Maguire makes history

and the MacBride club was well represented in the Gents Senior grade, with three of our members managing to reach the quarter-final stage.

Well done to Sean Goggin who finished runner-up - and the club would also like to congratulate Frances Farrell from the Cement club on winning the Junior Ladies title.

The Turkey season commences this week and Week 1 of the competition will be 18 nett. Times of play are Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 10am.

There was no winner of last week’s club lotto jackpot draw which took place on Tuesday. The numbers drawn were 1, 9, 10 & 11 and the lucky dip winners were Michelle Dykstra, Pádraic Sarsfield and Ray McKenna. The next draw will take place on Tuesday October 10th when the jackpot prize will be €2,400.

For more information please contact us via the club Facebook page.

MEATH P&P

MEATH prize-winners in the Leinster Matchplay competition, played at the Navan and Castletown clubs over the weekend, were as follows: Ladies Junior - 2nd Noreen Myles (Gaeil Colmcille); Gents Junior - 2nd Stephen McAuley (Navan); Gents Inter - 2nd Jason Hughes (Navan).

Well done to all County Meath players who took part.

SEAPOINT LADIES

SEPTEMBER 23rd/24th stableford competition: 1st Valerie Keating (31) 33pts, 2nd Frances Meade (18) 31pts, 3rd Marita Moore (36) 30pts.

September 21st v par competition: 1st Mary Upton (26) 2up, 2nd Ann F Kelly (33) 1down, 3rd Ann Rath (29) 2down.

Congratulations are due to all the above.

SEAPOINT P&P

RESULTS from the Turkey League: Senior - 1st Johnny Campbell 46 (ob6 14), 2nd Gerry Breen snr 46; Inter - 1st Sean Breen 43, 2nd Anto Mullen 44 (ob9 20½); Junior - 1st Declan Murphy 44, 2nd Derek Mulryne 45; Ladies - 1st Molly Penders 41, 2nd Marlo Everitt 42.

This week’s competition will be an 18 gross - times of play Friday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 9.30am and 2pm.

Seapoint would like to congratulate Frances Farrell of Cement who won the Leinster Junior Ladies Matchplay at the weekend.

TOWNLEY HALL

RESULTS from last weekend’s 18-hole stableford: 1st Peter McNally 41pts, 2nd Pauric Pentony 39pts, 3rd Martin Reynolds. Pauric Pentony won the mid-week competition with 21 points. FORMER St Oliver’s CC Drogheda teacher Eamonn Maguire made history in Vienna last week by becoming the first ever golfer - professional or amateur - to retain an Austrian open title.

Maguire shot rounds of 68 and a championship best 66 at Sussenbrunn GC to finish ahead of world champion Sharon Zohar and an elite international field of visually impaired golfers.

BBC 2 television recently filmed a documentary entitled ‘Under the Radar’ about Maguire’s achievements which will air in November.

Belle. Back (l to r) Teresa Byrne, Evelyn Fallon, Grainne Mullins, Mary Burlingham, Jean Connolly; Front (l to r) Mary

Derek Murray, winner of the Delany Cup at Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club, is presented with his trophy by Mr Tom Delany, representing the Delany family, and Captain Denis Taylor.

Eamonn Maguire (second left) at the presentations and banquet for the Austrian Open, with (from left) Jim Doyle (Eamonn’s guide), Gerhard Bergant (Germany) and Karin Becker (Austria).

Runners-up in the Club Mixed Foursomes Competition (Wickham Trophy) at Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club, Barbara and Eamon Cooney, are presented with their prizes by Carol Wickham and Captain Denis Taylor.