Presidents Prize Winners in Portumna, Mionica Cormican,(Ladies) Dagmar Ullrich-Werner, President & Vincent Tracey (Mens) Winner.
The Lahinch men’s and ladies senior cup teams created a piece of history on Saturday by winning their respective West Munster senior cup finals at Killarney.
The men defeated Dooks 3.5 to 1.5 to secure their place in the All-Ireland finals and bring home a men’s Munster pennant to the club for the first time since 1984, a thirty-eight year wait.
The senior cup and Barton Shield panel have been on the road since April and includes Mark Campbell, Eoin Glynn, Jonathan Keane, Bob and Stephen Loftus, Aaron McNulty, Thomas Neenan, Michael O’Kelly, Noel Sexton and their leaders, David Conway and Kyle Cannon.
The Ladies team won the Munster title for the third year in a row with a hard-fought win over the home club, Killarney, on a score of 3.5 to 1.5.
The members are Marjorie Ahern, Sarah Cunningham, Jenny Hennessy, Olivia Lucas, Niamh O’Dwyer, Val Shannon, Linda Toomey Aine Donegan, Chloe Ryan, Aideen Walsh and their mentors, Valerie Hassett and Aedin McCarthy.
Club officials and members are all looking forward to the All-Ireland finals at Tramore in late August.
Some of the players involved in the success have a busy week ahead of them. Aideen Walsh headed off to France on Sunday to prepare for the European Ladies Amateur Championship at Golf de Saint-Germain, Paris which commenced on Wednesday.
Closer to home, Stephen Loftus and Aaron McNulty will tee it up at the South of Ireland Amateur Open Championship which got under way on Wednesday. Killian Howard of Dromoland Golf Club and Shane Lillis of Kilrush Golf Club are also flying the Clare flag.
Ennis Golf Club:
Peggy Costello (22) was the overall winner of the ladies 18 hole stableford competition at Ennis with 40 points.
Ann O’Loughlin (17) won division 1 with 33 points, Flor Coffey (25) won division 2 with 38 points, while Una O’Reilly (34) with 37 points.
The overall winner of the 9 hole competition was Kitty Morris (8) with 20 points while the category winners were Anne Kelly (14) with 19 points, Mary Leahy (16) with 20 points and Alice D’Arcy (22) with 20 points.
Last week’s senior ladies outing was won by Kathleen Pyne, Phil Butler, Mary Glynn and Margaret McEnery from Maeve O’Grady, Anne Keogh and Mary McMahon with third place filled by Teresa Lillis, Carmel Verling Alice D’Arcy and Mary Keany.
East Clare Golf Club:
Loretto O O’Donnell was the winner of the ladies 18 hole stableford competition at East Clare last week with 45 points. Evelyn Skehan was second with 40 points followed by Cathrine Murphy who also scored 40 points.
The men’s fourball competition was won by Jason Horan and Josh Moloney with 60 points from T. J. and John McNamara.
John Punch won the men’s Thursday open with 43 points from Dylan Fox with 38, Killian Baane with 37, Noel Nash with 37 and John Solon with 37.
The ladies Wednesday competition winners were Breda McCarthy, Mary Stritch and Pauline Nugent from Margaret Lynch, Phil Burke and Mary Farrell with third spot filled by Geraldine Mc Namara, Marie Donnellan and Teresa Bradley.
Last week’s senior men’s competition winners were Danny Minogue, Michael Moloney and Richard Pomfret from Jim Greene, Jackie McHugh and Ray Maxwell with Pat Duggan, Martin Mc Hugh and Kevin Grimes in third spot. The men’s open continues on Thursdays while the mixed scramble continues on Friday evenings from 5.30p.m. to 6.30p.m.
Kilrush Golf Club:
The men’s competition at Kilrush at the weekend was sponsored by Patrick Bourke Menswear and was won by John Robinson (25) with 45 points from Cyril Kelly (19) with a similar score. Brendan Carigg (29) was third with 40 points.
The category winners were Declan O’Donovan (10) with 40 points, Seamus O’Doherty (14) with 39 points and Michael J Hogan (19) with 38 points.
