2022 drives off

St. Patrick’s weekend saw a busy step up in activity at Mitchelstown Golf Club. We saw a weather reprieve for the long holiday weekend. The course was in great condition and we saw a good turnout for the St. Patrick’s Day scramble. Food, music and prizes were very generously sponsored by Kieran Dennehy, of Dennehy Builders, and food was provided by Bernie Caffrey. A total of €560 was raised for the Red Cross for Ukraine.

Friday 18th and Saturday 19th saw our weekly 15-hole scramble.

There was another 3-ball scramble on Sunday 20th, which also saw the annual drive-in take place at 1pm. President Kieran Casey, captain Kieran Dennehy, lady captain Mairead Perry and junior captain Clement Motherway all drove off from the 4th tee. Kate Biggane joined them, as last year’s drive-in was cancelled due to Covid.

Mitchelstown Golf Club was well represented in a well-attended

St. Patrick’s Day parade – great to see a return to same after 2 years of Covid cancellations.

MEN’S CLUB AND SCRAMBLE RESULTS

17th March St. Patrick’s Day Scramble - 1st Lisa Brenock, John O’Brien and Tom Nugent 47.9, 2nd Nellie Collins, Ned Finn and Sean Buckley 40.0, 3rd Eamon Maher, Tom Hickey and TJ Coffey 48.2.

18th and 19th March 15 Holes Open Singles - 1st Ger Harte (7.8) 34pts (b9). Cat A >10 David O’Sullivan 34pts. Cat B 11-14 Denis Curtin 33pts. Cat C +15 Adrian O’Connor 31pts.

20th March Drive-in Scramble - 1st David O’Sullivan, Clem Leonard, John Martin and Eamonn McGrath 43.9. 2nd John Hanley, Ger O’Keeffe and Richard O’Farrell 44.3. 3rd Lillian Roche, Paul Craig and Rory McMahon 44.5. 4th Mags Slattery, Ned Finn and Pat Biggane 45.2.

LADIES CLUB NOTES

New lady members welcome for 2022.

Winner of prize sponsored by Nell Coughlan, 1st Catherine Kavanagh (12) 30pts. This week’s competition is sponsored by Auveen McMahon.

RULES AND SOCIAL EVENING

On Saturday, 26th March at 5pm we are going to have a ‘Rules evening’ in the clubhouse. Bunty Flynn has kindly agreed to take us through some of the most important rules and where they apply on our golf course. We will also have information from Catherine Kavanagh regarding handicaps.

All lady members are invited with the new/novice members particularly encouraged to attend. This will be a great opportunity to mix with other members and to chat through any queries that may arise as you’re playing your golf.

SEANOIRI

Seanoiri resume Thursday 24th with a draw for partners. Format to be decided on the day.

FUTURE FIXTURES

Entry sheets for singles, fourball, foursomes and mixed foursomes on noticeboard for club matchplay draw.

As ever, we welcome all new members – for info on membership please contact Dolores at the office on 025-24072.