A GOOD WALK
ARDEE
SUNDAY 18th June Open 4-person team, sponsored by Grennans Pharmacy: 1st David Coyle, Eddie Coyle, Gerry McGuire, Kieran Coyle 99 pts, 2nd Geraldine Keogh, Kieran Keogh, Des Keogh, Bernadette Dowdall 97 pts, 3rd Tony Hawkins, John Loughran, Declan Gillespie, Henry Young 96 pts ob9.
Saturday 17th June Stableford Singles: 1st Malachy Clarke 41 pts ob9, 2nd Paul Landy 41 pts, 3rd Donnan Hurst 40 pts ob9, Gross Paul Wisniewski 33 pts.
Thursday 15th June Open Singles: 1st Evan Malone 40 pts, 2nd John Cunningham 39 pts (back 6), 3rd Paul Landy 39 pts (back 6), Gross Kenneth Stevenson 37 pts.
ARDEE LADIES
WEDNESDAY 14th June President Ray Dowdall’s Ladies’ Prize: 1st Geraldine Keogh 67, 2nd Angela Finnegan 71, Gross Rita Black 73, 3rd Patricia Smyth 72 ob9, Special Prize Angela McCabe.
BALLYMAC
OPEN singles played on June 12th: 1st Paul Greer, 2nd Sean Kellegher.
CLOVERHILL
A first singles stableford win for Colum Quinn (28) came as he returned a score of 44 points to be the overall winner of the 3 Categories weekend competition. Colum had 2 points to spare over Frank Ryan (14) who in turn was a point clear of Chris Devine. There was consolation for Frank and Chris as they won their respective categories 2 and 3. Category One went to David Hamill (10) with a score of 40 pts. Next weekend the Tom Muldoon Major will take place. Our All-Ireland Fourball team will play Letterkenny at home next Sunday at 12 noon.
There is a new practice net now available for use at the club. The net, our Captains initiative began on Monday with the help of a handful of members but would not have been completed inside such quick time without the sterling solo effort and contribution of Graham Johnston. for which we are indebted.
The BC Electrics, Dundalk Friday open spread a wide net when it came to the top three home. Winner from Lurgan was Adam McCleary (10) who had 41 points which was one more than Clare man Steve O Hara (11). A trio of Armagh men tied for third spot with 39 points with Shane Toale (14) getting the nod over David Hamill (10) and Peter Byrne (19). BC Electrics, Dundalk sponsored Friday Open entry fee: Members £7/€8, visitors £12/€14 (which includes entry to the 2s). You can book online or through the clubhouse.
An Cafe Brew, Dundalk are sponsoring a special ladies competition in conjunction with our regular Friday Open on June 30. All ladies are cordially invited to attend from 1-3pm if possible as the proprietor of An Cafe Brew, Ryan will be on hand to provide the ladies with some complementary food. You can book online or through the clubhouse 028 30 889374 or 889580. Entry FeeMembers £5 Visitors £10
Vice Captain Paddy Malone (6) made it back to back wins over the Front 9 White Marker 9 hole Wednesday Cup. Paddy who leads overall after 3 weeks competition over these 9 holes was a point ahead of Shane Toale, Emmett Fearon and Seamus McGivern. This week is week 3 off the Back 9 Green markers.
COUNTY LOUTH
SUNDAY’S 3 Tees competition: 1st Nick Messbacher (16) 42pts, 2nd Malachy Callan (18) 40pts ob6, Gross prize Bevan Duffy 35pts; Class 1 winner John Shearan (6) 40pts ob9, Class 2 Peter Walsh (9) 40pts, Class 3 Thomas McDonnell (14) 38pts, Class 4 Matthew Doolan (23) 38pts. CSS (72) 36pts.
Last Wednesday’s Semi-Open fourball stableford (all Co Louth unless stated): 1st Frank King (5) & Joe Carroll (16) 45pts ob9, 2nd John McCann (11) & MP Power (19) Roscommon 45pts.
CO LOUTH LADIES
LAST Tuesday’s Pink Day (in aid of Cancer Research) greensomes scotch foursomes competition: 1st Anne Keane (12) & Eimear Matthews (25) 43pts, 2nd Helen Maher (29) & Norine Maher (32) 39pts ob9, Gross prize Mia Quinn & Susan Mullaney 30pts, 3rd Anne Landy (21) & Carlos McDowell (36) 39pts ob9. Nine-hole qualifier winner Susan McGuirk (36) 18pts, GIG Mary Lennon (36) 22pts.
