CLOVERHILL

THE weekend v Par competition was decided on a countback after both players had finished on 6 up. Frank Ryan (15) was declared the winner pipping Ciaran Finnegan (28) to top spot. Third place on 5 up went to Liam O’Hare (17) . Next weekend is a 3 Category Singles stableford competition over Easter Saturday and Sunday. There is an Open Singles off the Green markers on Easter Monday.

Our Ulster Cup team were the first into competitive action for 2017 and Paul Kelly’s team were 5 ½ to 1 ½ home winners over Belvoir Park who will be looking to overturn that result in a fortnight’s time.

Club President Pius Tierney teamed up with BC Electrics ,Dundalk Charlie McShane in the Seniors fourball better ball and they were plugged in from the start as they put on an electric performance that destroyed the rest of the field. An opening four pointer, the first of three lit the fuse of success as they romped to victory with a return of 36 points for the 12 hole competition. Next week Senior Convenor Frank will unveil the Senior competition diary for the year.

The annual fundraising club classic will take place on April 29 & 30 and May 1. The 3 person team @ £60 per team (inc food) is Open to both GUI and Non-Gui Golfers. In fact there will be prizes on offer in 3 categories a GUI Section, a Non-GUI Section, and a 3 person all visitors GUI team Section. As is the norm in our Annual club fundraiser no full Cloverhill member teams allowed to participate.

Scoring format this year has been made easier with One score to count at the Par 3’s, Two scores to count at the Par 4’s and all 3 scores to count at the Par 5’s.

There will be an Open Singles Stableford competition off the Green markers on Easter Monday and everyone is welcome. Entry Fee is £10 per visitor and £5 for members. was 74.

Gold Medal Qualifiers: Barry Cunningham, Padraig Fallon, Chris Murden, Ultan Gaughran, Michael Gill, Eoghan McKenna, Pat Daly, Neil Mullooly, Kevin Redmond, Brian Ward, Maurice J Murphy, Martin Byrne, Gerry Oakes, Dessie Ward, Dillon Greene, Gerry Campbell, Turlough King, Dermot Ahern, Martin Farrelly, Gareth Halpin, Conall Murdock, Oliver McGinnity, Liam McGailey, Cian Lynch-McCrave, Diarmuid McAdam, Conor Hackett, Gerry J Byrne, Austin Shaw, Frank Byrne, Gregory McCaughey, Fergal Sexton, B Reilly, Sean O’Sullivan, Patrick Purton, Maurice Soraghan, Eamon Kelly, Jamie McCaul, Sean Laverty, Eddie Rocks, Ollie Reilly, Alan Hurley, Liam Mernagh, Seamus Bailey, Dennis Cunningham, Andrew Cumiskey, Anthony McGuinness, Vincent Conlon, Alan Cole, David Brennan, Richard Barry, Eddie Sheridan, Ciaran Sheridan, Robert O’Hanlon, Adrian Kenny, Jim Dwyer, Michael Flynn, Trevor Giff, Kieran Reidy, Ciaran Traynor, Peter Fitzpatrick, Billy Cairns, Len Mullins, Carl Stewart, Tommy Renaghan. April 4th was a huge success.

Bernie McCabe (19) is playing great golf winning Class A with 36pts. Mags Coburn (19) was close behind in second with 36pts from 17 holes. Jennifer Holland finshed third with 33pts.

Maria Kerr had a magnificent 38pts winning Class B while Mary Thornton won Class C with a very good score of 31pts.

The winner of the 9 Hole competition was Irene Quinn (20) with 14pts.

At the presentation Lady Captain thanked Sheba for their beautiful prizes and thanked them for their continued support of the ladies section.

Followed by Presentation of prizes with music and entertainment, Easter Monday 17th April will be an Open Fourball any combination kindly sponsored by MYHOME.IE and our next Open Seniors will be Monday 24th April.

Results of Lotto draw on Saturday 8th April First out: 35 Bonus: 22, No jackpot winner D Strain & G Murphy share €25.00 (same numbers), the 3 Week lucky Dip winners were: B Rafferty, J McCormack, G Murphy, P Winters, B Ward, J Mall

Next Week’s Draw Jackpot is €1,225.00, play for €2.00 to win or share the Jackpot – weekly prizes. Offer: €5.00 for 3 plays or 1 play for 3 weeks. Entry by envelope in the Club or ticket book by appointed ticket sellers. Enter weekly or for multiple weeks. Annual & 6 month entry also available (includes discount & free entries) Direct Debit also available.

Time sheets are available on line at www.greenoregolfclub. com or from our Pro Shop at 042 9373951. We are available for Clubhouse Functions for bookings contact 9373212 ex 3 or Doreen at 0862333384

Weekly Thursday Open Singles continues on 13 April (Visitors €15) Alternate day play available for lady members.

On Saturday 15th April a Singles SF competition. Booking per ladies/gents timesheet opens this Wednesday at 8pm. Please ensure you have opposition and return all cards to competition box ladies locker room. after a hard fought win against Fintona. Team captain Lenny McKitterick will look forward to the next round where the opposition will be County Armagh Golf Club.

This week’s ladies competition was sponsored by Carrick Pharmacy, Main St, Carrickmacross, as always we ask that our members support our sponsors.

Conditions were tough and scores were low, but it was Louise Hanratty’s score of 33pts that won this week’s competition. I’m sure the ladies in the winning circle all were disappointed after their rounds; nevertheless they did enough to win.

The result of the18 Hole Stableford sponsored by CARRICK PHARMACY held on 2nd/5th April was

1st Louise Hanratty (5) 33pts, 2nd Noreen Murphy (30) 31pts c/b and 3rd Teresa Butler (19) 31pts c/b.

Our Mary McKenna Team played the 1st leg of the competition in Clones on Monday, winning two matches and losing three, they have a lot of work to do at home in return leg Wednesday 19th April.