ONtheFAIRWAYS
STRANDHILL
WE had a busy week in Strandhill with our Open Week and the results of our various competitions are as follows:
MONDAY 27th July Mixed Open S/F Competition kindly sponsored by John Kent Sports
1ST Peter Gillespie (Strandhill) 38Pts (24) 2ND Colin Diamond (Strandhill) 38Pts (21) 3RD Shane Dwyer (Strandhill) 37Pts (24) TUESDAY 28th July, 2020 Mixed Open S/F Competition kindly sponsored by Cosgroves Centra 1ST Ann Killian (Strandhill) 40Pts (37) 2ND Pat O’Callaghan (New Forest) 37Pts (11) 3RD Thomas Lee (Strandhill) 37Pts (21) WEDNESDAY 29th July, 2020 Mixed Open S/F Competition kindly sponsored by Aurivo
1ST Thomas Lee (Strandhill) 44Pts (22) 2ND Derek McMahon (Rathcore) 44Pts (23) 3RD Ruairí O’Connor (Co Sligo) 42Pts (02) THURSDAY 30th July, 2020 Club Open S/F Competition
1ST Shane Dwyer (Strandhill) 42Pts (24) 2ND Brigid Glynn (Strandhill) 39Pts (19) 3RD Colin Smith (Co Longford) 35Pts (05) FRIDAY 31st July, 2020 Miked Open S/F Competition kindly sponsored by Fiddlers Creek
1ST Mickey McTiernan (Strandhill) 43Pts (16) 2ND Brian Dwyer (Strandhill) 40Pts (12) 3RD Michael Hannon (Strandhill) 38Pts (20) SATURDAY 1st August 2020 Open S/F Competition kindly sponsored by Tent
1ST Brian Dwyer (Strandhill) 47Pts (11) 2ND Bernard Mahoney (Strandhill) 44Pts (28) 3RD Johnny Stewart (Strandhill) 41Pts (22) SUNDAY 2nd August, 2020 Open S/F Competition kindly sponsored by EJ’s
1ST Glen Costigan (Strandhill) 42Pts (19) 2ND Martin Cunningham (Strandhill) 41Pts (24) 3RD Colm Brennan (Strandhill) 40Pts (15) MONDAY 3rd August, 2020 Mixed Open S/F Competition kindly sponsored by Top Chem
1ST Kevin Fallon (Donegal) 45Pts (17) 2ND Pat Moylan (Stackstown) 42Pts (17) 3RD Ciaran Henry (Strandhill) 42Pts (04) WE would like to congratulate all the winners and once again thank our sponsors for their continued support.
ENNISCRONE
LADIES Open Thursday July 30th
1ST Lucia Rafter(34) 32pts b9
2ND Tasha Smurfit(37) Smurfit 32pts CSS 33pts reduction only
OPEN Thursday July 30th
1ST Gareth Doherty(19)y 39pts
2ND Robert Grace(17y) Thurles 34pts b9 3RD Stephen Englishby(11)y Ardee 34pts 4TH John Shiel(6)y 33pts
GREG Fitzgerald(12)y Swords 32pts CSS home white 33pts yellow 35pts AWAY white 33pts yellow 35pts
ALL reduction only
CAPTAIN’S Charity SPONSORED by Mr Joe Kennedy LADIES section
1ST Maura Dargan(14) 33pts
2ND Megan Griffith Keane(29) junior SLIEVE Russell 37pts
3RD Tasha Spencer(37) Smurfit 32pts CSS 33pts
CAPTAIN’S Charity SPONSORED by Mr Joe Kennedy GENTS Section
1ST Joseph Forde(7) 39pts
2ND Conall Doherty(12) Grange Castle 38pts 3RD Gerry Ring(20) 37pts
4TH Damiem Coyne(5) Tuam 36pts b6 5TH Paul Burke(8) Tuam 36pts b9 CSS 36pts
SEMI Open Saturday August 1st
1ST Ellie McCormack(15) 33pts
CSS 35pts
SEMI Open Saturday August 1st
1ST Brian McCormack(15)y 40pts 2ND Andy Gray(12)y 39pts
3RD Hugh Caulfield(5)w 37pts b9 4TH Mathew Aris(18)y 37pts
5TH Paddy Dunleavy(15) 36pts CSS white 34pts yellow 36pts SUNDAY August 2nd
1ST Pat Forde(17)y 42pts
2ND Jim Browne(25)w 40pts b9
3RD Fintan Donnellan(24)y 40pts b9 4TH Padraic Clince(6)w 40pts
5TH Tomas Bourke(18)y 39pts b9
CSS white 36pts yellow 38pts.
