THE FINAL of the Winter league at East Clare Golf Club will take place on this Sunday, February 23.
The competition has been running for a number of weeks and an exciting day’s play is expected this week.
The ladies Wednesday competition at East Clare last week was won by Geraldine Condren, Mary Farrell and Trish Kerr. In second place were Breda O’Loghlin, Helen Downey and Mary Stritch followed by Margaret O’Brien, Phil Burke and Kay Grimes.
Winners of the weekly senior men’s competition were Ger Shortt, Ger Lenihan and Denis Corcoran with second place filled by Terry Coughlan, Jim Willis and Jim Bradley who were followed by Noel Earley, Steve Lynch and Dave Condren.
Woodstock Golf Club:
The competition for the Ozone Health & Fitness Spring league continued at Woodstock at the weekend when round 4 took place.
Winners on the day were Barry Scanlan and Joe Colleran with 51 points and they won on a countback from Pat and Joe Barry. In third place, a point back on 50, were Mike Liddy and Joe Kennedy.
The league continues this weekend when the format will be modified betterball over 15 holes (2 to score at first hole, 1 to score at 2 holes, repeat for the round. Preferred drives for first 8 holes, Play own ball for last 7 holes).
Last weekend’s club singles was won by Gerry Kelly (8) with 39 points from Pat Solon (16) with 34 points with third spot filled by Ross Darmody (7) with 33 points.
The 2’s competition resulted in wins for Cathal O’Neill (8th hole), Cathal Nagle (14th hole) and Joe (4th Hole). There will be another 15 hole club singles competition this week.
Meanwhile, any member with a handicap of 4 and under and who is interested in playing senior cup/Barton shield for the cub should contact the team manager Brian Gilligan.
Lahinch Golf Club:
The Latymon trophy is an annual competition played for between Ennistymon and Lahinch members at Lahinch golf club. Normally played for over the Christmas period, this year’s event has been re-scheduled for Saturday March 29.
The recent inclement weather together with the ongoing work on the new clubhouse have contributed to the competition being put back to March.
Ennis Golf Club:
Last week’s ladies 13 hole scotch foursomes competition at Ennis was won by Helen Harnett and Ann Pyne Gallery (31) with 28 points. They had two to spare over Bridie Hanrahan and Sinéad O’Sullivan (31).
The winner of the 8 hole stableford competition was Ann Casey (15) with 17 points, one ahead of Mary Walsh (17) with Mary Woulfe (15) in third spot with 16 points.
The weekly senior ladies scramble was won by Carmel Verling, Bernie Brooks and Margaret Flanagan with 26.5.
Kilrush Golf Club:
Week 1 in the Johnson’s Bar Spring series open qualifier took place at Kilrush last weekend when the winner was Bill O’ Reilly (11). He won on a countback from Thomas Coffey (8) and they were followed by Patrick Coleman (8) and Bernard Coleman (8) all of whom scored 28 points.
Gort Golf Club:
Winners in the men’s singles, an 18 hole stableford, at Gort at the weekend were Trevor Cummins (6) with 40 points in category 1, Martin Callanan (14) with 38 points in category 2, Michael O’Dell (20) with 43 points in category 3 and Owen O’Donnell (26) with 37 points in category 4.
