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THIRTEEN-HOLE singles stableford held on March 1st: Cat 1 winner Paul Rundle 30pts, 2nd John Travers 27pts ob6; Cat 2 winner John Clarke 29pts, 2nd Trevor Dardis (-1SCR) 28pts ob1; Cat 3 winner Shane Gosling (-1SCR) 28pts, 2nd Nicky Malone 27pts ob6.
Winners from the 13-hole singles stableford held on February 29th: Cat 1 Robert McHugh 27pts ob3, Cat 2 David Donnelly 26pts, Cat 3 Niall Cullen (-4SCR) 28pts ob6.
ARDEELADIES
THIRTEEN-HOLE singles stableford played last Wednesday: Class A winner Rita Black 26pts, 2nd Geraldine Woods 25pts; Class B winner Bernie Breen 26pts, 2nd Noeleen Cunningham 24pts; Class C winner Breda Jones 28pts, 2nd Mary Olson 26pts.
BELLEWSTOWN
SUNDAY’S singles stableford: 1st Martin O’Brien 38pts, 2nd Nigel Munnelly 36pts.
Saturday’s singles stableford: 1st Stephen Hagen 38pts, 2nd Vivien Cooney 35pts.
SATURDAY’S Spring League 18hole competition: 1st Catherine G Quinn (22) 21pts, 2nd Mary Kennedy (19) 21pts.
Saturday’s Spring League ninehole competition: 1st Margaret Howard (14) 15pts, 2nd Jean Gogarty (11) 15pts.
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THE Captains’ Drive-in (Willy Corry & Iris Cunningham) was held on Sunday.
Winner of the 36 nett was Leo Gibney, Richard Bennett took the 36 gross and the Ladies winner was Marie Brennan. Next Sunday is the Vera Ball Scotch Foursomes.
CLOVERHILL
CLUB Captain Justin Byrne will now host his Drive-in on Sunday March 15th at 9.15am, immediately followed by a shotgun start 18-hole scramble.
Teams for the Scramble will be drawn this Wednesday night, so if you are not already on the sheet get your name in quickly before the house full sign is posted.
The novel 12-hole Green Tee Singles Stableford weekend competition was a well-attended and well contested affair that needed a countback to separate the top two finishers.
With the new Hole Index in operation for the first time and players using their full club handicap.
There were prizes for the top 2 finishers Overall and also for the top two point scorers over holes 1-3, 4-6, 7-9 &10 -12.
Two players returned 31 points for the 12 holes but the countback winner was Colin McParland (10) who edged out Graham Johnston (25) after both had finished a point ahead of Shane McNamee (18), Brendan O Rourke (23) and James Maguire (15).
Holes 1-3: Neil Smyth 10 pts won from Colum Quinn who beat Benny Tierney and Martin Fearon on the countback all with 9 points. Holes 4-6: 9 points was good enough to see James Coburn win from Garreth Fitzpatrick on the countback. Holes 7-9: David Rafferty won with 9 points one better than runner-up Seamus McCoy who topped the countback ahead of Peter Byrne and Shane McNamee. Holes 10-12: a pair of eagles at the across the lake eleventh hole helped James Maguire 11 pts and Brendan O Rourke 10 pts get their rewards by taking the top two places.
The March Monthly Medal will be the first Avada Environmental Golfer of the Year Competition on March 22nd, with the Digney Grant Sponsored Major taking place the last weekend of this nonth.
A reminder to all members that the new Hole Index are now in operation, but more importantly be aware that the SSS for the course is now 69 off the White Markers and 67 off the Green Markers.
After four rounds of the Seniors Spring League Seamus McCoy leads the way from Brendan Hughes with John Joe Hazzard back in third spot.
A win on Thursday morning for Raymond Kelly has moved him into contention along with runner-up Frank Ryan with 2 rounds of fixtures remaining.
A players best 4 cards out of 6 will count towards the overall 1-2-3 prizes. Round five of the league will be on Thursday at 10am.
COUNTYLOUTH
WINNERS from Sunday’s Pro V Challenge: Front nine fourball better ball stableford - Barry Murtagh (12) & Denis Garry (11) 23pts; Back nine singles stableford - Class 1 Ricky Morgan (10) 20pts, Class 2 Bernard Woods (14) 18pts.
Saturday’s Winter League No 22, sponsored by SSC Sports Surgery Clinic: Class 1 winner Neil Floody (11) 68, 2nd Peter Walsh (9) 70, Gross prize Gerard Dunne 71; Class 2 winner Martin Walsh (20) 69, 2nd Sean Matthews (19) 71, Gross prize Frank Byrne 88 ob9. SSS White 72 (non-qualifying). Team: Peter Walsh (9-1), Peter Gillen (14-1), Frank Gannon (4-1) & Lucas McKeen (3) 61 ob9.