Ladies Open Monday August 3rd
1st Annette O’Toole(33) 39pts
2nd Caroline Dodd(21) 37pts b9 css 36pts Open Monday August 3rd
1st Brian Golden(13)w 39pts b9
2nd Noel Enright(21)y 39pts
3rd Andrew Fraser(7)w junior 39pts
4th Raymond Hannon(28)y Royal Tara 37pts b9 5th Liam Hackett(27) 37pts css Home - white 35pts yellow 37pts
Away - white 33pts yellow 35pts
Ladies Open Thursday August 6th
1st Brenda Dargan(15) 33pts
2nd Ciara Fraser(15) junior 34pts b9
3rd Lucia Masding(3) junior Old Conna 34pts 4th Jane Creane(21) 31pts css 33pts Open Thursday August 6th
1st Niall O’Connor(10)y Thurles 39pts
2nd Gavin McLoughln(12)y Ballyliffin 38pts 3rd Mathew Aris(18)y junior 38pts
4th Odhran Cloonan(13)y junior 38pts
5th Anthony Kennedy(12)y BallyHague Castle 37pts b9
6th John Forkin(13)y 37pts b6
7th Cian Dolan(10w) 37pts css Home: White 35pts yellow 37pts Away: White 33pts yellow 35pts reduction only Charlie McGoldrick Cup 2020
Overall Winner: John Mulhern(21) 41pts b9 Ladies:
1st Annette O’Toole(32) 38pts
2nd Maura Dargan(14) 36pts gross Rita McGoldrick(7) 27pts gross
4th Mimi Franklin(17) 34pts css 35pts
Gents:
1st Edward Rafter(12) 40pts
2nd Tommie Judge(24) 39pts b9 gross Cian Dolan(8) junior 33pts gross
3rd Derek Tuffy(10) 39pts
4th John Helly(12) 38pts b9 css home 37pts visitors 35pts
Ladies Semi Open Saturday August 8th
1st Anne Feeney(32) 32pts css 33pts reduction only
Semi Open Saturday August 8th
1st Archie McMahon(4)w 38pts
2nd Mathew Aris(17)y junior 43pts css white 36pts yellow 38pts
Sunday August 9th
1st Fintan Donnellan(23)y
2nd Hugh Caulfield(5)w
3rd Charles McGoldrick(3)w
4th Archie McMahon(4)w
5th Kyran Hurley(7)w css white 36pts yellow 38pts
Sunday 9th August 2020 18 Hole Stableford Sp. Archers Ballina
1st Denise McMahon (34) 40 pts
2nd Alice Higgins (14) 38 pts
3rd Caroline Dodd (21) 37 pts bk 9
4th Celine Judge (40) 37 pts bk 9
5th Cindy Hughes (18) 37 pts bk 6
CSS 37 pts.
BOYLE
43pts 42pts 40pts b9 40pts 39pts
RESULTS - Well done to the team of Lee McKillen, Martin Daly and Jim Suffin who won the August Weekend Fundraiser with 101 points. In second place were Marc O’Connor, Kevin O’Connor and Ciaran Beirne with 98, and 3rd place went to Niall Kearney, Tadhg Lowe and David Gallagher with 95 points.
The winner of this weeks Thursday competition was Liam Mullaney with 28 points, 2nd was Gerry Nerney 26, and 3rd went to Pat Conroy 25. The 2s club pot was unclaimed.
FIXTURES - The Captain’s Prize to the Ladies took place on Sunday the 9th of August. Results to follow during the week.
CAPTAIN’S PRIZE - The big event of the year for the men, the Captain’s Prize is upon us, taking place this Sunday the 16th, in the traditional format of 18 hole Strokeplay with the top scorers returning for a 9 hole playoff later that evening. Online booking is now open. Lorcan Egan is this year’s men’s Captain. While all male members with a handicap are welcome to take part, to be eligible to take first place, it is essential to have played one 18 hole qualifying competition in 2020. Players from all membership categories are eligible to win, providing they satisfy the above conditions. On Wednesday evening from 6-8pm there will be a volunteers’ evening to get the course looking its best for the Captain’s weekend, a good turnout would make light work of it, please bring tools e.g strimmer, shovel, brush etc.
On Thursday the 13th, there will be a presentation of all the men’s Thursday competition prizes to date.
Sponsors for the Thursday’s are asked to get their prizes to Lorcan Egan before this presentation. A ladies’ and gents’ scramble competition will be held on the evening of Friday the 14th, all members are strongly encouraged to attend. Please have in your name in for the draw at 6, with tee off 6.30.
On the Captains Prize day itself, food will be available in the form of a barbecue throughout the day.
MEMBERSHIP STICKERS - Membership stickers for those who have paid up for 2020, or are paying by monthly debit, are available for collection in the office of Vincent and Lorcan Egan, Elphin Street.
BOOKING APP - Members are encouraged to download and use the new BRS booking app which should eliminate some of the glitches that occur with the version currently is use. Look in your App Store or on Google Play for “BRS Golf”.
CASTLE DARGAN
THE Ladies of Castle Dargan Golf Club graced the Fairways on Monday, August 3rd for what was a great battle for the Perpetual Trophy in memory of our past Lady Captain the late Mary McGourty. After a wonderful day of golf we finished with a meal and presentation of prizes with due respect to Covid-19 requirements. This year’s winner of the Perpetual Trophy was Pauline Lennon. 2nd Prize was won by Lady Captain Eileen Candon. 3rd prize was taken by Therese O’Rourke. 4th prize went to Annette Kearins. The Best Front 9 was awarded to Sheila Clancy and the best back 9 went to Joan O’Dowd. Leaving best of Par 3s to Claire Reynolds and the best of the par 5s went to Pauline Byrne.