DUNDALK
CONGRATULATIONS to Caolan Rafferty on winning the silver medal for leading qualifier at the British Open Amateur Championship last week. He set a course record 62 at Prince’s and then reached the last 32 before losing to World No. 24 Alejandro Tosti of Argentina on the 25th tie hole.
Trevor Giff (12) won the PGA Tankard on Sunday won countback from John McLaughlin (25) after both had shot excellent scored of 41pts.
Three pars in the first three holes yield nine points for Gill and although he dropped shots on the sixth and eighth a birdie two on the par three ninth earned home another three points and a front nine total of 20pts,.
A dropped shot on the 10th was followed by an excellent par on the index two 11th and after bogeying the 12th for two points Giff reeled of three successive three point holes as he parred 13 and 15 and birdied 14. His final three point hole was the 18th which came after he dropped a shot at the 17th but the one point earned there proved vital as his 21pts haul on the back nine was enough to edge out McLaughlin.
Frank Byrne (8) took Category 1 with 40pts while Gerry McDermott (17) was the Category 2 winner thanks to a superb back nine score of 23pts which was enough to edge out Michael Hamailton (15) after both finished on 39pts. Michael Greene (19) also needed his back nine score of 21pts to see off vice captain Gerry Byrne after both finished on 38pts.
After picking up just two points from his opening three holes, Eddie Rogers (3) rallied in superb fashion over the remaining 15 holes and claimed the Gross Prize with a score of 32pts.
Seventeen-year-old Eoin Murphy became the latest Dundalk player to reach scratch this week and he did it in some style by winning the Overall and Gross Prizes in Wednesday’s Open Singles Stableford. Playing off one he shot a gross round of 40pts and a net round of 41pts and not even a blank at the 15th could halt his march to scratch. Conor McGleenon (11) from The Island took Category 1 while David Cairns (16) won Category 2 and Tom Geray (21) claimed Category 3. The juvenile prize went to Timmy Connolly (24)
Dundalk bowed out of the Irish Senior Cup over the weekend. After beating Greenore and Black Bush in the opening rounds on Saturday at their Regional Qualifying tournament, Dundalk faced Co Louth on Sunday morning in the regional semi-final but went down 3.5 to 1.5 with Caolan Rafferty the only Dundalk winner on the day.
However, the Fred Daly team continued their good run with a with a 3.5 to 1.5 win over The Island on Sunday. In the away legs, Kyle Rafferty had a 3&2 win but Conal Murdock was beaten. In the home legs a 2&1 win for Eoin Murphy and a 6&4 win for Eamonn Laverty secured Dundalk a place in the Leinster semi-finals with Josh Mackin level after 15 when his match was called in.
The Leinster U15 Inter Club team are also through the next round of their competition after a good win over Roganstown. In the away leg there were wins for Michael Staunton, Declan Curran and Joseph Laverty while the home legs saw Tom Donne, Declan Curran and Zac Alderdyce win to give Dundalk a 6-4 victory.
Josh Mackin finished joint 20th in the Ulster Boys U16 Championship at Donaghadee Golf Club last week,.
Booking for our Juvenile Golf Summer Camps.are now being accepted. The camps, which are hosted by our club professional and Leinster GUI coach Leslie Walker are open to members & non-members and the cost is €50 per camp which including drink, healthy bar, fruit & gift pack. There are morning and afternoon camps on weeks beginning July 10, 17
and 24 and August 14. Further details are available from the Pro Shop on 042 9322102.
Sunday, June 25 - PGA Tankard Singles Stableford – Overall: Trevor Giff (12) 41/21pts, John McLaughlin (25) 41pts. Category 1 (0-12): Frank Byrne (8) 40pts, Eddie Rocks (11) 38/19pts. Category 2 (13-17): Gerry McDermott (17) 39/23pts, Michael Hamilton (15) 39pts. Category 3 (18-28): Michael Greene (19) 38/21/14/6/4pts, Gerry Byrne (18) 38pts. Gross: Eddie Rogers (3) 32pts. CSS: 72 (36pts).
