ON THE FAIRWAYS
WEXFORD LADIES
Results of the Ladies Invitational Fourball Sponsored by Barkers, Main Street, Wexford, held on Thursday, August 9. In an extremely closely fought competition won on a count back to the front 3, the results were:
1st: Mary B O’Leary and Liz Bennett (New Ross) 45 points (F3); 2nd: Patricia Boyd and Nuala Larkin (Grange Castle) 45 points (B3); 3rd: Leonie Furlong and Breda Devoy (Rosslare) 45 points. Nearest The Pin was Kathleen Cullinmore, (Rosslare) with 2m 28cm.
9 Hole Competition: Mary Mcguire (12) 18 points. 80 ladies played and the visiting clubs were Rosslare, Courtown, New Ross, Grange Castle, Enniscorthy, Ballinscorney, Clontarf, Coolattin and Beaverstown. Thank you to all our visitors for their support. On Monday, August 13, we had a Ladies 18 Hole Singles Stableford kindly sponsored by Sam McCauley’s Chemists, North Main Street. Well done to our runaway winner, Ann Conway this week with a fantastic score of 45 points! The full results were:
1st: Ann Conway (31) 45 points; 2nd: Elaine Mullen (21) 37 points; 3rd: Mary O’Leary (21) 36 points; Gross Prize: Ruth Kennedy (6) 29 gross points; Senior Prize: Maisie Purcell (15) 33 points. The 9 hole completion was won on the back five by Elaine Bolger (20): 14 points. Nearest the pin was Barbara Mantripp with 4mtrs 24cms. Many thanks to our sponsors.
Next Thursday’s competition is 18 Hole Singles V Par very kindly sponsored by Keville Hairdressing and we have our Lady President - Roisin Leahy’s Prize -Strokes (Medal) day on Sunday, August 26.
Best of Luck to Carmel Murphy and Sheila Richardson in the All Ireland final of the Australian Spoons Completion taking place in Athlone Golf Club on Monday, August 27.
Wexford Golf Club welcomed officials from the ILGU to the club last week for the Mid Leinster Championships (Women’s and Girls’) which got underway on Thursday, August 16. The two main categories were the Senior Championship (Handicaps 0 – 12.4) and the Junior Championship (Handicaps 13 – 30). The competitors in the Senior competition completed two rounds (36 holes) of stroke play on Thursday while the ladies in the Junior championship completed in an 18 hole strokes competition. Both competitions played of scratch with the top 16 ladies going through to play in two Match Play rounds on Friday. After Friday’s stroke play, the prize for best Gross score in the Junior Section went to Wexford’s Yvonne McSweeney with a gross score of 89. The prize for the best nett score also went to a Wexford Lady, Bernie Power with 77nett. Wexford golf club was very well represented in each section with 8 ladies competing in the Junior and two making through in the Senior section to the Matchplay rounds Saturday morning’s semi-final saw two Wexford Ladies competing against each other in the Junior section with Yvonne McSweeney v Louise Boshoff. The other semi-finalists were Maria Burford (New Ross) v Doreen McGovern (Rosslare). For the Senior Championship semi-final we had Wexford’s Ruth Kennedy v Elisa Corcoran (Grange) and Meadhbh Doyle (Portarlington) V Mary Doyle (The Heath). After some fabulous golf on Saturday morning, we had the finalists for the Junior and Senior championships!
On Saturday afternoon, the finalists encountered blustery conditions on the course with Elisa Corcoran (Grange) v. Mary Doyle (The Heath) in the Senior championship final and Louise Boshoff representing Wexford in the Junior championship against Marie Burford (New Ross). After three days of great golf we finally had our champions in each section with honours going to Elisa Corcoran (Grange) in the Senior championship and Marie Burford (New Ross) in the Junior. Congratulations to both ladies. Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped make the championships a huge success and well done to all who took part this year.
WEXFORD
Tuesday, August 14, 18 hole Open Singles. The winner of this competition, by a distance was Sean Moynihan (26) with 44 points. Second was John Ffrench (11) 39 points, third was Richard Browne (10) 38 points and the 70+ winner was Tommy Byrne (20) 36 points.
Wednesday, August 15, Ladies and Gents Open. 1st: Joseph Moore (9) 38 points; 2nd: Colm Mooney (26) 37 points; 3rd: Peadar Dempsey (12) 36 points. Gross winner was Aaron McKeown on 24 points.
