From left: Teddy O’Hanlon President, Helen Downey Lady Captain, Paul Hayes Men’s Captain at East Clare Golf Club.
THE East Clare golf club captains’ drive- in took place on Bank holiday Monday in front of a big attendance.
This year’s lady captain is Helen Downey, men’s captain is Paul Hayes and President is Teddy O’Hanlon.
Meanwhile the ‘drive-in’ for the 2025 officers at Gort took place on Sunday. Leading the South Galway club for the year are President Brendan Dolan and captains Ena Furey and Gerry Glynn.
East Clare Golf Club:
A 9 hole team scramble was held in conjunction with the drive in. The front 9 competition was won by Trish Nash, Kevin Grimes and Martin Breen from Breda Reid, Pat Carey and Kieran Larkin with third place filled by Mary Farrell, T.J. McNamara, Ciaran O’Connor and Maurice Costelloe.
The winners of the back 9 scramble were Ursula Hogan, John Doyle and Paul Madden from Siobhan Shanahan, Ben Rittweger and Tony Foley with third place filled by Maria Kennedy, Tim Walsh and Jason Horan.
Last week’s senior men’s competition was won by Danny Minogue, Donal Fleming and Jim Bradley. In second place were Ted Harrington, Noel Earley, and Jackie McHugh followed by Tony McNulty, Jim Willis and Seamus O’Dwyer.
A mixed scramble will be held on Friday morning at 10am while entries for the Winter league are currently being completed.
Ennis Golf Club:
Last week’s 13 hole ladies stableford competition at Ennis was won by Anna-Marie Darmody (31) with 25 points. She won on a countback from Joan Murphy (34) with third spot filled by Peggy Costello (24) with 24 points.
The winner of the 8 hole competition was Phil Butler (14) with 12 points.
Friday’s senior ladies scramble was won by Mary Murray, Nuala D’Auria and Martina Corbett. with 22.8 points from Una O Reilly, Carmel Verling, Phil Butler and Josephine Tone with 27.7 points.
Kilrush Golf Club:
Sean Moran (16) won the St Bridget’s day prize at Kilrush on Bank holiday Monday with 29 points. He won on a countback from Paul Moroney (17) with Pat Brennan (6) a point further back in third place followed by Michael Studdert (11), also with 28 points.
Woodstock Golf Club:
Round 2 in the Ozone Health and Fitness Spring League was played over the Bank holiday weekend at Woodstock when the winners were Kieran Dromey and Jarlath Fahy with 58 points. They were two ahead of Paddy Meehan and Dickie Pyne with Joe and Pat Barry a point further back on 55 points. The league continues this weekend.
The winner of the club singles was Paddy Meehan with 36 points followed by Neil McCarthy on 34 with Mark Sweeney in third place, also on 34. There will be another club singles this week
Gort Golf Club:
Winners of the nine hole scramble over the front 9 in conjunction with the drive-in at Gort were Paul Smith, Sara Broderick, Thomas Cannon and Aileen Walsh and they were followed by Joe Byrne, Pat Corcoran, Glenn Cahill and Charlotte Kelly with third place filled by Anne Marie Mulry, John Dempsey, Alan Minogue and Josh MacFarlane.
The back 9 scramble winners were John Hynes, Mattie Larkin, Martin Mullins and Catherine Burke from Ray Dolan, John Skehill, Gerry Butler and Mary Cunninham. In third place were Shane Moylette, Paddy Coghlan, Olive Mulcair and Bernadette Burke.
The men’s competition at Gort over the Bank holiday weekend was an 18 hole stableford.
The winners were Colman Cooney (6) with 39 points (category 1), Niall O’Shaughnesy (13) with 39 points (category 2), Pat Curtis (16) with 47 points (category 3) and Ronald Ryan (22) with 42 points (category 4).
