39 points; gross, Rhys Clarke, 32 points; visitor, John O’Rourke (Naas, 11), 31 points.
Friday, July 6, open singles stableford sponsored by Think Print Design: 1, Tom Stanners (19), 41 points; 2, Aidan Murphy (10), 40 points (back nine); 3, Seán Farrell (12), 40 points (back nine); gross, Tony O’Leary (Rosslare), 37 points; vets., Seamus Sills (26), 40 points; visitor, Ger Boland (Tipperary, 16), 36 points.
Saturday, July 7, open two-person champagne scramble sponsored by Hugh Boggan Motors: 1, Jim Turner (6) and Colin Edwards (8), 54 points (back six); 2, Nigel Morrissey (12) and Michael Swan (22), 54 points; 3, Larry Forrestal (19) and Pat Harnett (14), 52 points (back nine); 4, Thomas McManus (16) and Deidre O’Connor (23), 52 points; customer prize, Danny Kenny (11) and Anthony Corish (9), 51 points; visitor, Frankie Morrissey and Ollie Dempsey Jnr. (12), 50 points.
Our Leinster fourball team had a great win in the semi-final versus Elm Park on Sunday, winning one match at home with the second match halved, and then having two great away wins at Elm Park. Well done for qualifying for another Leinster final in this competition.
The jackpot was not won last week, and the winner of the €50 in the Joker draw was Seán Moynihan.
BALLYMONEY
Wednesday nine-hole open (mixed): 1, Anthony G. Doyle (23), 22 points; 2, Reuben Dover (16), 21 points; 3, John Fitzgerald (21), 20 points.
Weekend singles stableford (gents): 1, Michael T. Byrne (20), 41 points; 2, John Sunderland (18), 40 points; 3, Kevin Byrne (20), 40 points; 4, Charlie Logan (13), 39 points; 5, Liam Redmond (10), 39 points; front nine, Anthony D. Doyle; back nine, David Whelan.
Ladies’ singles: 1, Emer Kohlmann (9), 32 points; 2, Tracey Hutton (28), 30 points; 3, Mary Louise McMahon (27), 29 points.
BUNCLODY
June 23 and 24, men’s monthly medal: 1, Wesley Ruttle (22), 66; 2, Shemmy Kelly (19), 68; gross, Simon Black (2), 75; 3, Derek Nolan (17), 71; 4, Philip Murphy (9), 71.
Ladies’ open day, Saturday, June 28, sponsored by Ensor O’Connor & Co.: 1, Ann Redmond (26), 43 points; 2, Fran Crean (22), 37 points; gross, Ciara Sharkey (4), 30 points; 3, Louise Galligan (24), 36 points.
Ladies’ P.G.A. Tankard, June 30, July 1 and 3: 1, Margaret Stafford (21), 38 points; 2, Mary Jordan (26), 37 points; 3, Margaret Moore (10), 37 points.
ENNISCORTHY LADIES
The ladies were certainly spoiled with the fabulous weather conditions for their weekly competition. The course is in fantastic condition, with a generous run on the ball resulting in amazing scores.
Last Tuesday’s competition was sponsored by the club professional, Stephen Fitzpatrick, and was a singles stableford.
Results: 1, Josie Gahan (38), 44 points; 2, Fionnuala Killalea (23), 42 points; 3, Mary Delaney (33), 42 points; 4, Breda Morrison (25), 41 points; Cat. 6, Catherine Ryan (40), 40 points; nine-hole qualifier: 1, Maureen O’Shea, 19 points; 2, Margaret O’Connor, 18 points.
Next week’s competition is sponsored by Kavanagh’s Giftware and is a team of two event.
The Revive Active team played New Ross home and away on Monday, July 2, and unfortunately were not successful.
COURTOWN LADIES
Tuesday, July 3, brought the Wade’s Total Healthcare-sponsored competition for our ladies.
The Wade family have been a valued sponsor for 30 years now and we really appreciate the continued support.
Michael and Ann Wade were in attendance on Tuesday evening to present the fabulous prizes.