Saturday, August 18, Minor Scratch Cup. Winner: Martin Tobin (The Island) 91; 2nd: Tony Lynn 93 bk 9. 1st Nett: Joseph Hall (23) 71.
There was no winner of the jackpot this week and the winner of the weekly draw was Tom Rowe.
Next week the jackpot will rise to €1,640.
Next Friday we will have a scramble fundraiser for Wexford Wanderer’s Rugby Club. On Saturday we will have a Ladies and Gents Open, and this a fundraiser for the Sarsfields and on Sunday we will have a 9 hole Gents Singles as the Lady Presidents prize to the ladies is also being held.
ROSSLARE
Well over 2000 players from clubs throughout the country took part in the Rosslare Open which concluded recently. With plenty of run and perfect greens scoring was very good. Mixed Foursomes Sponsors Barkers of Wexford – 1st: Richard and Eileen Duggan (Kilkenny) 45 points; 2nd: Colman Doyle and Mairead Esmonde 44 points; 3rd: Anna (Elm Park) and Kevin Twomey (Cork) 42 points; 4th: Keith and Vandra Deacon 41 points; Gross: Harry and Eva Duggan (Kilkenny) 33 points; Visitor: Jim and Ciara Hamilton (Woodbrook) 39 points. 4 Ball Sponsors Pettitts Supervalu – 1st: Kevin Collins and Joe Moran Jnr. 46 points; 2nd: Trevor Grehan (Edmondstown) and Ken Halpenny (Dun Laoghaire) 45 points; 3rd: Liam Lonergan (Tullamore) and Paddy Lonergan 45 points; 4th: Colm Callery and Stephen Hunt 45 points; Visitor: Robert Browne (Portmarnock) and Chris Coghlan (Milltown) 45 points; Hole in One: John Kelly. Singles - Rhys Clarke (plus 2) had a great round of golf going around in a seven under par 65. 1st: John Benton Jnr. (9) 43 points; 2nd: Rhys Clarke (plus 2 ) 41 points; 3rd: Eamonn O’Rourke (15) 40 points; 4th: D. McDermott (12) (Dun Laoghaire ) 39 points; Gross: Tony OLeary 2) 36 points; Vets: Jim Doyle (10) 35 points; 5th: Leo Connolly (2) (Wexford) 38 points; Visitor: Frank OConnor (Grange) 38 points; Front Nine: Ronan Mooney 21 points; Back Nine: Michael Roe (Enniscorthy ) 22 points; 1st Junior: Sean Benton (10) (Castle) 39 points; 2nd Junior: David Twomey (4) (Elm Park) 37 points. 4 Ball Sponsors Wright Insurance Brokers – 1st: Kieran Riley (4), Christian Lett (17) 47 points; 2nd: Padraig Dempsey (12), John Saunders (28) 46 points; 3rd: Mick O’Connor (17), Bill Underwood (18) 46 points; 4th: Harry Fanagan (5), Joe Dowling (13) (Mallow) 45 points; 5th: Dermot Walsh (4), Alan Cuddihy (18) 45 points; Visitors: Stephen OBrien (14) (Dun Laoghaire ), Brian Mehigan (22) (Milltown) 44 points. Team of Three Sponsor A Member – 1st: Mark Ahearne (10), Stephen Hunt (13), Joe Walsh (13) 89 points; 2nd: Sean Moran (18) (Loughrea), Brian Walsh (18) (Newlands), Trevor Grehan (18) 88 points; 3rd: Paul Murphy (plus2), Ciaran OKelly (11), Ray OToole (17) 86 points; Visitors: Brian Walsh (16) (Tulfarris), Stuart O’Reilly (20) (Beech Park), Colum Smith (21) (Tulfarris) 81 points.
Singles (Sponsors Kelly’s Resort Hotel) - Ian Lynch (0) fresh from his great victory in the North of Ireland Championship had another great round here putting together five birdies and thirteen pars for 41 points to win the Gross. 1st: John E Bourke (11) 45 points; 2nd: Adrian Deane (18) 43 points; Gross: Ian Lynch (0) 41 points; 3rd: Sean Cooke (15) 41 points; Visitor: Mark Ahearne (10) 39 points; 1st Junior: Ben White (14) 43 points; 2nd Junior: David Reck (20) 40 points.
4 Ball – 1st: John Lambe (19), Gerry Forde (21) 48 points; 2nd: Tom Duggan (Kilkenny) (11), Alan Cuddihy (18) 48 points; 3rd: Eddie Mahon (12), Michael O’Regan (18) 47 points; 4th: Derek Evans (8), Boyd Scott (15) 46 points; Visitors: Harry Slowey (23) (Killiney), Niall Higgins (28) (Stackstown) 42 points.
