Golf

Woodstock will host open mixed team scramble competitions over the next two weekends.

On this Sunday (St. Stephen’s Day) and Monday the competition will be for a team of four and re-entry is allowed.

On Saturday January 1, Sunday January 2 and Monday January 3 there will be another open team of four mixed competition with two scores to count at each hole and, again, re-entry will be allowed.

Last weekend’s competition at Woodstock was a modified fourball which was won by Ray Casey and Pat McMahon with 42 points. They had one to spare over Barry Scanlan and Aaron Lavery while third spot was filled by Liam O’Connor and Vincent McInerney who also returned 41 points.

This week’s seniors scramble at Woodstock was won by John McGrath, David Rigney and Hugo Hughes with 46 points.

Kilrush Golf Club:

The weekly Winter turkey competition at Kilrush last weekend was won by John K. Ryan (10) with 32 points from Cyril Kelly (12) who had a similar score. In third spot was John Stapleton (14) with 31 points followed by Eoin Fitzgerald (12) with 29 points.

Portumna Golf Club:

The Christmas hampers competition at Portumna resulted in overall victory for Padraig Moroney with 35 points.

In the 0-9 handicap section, Tristan Hoary (8) was the winner with 29 points. Damian Gibbons (11) won the 10-15 handicap section with 34 points, John Cormican (19) won the 16-21 section with 32 points while Tomas Quinn (33) won the over 22 handicap section with 34 points.

Shannon Golf Club:
Last week’s 15 hole Christmas hamper competition at Shannon was won by Hugh Heaney with 39 points from Liam Heffernan who had a similar score. John Hartrey was third with 38 points while Aidan Mannix won the gross with 30 points. This week’s competitions will be a 15-hole singles and a team of 4 modified scramble.

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