It was another historic day for Lahinch junior boys at Ballybunion Golf Club on Sunday when they won their first ever Fred Daly pennant defeating Killarney 4/1 in the West Munster area final.
The team performed extremely well in windy conditions and they now join their boys inter-club team in the All-Ireland finals which will be hosted by Castletroy golf club on August 28 and 29.
The members of the panel are Gabriel Considine, Danny Lyne, Bob Casey, Mikie McMahon, Niall Kelly, Jack Clarke and Matthew Braja, their team managers are Kevin Glynn and Johnny Reynolds, and their coaches are Shane Carey and Donal McSweeney.
There was disappointment for the club’s Barton shield team who were defeated in the West Munster area final by Limerick (4 holes) at Castletroy. After victories over Dooks (2 holes) and Tralee (3 holes) on Saturday, both pairings got off to a poor start in the semi-final and while they clawed their way back into both matches, making up the early deficit proved a bridge too far.
Meanwhile at Ennis, the club’s ladies senior foursomes team came up against a very strong Castletroy team in the West Munster area semi-final. While the first match finished all square after 18 holes, Castletroy were always ahead in matches two and three winning both 3&2 before going on to win the Munster pennant.
This year’s Pierse Motors VW Ireland sponsored South of Ireland amateur open championship got underway on Wednesday July 26. Lahinch has a strong representation which includes Stephen Loftus, John Dillon, Jonathan Keane, Ciaran Murphy, Patrick Adler (overseas member) and TJ Ford, the club’s operations manager
Kilrush Golf Club:
The lady captain Stephanie Roughan’s prize was played for at Kilrush on Saturday when Loretta Maher (35) captured the honours with 69.
Sheena Mahony (24) was two strokes better but she wasn’t eligible for the main prize. Third place was filled by Sheila O’Grady (20) with 70 and she was followed by Martina Fox (36) with 71, Geraldine Burke (16) with 71 and Mary Lyons (21) with 72. Anne Brennan won the gross with 87 while the nines were won by Edel Crowley with 32 and Martina Walsh with 36.
The lady captain’s 9 hole competition was won by Dolores Miniter from Anne McMahon with third spot filled by Claire Murphy followed by Lucy Blake.
The lady captain’s prize to the juniors was won by Laura McGibney from Laura Nagle with third place filled by Alice Gavin. In fourth spot was Sadhbh Killeen with Lucy Murphy-Downes in fifth spot.
The men’s competition on Sunday was for the Patrick Bourke Outfitters prize and was won by Leroy Crowe (16) with 41 points. He had two to spare over Martin P Brennan (24) with third spot filled by Thomas Downes (9) with 35 points.
Division 1 was won by Feargal S Crowley (12) with 35 points, division 2 by Patrick Coleman (15) with 34 points while division 3 was won by Finbarr McMahon (23), also with 34 points.
Ennis Golf Club:
The ladies 18 hole Bogey cup, sponsored by CoCo Restaurant, was won by Ann Casey (29) with +4 from Ann A. Gallery (18) with +1 while the gross was wn by Sinead Hegarty (19) with -12.
The overall winner in the ladies 9 hole stableford competition was Mary O’Halloran (16) with 18 points. Bridget Hoey (11) won division 1 with 14 points, Mary Gardiner (17) won division 2 with 17 points and Sined O’Sullivan (26) won division 3 with 17 points.
The Paddy Con trophy, a scotch foursomes competition, was played for at Ennis last weekend when Liam McCannon and Joe Carmody were winners with 44 points. They had one more that Michael O’Reilly and Eamonn Corry with third place filled by Joe O’Brien and Neil Cremin who also had 43 points. Ronan Herbert and Frankie Meaney weree fourth with 41 points.
The Friday open singles was won by Kevin O’Brien (28) with 44 points from Colm (23) with 43 with third place filled by Gary Collins (4) with 38 points.
Last week’s competition for the Ennis seniors was a team of four which was won by Eamon Corry, Seamus Hanrahan, Ger O Brien and Frank Coffey with 74 points.. They had one to spare over Pat G McInerney, John Devitt, Paul Mocklair and Damon Murphy. Third place was filled by Noel Connellan, Paul Higgins, Declan Hanley and Michael Neylon who also had 43 points.
They were followed by Michael Dempsey, Ger Hanrahan, Fintan McEvoy and Jim Hennessy with 71points. In fifth spot with 71 points were Terry Hughes, Pat O Reilly, Tom Greene and Jimmy Kearns. Followed by Frank Sheedy, Tommy Heath, Sean Fitzpatrick and Peadar Cosgrove with 70 points. In seventh place, also with 70 points, were Liam Barry, Michael O Reilly, Gerry Fitzmaurice and Denis Ó Ceallaigh two more than Senan Ryan, Michael Irwin, Larry Parks and Eamon Kelly.
