CLOVERHILL

THERE was a tremendous finale to the Winter League as the overall winner and all three sectional categories were all very much in the melting pot going into the last week of play. The weather throughout the six weeks of competition was fantastic and stayed that way on the last day of play. The scoring for the 12 holes over a shortened course had been terrific throughout and proved even more spectacular on the final cards. James Coburn and Raymond Kelly had been head to head for the duration of the competition for the overall winner prize. Only one point in it at the end as Raymond despite back to back weekly winning scores of 34,32,32 and 31 to total 163 was beaten by James who had a final day 33 for the fourth time in 6 weeks to go with another 32 for a winning total of 164.

The 0-8 section had Benny Tierney and Paul Kelly level on points going into the last day with Benny returning a winning 32 points for a total of 149. Third placed Paddy Malone pounced on the 28 from Paul to overtake him on the best 5 cards by a single point 146 to 145

The 9-14 section house the runaway overall duo so Raymond Kelly won the category with Seamus McCoy as runner-up and Shane Toale finishing third. The 15-19 section was a ding dong affair between Column Quinn and Noel Magill but this time round the Dundalk taxi driver was confined to the back seat as Column took the honours. Despit being a couple of rounds shy new member Kevin Haughey can be delighted with his third place showing.

Monday 26 Charity competition. Tuesday Dec 27 is a club fun day of golf with a 10-30 shotgun start followed by a pool, darts and card competitions everyone welcome. Sunday Jan 1 @ 10 am 12 hole-Shotgun Rumble.

Colin has made use of the good weather getting the diggers in to continue the bunkers and course upkeep. The work done around the11th. Green makes some transformation as does the 3 bunker renovations at hole 8. More changes to be made over the next few weeks.

Raymond Kelly took the senior honours this week with Frank Ryan as runner-up. The Winter League finale for the Seniors is next Thursday at 10am.

There is an Open Singles Stableford 18 hole competition for charity on St. Stephen’s Day with prizes for the first 3, front 9 and back 9 and Gross. Entry Fee- Members £7 and Non-Members £10. Timesheet in operation tel ;30889580

Texas Holdem with a different twist in the club on Friday Dec 30 with an 8pm sharp start. Only 4 hours play in total. 6 tables of 8 players @ €50 per head €2,200 in prizemoney refreshments served. Tickets tel 07522942127.

Dates to remember: Annual Dinner Dance will be held in the clubhouse on Sat Jan 14 where all the match play trophies and all the Medal winners and Wednesday Cup winner and Golfer of the Year awards will all be presented. Limited tickets available by contacting Hon.Sec.Peter Byrne. The Annual General Meeting will be held on January 29 at 2pm.

There will be a Table Quiz on Saturday Jan 7 @ 9pm with all quizzers welcome to blow away the Christmas excess and help raise funds for charity. Entry fee is £5 per person with teams of 4 in operation. Individuals can come along and be allocated to a team. The first of our charity Monthly Table Quiz proceeds go to Cormac Smyth who will be heading to Romania as part of the School Aid project. Refreshments served.

Any local charity or organisation who would like to benefit from our Monthly Quiz can do so by getting in touch with Colin Tel- 02830889580. Quiz questions and refreshments will be provided by the club free of charge.