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NEW ROSS
Fourball stableford sponsored by The Shelmaliers Golfing Society: 1, M.J. Cullen (19) and Barry Mullane (14), 43 points; 2, Derek Ronan (2) and Charlie Bradley (18), 42 points (last nine); 3, Mossy Ryan (17) and Denis Kirwan (12), 42 points (last six).
There was a good turn-out on the fairways, and the course presented well throughout the weekend as is reflected in the scoring. Well done to all involved.
Next Sunday there is a change as the last round of the winter league has been re-scheduled. There will instead be a singles strokeford competition which is sponsored by Seamus Doyle Painting Contractor, New Ross.
This format is an enjoyable one and adds some variety to the usual formats of competition golf.
The Captains’ drive-in will take place on Sunday, February 17. There will be a mixed foursomes competition as we had last year. This promises to be a great day on both golfing and social fronts for the club.
NEW ROSS LADIES
Wednesday, January 23, 14-hole stableford sponsored by McCauley’s Chemist: 1, Marie Therese Wall (19), 30 points - one penalty point = 29 points (last seven); 2, Marguerite Sutton (17), 29 points; 3, Anne O’Grady (25), 26 points (last one).
After round three of the winter league, the joint leaders are the ‘Grippers’ and ‘Magic Maggies’ on 209 points, and following close behind are the ‘Birdie Babes’ on 208 points.
‘Par to Bar’ and the ‘Sharp Shooters’ are both on 206 points. The ‘Pretty Putters’ are alone on 204 points.
The ‘Happy Hookers’ and ‘Ball Bursters’ are both on 200 points, with ‘Tee Rific’ on 178 points and ‘The Swingers’ on 118 points.
The final round of winter league has to be played by Wednesday, February 13, so get out there ladies and do your best for your team!
This week’s competition on Wednesday, January 30, is 14-hole stableford, sponsored by Ray French. There are lines on the timesheet for the nine-hole competition also.
Our next presentation will be on Wednesday, February 6, at 7.30 p.m. and will cover all the competitions from January 9.
The presentation of prizes will be followed by an input from Mary Dowling on teams and team management, and also the impact of the new rules of golf on matchplay. We hope to see lots of lady members in the clubhouse on that night.
The Captains’ drive-in will take place on Sunday, February 17. There will be a mixed foursomes competition as we had last year.
Details of the format and how to enter will be sent out by e-mail and included in our next week’s update.
NEW ROSS SENIORS
What started as a drizzly, misty day, turned out quite pleasant for our outing on Thursday. With a changed champagne format in operation, with all players having to take at least three drives and also pick the best drive on holes one to 18, scoring was expected to be way down on previous weeks.
But, not a bit of it, as even with heavy underfoot conditions these Seniors kept rattling in the high scores. We even had two cards disqualified where the markers pencilled in wrong totals for the hole being played.
In fact, one of the cards thrown out would indeed have been the winners provided the correct scores were included, and the second card demoted would also have been in the prizes. The old rule, ‘mark the scores down after each hole played’, might have avoided the disqualifications.
After all this, a three-person team composed of Hughie O’Connor (19), Richie Aylward (19) and Seán O hUginn (23) took the honours with a fine score of 98 points (92 plus the bonus six points).
Second with 96 points were Billy Redmond (19), John Murphy (20), Frank Boyle (23) and Tom Kent (25). The 94 points scored by Tony Harford (14), John Aylward (18), John F. Roche (21) and Mick Long (23) proved good enough to claim third prize.
With the three-drive rule now in operation, the handiest way of keeping tabs is to mark down in the right-hand side of the score card after each hole whether it was player A, player B, player C, or player D whose drive was taken - it would make it easier for everybody and avoid any confusion afterwards.
PAULINE’S SOCIETY
Our Christmas outing proved to be a successful one, played in the New Ross golf club course. A big turn-out playing a scramble was popular with all those competing.
The team led by Nigel Cody, with two visitors, Richie Fennelly and Johnny Maher, were first past the post by a margin of one point.
Gerry Foley, Colin Fenlon and visitor Nicky Murphy followed closely behind by taking second slot. Brendan Byrne, Pat McGrath and visitor Tommy Liston took third place.
The two nearest to the pin prizes went to Richie Fennelly, which was a fair achievement. Well done to all concerned.
On February 9 we will come out of hibernation to tackle the challenging Gowran Park golf course, with a tee-off time of 10 a.m.
Those intending to travel should be at the course no later than 9.30 a.m.
Once again we would ask members and visitors to indicate their intention to play by placing their names on the sheet in Pauline’s Bar before 8 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6.
ST. HELEN’S LADIES
Saturday, January 26, winter league/sweep round nine (non-qualifying): 1, Janet Slattery (12), 23 points; 2, Suzanne Glynn (23), 21 points; 3, Georgina Darling (13), 21 points.
Sunday, January 27, open singles stableford (non-qualifying): 1, Trina Cooney (25), 25 points; 2, Emer Farrell (12), 15 points.
