The lady captain’s (Clare Pyne) prize was played for at Kilrush last week and the winner of the 18 hole stroke competition was Edel Crowley (17) with 69 nett. She had one to spare over Ailish Lorigan (19) with Margaret Donnelly (19), also on 70 nett in third place.
They were followed by Sheena Mahony (22) with 71 nett, Helen Williams (27) with 72 nett and Mary Young (21), also with 72 nett. Geraldine Burke won the gross with 87 while the nines were won by Maureen Kinnerk with 36 nett and Celia O’Grady with 33 nett.
Other prize winners included Anne Hogan (38) with 74 nett (past captain), Mary Lyons (15) with 76 nett (committee prize), Mary Bolton (nearest the pin) and Sheila O’Grady (longest drive).
The Kilrush ladies open team of 3 competition, sponsored by AMR golf attracted a big entry last week.
The competition was won by the Woodstock team of Mary Morgan, Marianne McGough and Anne Marie Russell with 85 points. They had two to spare over Mary McGivern (Kilkee), Trish O’Brien (Dromoland) and Fiona O’Boyle (Doonbeg).
In third place a point further back on 82 points were the Kilrush team of Mary Downes, Mary McCarthy and Anne Gallagher. They were followed on 81 points by Geraldine Burke, Jean Lorigan and Mary O’Sullivan with fifth spot filled by Sheena Mahony, Joan O’Malley and Anne Brennan who had 80 points.
The Martin Ward ladies 18 hole stableford competition was won by Carmel O’Flaherty (46) with 39 points, two ahead of Fiona Kinsella (11). In third place with 36 points was Geraldine Burke (18) followed by Sheila O’Grady (19), also with 36 points.
East Clare Golf Club:
Last week’s ladies 18 hole stableford competition at East Clare was won by Evelyn O’ Brien (28) with 39 points and she had three to spare over Catherine Minogue (21).
The Olive Fahy memorial day 18 hole stableford competition on Wednesday was won by Teddy O’Hanlon with 42 points
The ladies winner was Brid Hayes (18) with 41 points from Deirdre Tuohy (39) with 39 points with third pllace filled by Catherine Mnogue (22), also with 39 points. Joan Ryan won the gross.
The men’s August medal stroke competition was won by Ger Lenihan (26) with 64 from Stephen B. Moloney (8) with 65 with third place filled by Jim Greene (15) with 68. Tony Cleary (-1) won the gross with 72.
The men’s open stableford competition was won by Noel Earley (20) with 38 points and he won on a countback from Eamonn Goode (26)
with third place filled by Padraig Ryan (23), also with 38 points. Anthony Sweeney (-1) with 76 won the gross.
Birdie winners at the 17th hole were Neil Harrington and T. J. McNamara.
Winners of the senior men’s competition last week were Ailbe Mc Donnell, Steve Lynch and Richard Keating from Dominic Stuart, Michael Drew and Paul Husband with third place filled by Tom Larkin, Ger P. O’ Brien and Brian Corry.
Friday’s mixed scramblle was won by Ger P. O’Brien, Kay Grimes and Ger Hoey from Willie Roche, Jamie Lynch, Mary Farrell and Brian Corry with third spot filled by Brendan Moloney, Dominic Stuart and Connie McKenna.
Lady captain, Helen Downey’s prize day takes place on this Sunday when a big turnout is expected.
Woodstock Golf Club:
Mary Howard sealed a pulsating match in the Ann Heskin Trophy 4th round against Adare Manor in Woodstock on Sunday.
The first match went to the 21st and the second match went to the 19th and Woodstock suffered defeat in both. Match 3 was won on the 18th and match 4 was won on the 16th, leaving the score at 2-2.
It was down to Mary Howard in match five to push for the win for the home side. She had just brought the match back to all square on the 17th. With a large crowd now following the match, the 18th was halved in fives with great putts across the green by both players. So it was down the 19th and Mary Howard won the match with a masterful uphill putt.
The team members are Anne Marie Russell, Deirdre Molyneaux, Mary McNamara, Eilis Neville, Mary Howard and substitute Mary Morgan. The Munster semi-final will take place on Sunday September 14 in Charleville at 12 noon against either Castletroy or Bearhaven
Ramona Gleeson and Siobhan Maher finished second in the Granard Cup (Vision Ireland) competition held in Woodstock last Tuesday. They now go on to the All Ireland final in Mullingar on Thursday September 11.