4 Ball (Any combination) – 1st: Brendan (15) and Claire Hickey (24) 47 points; 2nd: Mairead Browne (7), Joanne O’Brien (33) 46 points; 3rd: Gerry (2) and Lucy Reeves (25) (Limerick) 46 points; 4th: Catherine Howard (16), Miriam Geraghty (20) 45 points; 5th: Ciaran (7) and Alan Cuddihy (18) 44 points; Visitors: Liam (13) and Mary Ryan (31) (The Island ) 43 points.
Singles (sponsors The Carpet Gallery) – 1st: Anthony Wright (12) 38 points; 2nd: Patrick Campion (16) 37 points; 3rd: Derek Evans (8) 35 points; Gross: Liam Duggan (6) 33 points; Vet: Phil Callery (6) 29 points; Visitor: John Leahy (13) 34 points; Front 9: Mark Spain 13) 22 points; Back 9: Boyd Scott (15) 17 points; Junior: Cillian Corkery (10) 18 points. The final day of the Open 4 Ball sponsored by Donohoes SKODA produced one of the best scores of the week when the magical figure of 50 points was recorded. 1st: Ian (7) and Alan Cuddihy (18) 50 points; 2nd: Anthony Duggan (6), Bill Underwood (18) 45 points; 3rd: Declan (11) and Shay Kennedy (12) (Grange) 44 points; 4th: Jim Cullimore (7), Derek Redmond (10) (Edmondstown) 43 points; Visitors: Paul Byrne (20) (Greystones), Donal Buckley (11) (Milltown) 41 points.
Congratulations to Lady Captain Norrie Goff on her very successful charity day on Tuesday last, August 14. Team of Four (Solheim Cup), sponsor: Selskar Pharmacy (Eric Jenkins), proceeds to: Pancreatic Cancer Care – 1st: Cara Ryan (14), Brigid Moloney (35), Esther Broderick (22), Simone McCarthy (29) 116 points; 2nd: Ciara Howard (16), Deirdre Colfer (22), Mary Walsh (23), Eilis Kavanagh (34) 111 points; 3rd: Doreen McGovern (13), Carol O’Brien (17), Trish Devereux (22), Joan Wallace (17) 109 points (B9); 4th: Anne Cullimore (21), Cora Ryan (31), Niamh Hanratty (18), Jackie Gilroy (26) 109 points; 5th: Bernadette Cuddihy (22), Sheila Doyle (23), Maura Foran (22), Anne Gaynor (21) 106 points. Best Dressed team: Mary Barry, Mary Frances Codd, Kit Codd, and Mary O’Shaughnessy.
Today’s competition, President Mr. Bob Quilty’s prize to the ladies, is now a singles Stableford competition and not Strokes.
August 22 - Ladies and Gents singles; August 25 - Open 4 ball Ladies and Gents; August 28 - Ladies singles Stableford sponsored by The Forge Craftshop.
Bravo to Doreen McGovern who qualified for the semi-final of the Mid Leinster Junior Championship, and who did her club so proud but was sadly defeated on the 18th hole by Maria Burford. Rosslare Ladies wish Maria good luck in her final match.
COURTOWN
Revive Hair and Beauty Salon, Courtown, was our sponsor for the day’s competition and to say that the prizes were only fantastic is a slight understatement. Revive Hair and Beauty Salon has been sponsoring our ladies now for a number of years and we are extremely grateful for this support. Natalie from the salon was in attendance on Tuesday evening to present her prizes and with a stash of pickie outs, one for everybody in the audience. Thank you very much Natalie for your time and your support. The lucky winners were;
1st: Sarah Donnellan (7) with 39 points; 2nd: Sara Killeen (37) with 38 points on countback; 3rd: Mairead Sunderland (20) with 38 points; Cat A: Ann Bernie (18) with 36 points; Cat B: Pat White (24) with 37 points; Cat C: Jacqueline Hamilton (32) with 38 points.
The 9 hole competition winners were: 1st: Deirdre Baneham (34) with 18 points; 2nd: Susanne Hall (24) with 17 points.
There was also a hole in one scored in the Get into Golf program of the day. Claire Halvey scored it on the 8th. Well done, Claire.
Congratulations to all our winners.
Tuesday next, August 21, brings the last Open Day of the summer. Whitmore Jewellers will be sponsor of the day and there are still a few slots available if you’d like to play.
