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FOURTEEN-HOLE singles stableford played on December 22nd: Cat 1 winner Jack Phipps 32pts, Cat 2 winner Michael Rossiter 31pts back 3, Cat 3 winner Gerry Farrell 31pts.

Fourteen-hole singles stableford played on December 23rd: Cat 1 winner Kieran Coyle 28pts, Cat 2 winner William Gilsenan 32pts, Cat 3 winner Jim Nulty 34pts.

Two-person scramble played on December 28th: 1st D Kerley & P Gollogley 60pts, 2nd C McClenaghan & G Carroll 62pts, 3rd M Rossiter & D Farrell snr 63pts.

Fourteen-hole singles stableford played on December 29th: Cat 1 winner Sean McAulfield 31pts, Cat 2 winner Frank Bradley 35pts, Cat 3 winner Ollie Sampson 35pts.

Fourteen-hole singles stableford played on December 30th: Cat 1 winner Gavin Daly 34pts, 2nd Kevin Commins jnr (-1) 33pts; Cat 2 winner Oran Durnin 38pts, 2nd Ronan Phipps (-1) 34pts; Cat 3 winner Fergus Gough 33pts, 2nd Aidan Hand 32pts.

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NINE-HOLE competition played on December 30th: 1st Jacinta Muldoon 21pts, 2nd Alison Lawson 19pts.

Thirteen-hole stableford played on December 19th: Class A - 1st Susan Corcoran 29pts, 2nd Rita Black 27pts.

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SUNDAY’S Winter League 12hole competition: 1st Keith Gorman 27pts, 2nd Rory Callaghan 27pts.

Saturday’s Winter League 12-hole competition: 1st Alan Overton 26pts, 2nd Adam Byrne 25pts.

December 30th Christmas Hamper League 12-hole competition: 1st Martin Phelan 25pts, 2nd Robert McKenna 25pts.

December 29th Christmas Hamper League 12-hole competition: 1st Paul Hoey 24pts, 2nd Kenny Moore 23pts.

Well done to Robert McKenna, who was the overall winner of the Christmas Hamper League, and to runner-up Martin Phelan.

Full membership is available until January 2020 for €599. WINNERS from Sunday’s New Year’s Cheer singles stableford front nine competition: Class 1 Paul Reilly (5) 23pts, Class 2 Cathal Kelly (18) 21pts ob3.

Saturday’s Winter League No 13, sponsored by SSC Sports Surgery Clinic: Class 1 winner John Murphy (10) 67 ob9, 2nd Aaron Garvey (12) 67, Gross prize Ryan O’Doherty 71; Class 2 winner Malachy Stringer (27) 66, 2nd Martin Tolan (17) 68, Gross prize Damien Walsh 83. SSS 72 (non-counting). Team - Paul Reilly (5-1), Noel Reilly (7), Tod O’Reilly (6) & Sean Walsh (14-1) 56. THE first competition of 2019 attracted a full timesheet, with 50 pairings taking part in a Scotch Foursomes competition, and there was less than one shot between the top three at the end.

The relentless drizzle certainly didn’t hamper Jim Burlingham (28) and Pat Beirne (23) who blended perfectly to win with a nett score of 47.2.

That was half-a-shot better than the excellent 47.7 returned by 12-handicappers Pat Donaghy and Mark Browne, while Conor McCaughey (6) and John McGeady (24) returned a score of 48.3 to finish third.

The competition was the first played under the new rules of golf and members are reminded that they can find out more information about the changes on the club website www.dundalkgolfclub.ie.

The 2019 Rules of Golf has provision for a Local Rule which can give golfers relief from out of bounds with a two-stroke penalty in the area where the ball went out of bounds.

However, the Golfing Union of Ireland have advised that this rule should not be introduced because CONGU have decided that any event with this local rule in place will not be a qualifying competition for handicap purposes.

The GUI are concerned that having the rule in place in some competitions and not in others will lead to confusion and result in players using the incorrect rule.

