*Tom Coffey accepts the Captain’s Prize from Michael Hogan.
Senior men’s captain at Kilrush, Michael Hogan, saw a big turnout for his prize last week when Thomas Coffey (15) emerged as the winner with 48 points.
He had eight to spare over Stephen Fennelly (2) with 40 points with Brendan Carigg (29) in third spot with 39 points followed by John Donnelly (M17) with a similar score.
The category winners were Seamus O’Doherty (16) with 37 points, Matt Fitzpatrick (22) with 35 points and Sean Moran (22) with 37 pints. The nines were won by Tom McGrath and Gerry Duffy, both scoring 20 points.
Saturday’s men’s singles stableford competition was won by Seamus O’Doherty (16) with 40 points from Shane Carey (14) with a similar score. Malcolm McCarthy (9) was third with 39 points followed by Brian Scanlan (10) with 37 points.
The Young trophy was played for on Sunday and resulted in victory from Brian Scanlan (10) with 66 from Rory Flynn (13) with 67 with Patrick O’Dea (22) in third spot with 68. Neil Browne (7) won the gross with 75.
The category winners were Jim Young Senior (9) with 68, Michael Miniter (16) with 69 and John Stapleton (20) with 70 while the nines were won by John Robertson (25) with 29.5 and Cian O’Mahoney (16) with 32.
In the ladies P and M. stroke competition Mary Nolan (21) won with 65 from Mary Keating (32) with 70
Dromoland Golf Club:
Katrina O’Neill lady captain’s prize was played for at Dromoland at the weekend and resulted in victory for Corina doyle with 40 points. Linda Kochhar was second with 39 followed by Anne McMahon with 38, Sheila Ruan with 37, Shauna Moylan with 36, Suzanne McConway with 36 and Siobhan Doohan with 35. Leslie O’Flynn won the gross with 24 points.
The nines were won by Colette McGuire and Niamh McDermott while the long drive winner was Dervla O’Neill with Siobhan Doohan winning the prize for nearest the pin.
Other prise winners were Cora O’Toole with 34 points (committee), Mairead Bergin with 34 points (past captain), Breda O’Donovan (senior’s prize), Brenda Fitzgibbon (9 hole competition and Siobhan Fenton (visitor).
In the men’s section the winner was John Murphy from Mark Reynolds. The men’s singles stableford competition at the weekend was won by John O’Shaughnessy with 44 points from Kieran O’Reilly with 43 points, Philip Hehir with 41 points and Trevor Duffy with 40 points. Brian Arthur won the gross.
Woodstock Golf Club:
Tony Neville (13) was the winner of the June monthly medal at Woodstock with a 70 nett. He won on the back nine from Michael Nugent (13) while Gerry Walsh (24) was third with 71. Tony Cleary (scratch) won the gross with 71. The category winners were Ray Hallahan (122) with 71, Paul Sherlock (19) with 71 and Vincent O’Grady (24) with 71.
In last week’s club singles the winner was Liam McInerney (21) with 47 points from David Duhig (12) with 44 points and Paudie O’Connell (27), also with 44 points. Jason Dormer (6) won the gross with 34 points.
Last week’s open singles was won by Declan Reidy (10) with 66 nett from David Barry (11) with 68 with third spot filled by Noel Mulcahy (12) with 69 nett. Jason Considine and Eoin Glynn were joint winners of the gross with 71. The open singles continues on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Pat Keane (11) was the winner of the weekend’s club singles with 45 points from Kenneth Warren (11) with 44 points with third spot filled by Andrew Mason (14) with 43 points.. Cathal Nagle (11) won the gross with 31 points.
Tony Cleary (scratch) won the senior scratch cup with 72 gross. The lady captain’s (Mary McNamara) prize to the men will be played for on this Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the presentation at 8p.m. in the Woodstock hotel.
The weekly senior men’s scramble was won by Gerry Griffey, Declan Rigney and John Dormer with 48 points.
Ennis Golf Club:
Ennis captain Frank Gormley’s fourball last weekend was won by Brendan Pyne (9) and Tom Gallery (18) with 47 points. They had two to spare over Kieran Patton (19) and Andrew McGloin (9) with David Casey (14) and Gary Collins (3) in third spot with 44 points followed by Ollie O’Loughlin (11) and Tony McInerney (15) with 43 points.
Woodstock’s Jonathan Clohessy (13) won the Friday open singles with 42 points from Darragh Murphy (7) who returned a similar score. Aaron Greene (15) was third with 41 points.
