A GOOD WALK
Golf news
ARDEE
SUNDAY 4th September: 1st Fergal Kerr 66 pts ob9, 2nd Paul Goodman 66pts, 3rd Damien McKenna 67pts, Gross Darren Henry 71pts.
Saturday 3rd September: 1st Ken Reilly 36pts back 3.
ARDEE LADIES
THURSDAY’S 18 hole Stableford sponsored by Ladies Hon Secretary Mrs Theresa Morgan: 1st Mel O’Loan 42pts, 2nd Agnes Hamill 41pts, Gross Joanne McShane 29 Gross pts, 3rd Anne Mari Kerr 40pts.
ASHFIELD
SENIORS result for August 30th: 1st PJ Carroll, 2nd Brid Hearty. Competitions continue each Tuesday from 9.30. Members €5 ,visitors €10.
BALLYMAC
THE Open Singles Tournament on 29th August was won by Paul Spencer with Ryan McArdle in second. The ladies competition was won by C. Cassidy.
CLOVERHILL
IT was certainly a case of ‘the early bird’ getting the worm when it came to the winner of the weekend v Par competition. First man on the tee David McEvoy (15) certainly produced a clubhouse target to be met when he finished his round 8 up. Try as the rest of the field did it was Raymond Quinn (18) who came closest with 7 up to take the runner-up spot. Club Captain Declan O Neill (17) took third place on the countback from Pearse Murphy (10), Craig Pearce (25), Colin McParland (10) and Paddy Malone (9) after all finished on 5 up. Next weekend sees play for the penultimate of the Medal competitions. ONLY 4 weeks of qualifying left for securing your place in the 18 hole Wednesday Cup final which will take place on Sunday October 21. With 23pts off the Back 9 White markers Gerard Loye is the latest Wednesday winner to join Craig Pearce, Anthony O Hare, Benny Tierney, Dee McEvoy, Paul Kelly, Raymond Kelly, Seamus Keenan, Pearse Murphy, Cathal Hughes, Noel McParland, Raymond Quinn and James Coburn in the final. Front 9 Green markers in play this week. HAVING come close on a number of occasions throughout the year hard working Seniors boss Brendan Brown finally made the winners enclosure. Brendan returned 40 points in a round of Golfer of the Year to finish a point ahead of Raymond Kelly who relegated Fr Cullen to third place on the countback. A round of the Maratime Trophy will be held next week. FOR the second week in a row it was visitors who dominated the Friday Open as they filled the three podium places. Brian Carroll (18) was the overall winner with 42 points one better than Rob Stuart (16) with both booking their places in the October final for the chance to win the weekend away fourball with accommodation. Mick Ryan (18) was the unlucky visitor to miss out on a place in the final but has the consolation of third placed prizemoney after returning 38 points. Friday Open Members £7 Visitors £12 which includes 2’s. THE club will be using our neighbours Mullaghbawn GFC clubhouse for a fundraising venture on Friday September 23. Newry born and bred actor Kieran Cunningham will be paying an affectionate homage to Ireland’s first alternative comedian Dave Allen who is widely recognised as the ‘chair man’ of Irish comedy. Kieran will present his show AT LARGE-Dave Allen-A journey through life at 8 pm sharp on the Friday night where admission is by ticket only currently on sale £10 each. Only a handful of tickets remaining and can be had by contacting either the football or golf.
DUNDALK
CAPTAIN Maurice Soraghan and Lady Captain Jean Connolly have led the congratulations to the club’s Newsam Cup team who beat Knightsbrook in last Saturday’s Final at Royal Tara. They have paid tribute to team managers Peter McCaughey and Edmund Sheridan as well as the 15 members of the panel for their dedication and effort over the past few months to ensure the trophy returned to Dundalk for the first time since 2008.
The first round of the Club Championship took place on Sunday and defending champion Caolan Rafferty leads the field by four shots into next Saturday’s final round. Robert White, Eddie Rogers and Aaron Grant all shot one over par 73s and leading the
chasing field with Eoin Murphy, Terry Conlon and Conor Curran a shot further back.
A birdie on the last was enough to give Anthony O’Donoghue (15) victory in Sunday’s Singles Stroke competition which was played as part of the first round of the Club Championship. He won by one shot from Terry Conlon (6) after a round that also included a birdie four at the par five sixth, Category winners were Gareth Duffy (5), Mark Cairns (16) and Fergal McKenna (17) while Fionn Duffy (28) won the Juvenile Prize.
The rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm on Saturday for the annual Adult and Juvenile competition sponsored by club caterer Declan Rafferty. A total of 56 pairs played Scotch Foursomes over either 18 or nine holes, depending the category of the younger player, and the scoring showed that there is plenty of talent coming through the juvenile ranks.
One of those players to watch out for in the coming years is Oisin Conroy (12) who partnered Nora Byrne (24) to win Cateogry 1 with an excellent score of 65. Another is Áine Greenan (26) who joined up with Paul Campbell (12) to take Category 2 with a one under par 71 while Ferghal Duffy (16) and Barra Duffy (36) won Category 3 with a 63 and Category 4 saw Joe Durnin (17) and Emma Durnin (36) come out on top with a fabulous nett score of 58½. The final two categories were played over nine holes with Category5 won by John Mulligan (10) and Oran Mulligan (40) with a score of 30½ while Des Malone (24) and Sarah Coan (40) took Category 6 with a 43.
Wednesday’s Open Singles Stableford was won by Mannan Castle visitor Declan Byrne (3) with an excellent score of 42pts which was two better than home player Ciaran Dunne (14). The promising Kyle Rafferty, a five handicapper from Greenore, was the Category 1 winner with the experienced Vincent Murphy (17) taking Category 2 and William Dugdale (27) winning Category 3. Aaron Grant (+2) took the Gross Prize while Fionn Duffy (28) was the Juvenile winner.
Club Championship Round 1 Leaderboard: 69 - Caolan Rafferty. 73 – Robert White, Edward Rogers, Aaron Grant. 74 – Eoin Murphy, Terry Conlon, Conor Curran. 75 - Gareth Duffy, Maurice J Murphy. 76 – Peter Rogers. 77 – Aaron King. 78 – Gerry Brennan, Patrick Purton, Jim Caraher. 80 – Andrew Keenan, Alan Hurley, Billy Cairnes, Maurice Soraghan, Conor McCaughey. 81 – Conall Murdock.
Sunday, September 4 - Single Strokes – Overall: Anthony O’Donoghue (15) 67, Terry Conlon (6) 68. Category 1 (0 -11): Gareth Duffy (5) 70/33.5, Jim Caraher (8) 70. Category 2 (12-16): Mark Cairns (16) 69, Danny Miele (13) 70/33.5. Category 3 (17-28): Fergal McKenna (17) 72, Peter McCaughey (17) 73. Juvenile: Fionn Duffy (28) 67.
Saturday, September 3 - Adult & Juvenile Scotch Foursomes Sponsored by Declan Rafferty - Category 1 (Adult and 18 Hole Boy): Nora Byrne (24) & Oisin Conroy (12) 65, Pat Dunne (19) & Tom Dunne (17) 66, Danny Gallagher (14) & Iarlaith Carroll (20) 68. Category 2 (Adult and 18 Hole Girl): Pauline Campbell (12) & Áine Grennan (26) 71, Fionnuala Dullaghan (16) & Eve Rowland (16) 74, Jean Connolly (20) & Jane Connolly (22) 79. Category 3 (Adult and 9 Hole Boy): Fearghal Duffy (16) & Barra Duffy (36) 63, Barry Cunningham (10) & Fionn Cunningham (28) 65, David Brennan (14) & Louis Goodman (32) 66. Category 4 (Adult and 9 Hole Girl): Joe Durnin (17) & Emma Durnin (36) 58½, Marie Strain (14) & Anna Rowland (36) 67, Jim Rowland (11) & Katie Rowland (36) 76. Category 5: (Adult and 4 Hole Boy): John Mulligan (10) & Oran Mulligan (40) 30½. Category 6 (Adult and 4 Hole Girl): Des Malone (24) & Sarah Coan (40) 43.
Wednesday, August 31 – Open Singles Stableford – Overall: Declan Byrne (3) (Mannan Castle) 42pts, Ciaran Dunne (14) 40pts. Gross: Aaron Grant (+2) 37pts. Category 1 (0-13): Kyle Rafferty (5) (Greenore) 38/19pts, Category 2: (14-19): Vincent Murphy (17) 39pts, Category 3 (20+): William Dugdale (27) 35/18 pts. Juvenile: Fionn Duffy (28) 37/20pts. CSS: 36pts (Home & Away).
DUNDALKLADIES
THE 18-hole Single Stableford Competition sponsored by Colourtrend was played on Saturday 27th and Tuesday 30th August. The scoring was superb with Olive Jones the overall winner with 40pts. Olive played super golf and was closely followed by Ann Hopper who won Class A with 38pts, Mairead Ahern who won Class B with 37pts and Mary M McDonnell who won Class C with 37pts.
