ONtheFAIRWAYS
ROSSLARE
On Sunday last the annual Intermediate Scratch Cup was played in Rosslare and attracted a big entry. The winner with a great score of 78 was Patrick Hanrick (11).
He had birdies at the third and 16th in halves of 40 and 38. He won by two shots from John Sinnott (11) who had halves of 40 which included birdies at the third and 12th. Padraic Dempsey (10) had two birdies to finish third on 83.
Liam Bennett (18) won the Nett on 70 beating J.J. Byrne (19) on the breakdown who in turn beat Alan Cuddihy (17) whose bad finish cost him.
Results: Wednesday Singles Stableford, CSS 35 - 1st: Paud O’Brien (4) 37 points; 2nd: Mark Fitzpatrick (8) 36 points (B9); 3rd: Mark Mullen (+1) 36 points.
Congratulations to John Brady who has been selected on the six-man under-18 team to take part in the Jean Louis Dupont Trophy in the Czech Republic on September 14-17. There are two rounds of stroke play with the top 4 teams going head to head in match play. This is a great honour for John who is just gone 16 years old. The other five players are Kevin LeBlanc (The Island) Mark Power (Kilkenny) Alan Fahy (Dun Laoire) John Murphy (Kinsale) and Hugh O’Hare (Fortwilliam).
Fixtures – Saturday, September 17, Ladies and Gents 4Ball; Sunday, September 18, Gents Singles. Both competitions are open to visitors paying green fees.
ENNISCORTHYMEN
For the full report please look at the club website in the news section.
Plans are being put together for a new and exciting Ryder Cup style competition to be played on the same weekend as the cup itself. Competition format and team selection are still being thrashed out. The word is, and this is not definite at this stage, that it will be parish against parish with 12 on a team.
We are running a fundraiser on Friday, September 16, starting at 9am in aid of the Local Branches of Guide Dogs for the Blind and Hospice Homecare. The time sheet is open and filling fast, get in quick for these very worthy causes.
Our Monday ladies and gents open singles is proving very popular judging by the number of participants. The competition is scheduled to be on almost every Monday until well into the winter months. Entry fee is €5 for members and €10 for visitors. Open to all membership categories. If you know of anyone who might be interested in this competition then please bring them along. Where else would you get such great golfing facilities for €10? Next competition is on October 3.
The next Gents Open Seniors will be on Thursday, October 13, and the sponsor is club Vice President Jim Hogan.
Singles results - The Presidents Prize, Strokes, September 3/4 - sponsored by President Mr. Eugene Doyle - 1st: Willy Newe – (17) 65; 2nd: Nicholas Cahill - (13) 67; Gross: Cormac Martin – (2) 73; 3rd: Francis Whelan – (15) 67; 4th: Sean Hamilton – (22) 69; 5th: Dermot McCormack – (15) 69; Past Presidents: John Mernagh – (11) 69; Seniors: John Bail – (11) 69. 132 players. SS men 73.
Vice Captain, Jack Murphy, scored a hole in one on the 12th much to his and everyone else’s amazement. Apparently there was a large bottle of brandy given to him by club President Eugene Doyle for this rare achievement and anyone who congratulates him gets a nip. The word is that you are all to stop congratulating him as he wants to go home and polish it off himself.
The Monday Ladies and Gents Open Singles, Stableford, September 5 - sponsored by E. G. C. - 1st: Shane Dunphy – (5) 37 points B9; 2nd: Sean Mernagh - (2) 37 points B9; Gross: Alan Jacob – (6) 28 points; 3rd: David McCafferty – (16) 37 points. 53 players. SS ladies 36 ptoins, men 36 points.
All prize vouchers for this competition are available for collection in the pro shop.
9 hole midweek, September 7 - sponsored by George Leech
Overall: Joe Murphy (9) 24 points; Category 1: Frankie Morrissey (9) 23 points; Category 2: Thomas Hogan (14) 23 points; Category 3: Michael Rossiter (18) 21 points; Category 4: Sean Hamilton (21) 20 points. 80 players. Next weeks sponsor is Breen Agri. Presentation for all the September 9 hole midweeks will be on September 28.
The Brittle Bones played on Monday only this week and Willy Dunne, Joe ‘90’ Murphy and Billy Whelan were the winners with 51.6 points.
All winners are from Enniscorthy G. C. unless otherwise stated. Congratulations to each and every one of our winners and thanks to all participants, hope to see you all again very soon. A big thank you to all of our sponsors.
The Kiltrea Pottery sponsored competition held on Thursday, September 8, was won by Marie Dunphy on an inclement day which saw the wind and some heavy rain in the afternoon take its toll on the competitors. However, the lady golfers in Enniscorthy were up for the challenge with over 60 participants. The results were: 1st: Marie Dunphy (20) 38 net; 2nd: Helene Daly (24) 36 net; Gross: Ciara Sharkey (4) 33 gross; 3rd: Maeve McCauley (18) 36 net; 4th: Lori Whitney (18) 36 net; 5th: Margaret Mooney (9) 35 net; 36 HC: Breda Coffey 29 net; 9 holes qualifier: Carmel O’Riordan 17 net.
This week’s Tuesday competition will be sponsored by Hair by Aine. Aine works out of Monart Destination Spa and the competition is Scotch Foursomes. The Ladies’ Open Seniors on Thursday will be sponsored by Parnell Antiques.
Charity Fundraiser - On Friday, September 16, we are holding a charity fundraiser in aid of Hospice Homecare and Irish Guide Dogs For The Blind. The competition is open to golfers and non-golfers. The timesheet is open for bookings which can be made online or by calling by calling the Pro shop 053 9237600 or office 053 9233191. A team of four costs €40 so please come out and support both these local charities.