Results: 1, Caroline Hewitt (7), 38 points; 2, Laura Funge (23), 37 points (countback); 3, Mairéad Carty (20), 37 points; Class A, Eileen Cullen (18), 35 points; Class B, Irene Poole (24), 36 points; Class C, Brigid O’Brien (35), 37 points; nine-hole competition: 1, Susan Hall (26/13), 21 points; 2, Margaret Borton (37/18), 17 points (countback).
This weekend brings the Captain’s prize qualifiers. We wish Captain Niall the very best for the weekend and hope everything goes according to plan.
Our ladies also have their away day this weekend in Enniscorthy. We hope all the travelling ladies have a great day.
Next Monday will see Irene Poole and the Boyne Trophy team play Charlesland in the next round of the competition. Good luck ladies, play well.
COURTOWN
The qualifying rounds last weekend for next Saturday’s final of our Captain’s prize (Niall Nolan) certainly gave us some interesting scores, with one member signing for a 66 nett on Saturday.
The course, which is obviously as dry as a bone in these weather conditions, is playing long and the big hitters are taking advantage of that. The greens are in perfect condition and are lightning fast, and they either work for you or they kill you.
We all wish Niall the best of luck for next weekend and hope that all who will be taking part have a great day and an equally good night afterwards.
Sunday, July 1, any combination fourball sponsored by Brooks Supermarket: 1, Paddy Donohoe (6), Alex Reid (6), 45 points; 2, Sarah Jones (23), Eileen Moriarty (25), 44 points; 3, Jim Hughes (19), Peter Sinnott (21), 43 points (last six).
Gents’ open singles Wednesday, July 4(150 played; C.S.S. 73): 1, Christy Mohally (Druids Heath, 19), 38 points; 2, Luke Levingston (21), 38 points; 3, Diarmud Bolger (11), 37 points (last nine); gross, Ross Steedman (1), 36 points; eleven holes, David Tyrell (18), 17 points.
Gents’ Seniors’ open, Thursday, July 5: overall, Mike Beetlestone (22), 38 points; Cat. 1: 1, Declan O’Rourke (22), 36 points; 2, Andy Hickey (7), 35 points; Cat. 2: 1, George Kilbride (13), 37 points; 2, Ciarán O’Donovan (21), 36 points; Cat. 3: 1, Jerry O’Riordan (23), 35 points; 2, Cliff Forsythe (25), 34 points.
ENNISCORTHY
Monday open, singles stableford, June 11, sponsored by E.G.C. (43 played; S.S. 71, 37 stableford points): 1, Colm Sinnott (17), 41 points (back nine); 2, John T. Delaney (9), 41 points; gross, Rhys Clarke (Wexford, +1), 33 points; 3, Louis Rowe (35), 39 points.
Monday open, singles stableford, June 18, sponsored by E.G.C. (49 played; S.S. 72, 36 stableford points): 1, Liam Dunbar (11), 37 points (back three); 2, Rikki O’Leary (15), 37 points (back six); 3, Vincent Byrne (20), 37 points.
Monday open, singles stableford, June 25 (35 played; S.S. 73, 35 stableford points): 1, John Kehoe (26), 39 points; 2, Jason Rackard (0), 38 points; 3, Pat Mahon (Wexford, 11), 37 points (back nine).
Monday open, singles stableford, July 2, sponsored by E.G.C. (47 played; S.S. 73, 35 stableford points): 1, Adam Jordan (6), 40 points; 2, Murt Mangan (8), 39 points; 3, Seán Walsh (17), 38 points.
Midweek nine-hole, singles stableford, June 6, sponsored by Jim Delaney (89 played): overall, Colm Sinnott (17), 23 points; Category A, Keith Donnelly (8), 21 points; Category B, Philip Browne (12), 22 points; Category C, David McCafferty (17), 19 points (last six); Category D, Brian Redmond (20), 22 points.
Midweek nine-hole, singles stableford, June 13, sponsored by Post Office staff (61 played): overall, Con Fleming (20), 22 points; Category A, Joe Delaney (6), 18 points (last six); Category B, Tom O’Shea (13), 20 points; Category C, Michael Walsh (15), 19 points; Category D, Ed Morrison (20), 20 points.
