*Picture shows Maurice Costelloe, East Clare Men’s vice captain ,receiving the Arthur Spring Cup from Martin Mitchell captain of Tralee Golf Club.
East Clare golf club’s senior men played a group of Tralee seniors in the annual Arthur Spring Cup and emerged victorious.
This competition, started in 2020, commemorates the late Arthur Spring who designed the East Clare course and who was a lifetime member of Tralee golf club. After a keenly contested match East Clare narrowly regained the cup.
Dick Spring, former Tánaiste and brother of Arthur, was a member of the Tralee team and he spoke of the strong connection that Arthur had with East Clare. The Tralee visitors were overwhelmed with the quality of the course and felt certain that Arthur Spring would have been proud of his creation.
Meanwhile, Eileen Donnellan (15.7) was the winner of the ladies 18 hole stroke competition at East Clare at the weekend with 74.
Brid Hayes (18.4) won category 1 with 77, Margaret Lynch (29.8) won category 2 with 74 while category 3 was won by Mary Bugler (36.1) with 81.
The ladies Wednesday competition was won by Brid Hayes, Joan McNamara, Mary Stritch and Phil Burke from Mary Bugler, Nancy Starr and Carmel Lenihan
Meanwhile Sunday’s men’s v par competition was won by Adam O’Halloran with plus 5 from Bryan Tobin with plus 1.
This week’s senior men’s competition was won by John Nihill, Michael Moloney and Steve Symes from Batt Skehan, Richard Keating and Terry Coughlan with third spot filled by Danny Minogue, Jackie McHugh and Tim McGrath.
Due to course work there will be no open day on this Thursday, August 24.
Ennis Golf Club:
Lady Captain Mary Linehan’s prize was the competition at Ennis at the weekend when the 18 hole stroke competition was won by Sinéad Hegarty (19) with 73 nett. She had one to spare over Kate Keohane (19) 74 nett and they were followed by Ruth Nihill (21), Ann Kelly (28) and Helen Hartnett (29) while the gross was won by Shannon Hegarty with 82. Ann A. Gallery (17) won the front nine with 35 and she also won the longest drive while the back nine was won by Monica Finnerty (26) with 38.
Division 1 was won by Valerie Hassett (15) with 76 nett from Yvonne Keohane (18) with 78 nett.
Division 2 was won by Elaine Whelan (29) with 76 nett from Rita O’Brien (25), also with 76 nett.
Other prize winners were Brid Cunningham with 77 nett (best granny), Nuala D’Auria with 86 net(past captain) and Della Burns (nearest the pin).
The 9 hole stroke competition was won by Therese Lillis (25) with 35 nett from Mary McGrath-Fahy (29) with 36 nett with third spot filled by Sarah Connolly Barnes(28) with 37 nett. Mary Glynn (18) won the gross with 56.
The lady captain’s mixed foursomes was won by Mary Nagle and Michael Studdert with 41 points from James P Horgan and Lily-May Horgan with a similar score. In third place with 40 points were Ethna Murphy and Noel Whelan.
The get into golf prize was won by Rose Sharkey (21) with 37 nett from Lorraine Barry (20) with 44 nett.
Last week’s ladies 18 hole stableford competition was won by Patricia Moroney (17) with 34 points. The division 1 winner was Mary Lenihan (18) with 27 points.
Division 2 was won by Bridie Hanrahan (21) with 33 points while division 3 was won by Joan Murphy (30) also with 33 points.
The overall winner in the 9 hole competition was Pat Leacy (20) with 19 points. Joan Cullinan Coote (18) with 17 points won division 2 while division 3 was won by Sinéad O’Sullivan (25) with 16 points. The get into golf category was won by
Bernadette Morrissey (21) with 9 points.
Last week’s seniors competition was won by Maeve O’Grady, Brid Cunningham and Liz Kelly with 48.09 from Carmel Verling Margaret McEnery and Anne McMahon with 57.37.
Kilrush Golf Club:
President Sean Moran’s prize was played for at Kilrush on Sunday and resulted in victory for Jim Young Snr (9) with 40 points over Patrick Coleman (14) with a similar score. Pat J Shannon(14) was third, also with 40 points and they were followed by Declan O’Donovan (10) with 39 points, Patrick O’Dea (16) with 38 points and Jim Kelly (27) with 38 points.
Rory Lillis (4) won the gross with 33 points while the category winners were Greg Young (8) with 38 points, Gearoid Williams (17) with 38 points and Michael Studdert (23) with 38 points. The nines were won by Des Murphy (26) with 22 points and Thomas Coffey (21) with 21 points.
