DAVID JONES and Debbie Reddan have taken on the respective captain roles in Shannon Golf Club with Niamh O’Regan elected captain of Woodstock ladies golf club.
Woodstock Golf Club:
The annual general meeting of Woodstock ladies golf club was held on Sunday when Niamh O’Regan was elected as captain for 2023 with Eilis Neville as the vice captain.
Others elected were Kathleen McEnery (secretary), Eilis Neville (treasurer), Marianne McGough (handicap secretary), Anne Marie Russell (competitions secretary), Mary McNamara (Ex-officio) with the committee comprising Patricia Leyden, Patsy Nugent and Aine Burke.
Chaye Kelly was confirmed as winner of the golfer of the year while Niamh O’Regan was the masters winner, a competition sponsored by the late Jack Heaslip.
The October League, sponsored by Marianne Mc Gough was a 14 hole stableford competition with the three best cards to count.
The winner was Imelda Duffy with 88 points from Mary Morgan with 86.
Imelda Duffy also won the Sheelagh Garvey trophy with 40 points from Marianne McGough with 39, Chaye Kelly with 35 and Mary McNamara with 32.
Shannon Golf Club:
The annual general meetings of the men’s and ladies sections of Shannon Golf Club were held last week when both groups reviewed a successful season.
Debbie Reddan is the new ladies captain with Suzanne McMahon as vice captain with Connie Corry the ex officio officer.
The 2023 men’s captain is David Jones with Kevin Stanford as vice captain while the ex officio position is filled by Derek Sweeney.
Both committees are now finalising plans for the 2023 season. Because of the current difficult weather conditions the annual general meeting of the joint club was deferred from this week to Tuesday next, December 20 at 8p.m. in the clubhouse.
East Clare Golf Club:
Last week’s senior men’s outing at East Clare was won by Nick Ryan, Michael Moloney, John Farrell and Danny Minogue from Willie Roche, Brian Corry, Michael Heffernan and Ted Harrington. In third place were Seamus Mason, Ger O’Brien, Gordon Jones and John Nihill.
Gort Golf Club:
The severe frost of the past week resulted in the closure of golf clubs across the county and the cancellation of many Christmas competitions.
Before the severe frost hit, Gort held their men’s Christmas hampers competition. The category 1 winner of the 18 hole singles stableford competition was Niall O’Shaughnessy (10) with 41 points. Category 2 was won by John Commins (15) with 44 points, Coley Smyth (21) won category 3 with 49 points and John Daly (24) won category 4 with 41 points.
The ladies Christmas surprise 13 hole stableford competition was won by Hannah McInerney (7) with 28 points from Anne Connolly (22) with 26 points with Siobhan Forde (12) in third spot with 25 points followed by Margaret Whelan (30) with a similar score.