Men’s notes;
Friday and Saturday’s 18 hole alternate open competition sponsored by AIB was won by Niall McLoughlin with a score of 34 points. Zbigniew Pikul was second. Sunday’s competition was an 18 hole stableford competition sponsored by Calor Gas and was won by Alan Taffee with a score of 40 points. Ray O’Grady was second also with a score of 40 points.
On Wednesday and Thursday this week there is a 9 hole alternate day open competition. On Friday and Saturday the open alternate day competition continues. Sunday’s 18 hole competition is sponsored by Masonite. Our match play competitions continues. The deadline for quarter final matches in the Darren Clarke matchplay and the Council Cup is August 16th and further details can be found in the Golf shop. The deadline for quarter final matches in the Castle Dargan Cup is August 23rd.
Andy Kearns has his Captain’s Day on Saturday 22nd August. It will be a 18 hole qualifier followed by a 9 hole playoff. Please put your name on the timesheet in the Golf Shop if you wish to be included in the draw. All members are reminded of the need to continue to observe the return to play protocols as issued by the GUI.
CARRICK-ON-SHANNON
GOLF Classic Results
A sincere thank you to all our Sponsors, participants, volunteers, office staff, Kevin and Charlie in the Bunker Bar and our amazing grounds staff. It really was a weekend to savour.
RESULTS Greensmower Classic. 1st Damien Duignan. Ryan Duffy-Duignan. Gary Hartigan. & Darren Conlon. 2nd Sean Bohan. Paul Kelleher. Enda & Eanna McNamara .3rd Colm Loftus. Tommy Ahearn. Declan Loftus. & Liam Loftus. Ladies Team: Winners. Mary Molloy. Dolores Mulvey. Renee Dolan & Siobhan Talbot. 4th Niall Loftus. Darragh Loftus. Joe Hussey. & Jason Loftus. 5th Jason Loftus. Colm Loftus. Declan Loftus. & Tommy Ahearn. Yellow Ball Team Winners. Liam Bruen. Damien McLoughlin. Owen & Eoin Gibney. Nearest The Pin 8th Gerry McDermott. 10th Carmel Stritch.13th . Joe Hussey. Longest Drive. Gents Marc Mc Dermott. Ladies. Jessica Doherty. Accuracy Drive. Phil McWeeney.
PRIZES will be available to collect in Clubhouse from Sunday. Well done to all the winners!! INTERCLUB News: Congrats to Fiachra Neary and his Jimmy Bruen Team on a great win over Castle Dargan on Saturday in the first round. Congrats also to John Coffey and his Pierce Purcell team on their win over Co Sligo. Also last weekend our Jimmy Bruen team had brilliant win over Enniscrone. A fantastic start to the inter club season. Well done to all involved. Voucher Results: Congrats to Daniel Egan on winning the voucher competition with a score of 63net. 2nd was Damien Quigley 65net. Gross was won by Nathan Flynn. 3rd Stephen Sheeran 66net. LADIES;
Lawnmower Classic: Congratulations to the winners of the Best Ladies Team(sponsored by Soilse Pharmacy) who were Renee Dolan, Mary Molloy, Dolores Mulvey and Siobhan Talbot. Phil McWeeney won the Accuracy Prize and Jessie Doherty the Longest Drive. Maria Talbot Perpetual Trophy: Anna Smith has her first win of the season securing The Maria Talbot Perpetual Trophy with a net of 69. Elizabeth Muldowney(having already taken 3rd in both the Di Vino Italian Restaurant Stableford and the D&D Insurance Stroke) secures 2nd place this week with a net 70. Gross to Ann Keenan(90) and 3rd to Oonagh Talbot(net 72). Front Nine to Frances Molloy, Back Nine to Phil Emmet and Cat 36-40 to Patricia O’Hara. Beginner Ladies Prize was won by Ann Conlon with 2nd to Margaret Shannon.
Upcoming fixtures: The Granard Cup Qualifier(Foursomes) takes place this weekend. The month ends with Grafters Stableford -August 23rd and Trailblazers Stableford-August 30th
Ladies Get Into Golf Programme: Golf for beginners and improvers continues on Tuesday evening.
TUBBERCURRY
RESULTS 9 hole played Monday 3rd Sponsor Chadwichs 1st Pat Kilcoyne 23 puts 2nd Jonathan Lavin 23 puts 3rd Michael Gorman 23 puts
18 hole played Saturday 8th Sponsor Lawrence Engineering 1st Joey Wimsey 38 puts 2nd Charles P. Scanlon 37 puts 3rd Matt Kilroy 36 puts. FIXTURES Sat/Sun 15th 16th 18 hole competition Sponsor Burkes Motor Works Tubbercurry Martin Cahill Memorial Trophy; This very popular competition starts Monday 17th and continues to Saturday 22nd. It is an open competition Teams of 3 and 1 score on each hole except par 3s where all 3 scores count. There will be numerous prizes, including prize for best all ladies team and best all male team