The Tournament Committee have decided that this Local Rule will not be put in place at Dundalk Golf Club and Rule 18 will apply.

Result from Sunday January 6th Scotch Foursomes: 1st Jim Burlingham (28) & Pat Beirne (23) 47.2; 2nd Pat Donaghy (12) & Mark Browne (12) 47.7; 3rd Connor McCaughey (6) & John McGeady (24) 48.3. SUNDAY’S voucher competition: 1st Jim Renaghan (17) 32, 2nd Benny Talt (14) 32, 3rd Jim Holland (18) 32, 4th Martin McEneaney Jnr (14) 32.

Saturday’s voucher competition: 1st Miceal Byrnes (15) 34(35) 2nd Fearghal Mallon (12) 31.

Tuesday’s Open Gents competition: 1st Pat Cunningham (24) 39, 2nd Brian Keough (16) 38, Gross Ciaran McMahon (5) [Concra Wood Golf & Country Club G.C.] 32, 3rd Kevin O’Hare 23) [Warrenpoint G.C.] 38.

Voucher competitons continue this Saturday and Sunday.

Open Gents Singles are on every Tuesday and the next Open Seniors will be on Monday 28th. Timesheets are available at www.greenoregolfclub.com or from our Pro Shop at 9373951.

We are available for clubhouse functions for bookings contact 9373212 ex 3 or Doreen at 0862333384. WE commence our 2019 season this Saturday 12th January with an 11-hole stableford competition. BRS opens for booking as usual on the Wednesday prior at 7pm. Check winter conditions of play in pro shop prior to tee off.

Midweek 11-hole stableford competitions commence Sunday 13th January and run Sunday to Friday thereafter. Enter as usual in competition book in locker room. Check conditions of play in pro shop prior to tee off. THE agm took place recently and the committee elected were as follows:

President: Frank Greene; Chairman: Paddy Bird; ViceChair: Ester Andrews; Treasurer: Joe Gibney; Sec/Registrar: Ann Bird; Competition Secretary Ray McCormack/Paddy Bird; PRO: Paddy Bird.

Committee members: Ollver Healy, Mark Fay, Kevin McGarr and Kathleen O’Neill. Gents Captain: Mark Fay; Lady Captain Kathleen O’Neill.

Our first competition of the year was held on Sunday - a Scotch Foursomes - and it was won by Kevin McGarr and Paddy Bird.

Membership fees are now due for 2019 and we welcome new members. SUNDAY’S nine-hole stableford: 1st Frank Curran (13) 23pts, 2nd Jim Corrigan (17) 22pts ocb, 3rd Kevin McCluskey (15) 22pts; Cat 1 Alan Millar (5) 21pts ocb, Cat 2 Mark McLoughlin (13) 21pts ocb, Cat 3 Oliver Faulkner (21) 22pts.

Saturday’s nine-hole strokes competition: 1st Oliver Kelly (11) 30 nett, 2nd Jerry Rock (21) 31 nett; Cat 1 Noel Crilly (9) 32 nett ocb, Cat 2 Michael Patrick Reilly (12) 31 nett, Cat 3 Conor Webb (17) 32 nett. LAST weekend’s Spring Lamb nine-hole stableford: 1st Jean Fitzpatrick (31/16) 23pts, 2nd Margaret Burns (31/16) 22pts, 3rd Louise McFadden (33/17) 21pts ocb.

Last Thursday’s Spring Lamb nine-hole stableford result:

1st Marion McConnon (31/16) 20pts, 2nd Clare McGlew (33/17) 19pts ocb, 3rd Miriam Ryan (20/10) 19pts. RESULTS from last weekend’s Club Fourball v par competition were as follows:

1st: Pat Greene & Barbara Murphy 16up; 2nd Pat Greene & Wendy Mary Mooney 14up (ob3 3up).

This week’s competition will be a Fourball v par, with a draw for partners. Times of play will be Friday and Saturday at 1.30pm and Sunday at 9.30am.

The Winter League entry sheet is on the noticeboard. Please get your teams up as soon as possible as it starts on Friday week.