PICTURED: Men’s Captain Kevin Stanford and Ladies Captain Suzanne McMahon joined by Junior Boys Captain Georgie Pyke and Junior Girls Captain Lucy Twomey at Shannon Golf Club. Photo by Joe Buckley
WOODSTOCK GOLF CLUB
A number of Clare golf clubs held their annual general meetings in recent weeks when officers for 2024 were elected.
Jarlath Fahy succeeds Aidan Mulcahy as men’s captain while Eilis Neville is the new lady captain, succeeding Niamh O’Regan; Ken Horgan takes over from Ollie McNamara as club president. Gerry O’Malley and Chaye Kelly are the new vice captains. The new officers will ‘drive-in’ to office on March 10 at 2.30pm when a 9 hole scramble will follow.
ENNIS GOLF CLUB
Ennis golf club held it’s ‘drive in’ on New Year’s Day when Paraic Sutton and Kathleen Pyne commenced their terms as the club captains while Kieran O’Loughlin is the new president.
John O’Neill is the new captain at Dromoland, and he will take over from Jimmy McManus in February. John’s wife Katrina was the lady captain at the club two years ago.
The 2024 lady captain is Jean Colleran while the vice captain is Sandra Moylan whose son, Darragh, was the junior captain for 2023. The 2024 junior captain is Suzie Cusack while the president is Niall Cannon who takes over that role from Maria Nolan. The ‘drive-in’ ceremony will take place in March.
Dromoland Golf Club
Junior captain Darragh Moylan’s prize was played for recently at Dromoland and there was a big entry.
Sean McGee was the boys winner with 45 points, two more than Oisin Queally with Darragh O’Gorman three points further back in third place.
In the girls section the winner was Sive Timons with 32 points from Suzie Cusack on 30 points while Saoirse Brennan was third with 24 points.
In the men’s 9 hole stableford competition on Christmas Eve, Michael Browne was the winner with 22 points from James Purcell with 21 points with John McCarthy in third place with 20.
The winners of the St. Stephen’s Day 9 hole scramble were Anne, Noel and Eanna McMahon with 26.2 with second place filled by John Greer, Dorothea Madden and David Pedro with 28.8. In third pace with 30.4 were Brendan and Calum Spicer and Geraldine Ryan.
East Clare Golf Club
The ladies Wednesday competition on Christmas week at East Clare was won by Brid Hayes, Phil Burke and Siobhan Mulcahy from Evelyn Skehan, Breeda Reid and Mary Stritch with third spot filled by Mary Brennan, Hannah Guinane and Noreen Doyle.
In the senior men’s competition on Christmas week the winners were Pat Duggan, Brendan Moloney and Brendan McGill with 42 points two ahead of John Nihill, Willie Roche and Martin McHug. In third spot with 39 points were Noel Early and Jim Greene
The Christmas week Friday mixed scramble was won by Eileen Donnellan, Mary Jo Minogue and John Nihill from Ger Hoey, Mary Farrell and Brid Hayes wwith third spot filled by Pat Duggan, Siobhan Shanahan and Margaret Hoey
Kilrush Golf Club
Despite the very inclement weather of the past week, a number of competitions went ahead in Kilrush. The Christmas Eve Santa Claus prize was won by Michael J Hogan (13) with 25 points while the winner of the singles competition on New Year’s Eve was Terry O’Hare (8) with 30 points.