The Michael Cullinan Memorial cup was played for at Woodstock at the weekend when the winner was Robbie Dormer (16) with 39 points with Lucas Kelly (3) winning the gross with 33 points.
The category 1 winner was Brendan Neylon (10) with 36 points from Jack Joyce (6) with a similar score.
Category 2 was won by Pat Keane (13) with 38 points from Jamie Ivors (13) with a similar score while category 3 was won by Brendan Keogh (19) with 34 points.
Winners in the 2’s competition were Joe Barry (11th hole) and Mark Hogan (4th and 14th holes). The singles competition for handicappers 16 and over was won by Andrew Mulligan (23) with 43 points.
The Hollys Haven Pharmacy mixed scramble on Thursday was won by Paul Sherlock, Liam McInerney, Mary Morgan and Mary Holland with 21.0 from Michael Canty, Kathleen McEnery, Brian Farrell, and John O’Donovan with 23.1 with third place filled by Sean Howard, Edel Clune, Nick Germaine and John Clune with 23.8.
Meanwhile thirty four played in the weekly open singles which was won by Vincent O’Grady (25) with 43 points from Niall Reynolds (9) with 40 and Kenny O’Shaughnessy (14) with 39 points.
Winners in the 2’s competition were Niall Reynolds (4th & 6th holes), Kenny O’Shaughnessy (8th hole) and Steve Horgan (8th hole).
The weekly open singles continues on this Thursday as does the Holly’s Haven Pharmacy mixed scramble. The weekend competition will be the Brian Pyne Tiles August medal.
Senior captain Frank McEnery’s prize was played for at Woodstock on Tuesday when the winner was Sean Colleran with 45 points, one more that Paul Coote.
Michael Canty won category A with 38 points from Paddy Meehan with 37. Brendan Keogh was the winner of category B with 42 points from Leo Quinlan with 41.
Nick Germaine was the winner of category C with 38 points winning on a countback from Eugene Quinn.
Mary Howard won the ladies section with 37 points from Mary McNamara with 36 and Chaye Kellly with 35.
In the guests category Liam Sheehan from Spanish Point was the men’s winner with 35 points while Monica Kenny from Oughterard won the ladies section with 30 points
The Donagh Lempiere trophy was won by Martin White with 44 points from Tommy Flynn with 40 with third spot filled by Paddy Meehan with 37 points.
Dromoland Golf Club:
John Higgins won the mid week 9 hole men’s competition at Dromoland with 19 points. The blue tees medal competition was won by George Smith with 69 from Niall Dunne on 70 with Brian Shally winning the gross on 75.
Billy O’Sullivan was the winner off the white tees with 69 from Robert Healy on 74.
In the seniors competition Jimmy Neville won category A from Brendan Lennon with Willie Fuller in third place.
Category B was won by George O’Carroll from Pa Shanahan with Kevin Kent in third spot.
The Nolan fourball ladies competition was won by Mairéad Toomey and Mary Arthur with 43 points. They had three to spare over Joan Ryan and Sheila Kent 40 with Suzanne McConway and Mairéad Bergin third with 39 points followed by Jean Colleran and Trish O’Brien also with 39 points.
Suzanne McConway with 19 points won the 9 hole weekly competition from Siobhan Dyar with 16 points.
Ennis Golf Club:
John Gavin (16) won the men’s singles stableford competition at Ennis at the weekend with 38 points.
He won on a countback from James P. Horgan (22) while the gross was won by Martin Moran with 29 points.
The category winners were Flan Lyons (12) with 37 points, Fergal Croke (14) with 36 points, Cian Griffin (21) with 36 points and P.J. Hehir (33) with 37 points.
Last week’s senior ladies competition was won by Carmel Verling, Sarah Bermingham and Margaret Flanagan from Martina Corbett, Jackie Quinlan and Maeve O’Grady.
The weekly ladies competition was a singles strokeplay for the August medal.
The silver medal was won by Ann A Gallery (11) with 74 nett from Peg Hanrahan (17) with 77 nett.