Wednesday, June 21 - Open Singles Stableford - Eoin Murphy (1) 41pts. Category 1 (0 to15): Conor McGleenon (11, The Island) 40pts. Sean Laverty (4) 39/21pts. Category 2 (16-20): David Cairns (18) 40pts, Peter O’Brien (16) 37pts. Category 3 (21-28): Tom Geary (21) 38pts, Michael Curran (21) 37pts. Gross: Eoin Murphy (1) 40pts. Juvenile: Timmy Connolly (24) 37/21pts. CSS: 72 (36pts).
DUNDALK LADIES
THE 18 Hole Stableford played on Saturday 17th and Tuesday 20th June was sponsored by Ovelle, who are new sponsors. The ladies section would like to thank Joanna Gardiner and Sinead McMahon from Ovelle for their very generous sponsorship.
The scoring on Tuesday did not disappoint with Siobhan Rogers having a fantastic 38 pts winning Class B and Leone Ballie having a superb 40pts winning Class C.
Siobhan and Leone are playing great golf this season and we hope this form will continue. Congratulations to all the winners. At the presentation evening Lady Captain Maeve thanked Ovelle for their extremely generous sponsorship and the ladies were treated to some lovely samples. Result: Class A - 1st Fionnuala Dullaghan (17) 35 pts, 2nd Elaine Ward (10) 34/9, 3rd Elizabeth McGuinness (19) 34/6 Class B - 1st Siobhan Rogers (22) 38 pts, 2nd Fiona McLaughlin (25) 37, 3rd Nora Byrne (24) 36 Class C - 1st Leone Bailey (30) 40 pts, 2nd Zara Wadding (33) 37/9, 3rd Joan McKenna (31) 37 Twos: 9th Nora Byrne, Una Delaney, Mary Burlingham; 13th Emer Matthews.
GREENORE
SUNDAY’S Intermediate Scratch Cup kindly sponsored by . J. O’Hare’s Bar Carlingford: Michael Concannon Jnr (10) 70, 2nd Derek Murdock (10) 74, 3rd John Long (10) 74, Nett Andrew Beattie (15)72, 2nd Nett Michael McGahon (13) 73.
Saturday’s voucher competition played kindly sponsored by Noel McGrane: 1st Diarmuid MacArtain 37, 2nd Martin Keenan 37.
Tuesday’s Open Gents Singles kindly sponsored by KTF Housing Ltd. Mr. John Keenan: Winner Barry McDermott (15) 38, 2nd Brian Houston (4) [Lisburn G.C.] 37, Gross Ronan O’Callaghan (0) [Mannan Castle G.C.] 36, 3rd Colin Roche (6) [Dundalk G.C.] 36.
Open Seniors played on Monday 19th June: 1st Breffni McCabe (16) 38, 2nd Patrick Ferrigan (21) 38.
Voucher Competition played on Sunday 18th June: 1st Brendan Carroll (16) 36, 2nd Jim Sheridan (11) 36 and 3rd Sean White (12) 36.
Gents 9-hole Qualifying played on Friday 23rd June: 1st Noel Fretwell (10) 18.
Next Sunday 2nd July will be President Mr Frank McKay’s Prize. Saturday 1st July will be an 18-hole Voucher Competition kindly sponsored by Morgan Fuels.
The club is hosting The Handa British Blind Open from Monday 26th June Tuesday - Wednesday 28th June.
There will still be an Open Gents Singles in the afternoon.
Open Week starts on Friday 7th July and runs to Sunday 16th July with various team events and singles competitions. Timesheets are now open
Wednesday Fun Fourball continues with tee reserved from 5-7pm. Holes 1-12 in play followed by presentation of prizes. Entry fee members €4, visitors €10..
9-hole qualifying continues each Friday with tee reserved from 4-6pm.
Our next Open Seniors will be on Monday 31st July.
Timesheets are available online at www.greenoregolfclub.com or from our Pro Shop at 042 9373951.
Lotto draw kindly sponsored by John Laverty Motor Factors for Saturday 24th June: First out 43; Bonus 19. No Jackpot winner. Lucky dip x 3 weeks winners: Francis Murphy
This week’s jackpot will be €925. Play for €2 to win or share the jackpot and weekly prizes. €5 for three plays or one play for three weeks. Entry by envelope in the club or ticket book by appointed ticket sellers. Enter weekly or for multiple weeks. Annual &and six-month entry also available (includes discount and& free entries). Direct Debit also available.