Well done to these ladies on their fantastic scores and congratulations to all the winners. Many thanks to the sponsors Colour Trend for their continued sponsorship. 1st Olive Jones (24) 40 pts. Class A 1st Anne Hopper (16) 38 pts, 2nd Una Kelly (16) 35 pts, 3rd Olivia Cunningham (11) 34 pts
Class B 1st Mairead Ahern (25) 37 pts, 2nd Bernie Prendergast (26) 34 pts, 3rd Mary Dooley (24) 34 pts
Class C 1st Mary M McDonnell (36) 37 pts, 2nd Kay O’Sullivan (36) 33 pts, 3rd Oonagh Quinn(33) 32 pts
9-hole Competition: Virginia Rooney (28) 17 pts, Twos: 5th Jacinta Foran, Mairead Ahern.
GREENORE
SUNDAY’S Shields Cup: 1st Keith Kelly (4) 43, Gross Karl White 5) 32, Cat 1 Frank McKay (9) 39, Cat 2 Joseph Whelan (13) 39 and Cat 3 Clinton McKeever (17) 38. SATURDAY’S Voucher Competition: 1st Richard Brennan (3) 38. TUESDAY’S Open Gents Singles: 1st Darren Murphy (8) [Dundalk G.C.] 41, 2nd Sean Og Duffy (9) 41, Gross Richard Brennan (3) 37, 3rd Damien Ross (17) [Ashfield G.C.] 41. MONDAY 29th August Open Seniors: 1st Dominic Keenan (13) [Warrenpoint G.C.] 39, Runner-up: Don Brassil (21) 39 and 3rd: Freddie Barter (24) 39. NEXT Sunday will be an 18-hole stableford competition and Saturday will be an 18-hole Voucher. OPEN Gents Singles continue every Tuesday. The next Open Seniors will be Monday 26th September. TIMESHEETS are available on line at www.greenoregolfclub.com or from our Pro Shop at 042 9373951. LOTTO draw on Saturday 3rd September: First out 6, Bonus 22. No jackpot winner. Three-week lucky dip winner: Eric Hynes and Michael Murphy. WE are available for Clubhouse Functions for bookings contact 9373212 ex 3 or Doreen at 0862333384.
GREENORELADIES
LADY Vice Captain Patricia Brennan has made a welcome return to the winners enclosure. She carded 38 pts in Thursdays Snr Open to win and trim a shot of her handicap.
Seana McGuinness featured in the U21 Seapoint Girl’s Scratch Cup recently. She won the nett prize with a fine 68 nett. Seana’s eforts earned her a two shot reduction in handicap.
Well done to Marie McAnallen who carded 36 pts to win the Open day in Mount Juliet staged on Monday 29th August.
The regular Thursday Open winner was Noreen Crichton with 32 pts.
Saturday saw our final major of the season Lady President Celine Griffin’s prize. The going was tough but urged on by the beautiful prizes on offer competitors battled on. One of our newer members Barbara Holland claimed the winner’s spot with a fine 74 nett. Full list of winners as follows: Overall: Barbara Holland 74 nett, Runner-up: Teresa Sweeney 76 nett, Gross: Mary McGoey 87 grs, Cat A: Marie McAnallen 79 nett, Cat B: Margaret Hanley 77 nett, Cat C: Ann Davey 78 nett, Past Captain’s: Kay McCartan 79 nett, Front 9: Marian Mullen 35 nett, Back 9: Sheila Berrills 40 nett.
The regular Thursday Open Singles S/ford continues on 8th September (Visitors €10). Alternate day play available for lady members.
Saturday 10th September a Stableford competition in aid of the National Breast Cancer. Entry fee €10.
Monday 19th September an Open Three Person Team Event sponsored by Boyds of Newry. Great selection of golf prizes on offer. Visitors €15. Timesheet available on BRS.
TOGHERSOCIETY
THE society visited Seapoint on Saturday 3rd September to compete in Jim Gilsenan’s Captain’s Day competition. Twenty members and guests braved the elements to compete on the day and once again the Seapoint course stood up to the test and provided a great playing surface.
The presentation dinner took place that evening in the Glyde Inn, Annagassan and the Prizes were presented by Jim.
The winners were as follows: Overall Winner: Kenny Devlin 39pts, 1st Cat A Noel Moroney 38pts, 1st Cat B Neil Hand 35pts, Front 9 Michael Heavey 19pts, Back 9 Mark Mclaughlin 19pts, Nearest the Pin Colin Harmon. Hugh Holt won the Visitors Prize and the Longest Drive.
Thanks were given to Jim Levins for his continued work in steering the society in the right direction.