ONtheFAIRWAYS
DONOHOE’S SOCIETY
Donohoe’s Society played Quinnagh House on Sunday, with only twelve players in total.
Turkey winners were: 1, Pat Morrissey, 37 points; 2, ‘Prof’ Nolan, 37 points; 3, Sam Farnan, 35 points. Jim Breen took home the birdie money.
A reminder that the A.G.M. next Friday, November 30, in the back room at 8 p.m. Next Sunday we play Rathaspeck for the last turkey outing of the year. Please be there by 8.45 a.m.
COURTOWN
We will begin with a well-deserved congratulations to James Timmins and his greens staff and indeed to all involved in the running of our club over the last year, including our office staff, bar staff and catering staff.
Courtown were voted golf club of the year at the South East Radio Sports Awards for 2018. Lady Captain Catherine Quinn, lady Vice-Captain Sorcha Howell, Vice-Captain Colman Doyle and Honorary Secretary Paddy O’Dowd were on hand to accept the award on Thursday. Anybody who played the course over last weekend would have to agree that for the time of year the whole course is in fantastic condition.
A final reminder that the club A.G.M’s will take place on Saturday, December 1. The men’s A.G.M. will take place at 5 p.m., followed by the club A.G.M. at 6 p.m.
Here is the position in the winter league as it stands after four rounds - Section 1: Cathal O’Donohoe and Karl Caulfield lead with twelve points, followed by Allen Geraghty and John Holmes on eleven points.
Section 2: Larry D’Arcy and Denis Howell lead on eleven points, with Dermot Fitzgerald and Jim Doyle on ten points.
Section 3: Ralph Lennon and Mick Morrissey lead on 14 points, followed by Dave Tyrrell and Dean Justice on 13 points.
Section 4: Colman Doyle and Ciarán Doyle lead on 15 points, followed by Larry O’Brien and Walter McNally on ten points.
Section 5: Keith Reid and Alex Reid lead on 14 points, with Paul Dobey and Terry Noone also on 14 points.
Section 6: Richard Barnwell and Gerry Lennon lead on twelve points, with Alan Lawlor and Jerry O’Riordan also on twelve points.
Ladies’ and gents’ singles, Saturday and Sunday, November 24 and 25: 1, Vincent Kavanagh (13), 35 points; 2, Gerry McGrath (15), 33 points; 3, Colman Doyle (24), 31 points (last six); gross, Alan McDonald (1), 28 points; ladies, Aine Kavanagh (20), 31 points.
Weekly turkey: Cat. 1, Eamonn Byrne (13), 19 points; Cat. 2, Donal Sheehan (16), 22 points.
ROSSLARE LADIES
Singles stableford, November 13 (57 played): 1, Sheila Doyle (23/18), 29 points; 2, Doreen McGovern (10/8), 28 points; 3, Veronica Kiely (39/30), 24 points (back seven); 4, Carmel Lonergan (28/22), 24 points (back seven); 5, Catherine Howard (15/12), 24 points (back seven); 6, Susan Stewart (20/16), 24 points.
Ladies’ Burrow course, eleven-hole competition, non-qualifying, Saturday and Tuesday, November 10 and 13 (seven played): 1, Clare Barry (34/23), 21 points; 2, Frances Houlihan (29/19-1), 18 points.
Open fourball, Saturday, November 17 (25 pairs played): 1, Niamh Byrne (9/6) and Valerie Doyle (11/8), 32 points; 2, Eileen Brosnan (13/9) and Margie O’Connor (19/13), 28 points (back seven).
Tuesday, November 20, singles stableford, twelvehole (14 played): 1, Mary O’Shaughnessy (14/9), 20 points.
A reminder that the ladies’ Christmas party night is this Friday, November 30, the perfect launch of the festive season. We’re all looking forward to a fabulous social evening, a delicious meal from our clubhouse caterers, David and Siobhán and their team, Christmas prize-giving, festive atmosphere, and late-night revelry and dancing.