We are available for clubhouse functions, for bookings contact 9373212 ex 3 or Doreen at 086 2333384.
GREENORE LADIES
WINNER of the monthly Monday Seniors Open was Sheila Berrills with a tidy 34 pts. No Twos.
The weekly Thursday Open Day winner was Seana McGuinness on another tidy score of 35pts. Twos: Seana McGuinness.
The course was playing tricky for round two of the Special competition on Saturday. The young lady in form at present, Seana McGuinness, posted a steady 34 pts to combine with her first round of 38pts and give her the winning total of 72 pts. Overall Gross winner was Kay McCartan on 21/23pts. Day 1 winner Jane Fegan 39pts and day 2 winner Monica Mullen 36 pts. Twos: Catherine Woods, Nora Gormley, Monica Mullen, Roisin Finn, Seana McGuinness, Antoinette Shields.
Saturday next 1st July is President Frank McKay’s prize a Stroke/ Medal/GoY (4) competition. Prize format as follows: Winner, run-
ner-up, gross, front 9 and back 9.
The timesheet is open for our Colourtrend sponsored Open Singles Stableford on Monday 10th July. Prize format: Winner, runner-up, gross, third, 1st and 2nd 9 and visitor.
LAYTOWN & BETTYSTOWN
JUNE 18th Open Fourball Stableford, sponsored by Gough’s of Ardcath (Mr Ray Gough): 1st Michael Sweeney 5/5 & Niall Kelly 11/10 44pts ocb; 2nd Raphael Smyth 5/5 & Patrick MacEntee 11/10 44pts ocb; 3rd Diarmuid Dunne 17/15 & John Dunphy 17/15 44pts.
June 17th Open Two-Person Scramble: 1st Alan Mullen/David Garbutt (4.8) 60.2; 2nd Patrick J Meehan/Paul Brassil (6.8) 62.2; 3rd Paul Mulligan/Raymond Lawless (7.3) 63.7.
June 16th Open Singles Stableford: 1st Frank Flynn (1) 38pts ocb, 2nd Liam Hogan (5) 38pts, Gross prize Cian Geraghty (-1) 36pts, 3rd Bob Hanan (19) 36pts ocb, 4th Emmet McKenna (23) 36pts. CSS: HOme 71 (36pts), Visitors 74 (33pts). SSS: 71.
June 14th Invitational Fourball Stableford, sponsored by Irish Cement: 1st Michael Sweeney 5/5 & Val Sweeney 14/13 46pts; 2nd Raymond Burke 12/11 & Martin Reynolds 19/17 45pts ocb; 3rd Chris Black 15/14 & Frank Ward 11/10 45pts ocb.
LAYTOWN & BETTYSTOWN LADIES
RESULTS from the President’s Prize (Mrs Elma Delaney) 18-hole strokeplay competition, played last Thursday and Saturday: 1st Lorraine Lynch 69, 2nd Aimee Wickham 69 ob9, Gross prize Phil O’Gorman 72, 3rd Aileen Reagan 71, 4th Lily Davis 72 ob9, 5th Tegan Davis 72; Div 2 winner Berna Carthy 72, 2nd Betty Gilsenan 74; Div 3 winner Ann O’Brien 74, 2nd Margaret Spellman 78; Nine-hole winner Jackie Irwin 19pts, Five-day winner Patricia Broderick 40pts.
June 18th/19th 18-hole stableford, sponsored by Anagenics Hair Design, Bettystown: Class 1 winner Margaret Smith (18) 40pts, 2nd Olwyn Kirkpatrick (18) 37pts; Class 2 winner Triona Mee (26) 38pts, 2nd Margo Dwyer (25) 25pts. Nine-hole winner Rosaleen Reilly 17pts.
LUMPER’S SOCIETY
THE society travelled the short distance to Ballymascanlon Golf Course on Saturday, June 17th, to compete for Captain, Gerry Malones’ Prize. Gerry was at the course from early in the day to greet the golfers as they arrived and to present each one of them with a goodies bag to keep them fed and refreshed during the course of the round.