The Tuesday fourball was won by Brendan Pyne and Ronnie Guinnane with 36 points from Ollie Kennelly and Eddie Glenny with 35. Third place was filled by Ferdie O’Donoghue and Damon Murphy with 34 points, two ahead of Johny Kearse and Dave Kenneally with Michael Ball and Peter Quinn in fifth spot and they also had 32 points.
Last week’s junior boys competition on Tuesday was won by Charlie McFadden (37) with 44 points from Brian Conway (27) with 42 points.
Dromoland Golf Club:
David Reidy won the July medal, a golfer of the year competition, at Dromoland last weekend with 64. He had a stroke to spare over Philip Alldritt with Cathal Boyce in third spot with 66. Cillian O’Connor won the gross with 73 while the winner in the 22 and over handicap category was Matthew Cooney.
The men’s 9 hole midweek competition was won by Gordon Daffy with 27 points from Derek McCoy with 20 points and Patrick McCoy with 19 points.
Mary Arthur was the winner of the ladies 18 hole stableford competition with 44 points from Patricia Piccolo with 38 and Geraldine Ryan with 33.
Frances Bergin was the winner of the ladies 9 hole competition with 21 points from Patricia Piccolo with 20 points and Joan Dunne, also with 20 points.
East Clare Golf Club:
East Clare golf club hosted the Olive Fahy Memorial day last week when Noreen Doyle (19) emerged as the winner of the ladies section with 36 points. She had one to spare over Celia Moloney (28) with Brid Hayes (18) a point further back in third spot. Imelda O’Hanlon (8) won the gross with 24 points.
In the men’s section the winner was Colm Kelly (17) with 39 points from Brian Corry (24) with 38 with Batt Skehan (19) in third spot with 37 points. Finn Looney (10) won the gross with 36 points.
The overall winner was Ray K McInerney (11) with 49 points.
Last week’s senior men’s competition was won by Tom Larkin, Brendan Magill and Danny Minogue from Brendan Moloney, Sean Jones and Pat Duggan with third spot filled by Batt Skehan, Jonathan Walsh and Chris Davis.
The men’s Thursday open winner was Ronan Molloy with 40 points. Pat Melody was second with 32 points followed by Teddy O’Hanlon who also had 32 points.
The men’s open day continues on Thursdays while there will be a ladies open team of three competition over the upcoming August bank holiday weekend.
Gort Golf Club:
Niall O’Shaughnessy (10) was the winner of the Friday open singles stableford at Gort with 41 points.
A similar competition on Saturday and Sunday was won by Jimmy Hannigan (21) with 41 points while Paul Brennan (4) won the gross with 33 points.
Michael Ryan’s captain’s prize was played for at Gort on Saturday and it proved to be a great day for Clare members. Captain Michael hails from Tubber and his prize was won by his namesake Michael Ryan who is from Kilnaboy. He completed the 36 holes in 135 strokes to win from another Clare man, John Williams from Corofin who had the best score with 132 but he wasn’t eligible for the main prize as he didn’t have the required number of qualifying rounds played.
Third place was filled by Anthony Burke with 139 and he was followed by Brendan McDonagh with 139 and John Kelleher with 139. David Quirke won the gross with 71 while Martin Flaherty won the nett with 60. The past captain’s prize was won by Frank Higgins with 148 while the seniors section was won by Stephen Dervan with 148. The category winners were Bernard Byrne with 139, Seamus Noone with 140 and Gary Kavanagh with 145.
Woodstock Golf Club:
Last week’s club singles at Woodstock was won by Frank Slattery (26) with 45 points. He was one ahead of Aidan Mulcahy (9) who had one to spare over Chris McGrath (11) while Paudie O’Connell (21) was fourth with 40 points.
The July medal will be played for this week
Aidan Mulcahy’s Captains Prize will take place on Friday August 4 to Sunday August 6. The time sheet will run from 1PM to 5PM Friday, 7AM to 5PM Saturday and 7AM to 12 Noon Sunday. The draw will take place on Wednesday the 2nd of August 2.
Following the qualifying round, there will be a 9 hole playoff that will take place on the Sunday at 5PM. This will be for the top 24 players and ties.
Members must have 4 qualifying rounds played in Woodstock during 2023 to be eligible to win the Captains Prize.