The bronze medal was won by Peggy Costello (24) with 69 nett from Betty O’Reilly (36) with 72 nett.
The overall winner of the 9 hole singles stableford competition was Sarah Connolly Barnes (25) with 22 points from Audrey McEnery (20) with 21 points.
The category winners were Mary Nagle (12) with 20 points, Margaret Flanagan (18) with 21 points and Valerie Wall (23) with 19 points. This week’s senior men’s outing was the Cider Day trophy in memory of Frank White and it was sponsored by the Halfway House bar.
Winners of the team event were J.K. Considine, Frank Sheedy, Declan Hanley and Tony McInerney with 73 points. They were one ahead of Paul Higgins, Gerry Kelly, Noel Connellan and Ger Hanrahan.
In third place with 71 points were Frank Cullinan, Pat Murphy, John Gavin and Michael Dempsey followed with a similar score by Brian Tuohy, Jim Hennessey, Cyril Lyons and Matt Flynn.
In fifth place, also with 71 points, were Steve Burns, Mike Irwin, Tim Kelly, and Tom Gallery followed on 70 points by Fintan McEvoy, Martin Coffey, Joe O Brien and Ronnie Guinnane.
In seventh place with 68 points were Senan Ryan, Michael O Reilly, Dominick Murray and Michael Dempsey with Paul Kenny, Ger O Brien, Sean Daly, and Eamon Kelly in eighty place, also with 68 points.
Friday’s open singles competition was won by Jerry Linnane (30) with 40 points, two more than Ross Darmody (4) from Woodstock with third spot filled by Gerry Daly (17) with 37 points.
Marie chasing more gold at World Games:
Lahinch Golf club member, Marie O’Connor is in Dresden this week competing in the World Transplant Games.
This is her eleventh time competing at the games and she will be chasing honours in golf (singles and doubles) and Pétanque.
Lahinch golf club officials and members this week extended good wishes to Marie and her team mates.
Gort Golf Club:
Niall Gillane (22) was the winner of the 18 hole stableford competition, sponsored by GolfStyle Galway with 44 points at Gort at the weekend.
The category winners were Mark Deegan (4) with 39 points, Niall O Shaughnessy (15) with 40 points and John Doody (29) with 38 points. The gross was won by Joe Moran (1) with 37 points.
The Friday open singles was won by Eanna Gantley (20) with 40 points with Donchadh O Loughlin (4) winning the gross with 29 points.
Shannon Golf Club:
Shannon President Michael Hickey’s prize was played for last week when Eddie Clohessy (25) captured the honours with 44 points.
He had one to spare over Larry Egan (12) with Ryan Hodge (14) in third place with 42 points. Jack Ryan (13) was fourth, also with 42 points followed by Paul Lehane (12) with 41 points. Edward Hickey (1) won the gross with 38 points.
In category A Donagh Murphy (5) was the winner with 40 points from Donal Madden (8) with 39.
Category B was won by Aidan Duggan (15) with 41 points from Ger O’Halloran (12) who also had 41 points.
Sean Finn (22) won category C with 40 points from Patrick Clancy (23) who had a similar score.
Pat McCarthy (17) won the past president’s category with 39 points. Sean O’Callaghan (24) won the seniors category with 37 points while the junior winner was won by Oran Hehir (7) with 37 points.
Fanny O’Deas society:
The members of the Fanny O’Dea’s golf society played for their president’s (Noel Haier) prize at East Clare golf course on Saturday and they had a great night at the presentation in Fanny’s O’Dea’s that night.
The competition was won by Brian Conway from T.J. Monahan with Paul Faughan in third place. They were followed by Paddy Corcoran in fourth and Brendan McMahon in fifth.
Jim Carmody won the gross while the nines were won by Mark Cottam and Eibhear Slattery. Gerry Lernihan won the long drive while Declan Kelly was nearest the pin.
At the presentation on Saturday night Liam Hayes was presented with the player of the year cup. The society’s next outing is to Westport on September 19 ad 20
Bridge society’s captain’s day:
Members of Sixmilebridge golf society are expected to turn out in large numbers on Saturday for the society’s major competition of the year, the captain Trevor Whyte’s ’s prize. The venue is Portumna golf club with tee time from 10am.
