SHANNON GOLF club are headed for the Jimmy Bruen All-Ireland semi-finals.
On Saturday, Shannon Golf Club won their Jimmy Bruen All-Ireland Quarter Final match versus Gowran Park GC at the splendid Mannan Castle Golf Club, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan with a dramatic birdie on the final hole.
The final score was 2.5 to 1.5 with all players determined to win despite the pouring rain.
The Team pairings were Kevin McCarthy and Davy Ryan, Dermot O’Donoghue and Sean Óg Murnane, PJ Moroney & Adam McInerney Hynes and Derek Sweeney andLuke Hegarty.
This winning panel are led by Team Manager and Shannon Golf Captain Colm Hanley assisted by Seamus Hanley, Ed Hickey and Liam O’Mahony.
The All-Ireland Semi Finals & Final take place in Mannan Castle Golf Course on September 19th and 20th.
Ennis Golf Club:
Lady captain Mary Curley’s prize was played for last week at Ennis when the winner of the 18 hole stableford competition was Sinéad Hegarty with 38 points. She had one to spare over vice captain Mary T McMahon.
Lily May Horgan had the best score on the day with 40 points but as she is a junior member she was not eligible for first or second prize so she finished in third place followed by Maeve Hoey who had 38 points but as a country member she was not eligible for first or second prizes either. Ruth Nihill was fifth with 37 points while Sarah Cunningham won the gross with 38 points.
Kitty Morris won division 1 on a countback with 36 points from Suzanne Deane
A countback was also needed in division 2 where Anna Marie Darmody won with 36 points from Patricia O’Reilly.
It was a similar situation in division 3 where Sinead O’Sulllivan won from Maureen Moloney, both scoring 36 points.
The nines were won by Monica Finnerty and Josephine Tone, both scoring 20 points.
Other prize winners were Mary Lenihan (past captain) with 36 points, Betty O’Reilly (best Granny) with 35 points.
Mary T. McMahon won the long drive while Suzanne Deane was nearest the pin.
The 9 hole competition winner was Caroline Magee with 21 points from Jacintha Nicholas with 21 and Bernie Brooks with 21 while the gross was won by Mary McMahon.
Winners of the divisions were Celia Reilly with 20 points and Therese Lilllis with 20 points.
Maura Ryan won the past captain’s category with 19 points while the best Granny category was won by Claire Kenneally with 19 points.
In the mixed foursomes category the winners were Mary Curley and John Coleman with 43 points from Elaine Whelan and William Donnellan with 39 points with Eileen Holly and Kevin Murray third with 38 points.
The Get into Golf category was won by Deborah Glynn with 35nett from Dympna O’Hehir with 41 nett.
Hilary Tubridy with 49 nett won division 1 while Bernadette Coffey won division 2 with 41 nett
In the junior girls section the winner was Ruth Nihill with 35 points from Lily May Horgan with 34, Isabelle McInerney with 31, Aoife Cahill with 29 and Molly Cahill with 19.
The men’s 18 hole stroke competition was won by John McEntee (21) with 66 from Ciaran Toohey (17) with 67, John McInerney (24) with 69 and Tony Lawler (14) with 70.
Jason Considine won the gross with 73 while the category winners were Enda Heaney (10) with 68, Mark Kenny (16) with 69, John Brack (19) with 72 and William Moloney (31) with 69.
Last week’s senior ladies competition was won by Carmel Verling, Bernie Brooks and Sarah Bermingham with 24.9 from Jean Molony, Mary Kearns and Una O’Reilly with 28.12.
The weekly ladies competition was won by Mary Lenihan (15) with 34 points, one more than Sinéad O’Sullivan (41) with third place filled by Ann A. Gallery (10) with 31 points .
Margaret Flanagan (19) with 20 points won the 9 hole singles while the divisions were won by Claire Ruane (11) with 15 points, Celia Reilly (18) with 19 points and Bernie Brooks (24) with 19 points.
Senior captain, Tim Scanlan’s prize was played for last Thursday when the winner of the 18 hole competition was Conor Murphy with 40 points from Frank Sheedy who had a similar score. Tim Kelly was third with 38 points followed by Michael Sullivan with 38, Ger O’Brien with 37, Kieran Tuohy with 36, Sean Daly with 36, Don Ryan with 36, Tommy Timpson with 36, Larry Parks with 36, Pat P. McInerney with 36 and Brian Tuohy with 36.
Tom Saunders won the gross with 29.
The 9 hole competition was won by Pat Rutherford with 20 points from P.J.Hehir with 18.
Last week’s men’s stableford competition was won by Ken Morrissey (17) with 40 points from Michael O’Reilly (24) with a similar score with third place filled by Barry Vaughan (19) with 39 points.
