BRID CUNNINGHAM, Eileen Holly and Celia O’Reilly won the ladies singles competition at Ennis while play was disrupted across the county.
Scheduled competitions at a number of golf clubs across Clare were disrupted at the weekend due to the heavy rainfall and strong winds which led to the cancellation of many sporting events.
Some clubs did manage to run competitions with a reduced number of holes in play but, for the most part, Saturday and Sunday events were cancelled. All are hopeful that this weekend’s schedule will go ahead
Ennis Golf Club:
Last week’s senior ladies competition at Ennis was a 12 hole scramble which was won by Brid Cunningham, Eileen Holly and Celia O’Reilly with 42.9.
In second place with 43,7 were Martina Corbett, Maureen Moloney, Claire Pyne and Margaret Flanagan.
Sunday’s men’s fourball stableford competition was won by Kieran (12) and Senan Ryan (7) with 41 points.
The won on a countback from Eddie Glenny (16) and Martin Moran (5) with third place filled by Tom Saunders (7) and Dermot Doheny (4) with 40 points.
Dromoland Golf Club:
The men’s competition at Dromoland at the weekend was for hampers and a keen contest resulted.
A countback was required to determine the winner with the honours going to Adrian Glynn who pipped Ruairi Price, both scoring 41 points.
Daniel Lennon was third with 40 points followed by Philip Alldritt with 39, John Keane with 39, William Fitzgerald with 39, John M. McCarthy with 38 and Colm Shiels with 37. Jeff Molloy won the gross with 38 points.
The ladies Christmas hampers competition was won by Mairead Toomey with 36 points from Dorothea Madden with a similar score with third spot filled by Julie Fitzgerald with 35 points.
Spanish Point Golf Club:
The ladies competition at Spanish Point last week was 18 hole stableford which was won by Eileen Murrihy with. 31 points. In second place was Sara Hogan with 27 points.
Kilrush Golf Club:
Kilrush hosted a 12 hole men’s singles competition over the Bank holiday weekend when the winner was Malcolm McCarthy (6) with 26 points and he was one ahead of Derek Garvey (6).
Woodstock Golf Club:
Round 1 in the Winter league is scheduled for Woodstock this weekend when the format will be fourball betterball for the 12 hole event with preferred drives and two to score on the par 3’s.
There will also be a club singles over 12 holes this weekend.
Gort Golf Club:
The men’s Christmas hampers were played for at Gort last week when the format was 18 hole singles stableford.
Joe Moran (1) with 37 points won category 1 while the category 2 winner was Josh MacFarlane (17) with 42 points with category 3 honours going to Diarmuid Tobin (21) with 38 points.
The gross was won by Joe Burke (1) with 34 points.
Last weekend’s 18 hole singles was won by Padraig Connole (7) with 35 points while the gross was won by Joe Burke (1) with 27 points.
Friday’s men’s open singles was won by Gerard Lynch (8) from Oughterard with 39 points with the gross won by Padraig Connole (8) with 29 points.
East Clare Golf Club:
The ladies team of two competition at East Clare last week was won on a countback by Bridget Minogue and Deirdre Muldoon from Deirdre Tuohy and Joan Crotty both pairings scoring 35 points.
The ladies Wednesday competition was won by Margaret Lynch, Breda McCarthy and Pauline Nugent from Brid Hayes, Mary Farrell, Deirdre Muldoon and Mary Collins with third place filled by Mary Hogan, Carol Anne O’Sullivan and Breda Reid.
Ger Crotty (17) with 40 points won the men’s open singles off white tees from Kieran Quinn who had a similar score with Darren O’Sullivan (10) in third place with 38 points.
Mike Whelan (3) won the gross with 72.
Last week’s senior men’s competition was won by Michael Heffernan, Kevin Grimes and Jim Willis from Danny Minogue, Michael Noonan and Seamus Whelan with third place filled by Terry Coughlan, Jim Fahey and Michael Quinn.
As the year draws to a close arrangements are being finalised for the annual general meetings. The ladies club AGM will take place on Wednesday (November 4th) with the annual meeting of the men’s club set for two days later, Friday (November 6th).