Overall Winter League result (best eight cards): Class 1 winner Adam Gray 559, 2nd JJ Carroll 568, 3rd Nigel Beirth 568, 4th John Mullen (DB) 568, 5th Colm Walsh 571, 6th John Byrne 572, 7th Conor Breen 573, 8th Ciaran Tracey 576, 9th Liam Doran 577, 10th Michael J O’Brien 577; Class 2 winner Sean Matthews 558, 2nd Declan McKeon 562, 3rd Patrick Murphy 571, 4th Colin Pentony 571, 5th Kevin McDonnell 574, 6th Jason Hughes 575, 7th Roy Conaghy 581, 8th John Kinsella 583, 9th Sean Walsh 584, 10th Dermot Long 587.
COLOUTHLADIES
RESULT from the Breffni Shield scotch foursomes greensomes/ stroke competition which was completed last Tuesday: 1st Susan Kenny (14) & Carolyn Farmer (25) 72 nett, 2nd Sharon Caine (13) & Olive Murdock (28) 75 ob9.
Sponsors of this competition were Anne Marie Daly, Anne Keane and Bernadette Thornton and the final will take place on a date in May to be confirmed.
DUNDALK
NIALL Sloane produced a superb score of 45 points to win the first 18-hole competition of the year at Dundalk on Sunday.
Playing off 31, he put together a round he will remember for a long time as he scored on every hole, with 11 three-point holes, five two-pointers and two one-pointers.
Sloane went out in 22 points as he made his shots count on the second, third, seventh, eighth and ninth holes to claim three points on each.
On the back nine there were three-point returns on the 11th and 12th before he finished with four successive three-point holes from the 15th.
That left him on 45 points, three clear of his nearest rival Pearse Murphy (18) who had 43 after being deducted for previous winter success and had to settle for taking the Category 3 prize ahead of John Farrell who found himself in the prizes for the second successive week.
A countback was needed to decide Category 1, with Seamus Bailey (12) just edging out Brendan Keane (11) after both had come home in 41 pointts.
Conor McCleneghan (14) showed he is getting to grips with his new handicap after seeing it tumble last year and he was the winner of Category 2 with 41 points, just edging out John Casey McKeever (14).
Connor McCaughey (5) recorded the day’s best gross score with 34pts.
Congratulations to Caolan Rafferty on his selection on the international team for the Arnold Palmer Cup which will take place at Lahinch Golf Club from July 3rd to 5th.
Friday March 27th is a date for the diary as the Cork-based family trio Greenshine will be performing for the first time in Dundalk Golf Club.
Featuring Noel Shine, Mary Greene and their daughter Ellie, Greenshine’s material straddles the boundaries of contemporary, folk and roots.
The show will start at 8.30pm and the restaurant will be taking last orders at 7.30pm.
Tickets are priced at €15 and are on sale from the bar, restaurant and the office.
Sunday, March 8 - Men’s Singles Stableford Turkey Competition - Overall: Niall Sloane (31) 45pts. Category 1 (0–12): Seamus Bailey (12) 41/22pts, Brendan Keane (11) 41/21pts. Category 2 (13–16): Conor McCleneghan (14) 41pts, John Casey McKeever (14) 41/19/11/6/4pts. Category 3 (17+): Pearse Murphy (18) 43pts*, John Farrell (22) 40pts*. Best Gross: Connor McCaughey (5) 34pts.
*Denotes point deducted for each previous prize won in Turkey series.
DUNDALKLADIES
RESULT from the 14-hole stableford competition which was completed last Tuesday:
Cat 1 winner Jean Connolly (20) 29/15/7/4pts, 2nd Joan Corrigan (20) 29/15/7/2pts, 3rd Gret Manning (19) 28pts; Cat 2 winner Maria Kerr (26) 29/13pts, 2nd Maeve Ahern (23) 29/12pts, 3rd Fiona McLoughlin (26) 25/12/3pts; Cat 3 winner Mary T Murray (29) 32pts, 2nd Marcella Carr (34) 27pts; 3rd Bernadette Kearney (26) 26pts.
Nine-hole winner Mary Murray (38) (19) 14pts (winner by lots).
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FITTEEN-HOLE singles stableford held on March 1st: 1st Barry Doak 9 (8) 36pts, ,2nd Esmond Lyons 11 (9) 32pts ocb, Gross prize Frank Flynn 2 (2) 29pts; Div 1 Aidan McKeown 11 (9) 32pts, Div 2 Joseph Cremin 18 (15) 32pts, Div 3 Eddie Tuite 26 (22) 31pts.
The overall winner of the Jack Doran Motors Senior Spring League week one held on February 29th was 27-handicapper Chris O’Shea with 25 points.
Jack Doran Motors Spring League week one held on February 29th: Cat 1 winner Edmond Power (10) 70, 2nd Annraoi Collins (scr) 71, Gross prize Paul Sheedy (10) 85; Cat 2 winner Pat Creagh (16) 35pts, 2nd Jim Craven (14) 32pts, 3rd Frank O’Donnell (17) 31pts. CSS Class 1 = 74 (reduction only), CSS Class 2 = 33pts (reduction only).
