*Enda Kelly winner of the President’s Prize with Nina and Aidan Mannix. Photograph: Joe Buckley
President Aidan Mannix’ prize was played for at Shannon last weekend when there was a very big turnout.
Enda Kelly (12) emerged as the winner with 67 and he won on a countback from Eoin O’Donoghue (14) with third spot filled by Tony O’Farrell (13) with 68 which was also the score returned by fourth placed James Morrissey (16).
Fifth place was filled by Anthony Tully (25) with 69. Dave Richardson (5) won the gross with 72. Emma O’Halloran was winner of the President’s Prize to the ladies.
Darragh Lohan (6) was the winner of category A with 71 from Keith Buckley (7) with 72. The category B winner was Brendan O’Brien (17) with 69 with second spot in this category filled by David Ruschitzko (15) who also had 69.
Michael Wall (26) won category C with 69 from David Lenihan (22), also with 69. Kevin Hehir senior (17) won the past president’s category with 73 while the guests section was won by Gary Purtill (10) with 37 points.
Woodstock Golf Club:
Last week’s open singles at Woodstock was won by Brian Mulcahy (19) with 44 points. He had four to spare over Mike Liddy (20) with third spot filled by Gerry Molyneaux (18) from Mitchelstown with 39 points. Mark Sweeney (9) win the gross with 32 points.
Declan Reidy (9) was the winner of the August medal at Woodstock at the weekend with 67 while Brian Gilligan (scratch) won the gross with 73.
The category 1 winner was Kieran Crosby (10) with 69 from Mark McInerney (10) with 70. Category 2 was won by Kieran Dromey (11) with 67 from Sean Williams (18) with 70 while category 3 was won by Michael Coughlan (24) with 71
There will be an open singles on this Thursday while the competition for the weekend will be a club singles.
Lahinch Golf Club:
The Lahinch men’s club championship (John Burke Trophy), will take place on this Saturday and Sunday, September 2 and 3.
The lowest 21 handicap players will play off the blue tees and all other members will play off the white tees.
The Greg Young Memorial trophy is a seniors tournament open to Lahinch senior members and 30 friends and the tournament will take place on Friday and Saturday, September 8 and 9.
Participants will play on the Castle course on Friday and on the championship course on Saturday and they must have a handicap index of 9.4 or lower. Senior Members of Lahinch with a handicap Index of 9.5 but not higher than 18.4 index will have a separate stableford competition to run in conjunction with the gross competition.
The presentation of prizes will take place after the golf on Saturday September 9th.
Kilrush Golf Club:
Martin P. Brennan (22) was the winner of the AON Physiotherapy prize at Kilrush at the weekend with 40 points. He had one to spare over Derek Garvey (13) while the category winners were Brian Scanlan (11) with 37 points, Colm Fitzpatrick (16) with 36 points and Gerard McInerney (23), also with 36 points.
The ladies played for the West Clare Physical Therapy prize and the winner was
Ailish Lorigan (20) with 36 points from Mary McCarthy (30) with 35 points and
Mary Downes (32) with 34 points.
The category winners were Margaret Donnelly (20) with 34 points, Mary O’Sullivan (29) with 33 points and Bernie Tubridy (43) with 26 points
East Clare Golf Club:
The East Clare ladies Wednesday away competition in Adare was won by Eileen Donnellan, Terry Mulvihil and Kay Grimes with 62 points and they won on a countback from Mary Brennan, Maureen Clune and Mary Stritch who had a similar score. In third place with 60 points were Mary Hogan, Catherine Murphy and Ann Harte.
Last week’s senior men’s competition was won by Danny Minogue, Paul Husband and Michael Heffernan from Chris Davis, Richard Keating and Paddy O Brien with third spot filled by Pat Duggan, Brendan Moloney and Ted Harrington.
The course will be closed next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to facilitate work on the greens while there will be no men’s open day on Thursday.
Gort Golf Club:
Gavin Lally (3) was the winner of the Permanent TSB junior scratch cup at Gort last weekend with 71. He won by three from Joe Moran (4) with Tom Deveney (7) a stroke further back in third place. Alan Minogue won the nett with 70.
In the intermediate scratch cup, sponsored by Gillane’s, Gort, the winner was Alan Fogarty (16) with 78 from Martin Flaherty (15) with 80 with third spot filled by Barry McMahon (14) with 83. The nett was won by Robin Lahiffe (15) with 71.
In the minor scratch cup sponsored by Hennelly’s Bar, Gort the winner was Tom Costello (20) with 85 from Declan Flaherty (21) with 89 with third spot filled by John Neylon (20) with 91. The nett was won by Mark Kavanagh (21) with 71. Meanwhile the Friday open 18 hole singles stableford sponsored by Ward and Burke was won by Brendan Hanniffy (18) with 35 points.
In the women’s: All-Ireland fundraiser classic the winners were Brian Monaghan, Pat Corcoran, John O Connor and Tommy Foy with 96 points. Second spot was filled by Tommy O Donnell, Declan Flaherty, John Commins and Robin Lahiffe with 89 points and they were followed by Vincent Sherlock, D Sherlock, Tony McMahon and David Mulligan with a similar score. In fourth spot, also with 89 points were John and Patricia Skehill, Pat and Anne Marie Cradock and they were followed by Gerry O Donnell, Kevin Mulkerrins, Chris Fahy and Pat Fogarty with a similar total.
Sixth place was filled by Petra O Connor, Louise Butler, John O Connor and Kyle MacFarlane with 87 points which was also the score returned by Frank Higgins, Vincent Mullins, John Fordham and Joe Cooney. In eighth place with 85 points were John O Connor, Kris Finnegan, Petra O Connor and Niall Hoarty followed by Tom and Teresa Helebert, Michael and Margaret McMahon with 84 points.
Haven Arms Society:
The Haven Arms golf society Kilrush had their president’s (Gerry Malone) prize day at Kilrush on Saturday when Ailish Lorrigan emerged as the winner with 37 points.
She had one to spare over Richard Williams with third spot filled by Seamus O’Doherty who also had 36 points. David Williams was fourth with 35 points
Sixmilebridge Society:
Sixmilebridge society president Trevor White’s presidents prize was played for at Portumna on Saturday when Bobby Deegan emerged as winner from Conor Deasy with Stephen Mulready in third place followed by Barry Deasy,
The nines were won by Daire Bucke and John Nihill who also won the nearest the pin prize, the guest’s prize by Cian Gleeson and the longest drive by Joe Murphy.
Conditions were tough with a breeze and intermittent showers and Bobby was a clear winner on the day.