Alan and Michael Butler won the Tuesday fourball with 34 points, one ahead of John Gavin and Pat Murphy. Open week starts on this Thursday, July 7 and it will run until Sunday July 17
The Eileen Murphy foursomes was the competition for ladies at Ennis last week when Cora Kerins and Noreen Courtney (28) won with 39 points from Kitty Morris and Patricia Moroney (18) with 38 points with third spot filled by Suzanne Deane and Elaine Whelan (23), also with 38 points.
In the 9 hole stableford competition the overall winner was Sinead O’Sullivan (26) with 21 points. Division 1 was won by Bridget Hoey (12) with 16 points, division 2 was won by Ruth Nihill (17) with 15 points while division 3 was won by Liz Kelly (21) with 18 points
East Clare Golf Club:
The NBCRI Play in Pink day at East Clare was a big success. The winners in the ladies section were Noreen Skehan, Mary Woulfe and Noreen O’Grady from Sinead Hegarty Phil Butler and Shannon Hegarty from Ennis G.C. with third place filled by the Woodstock tesm of Annmarie Russell, Margaret Gough and Margaret Ann Killeen.
The winners in the men’s section were Kieran Fox, Ger Crotty and Colm Kelly from Darren O Sullivan, Danny Minogue and Jackie McHugh with third place filled by Donal O ‘Grady, Tony Nelson and Tim Walsh.
The overall winner in the ladies golfer of the year medal competition was Marie Donnellan with a nett 73. the category winners were Noreen Doyle with 75, Margaret MacNamara with 74 and Breda McCarthy with 76.
In the men’s golfer of the year June medal competition the winner was Teddy Murphy with a nett 66 from Martin Crotty with 67 with Ray K. McInerney in third spot, also with 67. Fionn McGuinness won the gross with 72.
The Thursday open was won by Ronan McGuinness with 38 points from Stephen Moloney with 36 points, Darren O’Sullivan with 35 points, Kevin Wallis with 35 points and Kieran MacNamara, also with 35 points.
The Thursday open continues weekly while there is a mixed scramble every Friday evening from 5.30p.m. to 6.30p.m.
The senior men’s competition last week was won by Jim Greene, Brian Corry and John Fahy from Terry Coughlan, Ailbe Mc Donnell and Chris Davis.
This Sunday, July 10, is lady captain’s day and a big turnout is expected to compete for Maureen Clune’s prize.
Gort Golf Club:
Bernie Browne’s captain’s prize was played for by the men in Gort golf club art the weekend and resulted in victory for Gerry Fahy (25) with 43 points. He had one to spare over Brian Monahan (20) with Pat Boyle (18) in third spot with 40 points. Ends Cradock (4) won the gross with 35 points while John Kelleher (17) won the senior’s prize with 39 points. John Greer won the visitor’s category with 32 points while the long drive was won by Martin Mullins.
In last week’s ladies 18 hole stroke competition, Teresa Gill (17) won category 1 with 71. Olive Mulcair (29) won category 2 with 57, Regina Malone (39) was the category 3 winner with 74 while Patricia Lyons (42) won category 4 with 73.
Lahinch Golf Club:
268 entries were received for this year’s South of Ireland Amateur open championship which takes place between July 20 and 24 at Lahinch.
All members of Golf Ireland’s High-Performance panel and all members of the U18 boys High Performance panel have entered this year’s championship and after exemptions were taken into account, the handicap cut was made at +2.2 for the Pierse Motors VW Ireland sponsored championship.
On the inter-club circuit, the ladies intermediate, senior foursomes and Revive Active teams all won their respective matches against East Clare, Ballykisteen and Dromoland Castle to progress to the next round.
There was disappointment for the Junior boys foursomes, who were beaten by the narrowest of margins (1 hole) in the County final away to Shannon.
On this Thursday, July 7 the Ladies Junior cup team will host Ballybunion from 5.00pm.
Áine Donegan will line out for Ireland at the European team championships hosted by Conwy golf club, Wales this week.
Haven Arms society:
The Haven Arms society, Kilrush had their captain’s ( John Saunders) prize day at Kilrush at the weekend when the winner was Seamus O’Doherty with 40 points. Mary Bolton, also with 40 points, was in second place followed by Brian Scanlan with 37 points and Brendan Carigg, also with 37 points.
The society’s president’s (Gerry Malone) prize will be played for on September 24.