ROSSLARE
Billy Kelly Memorial mixed fourball: 1, Kieran Broderick (12), Esther Broderick (22), 39 points; 2, Jim Doyle (10), Valerie Doyle (11), 39 points; 3, Gerry McErlene (21), Siobhán McErlene (16), 38 points; gross, George O’Connor (10), Joan Bowe (12), 23 points; 4, Niall Fortune (14), Moira Fortune (16), 34 points.
Eighteen-hole fourball: 1, Billy Davis (11), J.D. Clarke (26), 41 points; 2, Thomas Minogue (4), Dick Minogue (14), 41 points; 3, Dave McGee (7), Jim Hore (13), 41 points; 4, Anthony Duggan (5), Mark Fitzpatrick (7), 41 points.
Turkey competitions, 16 holes fourball: 1, Paud O’Brien (4), Edward Prendergast (17), 38 points.
Singles: 1, Martin Flynn (11), 34 points; 2, Dave Noonan (9), 33 points; 3, Kevin Mitchell (23), 32 points; 4, Ger O’Reilly (13), 32 points; 5, Jim Doyle (10), 31 points.
Fourball: 1, Paul McLoughlin (11), Eoin O Donnagáin (27), 34 points; 2, Tom Connon (18), Declan Curran (29), 33 points; 3, Liam Duggan (6), Robin Gardner (18), 33 points.
Team of three: 1, Jason Walsh (8), Philip Breen (11), Thomas Walsh (21), 65 points; 2, Pádraig Hanrick (12), John Hanrick (15), Jim Hennessy (17), 59 points; 3, Anthony Duggan (5-3), Stan Jackson (12), Colman Doyle (19), 57 points.
The club A.G.M. takes place in the clubhouse on Monday, December 10. The men’s meeting is at 7 p.m., with the full meeting at 7.30 p.m.
WEXFORD LADIES
November 3-8, 14 holes stableford sweepstake (39 played): 1, Tara Dunne (4), 27; 2, Mary Rackard (38), 26 (back seven); 3, Cathríona Walsh (14), 26 (back seven); nearest the pin, Mary Cashe, 4m 43cm.
November 10-15, 14 holes stableford sweepstake (39 played): 1, Sally O’Neill (20), 29 points (back seven); 2, Mary Rice (21), 29 points; 3, Helen Kinsella (29), 26 points (back seven); nearest the pin, Louise Boshoff, 4m 34cm.
November 17-24, 14 holes stableford sweepstake (43 played): 1, Beppi O’Connor (16), 29 points; 2, Sally O’Neill (20), 27 points (back seven); 3, Yvonne McSweeney (12), 27 points (back seven); 4, Margaret Hearne (15), 27 points; nine-hole competition winner, Rosaleen Morris (17), eleven points; nearest the pin, Margaret Hearne, 2m 72cms.
Please note: effective shots are in operation in singles matches for first and second place during the winter season - see the list in the locker room. Nearest the pin is permanently back to the ninth hole for the winter months.
Next week’s competition is a three-person team choker…(gulp!).
The next Bridge session in the club is December 5 at 9.45 a.m. All are welcome.
A very successful and well-attended A.G.M. was held on November 19 in the clubhouse. Many thanks and congratulations were expressed to our outgoing lady Captain Patricia, lady President Róisín, and departing committee members Mary, Kathleen, Ann, Louise and Una, on a well-organised, enjoyable and successful year. We then welcomed our new officers and committee members for 2019.
Lady Captain, Martina Gately; lady President, Bridget O’Neill; lady Vice-Captain, Lily Rowe. Coming on board the committee for 2019, we welcome Carmel, Mary B., Geraldine and Rachel. We are looking forward to working with you all in the new season.
The table plan for the ladies’ Christmas party will be available in the locker room on Thursday, November 29. Get your party piece ready!