The lady president’s, (Dr. Mary O’Sullivan) prize was played for last week when Fiona Kinsella (14) was the winner with 68. She had one to spare over Agnes Shannon (25) and they were followed by Miriam Saunders (24) with 71, Mary McCarthy (30) with 72, Mary Bolton (18) with 73 and Edel Crowley (26) with 74. Anne Galllagher (10) won the gross with 87 while the nines were won by Margaret Donnelly(20) with 33 and Bernie Tubridy (44) with 34.
The lady president’s 9 hole prize was won by Mary O’Neill with 16 points from Margaret Griffin with 12 points.
Lahinch Golf Club:
While preparations are at an advanced stage ahead of the Fred Daly and boys inter-club All-Ireland finals to be held at Castletroy on August 29 and 30, there was more good news for Lahinch junior boys last week with confirmation that Danny Lyne has been selected to represent Munster in the U16 boys Interprovincial championships while Paddy O’Connell has been selected on the U14 boys panel. Next week’s Interprovincial championships will be held at Ballykisteen.
Meanwhile, the final evening of the social mixed is scheduled to take place on this Friday August 25 on the Old Course. This will be a 9 hole competition
Shannon Golf Club:
Noeleen Neylon (12) won the ladies August medal at Shannon last week with 69 nett. She had one to spare over Laura O’Brien (9) while the gross was won by Madge Young (11) with 81.
The category winners were Ettie Gallery (15) with 70 nett, Pauline Kilmartin (30) with 72 nett and Honor Kinahan (34) with 76 nett.
Woodstock Golf Club:
Senior captain John O’Donovan’s prize was played for at Woodstock on Saturday when Paddy Meehan emerged as the winner with 46 points.
Club president Ollie McNamara won category 1 with 41 points from Paul Coote with 38 points.
Category 2 was won by Seamus Kelly with 42 points from Dickie Pyne who had a similar score while the category 3 winner was Nick Germaine with 41 points from Eugene Conroy with 36 points.
Andy Turner on the guests section with 36 points.
The weekend’s club singles winner was Gerry Walsh (24) with 43 points from David Greene (15) wth 43 points with Aaron Lavery (29) in third place with 41 points.
The team of 3 Texas scramble was won by Colm Geary, Stephen Dunne and Mike Kelly with 56 nett.
The weekly open singles continues on Wednesdays and Thursdays while the August monthly medal, sponsored by D2 Print, a strokeplay competition, will take place this weekend.
Gort Golf Club:
Patricia Skehill’s president’s prize was played for at Gort at the weekend when Ronnie Killeen (28) won with 77 points from Michael K Ryan (12) with 76 points with Steve Mahon (22), also with 72 points, in third spot. They were followed by Michael Killeen (17) with 74 points and Alan Minogue (7) with 73 points.
Gavin Lally (3) won the gross with 34 points. The past president’s category was won by Niall Finnegan (15) with 73 points while the nett was won by Michael T Ryan (22) with 72 points.
The category winners were Michael McInerney (11) with 71 points, Stephen Dervan (15) with 68 points and John G Ryan (20) with 72 points. Colie McGarry had a hole in one at the 5th.
The president’s prize to the ladies was won by Hannah McInerney (6) with 71 points from Teresa Mahon (25) with 64 points. They were followed by Shauna Burke (15) with 63 points, Josie Collins (22) with 63 points and Josie Cummins (22) with 62 points.
Siobhan Forde (11) won the gross with 44 points while the nett was won by Marcella Killeen (23) with 36 points.
Friday’s open singles winner was Kieran Reddy (23) with 40 points while the gross was won by Trevor Cummins (6) with 26 points The category winners were Tom Deveney (7) with 37 points, Eddie Leen (16) with 35 points and John Walsh (25) with 39 points.
The ladies open singles was won by Edel Walsh (25) from Dungarvan with 34 points.
Fanny O’Deas society:
Woodstock was the venue for the Fanny O’Deas society’s latest outing with thirty members playing a scramble on Saturday.
The winners were Noel O’Shea, Eibhear Slattery, Martin Brennan and Michael Clancy with 99 points from Declan Kelly, Liam Hayes, Paddy Corcoran and Brian Conway with 95. In third place with 92 points were Leroy Crowe, Nigel Lynch and Par Delap followed on 90 points by Peter O’Leary, Gerry Lernihan, Liam Griffin and Alan Hogan. Danny Lynch had the longest drive while nearest the pin was Mark Cottam. The society’s September outing will be to Gort.
Sixmilebridge Golf Society:
Sixmilebridge golf society will hold their president’s, Trevor White, prize on this Saturday in Portumna where the tee is reserved from 9.45am and as usual only those pre-booked can attend on the day.