Singles strokes competition held on February 26th: 1st Ronan Maguire 7 (6) 33pts, 2nd Esmond Lyons 11 (9) 32pts, Gross prize Alan Mullen 4 (3) 28pts; Div 1 Barry Doak 9 (8) 30pts, Div 2 John Delaney 14 (12) Seapoint 31pts, Div 3 Patrick Pentony 23 (19) 30pts ocb. Senior singles winner Michael Smith 24 (20) 34pts.
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WINNERS of the competition on Sunday were Kevin McGarr and Ray McCormack.
MACBRIDEP&P
WEEK eight of the MacBride Winter League took place last weekend and was an 18 Nett Scotch Foursomes competition.
The winning team was Keith Smyth & Alan Cluskey with a score of 39 5/8 nett (h/c-3 3/8).
Thanks to everyone who played over the weekend, and well done to our winners.
This week sees an 18 nett singles competition - times of play Saturday at 1.30pm and Sunday at 10am.
MANNANCASTLE
THERE were wintry conditions for the competition at the weekend, but that did not stop Pat McDonnell topping the field with 31 points. George Farrelly was second with 28 and Rory Lennon third with 26 points.
Result: 1st Pat McDonnell (16) 31pts, 2nd George Farrelly (11) 28pts, 3rd Rory Lennon (16) 26pts.
Don’t forget to put your name down for next weekend’s competition and the Captains’ Drive-in on March 15th.
It was great to see so many of our seniors out golfing for their 10-hole competition on Tuesday last in glorious weather. Thanks to our hard-working ground-staff and band of volunteers who have done fantastic work, the course was dry underfoot and in great condition.
Results: 1st Donal McArdle (25) (23pts-1) 22pts, 2nd Jimmy Byrne (30) 17pts.
A reminder to any of our seniors who have any extra time on their hands. We welcome volunteers who can donate a few hours on the course. A huge thanks to those of you who already help out.
Captain Philip Hughes and Lady Captain Marie Sweeney hope that all our members and friends will play in their Captains’ Drive-in next weekend. Our 2020 Captains Drive-in competition is a four-person scramble with a twist. The draw will be made for teams later this week and you can book by calling the pro shop at 042-9663308. A discount is offered to members who wish to play both days.
Just a reminder that our Captains will be arriving to the clubhouse a little earlier this year. Their ETA is 11.30am on Sunday, depending on traffic of course!
There will be a St Patrick Day Open at Mannan Castle this St Patrick’s Day. Join us for a three-person open (any combination), with two scores to count. The entry fee for members is €8, visitor with member €15 and visitor €20. Book your tee time on our BRS or call the pro shop at 042-9663308. The restaurant and bar will be open.
MANNANLADIES
IT was great to see the rain and wintry weather finally ease off and we had a decent turnout for the weekly competition, with 21 ladies playing.
The course was in superb condition and the greens were a little faster than usual for this time of year, but that obviously suited Rita O’Loughlin and Angela Gartlan who won their respective categories.
A huge thanks to our greensstaff and the band of member volunteers who have done terrific work on the course over the winter months. Just a reminder to all our members please - repair your pitch marks on the greens.
Ladies Spring League 13-hole winners from last Wednesday: Cat 1 Rita O’Loughlin (17) 28pts, Cat 2 Angela Gartlan (22) 26pts.
We will have a Spring League update shortly, but once again a huge thanks to the generous sponsor of our Spring League, Philly’s School of Motoring, Mullenderg, Emyvale. Due to demand we have decided to extend the Ladies Spring League.
SEAPOINT
SUNDAY’S Flogas Spring Series 18-hole stableford: 1st Tom Flynn (25) 39pts, 2nd TJ Bellew (16) 39pts ocb, Gross prize Dylan Keating (-3) 32pts, 3rd Paul Dyas (4) 39pts ocb; Cat 1 Owen Moore (9) 38pts, Cat 2 Frank Curran (12) 38pts, Cat 3 Gerard Murphy (21) 38pts.
Saturday’s 18-hole stableford: 1st Philip Branigan (16) 39pts, 2nd Trevor Branigan (5) 37pts; Cat 1 Michael P Reilly (9) 36pts, Cat 2 Sean Connell (14) 35pts, Cat 3 TJ Bellew (16) 36pts.
SEAPOINTLADIES
LAST Thursday’s nine-hole stableford: 1st Miriam Ryan 24pts, 2nd Jeanne Connolly 20pts ocb, 3rd Mary Upton 20pts.
The weekend stableford competition was cancelled.
Winner of the March 1st stableford competition was Maeve McFadden with 18 points (on a countback).
February 27th stableford competition: 1st Monari Tonram 21pts, 2nd Valerie Bird 19pts, 3rd Jeanne Connolly 18pts.
Congratulations to all the above.