A GOOD WALK
ing from Michael Marley (18) in the early morning rain as he also scored a fine 37 points.
Mannan Castle would like to thank Sean Finnegan for his sponsorship and continued support.
Week 15 of the Super Thursday Open had GoGolfworldwide.com as main sponsor and the result was as follows: 1st Stephen Patterson (v) 37pts, 2nd Kieran Crozier 37pts, 3rd Aiden Molloy 37pts.
Last Tuesday’s Junior ninehole result: 1st Jamie Finnegan, 2nd Shane Finnegan; Five-hole result: 1st Grace Cunningham, 2nd Cormac Burns.
Mannan Castle will be holding an end-of-summer event for juveniles this coming Saturday. There will be golf at 3pm, followed by the presentation of prizes and fun at 6pm, and weather permitting there will be a barbecue. Parents are invited to attend the presentation at 6pm.
Men’s seniors result for last Tuesday: 1st Patsy Hoey 23pts, 2nd Noel Gray 22pts.
Mannan Castle hosted The Rose McKeown Interclub Friendly Cup (mixed fourball) played between Mannan Castle, Concra Wood and Nuremore Golf Clubs.
The cup was donated by Gene McKeown and family and prizes were sponsored by Cathal Short, Bureau de Change, Crossmaglen.
Mannan Castle were the winners with 196 points and Nuremore finished second, with Concra Wood in third place.
Mannan Castle’s winning team consisted of Captain Tommy Duffy, Lady Captain Gill Rouiller, David MacGuinness, Rita O’Loughlin, Jimmy McMahon, Carol McMahon, Peter Marron, Teresa Butler, Lenny McKitterick, Imelda Hanratty, Thomas Gartlan and Angela Gartlan.
The first-placed team were Peter Marron and Teresa Butler (Mannan Castle) with 44 points and second went to Shane Cassidy and Helena Coen from Nuremore with 41 points.
MANNAN LADIES
EIGHTEEN-HOLE strokes competition played on August 19th and 22nd and sponsored by Shoe City: 1st Helena Connolly nett 66, 2nd Ali Ellis nett 71, 3rd Lorraine Delkos nett 72.
SEAPOINT
RESULTS from the August 19th Medal 9 18-hole strokes competition, sponsored by Alex Reilly of Newgrange Motors: 1st Alan Brodigan (17) 65 nett, 2nd Gary Wade (1) 67 nett, 3rd Colm Kerr (8) 70 nett, Gross prize Dylan Keating (1) 74; Cat 1 winner Liam Campbell (10) 72 nett, Cat 2 Kevin McCullough (13) 73 nett, Cat 3 Declan McNamara (17) 74 nett.
August 11th 18-hole stableford: 1st John Delaney (13) 37pts, 2nd Conor Webb (17) 35pts ocb; Cat 1 Ronan Freeman (7) 32pts, Cat 2 Tom Upton (13) 35pts, Cat 3 Sean Walsh (16) 34pts ocb.
SEAPOINT P&P
LAST weekend we had one of the biggest weekends in Seapoint Pitch & Putt’s history when we hosted the Irish Life Irish International Open 2018. It was a great success, with 162 players competing over the course of the weekend.
Seapoint would like to thank everyone who played, especially all the overseas players who helped make the weekend. We would also like to thank all of our sponsors, especially the title sponsor Irish Life.
Thanks to the committee, Michael Murphy of the PPUI and everyone who helped in running the competition. Thanks also to the caterers on doing such an excellent job.
The results were as follows: Overall winner Damien Fleming, 2nd Ray Murphy, 3rd Frank Ryan, 4th Padraic Sarsfield, 5th Darren Fagan.
Category 1 (PPUI Senior Grade): 1st Ian Donnelly, 2nd Eamon Gibney; Category 2 (PPUI Inter): 1st Paul O’Rourke, 2nd Anthony Mullen; Category 3 (PPUI Junior Grade): 1st Daire Mulvenny, 2nd Robbie Crosby. Category 4 (Overseas): 1st Alex Albiñana Bril, 2nd John Fredrick Evans.
Men’s Over-55s: Category 1 (PPUI Senior Grade): 1st Dennis Monaghan, 2nd John Campbell snr. Category 3 (PPUI Junior Grade): 1st Ed Janssen, 2nd Edward Smith. Category 4 (Overseas): 1st Felix Eberle, 2nd Mauro Zanini.
Ladies: Overall winner Geraldine Ward. Grade 1: 1st Christine Byrne, 2nd Christine Carroll, 3rd Noelene Bedford. Grade 2: 1st Audrey Donnelly, 2nd Bridie Hanratty, 3rd Ann Ward. Ladies Overseas: 1st Esther de Schiffart, 2nd Abby Nachshon.
Today (Tuesday) Seapoint Pitch & Putt Club will host an International Challenge match, Ireland v Catalonia. There will be a Ladies team and a Juvenile team and we are proud to announce that two of our members are on the teams, Noelene Bedford and Luke Murphy. Your support on the day would be most welcome.
There will be no competition in Seapoint at the weekend due to the Louth Down Monaghan Matchplay taking place in Channonrock. Times can be found on the Louth County Board Facebook page and www.seapointpitchandputt. com later in the week when they become available.
Upcoming fixtures in Seapoint: Seapoint Senior Citizens Competition - Wednesday September 12th; Joanne and Paul Cooney will host their Captain’s Prize on Sunday September 16th; The Seapoint Gents Strokeplay, sponsored by Madden’s Centra Termonfeckin, will take place on Sunday September 23rd; The Seapoint Masters, sponsored by David Carroll from Seapoint Golf Club, will take place on a Sunday in early October.
TOWNLEY HALL
RESULTS from last weekend’s Captain’s Prize were as follows: 1st Tommy Everitt 137 strokes, 2nd Alan Byrne 138, 3rd David Melia 140; Back 9 Derek O’Brien, Front 9 Joe Leech, Nearest the pin Seamus McMahon, Longest drive Niall Bedford, Leading qualifier Dessie Johnston.
The mid-week winner was Tom Murphy with 24 points.