WEXFORD
Tuesday, 15-hole Seniors’ scramble: 1, Billy Roche, Seán Moynihan, Lar Kenny, John Meyler (16), 42 nett; 2, Pat Kavanagh, Brian Judd, Brendan Long, Ed Mooney (11.8), 42.2 nett; 3, Marty Robinson, John Cotter, John Shorten, Mick Browne (13.7), 47.3 nett.
Wednesday’s ladies’ and gents’ 14-hole open singles was won by Jonathan Walsh (12) with 30 points, a good score given the dreadful weather conditions.
Again on Friday the weather conditions were dreadful, but the team of Gary Lynch (5), Neil Murphy (11) and John Cleary (17) ‘copped’ the prizes in the open three-person reverse waltz with a team score of 60 points.
On Saturday the competition was a 14-hole confined two-person champagne scramble, and the winners with a great score of 39 points were Kevin Murphy (7) and Mick Creane (12). In second place were Joe Walsh (13) and John Cleary (17) with 38 points, and they won on the back seven holes.
John Cleary is certainly the man in form at the moment, winning four prizes within the last two weeks.
Sunday, gents’ confined 14-hole fourball: 1, Declan Byrne (23) and George Roche (20), 37 points; 2, John Cotter (14) and Paul Kelly (16), 34 points (back seven); 3, Jonathan Walsh (12) and Eamon Hopkins (20), 34 points (back two).
The winner of weekly draw was Pat Duggan. The jackpot was not won so it will increase to €2,811 for next week.
Competitions: Tuesday, 15-hole confined gents’ Seniors’ singles; Wednesday, open 14-hole ladies’ and gents’ fourball; Friday, open three-person team event, with two scores to count on each hole; Saturday, confined gents’ 14-hole fourball; Sunday, confined two-person 14-hole team aggregate v. par.
The A.G.M. will be held in the clubhouse on Monday, December 10. All motions should be submitted to the Honorary Secretary at least seven days prior to this date.
NEW ROSS
Winter league round two sponsored by Hartley’s Motorcraft New Ross, November 17-18: 1, Ritchie Aylward (19), 33 points; 2, Mossy Ryan (17), 32 points; 3, Davy Doran (12), 31 points (last nine); gross, Michael Ryan, 29 points (last three); Cat. 1, Andrew Ryan (5), 31 points; Cat. 2, Martin Carroll (12), 31 points; Cat. 3, Jamesie Wallace (22), 31 points (last nine).
The remaining rounds will be played after Christmas. November 21-22, 16-hole stableford singles sponsored by Adamstown members: 1, Cyril O’Grady (11), 38 points (last nine); 2, Seamus O’Leary (7), 38 points; 3, Jamesie Wallace (22), 37 points (last nine); gross, Michael Ryan, 33 points; Cat. 1, Jim Byrne (9), 34 points (last nine); Cat. 2, Ned Conway (15), 35 points (last six); Cat. 3, Willie Whitty (18), 37 points.
The course continues to present in very good condition thanks to the ongoing work by staff and previous sanding and preparation measures. The last two weekends have seen in excess of 120 entries in each competition which reflects this.
There is a nine-hole competition running over the coming weeks on week days. Entry is €3 and any subsequent re-entry is €2. Entries may be made via the Pro Shop. Prizes are in the form of Christmas-related vouchers.
Recent winners were Willie Whitty (18) with 21 points, and Tommy Tyler (14) with 19 points.
Next weekend sees the club’s Christmas hamper competition take place with times available on both Saturday and Sunday. This will be a 16-hole stableford.
Split The Pot was won by The Saturday Regulars who collected €86. The next draw will take place on December 2.
NEW ROSS SENIORS
Oh, how lucky we Seniors’ group are with the weather each Thursday. After the torrential downpours of recent days and nights, we had a benign day last week although with a definite chill in the air.
