A GOOD WALK
ARDEE LADIES
LADY Captain’s Prize: Overall - 1st Susan Corcoran 77pts; 2nd Gillian Breen 75pts; Gross Joanne McShane 52pts; 3rd Overall Jessica Daly (junior) 77pts; Past Captains Bernie Breen 66pts; Committee Prize Monica Watters 67pts; Putting competition Sheila Murphy; 9-hole category B Geraldine Flanagan; 9-hole category A Desiree Kleynhans; 9-hole men Oran Durnin.
Day 1 - Class: 1st Susan Boyle 33pts (back 9), 2nd Aoife Caffrey 33pts; Class B: 1st Geraldine Keogh 43pts, 2nd Bernadette Dowdall 39pts; Class C: 1st Alice Hennessy 37pts, 2nd Theresa Morgan 36pts.
Day 2 - Class A: 1st Sara Byrne 34pts (back 9), 2nd Vera Commins 34pts; Class B: 1st Eileen Penrose 35pts, 2nd Betty Murphy 34pts; Class C: 1st Mary McGahon 34pts (back 9), 2nd Bernadette Ward 34pts.
ASHFIELD
LAST Tuesday’s senior result: 1st Greg Stewart, 2nd Tony Duffy. Seniors competitions continue every Tuesday from 9.30 onwards and it’s €5 for members and €12 for visitors.
BELLEWSTOWN
SUNDAY’S singles stableford: 1st Brendan McKenna 41pts, 2nd Felix Zinyemba 35pts, 3rd Scott Griffin 35pts.
Saturday’s singles stableford: 1st Derek Maher 42pts, 2nd Jean Gogarty 40pts, 3rd Graham Pentony 39pts.
CLOVERHILL
VICE-CAPTAIN Paddy Malone (7) was the one who was not all mixed up as he captured the Mixed-up Major singles stableford competition at the weekend.
The format for the mixed-up major went down a treat with members as the course was played a different way round, with play starting at hole 13 and an outward par of 37 in comparison to an inward par of 33.
Paddy was a countback winner from Daniel Hughes (7) after both returned 42 points. Shane Toale (13) was third on the countback from fellow 40-pointers Stephen Cunningham (20), Club Captain Seamus McParland (12) and Pearse Murphy (11).
There was consolation for Pearse (23pts) as he won the front 9, with the back 9 going to Graham McNally with 21 points. Colin Pilkington (3) was the Gross winner. The Murphy’s, Meigh-sponsored August Medal will take place next weekend.
When you hit a good patch in golf it is important to make the most of it, which is what young Lorcan Rafferty (14) has done. Despite a two-shot loss for winning the previous week’s Friday Open, Lorcan hit form to record backto-back victories as his 41 points made him a one-point winner over Christopher Reel (14), with Cormac Smyth (12) finishing third on the countback with Luke Owens (8) after both returned 38 points.
The lead score for the best visitor for the month of August has been set at 36 points by Sean Kelly (13) from Killymoon.
Friday Open Entry Fee- Members £7/€8 Visitors £12/€14 (which includes entry to the 2’s). You can book on-line or through the clubhouse.
In the Wednesday Cup the Back 9 White saw a tied finish between Emmett Fearon and James Coburn after both returned 24 points. Emmett booked his place in the final on the countbac,k with Mark Shevlin and Raymond Quinn a point in arrears. The Back 9 Green will be in play this week.
The seniors singles stableford competition winner on Thursday of last week was Raymond McCumiskey, from Charlie O’Hare, with Bernard Hughes back in third place.
A round of the Maritime trophy will be played this Thursday.
COUNTY LOUTH
RESULT from the July 30th President’s Prize GoY competition (Michael McGuigan): 1st Frank Gannon (4) 68, 2nd Michael O’Brien (5) 69, Gross prize James P Clarke 75 ob9, 3rd Malachy Stringer (28) 70, 4th Billy Gavin jnr (4) 71, 5th John Mullen (9) Drybridge 72 ob9, Past presidents prize Mark Gannon (3) 73. CSS 74.
CO LOUTH LADIES
LAST Tuesday’s 18-hole stableford, sponsored by Olives Boutique: Class 1 winner Jenny Matthews (16) 36pts, 2nd Jane Kelly (13) 35pts ob9; Class 2 winneer Blanaid Hayes (24) 38pts, 2nd Frances Curran (19) 37pts; Class 3 winner Olive Murdock (31) 43pts, 2nd Diana Connolly (30) 38pts ob1. Nine-hole qualifier Susan McGuirk (35) 18pts ob6, Senior ladies winner Felicity Matthews. CSS Tue 75.
Result from the July 30th President’s Prize to Ladies (Michael McGuigan): 1st Margot Quinn (30) 21pts, 2nd Ruth Smyth (18) 19pts (by lot).
DUNDALK
RESULT from Sunday’s Knights of Malta competition: 1st Sean Laverty (4) 69/32, 2nd Michael Keating (16) 69/33, Gross prize Eddie Rogers (3) 73; Cat 1 winner Aidan Thornton (8) 69, 2nd Connor McCaughey (5) 70/34.5; Cat 2 winner Tom Clarke (17) 69, 2nd Pat Hoey (13) 70/33.5; Cat 3 winner Ciaran Daly (18) 70, 2nd Hugh Reilly (21) 73. CSS 72.
Caolan Rafferty and Eoin Murphy have been called up to the Ireland teams for this month’s men’s and boys Home Internationals. It will be a first international appearance for both players and is recognition for the excellent seasons that both players have had.
With Josh Mackin having already appeared for the Irish Boys U-16 team at the Home Internationals in Wales, it means that Dundalk Golf Club has now produced three Ireland internationals in the one year.
Rafferty will be one of two new caps in an Ireland team that is bidding for a fourth successive triumph in the Home Internationals when they tee off at Moortown on August 16th, while Murphy is one of seven new caps in the Ireland team for the Boys U-18 Home Internationals at St Anne’s Old Links from today until Thursday, where hosts England will be defending the title they won last year in Ballyliffen.
Murphy recently led the Fred Daly team to the Leinster title and it was one of his teammates, four-handicapper Sean Laverty, who lifted the Knights of Malta Cup on Sunday on a countback from Michael Keating (16), Aidan Thornton (8) and Tom Clarke (17),
All three finished with scores of three under par, 69, but Laverty’s back nine of 32 was enough to give him the overall prize, with Keating taking the runners up spot. There was some consolation for Thornton and Clarke as they won category one and three respectively. Eddie Rogers, off three, took the gross prize with a 73.
After eight holes of his round few would have bet on Laverty being in the final shake-up as a double bogey six at the fourth and bogies at the first and eighth meant he was standing at three over par nett when he stood on the ninth tee.
But he then birdied the par three hole and that kick-started his round as he reeled off another two birdies down the back nine as well as seven pars to cover the home stretch in 34 gross and 32 nett and that was enough to pip Keating for the overall prize.