The Captains’ ‘Drive In’ took place at East Clare golf club on Bank Holiday Monday.
The captains for 2026 are Mary Farrell and T.J. McNamara with Marie Donnellan and Ray McInerney as vice captains. The club president is Alan O’Neill.
A 9 hole scramble was held in conjunction with the drive in and the winners over the front 9 were Tony Cleary, Pierce O’Shiel and Trish Nash from Ray McInerney, James McNamara and Marie Donnellan. Third place was filled by Mary Hogan, John Nihill and Martin Breen and they were followed by Shane McInerney, Padraig Ryan and Breda Reid.
Winners over the back 9 were, Rachel Whelan, John Doyle and Michael Noonan from Maureen Clune, Ger P. O’Brien and Paul Hayes. In third place were Enda Donnellan, Fiacra Dobson and Noreen Doyle followed by Stephen B. Moloney, Ailbe McDonnell and Breda McCarthy.
Meanwhile Friday’s mixed scramble was won by Terry Coughlan, Mary Hogan and Willie Roche from Mike Heffernan, Jim Lynch and Connie McKenna with third place filled by Dave Condren,Mary Farrell and Stephen H. Moloney.
Last week’s men’s singles stableford competition was won by Michael Noonan (22) with 40 points and he won on a countback from Martin Breen (9).
Ennis Golf Club:
The men’s foursomes competition at Ennis last week was won by Flan Downes and Barry Lee with 40 points. Second place was filled by Raymond Power and Tommy Stack with 35 points followed by Damon Murphy and Vincent Neylon, also with 35 points.
Last week’s ladies 13 hole singles stableford competition was won by Maureen Lynch (32) with 27 points from Mary T. McMahon (13) with 26 points with third place filled by Peggy Costello (22) with 23 points.
The winner of the ladies 8 hole stableford competition was Geraldine O’Rourke (15) with 17 points from Phil Butler (15) with a similar score. In third place with 15 points was Peggy Costello (11).
Sixty two played in the senior men’s scramble last week when the winners were Senan Ryan, Liam Barry, Mike Irwin and Pat Garry with 72 points. They had one to spare over Noel Connellan, Terry Hughes, John Gavin and Matt Flynn.
In third place with 68 points were Tommy Heath, Frank Cullinan, Willie Donnellan and Conor Murphy followed by Noel Pyne, Damon Murphy, Fintan McEvoy and Joe O’ Brien with 67 points.
Fifth place was filled by James Corcoran, Tony McInerney, Seamus Hanrahan and Dominick Murray with 65 points followed by Ger O’ Brien, Declan Hanley, Padraic Larkin and Eamonn Corry with 64, Cyril Lyons, Paul Kenny, Peter Quinn, Tony Kehoe with 64, Michael Moroney, John C McNamara, Ronnie Guinnane and Dave Barry also with 64.
Spanish Point Golf Club:
Last week’s ladies weekly 13 hole stableford competition at Spanish Point was won by Aine Burke with 32 points and she had one to spare over Sara Hogan. Third place was filled by Eileen Murrihy with 28 points with Yvonne O’Keeffe next with 26 points.
Woodstock Golf Club:
Round 1 in the Ozone Health & Fitness Spring League took place at Woodstock at the weekend when excellent scoring was the order of the day. Thirty three teams played in round 1.
The winners with 54 points were Joe and Pat Barry. They had one to spare over Aidan and Noel Mulcahy. In third place, also with 53 points, were Sean Williams and Sean Howard followed by Brian Kilker and Eugene Conroy who also returned 53 points.
In fifth place with 52 points were Colin Higgins and Pat O’Brien followed by Barry McNamara and Paudi O’Connell with a similar score. They were followed by Noel Casey and Michael Lynch with 51 points, Barry Scanlan and Joe Colleran with 50 points, Michael Guerin and David Quinn with 50 points with tenth position filled by Paul and Tony Coote also with 50 points.
Round 2 takes pace this weekend when the format will be a modified 2 step.
The club singles in which 64 played was won by Ollie McNamara (11) with 37 points while the gross was won by Brendan Neylon (6) with 30 points.
Category 1 (+ to 10) was won by John Dreelan (8) with 34 points with Darren Russell (5) in second place with 33 points.
Category 2 (11 to 18) was won by Lorcan Clancy (11) with 34 points from Joseph Burke (12) with 32 points.
Winners in the 2s competition were Cathal Nagle (4th hole), Robbie Dormer (14th), John Mulcahy (4th & 11th) and Paudi O’Connell (6th & 11th).
There will be another club singles this weekend. This week’s seniors competition at Woodstock was won by Sean Williams, Gerry Griffey and Luke Duffy with 68 points.
Kilrush Golf Club:
The men’s 12 hole singles at Kilrush last week was won by Mark Cottam (10) with 27 points and he was one ahead of Paul Keane (23) while third place was filled by Derek Garvey (7) who also had 26 points.
Jim Young Jnr won the gross
Kildysart Golf Society:
The Kildysart golf society will begin its 20th season on March 22 with an outing to Adare golf club.
Eight outings for the season have been confirmed as follows; Adare (March 22), Cregmore (April 19), Esker Hills (May 17), Portumna (June 28), Kilrush (July, date TBC), Woodstock (August 23), NewcastleWest (September 19) and Ennis (October 18).
Anyone wishing to join the society can contact 085-8711908 for details.
Gort Golf Club:
The captains and president’s ‘drive-in’ took place at Gort on Sunday last, February 1. President for 2026 is Rose Finnegan while the captains are Ray Dolan and Patricia Lyons.
A 9 hole scramble was held in conjunction with the drive-in. The winners of the competition over the front 9 were PJ McAllen, Maura Hanrahan, Pat Fogarty and Marion M Fahy with second place filled by Padraig Burke, Sinead Collins, Tom Helebert and Tracey Brennan. In third place were Eamon Higgins, Richie Glynn and Ger Tarpey.
The competition played on the back 9 was won by Paul Brennan, Shane Mahon, John G Ryan and Fran O’Reilly from Joe Moran, Roisin Walsh, Teresa Kavanagh and Sean Crowe with third place filled by Hannah McInerney, Gerry Lally, John O’Connor and Joe Kelly.
The weekend 18 hole open singles attracted a big attendance. Category 1 was won by Paul Smith (9) with 40 points, category 2 by Ray Dolan (15) with a similar score, category 3 by Pat Curtis (16) with 47 points and category 4 by Declan Donohoe (26) with 39 points.