THE GATE GOLF SOCIETY
The Gate Golf Society held its fifth outing on August 4 at the Gold Coast Golf Club.We were playing for our Presidents Prize (Michael Power) we want to thank the golf club for all help.The sponsers on the day were The Gate Golf Society: Dick Merrigan, John Holden, John Purcell, and Fintan Walsh.
1st: David Purcell (20) 44 points; 2nd: Colm Keohe (11) 41 points; 3rd: Walter Holden (26) 40 points; 4th: John Purcell (15) 39 points; 5th: Ted Harrington (12) 38 points; 6th: Bob Riordan (16) 37 points; 7th: Martin Keohe (8) 37 points; 8th: John Holden (11) 35 points; 9th: Mick Walsh (16) 34 points; 10th: Ronan Carroll (20) 33 points; Past President prize: David Purcell: Seniors prize: John Keohe (mg); Nearest the pin: John Purcell; Longest drive: Walter Holden.
Congratultions to all the winners what great scores and to Michael Power for a great day and night. Our next outing is on September 1 at the New Ross Golf Club, it is for our Captain’s Prize (Michael Lee) we want to see all members play on that day, tee times: 10.30am to noon.
NEW ROSS LADIES
Ladies Wednesday’s competition was kindly sponsored by Wexford Preserves.
Results – 1st: Mary Maher (15) 41 points; 2nd: Patrica Quinn (26) 37 points L9;
3rd: Maria Burford (13) 37 points; Senior. Mary Murphy 31 points.
Our Lady President Liz Roberts big day took place on Saturday. We had 60 entries and weather and conditions on the course were excellent. There was a great buzz in the club on Saturday night for the presentation in honour of Liz who stepped into her role this year as President with great spirit and good humour. Liz thanked everyone in the club, members, committees, bar and course staff for all their support and help throughout the year and for the donations to plant a bed of roses on the 12th hole. Congratulations Liz and to all the winners.
Results- Ladies – 1st: Anne Healy (15) 69; 2nd: Claire Ogilvie White (25) 70; Gross: Jacqui Morgan 85 gross; 3rd: Anne Curtis Adm (20) 71; 4th: Eibhlin Kielthy (31) 72; 5th: Pat Purcell (17) 72; 6th: Denise Bolger (17) 73;
7th: Adeline Fox (19) 74; Past President: Mary Murphy, Quay Street (34) 76; Committee Prize: Marguerite Sutton (20) 74; 1st 9: Ellen Howlett (34) 32 net; 2nd 9: Mary Shannon (17) 37 net; 29/36 H/Cap: Maryrose Ryan (29) 77.
Men – 1st: Joe Bohanna (13) 39 points L9; 2nd: Joe Kelly (12) 39 points L9; 3rd: John Howlin (10) 39 points; Gross: Eamonn Dungan 32 gross.
Mixed – 1st: Bernie Murphy, Anne Curtis Adm, Pat Phelan 47 points; 2nd: Owen Conway, Jimmy Ryan, Anne Conway 44 points L6; 3rd: Eric Molloy, Dymphna Molloy, Harry Reinhardt 45 points L6.
August 22 is next Wednesday’s competition and is 18 hole stableford, sponsored by Wall B.E.R.
Wednesday, August 29 is the Open Ladies Curtis Cup and is sponsored by Swiss Financial Services, Adrian Maher. It is a four person team event and presentation for this competition will be made on that night.
Mixed Foursomes match play is here again so grab a partner. Entries to be in by August 19. €10 per pair. Please put your entry in an envelope with names and fee in the Ladies box in the bar. Draw will take place on Wednesday, August 22.
Ladies, a reminder that the first round of the Club Match Play has been given an extension for matches to be played by Tuesday, August 28.
Congratulations to Marie Burford who won the final of the Mid-Leinster Championships in Wexford over the past few days. Marie had a comprehensive win over her opponent with a 6 and 4 win in the final round. Well done, Marie, you were a true champion out there.
Best of luck to the Boyne Trophy Team who are through to the semi-finals on Monday, August 27, in Edenderry, managed by Anne Healy. Teamwork divides the task and doubles the success. Let’s get out there and work together as a team and do our best and most importantly, enjoy. No pressure! Easy peasy.
Final of the Revive Active takes place on Monday, September 10, in Ballybunion, managed by Eileen Cullinan, teamwork is working together – even when apart.
Safe journey to all the team players who are travelling long distances for the practice round before the matches. Your time and dedication is very much appreciated.