A GOOD WALK
ARDEE
FOURTEEN-HOLE singles on Sunday: 1st Noel Collier 36pts, 2nd Thomas Goslin 35pts, 3rd Peter Taaffe 34pts ob7.
Eighteen-hole stableford singles on Saturday: 1st Jamie Kelly 44pts, 2nd Paul Carrie 43pts, 3rd Jack Phipps 40 pts ob9, Gross prize Ben Phipps 38pts.
CLOVERHILL
DAVID Hamill (8) has been crowned the Spill Assist Golfer of the Year 2017. David who began the year off a13 handicap took over the lead a few months ago and has managed to stay ahead of the chasing pack. Competition sponsor Spill Assist is an Environmental Consultancy providing a comprehensive service of both advice and remediation in both domestic and commercial settings.
The competition saw a players best 15 cards for the year count with four handicap category prizes of £100 off your 2018 membership. Complete results: Overall winner David Hamill 832pts, Category 0-12 Paul Kelly 801, Category 13-17 Fintan McAleenan 807, Category 18-21John Joe Hassard 775, Category 21-28 Noel McParland 788.
The end of year three-person Cloverhill Champagne Scramble was blessed with cold but dry weather. The competition played off the Green Marker with the best drive picked and every team member finishing out his own ball from the selected drive. The scoring was stableford with one score counting at the 6 Par 3’s, 2 scores at the 8 Par 4’s and all three scores counting at the 4 Par 5s.
First out on Saturday morning, Dee McEvoy and the O’Hare brothers Anthony and Bryan set a high target of 100 points. That target was short lived as the team out straight after them Niall McDonnell, Damien Reilly and John Kelly returned 104 points (53 out 51 in) to take the lead.
For the remainder of Saturday and Sunday nobody got close to the leading score but the 100 point mark was passed by two teams. Christopher Reel, Ciaran Crummy and Colm Traynor 101 pts (50 out 51 in) finished in third place with runner-up spot also on 101 pts (48, 53) going to Golfer of the Year David Hamill accompanied by father and son duo David and Joe. The 6 Nearest the Pin winners were Hole 4-David Pilkington 6 ft 10 in Hole 7- Liam Devlin (Lurgan) 10 inches Hole 9- Shane Muckian 4 ft 3 in Hole 12-Christopher Reel 3 ft 2 in Hole 14- Dessie McCann (Lurgan) 4ft 4inch hole 16-Anthony O Hare 2ft 2in. A big thank you to all who supported the Scramble.
Christmas League commenced yesterday (Monday) and will run for 6 weeks. There will be 12 holes in play with 2/3 of your handicap in use. There will be weekly prizes for the top 3 and a team competition if there is sufficient interest. Entry is £10 which covers your opening week’s play. The weekly fee after that is £4/€5 with a repeat card costing £2/€2. Play will be from Monday to Sunday and is a repeater, with your best card counting each week. White 12 Hole cards are to be used and cards must be signed by a competition member. Entries to be posted in the box.
Captain Seamus McParland will be hosting his Presentation Night Dinner will on Saturday at 8pm in the clubhouse. Golfer of the Year, Matchplay and Medal Presentations will take place. For tickets contact secretary Mark Shevlin.
Senior Golfer of the Year Raymond Kelly has added the Singles matchplay title to his long list achievements in what has been a tremendous year. Raymond had to pull out all the stops as he held off the determined challenge of the Seniors main man Frank Ryan in a high class final that was decided on the very last green. Raymond was 2 up after 13 put found himself all square playing the last hole. Unfortunately Frank saw his hopes of the title sink before his eyes as his ball found a watery grave up the Par 5 finishing hole.
The third round of the Seniors league saw another Raymond come to the fore as Raymond McCumiskey finished ahead of John Joe. Round four of the League will take place next Thursday at 10am.
COUNTY LOUTH
SATURDAY’S Captain’s Team Event (Harry Collier): 1st Peter Walsh (9), Peter Gillen (15), Phil Malone (14) & John Mullen (Mead) (5) 90pts; 2nd Damien Carroll (4), John Bayly (13), Pat McCabe (20) & Fergus Caine (9) 88pts ob9; 3rd Seamus Keenan (6), John McCann (11), Declan O’Brien (10) & Richard Murray (6) 88pts; 4th Gavin Tuite (13), Tom Garry (13), Niall Kerbey (9) & Seamus Reilly (8) 87pts.
The nine-hole Seniors League competition (Cat 2 only) was won by Jack Lyons (26) with 16 points. Mid-week turkey winners: Class 1 Andrew Doggett (12) 34, Class 2 Jack McAuley (25) 33.5.
CO LOUTH LADIES
WINNERS from last Tuesday’s back nine stableford: Class 1 Mairead Duffy (17) 24pts, Class 2 Ruth Smyth (19) 22pts ob1, Class 3 Sheila McCann (33) 18pts ob6.
The Ladies Winter League is sponsored by AIB Drogheda and Boylan Print Group Drogheda.
DUNDALK
OLLIE English (13) was the winner of Sunday’s 14 hole Singles Stableford competition as he defeated Peter O’Brien (15) on countback after both had finished on 30pts.
English covered the first seven holes in 16pts, thanks to a birdie four at the seventh which yielded four points. He then failed to score at the par four eighth but bounced back with a three point par at the ninth to turn with 19pts. He then picked up 11 more points from the next four holes which included a birdie two for four points at the 13th. That brought him to 30 with one hole to go, but he failed to score on the short par four 14th. However, the 20pts he had scored over the last nine holes gave him overall victory from O’Brien.
Conor McCaughey (5) took third overall with 29pts and also recorded the best gross score of the day with 25pts.
Pat Donaghy (12), Danny Gallagher (13) and Dermot McKenna (22) took the category prizes.
The annual presentation of prizes will be held on Sunday, December 10, immediately after a Shotgun start competition scheduled for that date.
Congratulations to Eoin Murphy who has retained his place on the Irish Boys U18 international panel for the 2018 season. Eoin made his international debut earlier this year at the Home Internationals.
Fourteen Hole Open Singles Stableford – Overall: Ollie English (13) 30pts, Peter O Brien (15) 30pt, Connor McCaughey (5) 29/20pts. Category 1 (0-12): Pat Donaghy (12 ) 29pts,. Category 2 (13-17): Danny Gallagher (13) 28pts. Category 3 (18-28): Dermot McKenna (22) 28/19pts. Best Gross: Connor McCaughey 25pts. CSS: Non-Qualifying.
DUNDALK LADIES
THE second week of the Winter League took place on November. 4th and 7th. Conditions were challenging, with Grainne Mullins and Jean Connolly coming in on top with a superb 19pts. Grainne is playing great golf. Jean Connolly is back on form, playing super golf. Congratulations to all the 1sts.
Results: Class A - 1st Theresa Connolly (17) 17/14pts, 2nd Fionnuala Dullaghan(18) 17/13 pts, 3rd Deirdre Smith (-1) 17/12 pts.
Class B - 1st Jean Connolly (20) 19 pts, 2nd Ide McDermott (22) 17 pts, 3rd Deirdre Ryan(26) 17 pts.Class C - 1st Grainne Mullins (36) 19 pts, 2nd Noeleen Gernon (31) 17 pts, 3rd Rita Kelly (33) 16 pts. Twos: 5th Mary Dooley, Olivia Cunningham, 9th Mary Smith, Brid Rocks.
GREENORE
SUNDAY’S 14-hole Stableford Winter League kindly sponsored