As usual, the golf course was presented in an excellent condition and with beautiful sunshine throughout the day, the golfers had a most enjoyable round of golf. Although Ballymac is a relatively short course, the narrow fairways on a number of holes call for strategic club selection off the tee and the golfers who managed to put together good scores, employed good overall course management. With the Captains’ Prize being the premier competition of the year, the winner, Thomas Dullaghan managed to register his first victory with the society when it mattered most. Thomas scored an excellent 39 points and just pipped the runner-up, David Lambe by a single shot.
When the round had concluded, the group enjoyed a meal and refreshments in the hotel. Before the presentation of prizes, Captain, Gerry thanked the Golf Coordinator at Ballymascanlon, Gerry Campbell for his assistance in organising the event. He also thanked the management and staff of the hotel for the use of their facilities and for providing a delicious meal.
The Prize winners were as follows: 1st Thomas Dullaghan, 2nd David Lambe, 3rd Niall Breen, 4th Peter Callan, Visitors prize Donal Duffy and Joe Mc Cann, Nearest the pin Neil Murtagh, Longest drive Niall Breen.
In finishing just outside the prizes and picking up five points, Tommy Mc Guinness has consolidated his position at the top of the leaderboard and is in a strong position to become ‘Golfer of the Year 2017’. However, with plenty of points still to play for over the two counting events that remain, a number of other golfers will fancy their chances of overtaking him before the conclusion of this competition.
The next outing will be at Dundalk Golf Club on Saturday, July 15th, where the members will be competing for the Presidents Liam Manning’s prize.
For details of outings, events and photo gallery, visit our website www.lumpersgolfsociety.com
MANNAN CASTLE
OUR annual Gerry Cumiskey Classic was played recently and it was won by the team of David MacGuinness, Eugene Molloy, Liam Lynch and Michael McCartan. Second place team was Sean Finnegan, Barry Finnegan, Kevin Butler and Paul Kelly. In third was the team of Jim Nulty, Michael Durnin, Jim McLoughlin and Mark Durnin. As always we thank Gerry Cumiskey for their continued support.
Last weekend was our monthly medal sponsored by AW Tree Services. The medal was won by Bernard Doherty (23) who has been in great form recently and finished with a 66 nett score. Second place was taken by Shane Corr who is another man in fine form. Shane, playing off 4, finished with a net score of 67 beating Frank Sloan (14) who ended on 68 nett. Scratch golfer Ronan O’Callaghan won the gross prize with a two over 72.
Well done to our Barton Shield team of Shane Corr, Ronan O’Callaghan, Mark Lambe and Tomas Pepper who won two matches in Kilkeel on Sunday past. They
overcame Fintona in the morning before dispatching Silverwood in the afternoon. Next up are the All-Ireland champs Warrenpoint.
Our Junior Cowdy team kept up the defence of the title they won last year by overcoming a huge deficit against Cloverhill in the second leg at Mannan Castle on Sunday. Trailing 3.5 to half a point from the first leg, they needed to win all four matches and that’s exactly what they done.
Our Super Thursday Open is in full swing. We are always pleased to welcome visitors to our course, and with great prizes on offer, it’s well worth getting in touch.
There was a great turnout for Wednesday’s Lady’s competition with over 30 ladies playing in the Frances Duffy Memorial. Madeleine Devine (22) claimed victory with a great score of 40 points with Eilish Crawley (26) just pipping Mary MacNamee (16) on a countback with both on 37 points.
The senior men’s event was went to Gerry Corbally with 25 points. He claimed a two point win over Patsy Hoey. Congratulations to our Intermediate Hilton Shield team, captained by Vera Kelly, who beat Nuremore in the final.
SEAPOINT P&P
THE Seapoint Singles Matchplay is completed today (Tuesday) and the draw is available on www. seapointpitchandputtreport.com.
The Doubles and Mixed Doubles Matchplay competition draws are on the noticeboard, so make sure you play your match before the required date.
The best of luck to Joanne Cooney, Mary Coyle, Bridie Hanratty, Anne Fagan, Ann Ward, Patty Brennan and Christine Carroll who compete in the National Strokeplay, taking place in Cement Pitch & Putt Club this coming Saturday.
Seapoint will host their Open Singles competition from Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th July - more details to follow next week.
Check out our website and our Facebook page.
TOWNLEY HALL
LAST weekend’s Secretary’s Prize: 1st Mick Foley 40pts, 2nd Peter McNally 40pts, 3rd Seamus O’Brien 39pts.
The mid-week winner was Teresa Leech with 21 points.