The winner of the Friday singles was Keith Lenihan (19) with 36 points from Damon Murphy (24) with 35 points.
A number of matchplay competitions have concluded recently and the winners are; Ladies Ardagh Cup (Rose Enright), Ladies Challenge Cup ( Joan Murphy), Knox Cup (Tony McInerney), Koley Cup (Ciaran Toohey), Abbey Trophy (Fergus O’Brien) and Cyril Walsh fourball matchplay (Martin Moran and Leonard Coote)
Woodstock Golf Club:
In the ladies club championship at Woodstock, sponsored by Al Hayes Skoda Motors, the winner was Aine Burke with 40 points from Patsy Nugent with 37 with third place filled by Kathleen Mc Enery who also scored 37 points.
In the men’s club championship in which 39 played Robbie Dormer (17) won with 68 from Eugene Killeen (20) with 73 with Jason Dormer (5) in third place with 74
In the competition for those with handicaps of 16 and over, Kieran Frawley (22) won with 39 points.
Sean Williams (4th hole) and Jason Dormer (14th hole) were winners in the 2’s competition.
Twenty five played in last week’s open singles which was won by Barry Murphy from Gort (26) with 41 points. He won on a countback from Tony Neville (14). Neilius Butler was the 2’s winner at the 4th hole
The open singles continues on this Thursday while the scratch cups will be played for on Saturday and Sunday.
East Clare Golf Club:
The ladies team of 2 competition at East Clare last week was won by Deirdre Tuohy and Margaret Egan with 43 points while the ladies Wednesday competition was won by Pauline Nugent, Ursula Hogan and Mary Jo Minogue.
The men’s Golfstyle open blue tees stableford competition on Sunday was won by Seamus Mason (17) with 40 points from Patrick McMahon (25) with 37 points.
The category winners were Eoin McGuinness (2) with 35 points, Pat Carey (15) with 37 points and Sean Ahern (20) with 38 points.
Last week’s senior men’s competition was won by Nick Obolewicz, Ger Shortt and Kieran McNamara from Steve Symes, Paddy O’Brien and Jack Manley with third place filled by Pat McMahon, Richard Hayes and Chris Davis. Club President, Teddy O’Hanlon’s prize will be played for this weekend.
Dromoland Golf Club:
The 18 hole strokeplay competition off the blue tees at Dromoland was won by Niall Woods with 73, one ahead of George Smith. Jason Ryan won the gross with 78.
The winner of the competition off the white tees was Niall Cannon with 76 from Tom O’Sullivan who had a similar score.
The ladies Autumn major for the Deirdre Fitzpatrick trophy was won by
Suzanne McConway with 43 points from Joan Ryan with 40 and they were followed by Siobhan Fitzpatrick with 38 points and Niamh McDermott, also with 38 points.
Katrina O’Neill won the gross while the nines were won by Michelle McCarthy with 21 points and Mairéad Bergin with 19 points.
Siobhan Fitzpatrick had the longest drive while Suzanne McConway was nearest the pin.
Joan Dunne with 17 points won the 9 hole competition from Maureen McKeogh with 16 points.
Gort Golf Club:
Brendan Dolan’s president’s prize final took place at Gort on Saturday when the winner was Gerry Cooney (29) with 90 points from Michael Cahill (14) with 87. They were followed by Alan Fogarty (21) with 82 points, Gerry Fahy (24) with 77 points and Tom Costello (20) with 75.
Tony Finnegan (3) won the gross with 35 points while Ronnie Killeen (36) won the nett with 44 points.
The category winners were Noel O Shaughnessy (12) with 75 points, Pat Curtis (18) with 73 points and Chris Fahey (23) with 69 points. The past President’s category was won by Frank Higgins (19) with 75 points.
In the ladies section the President’s prize winner was Hannah McInerney (6) with 68 points from Marcella Killeen (19) with 66 points, Geraldine Connors (18) with 64 points, Josie Cummins (23) with 62 points, Maura Hanrahan (14) with 59 points, Catherine Burke (29) with 59 points, Patricia Lyons (35) with 57 points and Margaret Whelan (33) with 56 points. Evelyn Fahey (24) with 37 points while the gross was won by Siobhan Forde (10) with 42 points.
Friday’s open singles was won by Andy Murphy (20) with 40 points while Eanna Melville (5) won he gross with 28 points.
Sunday’s 18 hole singles was won by Ben Geoghegan (18) with 41 points.
Kildysart Society:
The Kildysart society Player of the Year standings after last week’s outing to Portumna sees Gary Brooks lead the way with 168, five ahead of Liam Browne. In third place with 138 is Joe Hogan followed by Bryan Hayes on 137.
The penultimate 2025 event, the captain’s prize in Westport on September 20 could be the decider or it could go down to the wire in October.