Midweek nine-hole, singles stableford, June 20, sponsored by Tom Kirwan (117 played): overall, Thomas Kielthy (10), 23 points; Category A, Brian Sinnott (9), 22 points; Category B, Frank Foley (11), 22 points; Category C, Barry Bolger (15), 20 points; Category D, Brian Redmond (20), 21 points.
Midweek nine-hole, singles stableford, July 4, sponsored by Murt Mangan (83 played): overall, Keith Donnelly (7), 22 points; Category A, Paul Connolly (7), 19 points (last three); Category B, Ger Byrne (14), 21 points; Category C, Pat Jordan (16), 21 points; Category D, Liam Swan (27), 21 points (last six).
June 9 and 10, 18 holes singles stroke, gents’ monthly medal (G.O.T.Y. 4), blue tees, sponsored by Ollie O’Connor of ATB Tyres, Enniscorthy (127 played; C.S.S.: 73 Saturday, 72 Sunday): 1, Seán Hegarty (6), 66; 2, Declan Byrne (8) , 67; gross, Jason Rackard (0), 70; 3, Conor Flynn (7), 68; 4, Hughie O’Connor (11), 69; 5, John Warren (19), 70 (back nine).
June 16 and 17, four-person team (any combination), sponsored by Smyths Arro (71 played): 1, Jack Sheridan (21), James Sheridan (12), Liam Sheridan (8), Patrick Sheridan (16), 96; 2, Martin Canavan (14), David McCafferty (17), Billy Sinnott (13), Ger Turner (18), 93; 3, Denis Coughlan (21), Joe Leacy (14), Charlie O’Brien (22), Jim Rigley (12), 92.
June 22, 18-hole stableford (yellow tees), sponsored by E.G.C. (32 played; C.S.S. 37): 1, Jamie Donnelly (15), 39 points; 2, John Fitzpatrick (Headfort, 15), 39 points (back nine); 3, Adam Jordan (6), 38 points.
Lady Captain’s day prize to the gents, nine-hole stableford, June 23, sponsored by lady Captain Mary O’Shea: 1, Michael Wickham (18), 23 points; 2, Kevin Frayne (14), 21 points; 3, Shane Fortune (6), 20 points (back six).
June 24, 18-hole stableford (white tees), sponsored by E.G.C. (79 played; C.S.S. 36): 1, John Colclough (12), 41 points; 2, Declan Lyons (12), 40 points; gross, John Healy (6), 31 points; 3, Des Jacob (13), 37 points (back six).
July 7 and 8, 18-hole singles stableford professional’s prize (blue tees), sponsored by Stephen Fitzpatrick P.G.A. (132 played; C.S.S. 37 both days): 1, James Sheridan (11), 42 points; 2, Graham Donohoe (+2), 40 points; gross, Brian Balfe (4), 33 points; 3, Pat O’Sullivan (21), 38 points (back nine); 4, Fintan O’Sullivan (9), 38 points; 5, James Gilbert (5), 37 points (back nine).
Open four-person drop out scramble, June 4, sponsored by Anthony Ryan & Co. Accountants (117 played): Tony Moulton (18), Trevor Moulton (13), Alan Somers (7), Keith Whelan (12), 59; 2, James Gahan (18), C. Kelly (Castlebarna, 12), Mark Kelly (28), Pat Mulvey (18), 59.4; 3, Declan Byrne (8), Ger Byrne (13), Shane Fortune (6), Seán Hegarty (6), 59.7 (back nine).
Congratulations to our member Nigel Cullen who competed in the Macreddin Golf Club Junior Scratch Cup (4-9).
Results: 1, Nigel Cullen (5, Enniscorthy), 79; 2, Eoin Curran (5, St. Margaret’s), 81; C.S.S. 76.
We have qualified for the Leinster quarter-final of the Barton Shield which will be in Mount Wolseley on Friday, July 20, against Tullamore.