WEXFORD
Tuesday, January 22, Senior singles: 1, Des Croke (24), 34 points; 2, Jim Lenihan (24), 31 points; 3, John Cotter (14), 30 points.
Wednesday, January 23, 14-hole open fourball: Tadgh Foran (10), Peadar Dempsey (15), 36 points.
Friday, January 25, three-person champagne scramble, 14 holes: 1, Seamus Sills (26), Brian Judd (20), Jim Turner (5), 79 points; 2, Christy O’Reilly (27), Louis Flanagan (12), Jackie Lynn (23), 75 points.
Saturday, January 26, 14-hole gents’ fourball strokes: 1, John Ffrench (10), Damian Bolger (9), 46 (back seven); 2, Joe Cash (8), Pat Moorehouse (17), 46 (back seven).
There was no winner of the jackpot in Joker draw once again this week. Martina Dempsey won €50, Next week’s jackpot is €713.
ROSSLARE LADIES
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Saturday, January 19, open fourball: 1, Dorcas Maher (18/13), Paula O’Leary (11/8-1), 31 points (back nine); 2, Teresa Cowman (12/8), Teresa Conway (23/16), 31 points (back nine).
Sunday and Tuesday, January 20 and 22, twelve-hole stableford (three clubs and a putter): 1, Eileen Doyle (21/14-1), 26 points; 2, Joan Bowe (12/8-2), 25 points; 3, Kit Codd (16/11-1), 24 points; 4, Angela Murphy (12/8), 23 points (back nine); 5, Breda Devoy (24/16-1), 23 points.
Saturday and Tuesday, January 19 and 22, Burrow course eleven-hole non-qualifying: 1, Clare Barry (34/21-2), 23 points.
The winter league singles competitions continue through February 2 and 3, with the team result being 50% of the best cards from five individual players.
Tuesday, January 29, is a singles stableford twelve-hole competition.
ST. HELEN’S
Saturday, January 5, sweep: 1, Jack Donovan (15), 31 points; 2, Noel D’orey (12), 30 points; 3, Dave Heeney (Athy, 18), 29 points.
Sunday, January 6, sweep, 13 holes: 1, Pádraig Bail (9), 32 points; 2, Stephen Kearns (7), 31 points; 3, Niall Ellard (4), 29 points.
Saturday, January 12, winter league round seven: 1, John Breen (13), 27 points; 2, Jim Egan (13), 27 points; 3, Joey Wadding (Ballymoney, 11), 26 points.
Sunday, January 13, winter league round eight: 1, Fran Anderson (7), 30 points; 2, John Newport (11), 28 points; 3, Michael Barns (13), 27 points.
Saturday, January 19, open singles stableford, 13 holes: 1, Joe Kelly (7), 31 points; 2, Fran Anderson (8), 31 points; 3, Eoin Moore (4), 30 points.
Sunday, January 20, open singles stableford, 13 holes: 1, Patrick Barnes (9), 30 points; 2, Jim Murphy (9), 29 points; 3, Brian Buttimer (4), 28 points.
Saturday, January 26, winter league round nine: 1, Jim Brauneisen (10), 27 points; 2, John Dunne (13), 25 points; 3, Fran Anderson (7), 25 points.
Sunday, January 27, open singles stableford, 13 holes: 1, Fran Anderson (8), 28 points; 2, Niall Ellard (4), 27 points; 3, Aidan Furlong (10), 26 points.
WEXFORD LADIES
December 29 and January 3, 14-hole stableford (41 played): 1, Mary Burke (46), 30 points; 2, Una Robinson (19), 28 points; 3, Leonie Furlong (11), 27 points; 4, Martina Dempsey (18), 27 points; nearest the pin, Mary McMahon, 1m 3 cms; nine-hole competition, Mary Rackard (19), 16 points.
Monday, December 31, Seniors’ competition (24 played): 1, Richella McCarville (12), 25 points (back seven); 2, Maisie Purcell (16), 25 points; 3, Anna Sullivan (18), 24 points.
January 5 and 10, 14-hole stableford (59 played): 1, Jane Duignan (23), 31 points; 2, Helen McGuire (20), 30 points; 3, Louise Boshoff (15), 29 points; 4, Mary Burke (46), 29 points; 5, Margaret Atkinson (9), 27 points (back seven); nearest the pin, Sally O’Neill, 1m 83cms.
Five ladies played in the nine-hole competition, and the winner was Barbara McDonald (15), 15 points.
January 13 and 17, 14-hole stableford (59 played): 1, Louise Boshoff (15), 31 points; 2, Leonie Furlong (11), 28 points (back four); 3, Trina Walsh (18), 28 points (back seven); 4, Bernie Power (26), 28 points; nearest the pin, Marguerite McGrath, 1m 82 cms.
Nine ladies played in the nine-hole competition, and the Winner was Róisín Leahy (17), 19 points.