Dromoland Golf Club:
The men’s competition at Dromoland at the weekend was a 4 person scramble which was won by Nigel and Alex Frost, Paudie Dorgan and James Purcell with 52.2 nett. In second place were John McCarthy, Ciaran Kelly, Brian Ahern and Christy Cusack with 55.4 nett followed by Brendan Lennon, Denis Mulqueen, John Hayes and Barry Walshe with 56.4 nett.
The ladies 18 hole stableford competition was won by Siobhan Doohan with 35 pints while the ladies 9 hole competition was won by Dolores Fox with 18 points from Gabrielle Gilna with 17 points.
In the ladies 9 hole mid week competition Catherine Quinn won with 19 points from Mary Rogers with a similar score.
Woodstock Golf Club:
Matthew McGrath (6) won the junior scratch cup at Woodstock last week with 77 gross.
In the weekend club singles, Paul Sherlock (19) was the winner with 46 points from Jimmie Kelly (19) with 44 points with Niall Reynolds (15) in third spot with 42 points.
Cathal O’Connor (3) won the gross with 39 points while the category winners were Callum Hayes (12) with 41 points, Cathal Clune (16) with 41 points and Ronan Lynch (32) with 41 points.
The mid week open singles last week was won by Kevin Frehill (25) with 63 nett from David Green (15) with 65 nett with third spot filled by Declan Browne (33) with 68. Tony Cleary (scratch) won the gross with 79.
The weekly singles continue on Wednesdays and Thursdays while the weekend competition this week will be the July medal, a strokeplay competition off the white markers.
Last week’s senior men’s competition was won by Paddy Meehan, Seamus Kelly and Greg Fogarty with 50 points.
Gort Golf Club:
The weekend competition at Gort was an 18 hole fourball sponsored by Gort Credit Union. The winners were John McGrath (15) and Alan Minogue (7) with 51 points They had three to spare over Niall Hoarty (14) and Barry Cahill (14) with third spot filled by Ed Purcell (16) and Gerry Fahey ( 23) with 47 points.
The gross was won by Conor Shields (8) and Niall Loftus (10) with 33 points.
Brian Monahan (20) won the Friday open singles with 41 points while Gavin Lally (4) won the gross with 33 points.
Portumna Golf Club:
Dagmar Ullrich-Werner president’s prize was played for at Portumna last week when there was a big entry.
In the ladies section Monica Cormican (32) was the winner with 69 from Susanne Corcoran (4) with 62. They were followed but Carmel McLaughlin (25) with 62, Rita Hodgins (42) with 61, and Mary Madden (28) with 60. Patricia Rowland (5) won the gross with 46 while the senior’s prize was won by Rita Shiel (33) with 60.
In the men’s section the winner was Vincent Tracey with 66 from David Greenwood with 63, Paddy Kelly with 63, Willie Carty with 60. Dave Burtnett with 61 and Sylvester Neylon with 60, Michael Flanagan won the gross with 59
Fanny O’Dea’s society:
The Fanny O’Dea’s society held their captain’s (Pat Delap) prize in Mayo where they played Ballinrobe and Westport courses. The outings were sponsored by KB Events(James Whelan) and Liam Cleary Auto World Ltd.
The captain’s prize was won by Noel O’Shea with 42 points and he had three to spare over Gerry Lernihan with third spot filled by Tony McMahon with 38 points. Pat Delap was next with 35 points followed by Dermot Custy with a similar score, Paul Faughnan with 33 points and Paddy Corcoran with 32 points.
Robert McMahon was nearest the pin while Eoghan O’Leary won the long drive.
The Westport outing was won by Dermot Custy with 45 points from Alan Jackson with 40 points, Paul Faughnan with 37 points, Declan Kelly, also with 37 points and John Leahy with 35 points.
Sixmilebridge Society:
The top four in Sixmilebridge society’s President’s (Ian Mulready) prize at East Clare golf club were separated by one shot.
Adam Merriman was the winner from Willie Fealy with Alan Mulready in third spot followed by David Purcell. The nines were won by Jamie O’Gorman and Niall Cahill. Conor Murphy won nearest the in while the long drive winner was David Purcell.