Allied to that, a brisk north-easterly wind made things that bit harder on a perfectly dry course, with the greens in superb condition for the time of year.
Fourteen teams took part in the champagne scramble format and excellent scores were returned, with ten teams cracking the 90 points target mark. As usual, there was one team which handled the conditions better than others and they proved to be the runaway winners.
Carding two nines of 48/51, Jimmy Furlong (12), Willie Naddy (20), Robert O’Dwyer (22) and Tom O’Shea (24) were clear victors with 99 points - who missed the putt to make it 100?
Second place with 93 points went to Tony Harford (14), Mikey Lee (19), John Murphy (20) and Tom Kent (26), whilst Dick Cuddihy (12), Paddy Bennett (20), Brian Dolan (21) and Tom Furlong (26) were placed third after a stewards’ enquiry deemed they had not infringed any rule in marking the card which was then re-adjusted.
Not so lucky were another team who were rightly disqualified for not having a player’s handicap on their card - how can you calculate scores if there’s no handicaps shown?
Nearest the pin prizes went to Michael Kavanagh on the ninth hole and Michael Gannon on the eleventh.
Next Thursday, November 29, we hold our A.G.M. starting sharp at 9.30 a.m., and we will also collect the fee of €20 for our Christmas outing and dinner the following Thursday, December 6.
With many commemorations taking place for World War One, it is worth recording that a member of the family that once owned the land on which the golf course is situated lost his young life in a bloody battle in France.
Reginald Isaac Jeffers, born 1894, son of Sheppard and Kate Jeffers of Tinneranny, was only 23 years of age and a member of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers when mown down in the trenches by the German army on August 18, 1917. So, next time you stand on the 13th tee-box, look to your right where the old Jeffers homestead was once located.
PAULINE’S SOCIETY
Our recent outing to Mountain View allowed us the opportunity to play on one of the finest courses in the southeast, a credit to the members and those who maintain it.
It is now endowed by a magnificent clubhouse, bar and restaurant that we look forward to visiting again in the new year.
Scoring produced amazing results, with the youthful Brian Gannon taking first place with an incredible 46 points.
He was followed closely behind by Paddy Delaney on 44 points, and Pat McGrath on 43, with great golf from all concerned.
There were two nearest the pin prizes up for grabs, and both were won by Dave Feeney. Well done Dave. The visitor’s prize went to Tom O’Connor.
It’s that time of the year again as we look forward to our Christmas outing, which will take in New Ross Golf Club on December 8.
The format of play will be a scramble which has proved popular year on year. As usual, the sheet for members and visitors will be posted in Pauline’s Bar until 8 p.m. on Wednesday, December 5.
We would appeal to intending members and visitors to sign up before the above date to facilitate the draw for groups. The usual presentations and gathering will take place in Pauline’s Bar at a time to be decided.
NEW ROSS LADIES
Wednesday’s competition was 14-hole stableford sponsored by the club.
Results: 1, Mary Rose Ryan (29), 28 points; 2, Marie Therese Wall (19), 27 points; 3, Marguerite Sutton (17), 27 points.
Next week’s competition is 14-hole stableford sponsored by the club, and there is placing everywhere. Also, as and from November 24, when in the bunker, you can mark, lift, rake and place the ball within six inches.
This is to keep the bunkers in proper condition over the winter months.
The ongoing nine-hole competition is still available and will continue to run until Christmas.
A reminder that our next presentation for competitions will take place on Wednesday, December 5, at 7.30 p.m.
The first round of the winter league has to be played by November 28. Please remember to enter into the winter league book in the Pro Shop.
Ladies, please put in your diaries a reminder of our Christmas party which will take place on Wednesday, December 19, from 5 to 7 p.m.
We intend to run a nine-hole champagne scramble, followed by mulled wine, mince pies, music and fun. There will be a prize for the best dressed outfit on the night, so get your thinking hats on.