We hosted the regional qualifiers for the Jimmy Bruen Shield. A total of 18 teams participated in stroke play qualifying on Saturday, with the four lowest scoring teams advancing to the matchplay stage on Sunday morning
Enniscorthy were first out at 8 a.m. alongside Bunclody. Playing from back tees on the Saturday on a breezy day made for challenging playing conditions for all pairings, so congratulations to our five pairings for finishing in the all-important top four of the qualifiers along with New Ross, Waterford and Wexford.
Our team played New Ross on the Sunday as a result of qualifying from the strokeplay stage, and unfortunately lost on a scoreline of three games to one, with the final game being called in on the 20th.
Commiserations to all players and managers concerned for the effort in getting this far. P.J. Dempsey and his staff had the course in fantastic condition for the hosting of this prestigious competition and we hope all competitors enjoyed their day.
The team on Sunday was James Morrissey and Eddie Balfe (called in), Seán Hegarty and James Foley (lost), David Mernagh and Anthony Byrne (lost), Adam Jordan and Eddie Doyle (won), and Frankie Morrissey and Conor Flynn (lost). They were managed by Paul Connolly and Brian Balfe.
We played Borris, Rosslare, Courtown, Wexford, Waterford, New Ross, Coollattin, Bunclody and Ballymoney in the Junior Cup group qualifiers, and that is the order they finished in after the first day’s play with Enniscorthy winning by three.
The final, against Borris, was played on Sunday morning and we won on a scoreline of three games to two to succeed in our regional qualifier and advance to the Leinster finals weekend in Carlow on July 28 and 29.
This makes it three years in succession that we have won our qualifying round. Brian Balfe, Joe Delaney and James Morrissey got the wins while Joe Kelly and Martin Sludds battled hard before eventually losing to our Borris opponents.
David Mernagh also played his part in the win, having played in the qualifier before being replaced by Brian Balfe for the matchplay. Congratulations to all concerned.
The Provincial Towns Cup team had a great win against Courtown, winning four matches at home and two matches away (6.5 to 2.5), with the final match at home called in.
Willie Dobbs and Thomas Kielthy got the all-important away wins while Davie Murphy, Eddie Balfe, James Sheridan and Anthony Byrne got the wins at home.
Eddie Doyle was called in at home while James Foley and Denis Dunbar fought hard before going down in Courtown.
Next up was a quarter-final against Waterford. We had five games away with four games at home, and we are very pleased to report that we won to advance to the semi-final against Tulfarris.
Davie Murphy, Eddie Doyle and Denis Dunbar got the wins at home, with Eddie Balfe and Charlie Hogg getting the away wins.
James Sheridan, Willie Dobbs and Bill Whelan put in strong performances away but unfortunately lost. Anthony Byrne was called in.
Congratulations to all players involved and to the management team of John Byrne and Fintan O’Sullivan.
The semi-final against Tulfarris is fixed for Sunday, July 15, at 3.30 p.m., with five matches at home and four in Tulfarris. Well done to all concerned.
In the Senior Cup, with 49 entries, we had a bye into the quarter-final and then played Mount Juliet in the regional qualifiers, winning 3-2.
The semi-final pitted us against Kilkenny and the scoreline was 3.5 to 1.5 in our favour. On a roll now, the team were in a buoyant mood facing Carlow in the final and came home victorious on a scoreline of 3-2.
Congratulations to all concerned on a series of fantastic performances. Jason Rackard, Graham Donohoe and Dayle Donohoe won their games, Nigel Cullen was called in, and Maurice Donohoe put in a great effort before losing his game.
The team was managed by Eddie Doyle. The Leinster finals weekend is in Mount Juliet on August 24 and 25.
To summarise, this all means we have now qualified for Leinster finals weekends for the Barton Shield, Junior Cup and Senior Cup.
Our Provincial Towns Cup team (the current champions) are at the semi-final stage. Our success thus far is testament to all the hard work everyone involved puts in to representing our club and long may it continue.
Why not join the club and see for yourself what makes this club so good? Junior coaching is top of the range, the facilities are brilliant, and the course has to be one of the best in the region as it has the strange ability to be a challenge for the expert and a pleasure for the novice golfer at the same time. Yes, we don’t understand it either but that is the way it is!