ON the FAIRWAYS

ROSSLARE

Wednesday, May 1, L&G multi-tee – Division 1: 1, Cillian Joyce (14), 39 points; 2, Michael O’Regan (5), 36 points (back nine); 3, Brian Wheatley (9), 36 points;

Division 2: 1, John Lacey (14), 45 points; 2, Kevin White (16), 39 points; 3, Billy More (19), 39 points; Division 3: 1, Tom Enright (29), 40 points; 2, Kevin Whelan Snr. (21), 39 points; 3, Sushil Teji (38), 38 points (back nine).

Saturday, May 4, stableford – Division 1: 1, Cillian Duggan (4), 41 points; 2, Leighton Walsh (9), 40 points;

Division 2: 1, Andrew Wright (12), 38 points (back nine); 2, Alan Byrne (13), 38 points; Division 3: 1, Dave McCabe (19), 40 points; 2, Adrian Murphy (19), 37 points.

Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5, Burrow weekend singles: 1, Gareth Purcell (9), 25 points; 2, Pádraig Power (2), 24 points; 3, Niall Walsh (9), 24 points.

Sunday, May 5 (Pettigrew Cup): 1, Eoin Ó Donnagáin (14), 44 points; 2, Allan Bottomley (21), 41 points (back nine); 3, Gary Henkley (23), 41 points; 4, Neil Howlin (15), 40 points (back nine); 5, Tom Glennon (5), 40 points; 6, Joey Wadding (13), 39 points; gross, Haig Conroy (0), 37 points; front nine, Eoin Hutchinson, 21 points; back nine, Seamus Duggan, 23 points.

Monday, May 6, team of four: 1, David Howlin (17), Allan Bottomley (18), Neil Howlin (14), David Reilly (20), 96 points; 2, Coleman Doyle (24), Mairéad Esmonde (21), Stan Jackson (12), Anthony Duggan (6), 91 points; 3, Fran Anderson (12), Eddie Battersby (15), Jason Sheridan (22), Tim Long (15), 90 points.

Wednesday, May 8, L&G multi-tee – Division 1: 1, Ted Tierney (8), 39 points; 2, Tiernan Byrne (7), 39 points; 3, Mark Doyle (8), 38 points; Division 2: 1, John Lambe (15), 42 points; 2, Craig Hore (10), 38 points; 3, Seamus Duggan (11), 37 points; Division 3: 1, Eamonn O’Rourke (18), 39 points; 2, Aidan Keating (24), 37 points (back nine); 3, David Dodd (18), 37 points; gross, Ian Lynch (+2), 36 points.

ST. HELEN’S BAY LADIES

Congratulations to our Leinster Women’s Trophy team who had a great win against Rosslare on Monday. The team of Nora Kavanagh, Colette Mellon and Susan Fitzgerald, who played in Rosslare, and Trina Cooney, Ann Byrne and Georgina Darling, who played at home, won 3.5 to 2.5 in a nerve-wracking match that went all the way.

Nora won that valuable half point in Rosslare and Trina secured the winning point on the 17th at home. Congratulations to everyone and a big thank you to Rosslare for a very sporting match. Best of luck to the team in the next round.

Wednesday, May 8, open eleven holes singles: 1, Janet Slattery (13), 25 points; 2, Helena O’Connor (16), 20 points; 3, Nora Kavanagh (9), 19 points.

Friday, May 10, open nine holes singles stableford: 1, Eileen Walsh (15), 16 points; 2, Sinéad Cahill (21), 13 points; 3, Emer Farrell (10), 10 points.

Saturday, May 11, open 18 holes singles stableford: 1, Janet Slattery (21), 33 points; 2, Jean O’Kennedy (24), 31 points; 3, Eileen Walsh (30), 29 points.

Sunday, May 12, open 18 holes singles stableford: 1, Georgina Darling (27), 33 points; 2, Jean O’Kennedy (24), 30 points; 3, Anna Marie Murphy (29), 25 points.

Upcoming competitions: Wednesday, May 15, open Seniors singles stableford; Friday, May 17, open ninehole singles stableford; Saturday, May 18, open singles stableford, sponsored by Danny McCarthy; Sunday, May 19, monthly medal; Wednesday, May 22, open singles stableford.

Our new summer series, sponsored by Wexford Self Storage and based on our weekly Wednesday competition, begins on May 22.

It will be held over ten Wednesdays, finishing on August 28. Full details of the competition and the relevant dates are on Clubnet and in the fixtures booklet.

WEXFORD LADIES

We finally got some glorious weather for both our Tuesday mixed and our Thursday ladies’ day competitions, and our members were out in force making the most of it!

Saturday and Thursday, May 4 and 9, 18-hole stableford, sponsored by McCauley’s, Redmond Square (59 played): 1, Deirdre Colfer (9), 33 points (back nine); 2, Elaine Bolger (22), 33 points (back six); gross, Aisling O’Leary (2), 27 points; 3, Pauline O’Neill (32), 33 points (back three); Senior, Therese Glasheen (22), 32 points (back nine); nine-hole (23 played): 1, Bernie Duffy (18), 18 points; 2, Rita Morgan (16), 16 points (back one); nearest the pin, Margaret Mooney, 4m 78cm.