Monday, January 14, Seniors’ competition (41 played): 1, Sally O’Neill (19), 28 points; 2, Barbara Mantrip (26), 27 points (back seven); 3, Martina Dempsey (18), 27 points; 4, Bridget Furlong (40), 26 points (back three); 5, Irene Bolger (11), 26 points (back three).
Saturday and Thursday, January 19 and 25, 14 holes single stableford (56 played): 1, Margaret Atkinson (9), 29 points; 2, Sally O’Neill (19), 27 points (back seven); 3, Eileen Lauhoff (38), 27 points (back seven); 4, Anna Sullivan (18), 27 points; nearest the pin, Sally O’Neill, 1m 90cm. There was no nine-hole competition.
Monday, January 21, Seniors’ competition (24 played): 1, Barbara Mantrip (26), 30 points; 2, Maisie Purcell (16), 30 points; 3, Trish Boyd (21), 25 points (back seven).
Due to repair works on the course, the regular Sunday nine-hole competition was converted to an eight-hole competition, held on Sunday, January 20. The winner was Helen McGuire (10) with a score of 16 points.
Congratulations to all our prize winners this month, keep up the good golf!
Belated congratulations to the winner of December’s Sunday nine-hole competition, Louise Boshoff (8) with a score of 16 points.
All lady members are invited to attend the showing of the Christmas party DVD on Monday, February 11, at 7.30 p.m.
The clubhouse committee are running a special promotion to coincide with Ireland’s first 6 Nations rugby match. There will be a reduction on all pints and wine throughout the game, so if you are looking for a venue to watch the match, why not come to Wexford Golf Club?
BUNCLODY
January 13-19, ladies’ twelve-hole re-entry: 1, Imelda Redmond (22), 23 points; 2, Eileen Kelly (11), 22 points; 3, Maria Dwyer (19), 21 points.
January 14-20, men’s twelve-hole re-entry: 1, Dan Byrne (15), 27 points; 2, Maurice Mahon (14), 25 points; gross, Alan Harrington (3), 22 points; 3, Rory O’Brien (10), 25 points.
January 23, Wednesday open singles: 1, Jonnie Ryan (16), 39 points; 2, Shay Clinton (5, Coollattin), 37 points; 3, Ray Furlong (11), 34 points.
BALLYMONEY
Wednesday nine-hole competition (mixed): 1, Richard McDonald (6), 20 points; 2, Pat Miskella (13), 20 points; 3, Anthony Fortune (15), 19 points.
Weekend singles stableford (mixed) open: 1, Rob Bradley (16), 40 points; 2, James Dixon (8), 40 points; 3, Richard McDonald (6), 37 points.
Winter league round six, Group 1: Mark Sinnott and Brendan Whyte beat Andrew and Peter Byrne; Richard McDonald and Troy Kenny beat Robbie Kehoe and Stephen Greene.
COURTOWN
The Wednesday sweep played over twelve holes was won by Vincent Kavanagh (13) with 27 points.
Pat Ryan (15) was second with 26 points, and Cathal O’Donohoe (18), also with 26 points, was beaten into third on the last nine. Martin Ryan (16) was fourth with 25 points (last nine).
Saturday and Sunday’s competition was a ladies’ and gents’ singles. The winner was Ciarán Doyle (19) with 35 points (last nine), just beating Eamonn Byrne (13) on 35 points.
Paul Fegan (14) was third on 33 points (last nine), and Bryan Hughes (14) was fourth with 33 points (last nine).
Best gross was Alan McDonald (1) on 29 points. The ladies’ competition was won by Pat Kinsella (22) on 26 points.
Race to St. Patrick’s Day nine-hole weekly competition: 1, John Creagh (19), 21 points; 2, Cathal O’Donohoe (18), 20 points.
64 SOCIETY
The 64 Golf Society outing to the European Golf Club in Brittas was held on Saturday, with 46 members playing on a day that started out quite nice for the first hour before the weather got worse.
So much so, in fact, that a number of the earlier starters gave up after nine holes because of the wet and windy conditions.
The course was in excellent condition for the time of the year despite the weather.
Results: 1, Richard Barnwell (15), 34 points; 2, Ollie Quigley (11), 33 points – 1 = 32 points; 3, Seamus O’Donohoe (13), 30 points (last nine); gross, Dave Maher (3), 24 points; 4, Bryan Hughes (14), 32 points – 2 = 30 points; 5, Paul McDonagh (16), 28 points; 6, Paddy D’eathe (8), 26 points (last nine); first nine, Noel McCartan (11), 14 points; second nine, George Kilbride (13), 16 points (last six).
Following the outing, at the presentation in 64, the Captain, Leslie Masterson, thanked all the members who played, and in particular all those that finished the course in such trying conditions.
He thanked Robert O’Connor, our sponsor on the day, for the wonderful array of prizes.
The next outing will be to Palmerstown Golf Club on February 23. All members will be informed in the usual manner.