Carty storms to historic double

PLAYING superb golf and allowing for dropped shots amongst the last five holes, past Arklow Golf Club President Tom Carty stormed to a historic double when taking this year’s President’s Prize (Fred Kaye) this week in 1994.

His winning score of 43 points elevated Tom to equaling the course record and also set a record of winning the President’s Prize in consecutive years.

President Fred Kaye had reason to be a proud man at presentation time when it was declared that over 200 golfers had fought gallantly for his beautiful array of prizes.

None fought more courageously than Jim Collins, Brendan Timmons, Leo Shannon, Pat Hempenstall, Tommy Dowling and youthful Chris Doyle, all of whom figured in major positions for prizes.

Over a hectic weekend at the club, the team of Mccormack, Walsh, Synnott and Mullins just got home to win the Saturday annual Club Scramble while the partnership of Mr and Mrs Noel O’Toole brought off a sensational double in winning both the Kavanagh Open Mixed Foursomes at Arklow on Bank Holiday Monday and the Open Mixed Foursomes at Bray the previous day.

ARKLOW VOCATIONAL SCHOOL enjoyed a superb end to the season with a 3-0 victory over St. David’s of Greystones in the final of the Wicklow-Wexford Schools under-15 cup competition.

The win seen Arklow VS hold on to the cup which they had won for the first time the year previous and it concluded a very successful season for the Arklow school after they had already won the under-16 league and finished runners-up in the under-13 and 14 leagues.

‘The Arklow boys dominated this game from the start,’ read the report in that week’s Wicklow and Bray People.

‘Their midfield trio, Garreth