Tuesday, May 7, mixed Scotch foursomes, ten holes (28 pairs): 1, Breda Murphy and David Kirwan (16), 33; 2, Chris Grant and Maria Butler (14.6), 33.3 (back five); 3, Martina Gately and Roy Sexton (8.6), 33.3.

Our Leinster Women’s Trophy team played a tense and exciting match against Mount Juliet on Saturday. It finished all square and had to go to a sudden death play-off where, unfortunately, just a blade of grass on the second play-off hole separated the players and gave the victory to Mount Juliet.

Well done on a super performance to home players Lily Rowe, Denise Dunne and Beppi O’Connor, and to our away ladies, Bernadette Boland, Tracy Rossiter and Martina Dempsey. Our substitutes were Carmel Murphy and Kay McCabe, and team managers were lady Vice-Captain Mary Robinson at home, and lady President Mary Rice away. Best of luck to Mount Juliet in the next round.

ST. HELEN’S BAY

Wednesday, May 8: 1, Pádraig Bail, 23 points; 2, John Lyons, 22 points; 3, Liam Mullen, 22 points.

Friday, May 10: 1, Pat O’Connor, 17 points; 2, Wayne Fenlon, 14 points; 3, John Hickey, 14 points.

Saturday, May 11: overall, Tommy Duggan, 40 points; gross, Niall Ellard, 39 points; Division 1, Joe Kelly, 36 points; Division 2, Samuel Berry, 39 points; Division 3, Colm O’Leary, 36 points.

Upcoming open competitions: Wednesday, May 15, open Seniors singles; Friday, May 17, nine-hole open singles; Saturday, May 18, 18-hole open singles; Sunday, May 19, monthly medal.

Hard luck to our Duggan Cup team after narrowly losing to Mount Wolseley on the 18th green of the final match. Finally, congratulations to our women’s Leinster Trophy team in winning their first round match against Rosslare.

WEXFORD

Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5, 18-hole singles stableford, sponsored by Mr Oil: 1, Paul Hammond (12), 43 points; 2, Seamus Ryan (9), 40 points (back nine); 3, Noel Nulty (27), 40 points (back nine); 4, Bobby Cummings (22), 40 points; 5, Ryan Furlong (18), 39 points; gross, Luke Furlong, 37 points; vets., Tom Sullivan (24), 38 points.

Monday, May 6, four-person scramble team event: 1, Darren Jordan, Noel Simpson, Sorin Aldoescu and Donnacha Redmond, 54 points; 2, Ultan Ryan, Jim RJ Turner, Niall Gilbane and Desmond Nash, 57 points (back nine); 3, Robert Shorley, Craig Healy, Matthew Doyle and Breda Murphy, 57 points (back six).

Wednesday, May 8, open singles: 1, Michael Furlong (20), 41 points; 2, David Farrell (14), 39 points; 3, Jason Kehoe (6), 38 points; 4, Graham Kelly (10), 37 points (back nine); gross, Joe Kelly, 34 points.

Events for next week: Wednesday, May 15, open fourball, ladies and gents, 18 holes; Friday, May 17, two-player team event, 14 holes; Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19, Pettitt’s golfer of the year qualifier; Tuesday, May 21, Seniors.

ROSSLARE LADIES

Sunday and Tuesday, May 5 and 7, 18-hole singles strokes, golfer of the year medal one: 1, Niamh Byrne (11), 74 (back nine); 2, Helen McDermott (18), 74; gross, Doreen McGovern, 85; Cat. 1: 1, Ciara Howard (17), 75 (back nine); 2, Mary O’Shaughnessy (14), 75 (back six); Cat. 2: 1, Ann M. Doyle (19), 75; 2, Vonnie O’Connor (18), 78; Cat. 3: 1, Philomena Keating (37), 78 (back six); 2, Deirdre Delaney (29), 78.

Sunday and Tuesday, May 5 and 7, Burrow nine-hole result: 1, Anne White (19), 19 points; 2, Kay Broderick (15), 18 points.

Saturday, May 11, open fourball: 1, Doreen McGovern (10), Catherine Haugh (21), 44 points; 2, Kitty Roche (18), Teresa Conway (Beech Park, 22), 43 points.

Sunday, May 12, Flogas TopGolfer 18-hole: 1, Niamh Byrne (11), 30 points; 2, Valerie Doyle (9), 30 points.

Our first major of 2024 will be Saturday, May 18, President Pat Byrne’s prize.

We wish our President every good wish for her day, and here’s hoping for sunshine. Dining will be at 7 p.m. with the presentation at 9 p.m., followed by music.

Tuesday, May 21 will be team of three, and Saturday, May 25 is greensomes.

May 26 is Captain Anne Roche-Redmond’s prize to the gents, and our annual Play in Pink fourball will take place on May 28, in aid of National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI).

Hard luck to our Leinster Trophy team who lost narrowly to our neighbours St. Helen’s, and to our Revive Active team who lost out to a strong Bunclody outfit.

Thanks to our players, managers, caddies and supporters for all your dedication. Our Boyne Trophy team face St. Helen’s on May 25, and best of luck to them.

A reminder that our ‘12-hole Wine and Dine’ takes place at the Burrow course on Friday, May 24 from 3 to 5 p.m., followed by a barbecue at the Ccubhouse.

A few places are still available, so get booking without delay!

Keep up to date with news and results on our website (www.rosslaregolf.com) and on social media.