Keep up to date with activiities and results by checking out our Facebook page www.facebook. com/Enniscorthy.Golf.Club/, follow us on Twitter @ enniscorthygolf or Instagram enniscorthygolfclub. General news After eight rounds the top five in the golfer of the year standings are as follows -: 1) Karl Cullen - 107 from 4; 2) Liam Sheridan - 100 from 4; 3) Fintan O’Sullivan - 92 from 4; 4) Cormac Martin - 81 from 5; 5) Joe Kelly - 73 from 3. It’s tightening up at the top now, two rounds left. Don’t give up yet!
There is a new offer out for potential new members so spread the word to anyone you think that might be interested. The mid-season membership offer is that new and full memberships are available from now until December 31, 2017, for only €781 plus GUI/ILGU levies.
The junior section is going from strength to strength with a significant number of youngsters having joined up lately. Is the next Leona or Rory amongst them? If you know of a youngster who might be interested then please let either Vice President Jim Hogan or Vice Captain Jack Murphy know.
Our new Brooklyn Restaurant is doing great business of late and the testimony is in the numbers of patrons. Excellent fare is on offer with great value quality meals available all day long. Rave reviews have been coming in about the quality and value of the food on offer in recent weeks.
The restaurant is open to everybody and not just for members. There are guided bus tours around the county based on the locations used in the Brooklyn film starting in Enniscorthy town, heading out to locations used in the film and ending up in the Golf Club for refreshments. Check out the heritage tours on www.heritagetourswexford.ie or ring Cathy on 087 329 9900 for further details.
The clubhouse function room can be hired for private functions, christenings, communions, confirmation, birthdays, quizzes, weddings, conferences, retirements and funerals or any other function for that matter with bar facilities and catering available then just ring the office on 053 92 33191 or bar manager Adrian on 083 300 4021.
There is a fantastic new offer available to anyone thinking of starting to play golf available at E. G. C. We call it ‘give golf a try’. It is a ‘learn to play’ membership for just €150. For this you get three months membership which is available Monday to Friday.
A group clinic with our resident professional, Stephen Fitzpatrick, on course mentoring with some of our ‘seasoned’ members, free use of golf clubs if you don’t have any for the clinic and special ‘learn to play’ competitions.
There is a limited availability on numbers for this so act fast if you wish to avail of this new and innovative idea over the summer months. If you should then decide that you would like to join as a full member then there is no joining fee and we will deduct the €150 that you have already paid from your annual subscription. Now that is what you call a deal! If you know of anyone who might be interested in this offer then please encourage them to take it up, a great way to spend the summer months.
In the club singles and club fourball competitions we are now at the semi-final stages. All the first named were the winners. The quarter-final results in the singles were as follows -: Vincent Byrne v Paddy Mooney; James Morrissey v Andy Roche; Nicky Murphy v Frankie Morrissey and Joe Delaney v Paul Lynch. The results in the fourball competition were as follows -: Andy Roche/Sam Greene v Willy Murphy/John Ryan; Joe Kelly/Nigel Cullen v Nicky Murphy/Joe Murphy; Eddie Balfe/Brian Balfe v George Leech/Nicholas Cahill and Ted Morrissey/ Sean Quirke v Frankie Morrissey/Paddy Fitzpatrick.
All four semi-finals are to be finished by September 18 and the finals will be played on the same day.
WEXFORD
Our senior members were to the fore again in Tuesday’s monthly open competition which was won by Pat Berney (20) on the back 9 from Jim Roice (19), both with 40 points.
Category 0 - 9, Jim Turner (6) 36 points, Cat 10 - 18 Larry Byrne (11) 39 points, Cat 19 - 28 Martin Frehill (20) 39 points B9.
Wednesday’s 4-Ball was won by Paddy McGuire (20) and Damien O’Reilly (14) with 43 points from Sean Buckley (21) and Conor Morris (5) with 39 points.
Saturday saw the sixth and final round of the Talbot Collection sponsored Monthly medal, with Liam Flood (15) shooting a fantastic 67 to take the honours. Category 0 – 9; Declan Furlong (7) 73 (B6), Category 10 – 18; Nicky Murphy (10) 75, Category 19 – 28; Kevin Mitchell (23) 71, Gross; Sean Flood 78, Vets Nicky Lacey (17) 76.
The overall winner with the best four scores counting was Derek Cullen (7) with 290, followed closely by Jim Turner (6) with 291. Prizes will be presented later in the month. Sundays winner was Tom Foran (13) with 40 points, with Christy O’Gorman (11) 2nd on 39 points. Aaron McKeown (28) was third with 38 points. Tadgh Foran took gross with 27 points on back 9 and John O’Conor (13) won vets with 35 points.
The winner of split the pot this week was Cian and Alannah who won €95. Membership for 2017 is now open; play from now until the end of 2017 for €599 for new and lapsed members, see www.wexfordgolfclub. ie or phone 053 9142238 for details.
COURTOWN
Open Singles, Wednesday, September 7, 18 Holes - 1st: Mike Hooke (19) 38 points; 2nd: Ian McGirr (6) 37 points last 9; 3rd: Dave Maher (3) 37 points; Gr: Ross Steedman (0) 35 points. CSS: 35 points. 11 Holes - 1st: Jimmy Flynn (22) 22 points. 2 Person Team Event, Saturday, September 10 - 1st: Paul Kehoe (12), Declan O’Toole (20) 52 points; 2nd: Kieran Murphy (14), Pierce Dooley (18) 47 points (last 9); 3rd: Mick Morrissey (5), Tommy Kinsella (18) 47 points (last 3).