A GOOD WALK
CLOVERHILL
MURPHY’S Bar & Restaurant Meigh sponsored June Medal produced some cracking scores in the quest for one of the 8 Silver Medals (Mar-Oct) which gets you through to the Gold Medal October final. A regular featured player in the Thursday Seniors John Joe Hsssard (17) showed that he can mix it with the rest also by returning a terrific nett 61 to win the June Medal by a shot. Runner-up was Justin Byrne (12) who went round in 4 over with current Club Captain Patrick Malone (7) making the podium in third spot with a nett 64. David Pilkington (2) won the Gross. Next weekends competition is sponsored by Subway,1 Francis Street, Newry BT35 8BQ 028 3025 0993 with prizes for first, second , third, gross and both 9’s.
Friday next June 29 is the last chance for visitors to stake a claim to our Monthly best Visitors score which will net you an extra €100 if you can beat the current leading score of 42pts. Meanwhile Friday Open number 10 was won with 39 points and needed a countback to separate the top three placings. For the second successive Friday Jamie Duffy (4) was relegated to the runner-up spot as he was edged out this time by his playing partner and overall winner Colin Pilkington (3) with Greenore’s Sean Kellegher (7) picking up the third placed prizemoney after all had finished on 39 points.
The 12 hole Maritime Trophy over holes 1-6 and 13-18 provided us with the closest Seniors final scores ever as all competitors finished within 2 points of each other. There were 4 players on the 23 point mark with Brendan Hughes winning from Charlie O Hare and Raymond McCumiskey in third place as Raymond Kelkly lost out on the podium appearance. Next Thursday sees a round of Golfer of the year taking place which is an 18 hole competition.
It is make or break week for the club on the Inter-Club front with 5 home leg fixtures to be placed from Tuesday until Sunday. On Tuesday Joe Pilkington will be hoping that his Sam Rutherford can overturn a 2 hole deficit from Royal County Down as they face Mourne. Two days later in the Ulster Cup Joe’s charges face an even tougher test in the Ulster Cup as a strong Lisburn team come seeking to build on their home 5-2 lead. On Friday with 32 points on offer our Senior Cowdy team have it all to do to overcome the Silverwood lead from the first leg.
Saturday Junior Cowdy Captain Shane Muckian will be hoping that his team will be able to overturn a 2 ½ to 1 ½ deficit as he team takes on Portadown. On Sunday Seamus McParland will need to work the oracle with his Rossmore team against SPA who only need one match from 4 to progress to the next round.
The Back 9 White Markers are proving very cruel to Niall Owens (14) as for the second time he has been touched off for a place in the final and a win via the countback. It was David Duffy (19) who denied Niall this time out after both players returned 23 pts. Next Wednesday play is off the Back 9 Green Markers.
COUNTY LOUTH
LAST Wednesday’s club singles: 1st Paul Goodman (14) 40pts, 2nd Val Rogers (16) 38pts, Gross prize Billy Gavin jnr 32pts. CSS 36pts.
CO LOUTH LADIES
RESULTS from Captain Pat McCabe’s Prize to the Ladies (stroke medal), held on June 16th/19th:
1st Karen Upton (29) 67 nett, 2nd Sarah O’Hagan (24) 71 nett ob9, Gross prize Oonagh Purfield 81; Class 1 winner Rosemary Howell (9) 74 nett, 2nd Noeleen Quirke (12) 75 nett ob9, 3rd Jennifer Gannon (3) 75 nett ob9; Class 2 winner Mary Joy (26) 71 nett ob9, 2nd Eileen Garvey (24) 71 nett, 3rd Ciara Moore (24) 73 nett; Class 3 winner Aoife Allen (33) 75 nett, 2nd Heather Gavin (29) 81 nett ob9, 3rd Anne Walsh (28) 81 nett. Senior ladies winner May Hayes, Nine-hole qualifier Deirdre Gray (16) 21pts. CSS Sat 75 = 36pts; CSS Tues 74 = 37pts.
DUNDALK
SIXTEEN handicapper Kevin Redmond produced a level par back nine to take Leslie Walker’s Professional Prize on countback on a perfect day for golf last Sunday.
Redmond signed for a four under par 68 and his superb score over the final nine holes saw him pip Eddie Rocks (10) and Gerard Daly (13) who had also finished on four under par.
Redmond hadn’t looked like a winner after his opening nine holes which he covered 40 nett, four over par. After a steady start he was one under par nett after a par at the second but a quadruple bogey eight at the eighth and double bogeys at the fifth and seventh left him with a lot of work to do down the back nine.
He was a completely different player heading for home as he rolled in one birdie, seven pars and one bogey for a level par 36 which was a nett 28, eight under par.
Rocks took Category One and Daly won the Veteran’s Prize while the evergreen Peter Rogers (1) claimed the Gross Prize with a
74. Eamonn Laverty (15) and Colm O’Hanrahan (25) took the Category Prizes.
Damien English (10) won the Wednesday Open Singles on countback from Jamie McCaul (20) while Daniel Nordone (18) captured the Juvenile Prize with 41pts and then went on to win Sunday’s Juvenile Prize, off 16, when he shot a 73.
A bus is being organised to the Leinster Finals of the Barton in Mount Wolseley on Friday, July
20. The return trip costs €10 and