Update 29th July

CAPTAIN'S PRIZE - Seamus Gallagher’s weekend was a great success with the largest field of entrants for any Captains Prize of the past decade. Conditions were ideal for golf with day being dry, warm and cloudy with little wind, so it was unsurprising that scoring in the first 18 holes was  particularly good. Committee Cup winner Lewis Shaw had a nett 58 at this point just leading Lochlainn Conboy by 2 shots, and Lewis held his nerve in the playoff to emerge as the winner of the Captain's Prize for 2019. Lewis and the other winners received their prizes in a presentation shortly after the conclusion of the play off. Seamus paid tribute to the numerous volunteers in the club who helped him with his Captain's Day and noted the strong entry, particularly notable for several younger members featuring strongly.

Back l-r Vincent Egan, Michael McHale, Cillian Conboy, Cillian Doyle, Michael Rush, Lionel Lynn, Joey Mullaney, Mary O’Hara, Mark Kennedy.

Front - Charlie O’Donnell, Kathleen Candon, Seamus Gallagher, Lewis Shaw, Lochlainn Conboy, Lorcan Egan

The prizewinners were as follows -

Winner Lewis Shaw, 2nd Lochlainn Conboy, Gross Charlie O’Donnell, 3rd Vincent Egan, 18 nett Frank Flanagan, Past Captain Michael Rush, Seniors Michael McHale, Category 0-13 Adrian King, 14-20 Shane Loftus, 21-28 Cillian Conboy, 1st 9 Lionel Lynn, 2nd 9 Mark O’Donohoe, 3rd 9 Lorcan Egan, Student Prize Cillian Doyle,Visitor Mark Kennedy. 

Captain's Prize to the Ladies -1st Kathleen Candon, 2nd Regina McLoughlin, Gross Mary O’Hara, 3rd Joey Mullaney.

A special word of thanks to member Tom Kearney whose business Quality Meats, Sligo generously sponsored all the meat for the barbecue held during Open Week and again on Captain's Day.

Update 22nd July

CAPTAIN'S PRIZE - Seamus Gallagher’s Captain’s Prize takes place next Sunday, the 28th of July. The format is the traditional 18 hole Strokeplay, with the best scores qualifying for a 9 hole play-off later that evening, with presentation of prizes afterwards. There is often debate within golf clubs as to which prizes are considered “majors”, but there is no such doubt about the Captain's Prize- it is undisputedly the most prestigious competition of the year for the men of the club. There will also be a Scramble on Friday evening, where the emphasis will be very much on the “social” aspect of golf rather than the competitive. Please note that to be eligible to take first place in the Captain’s Prize you must have played three 18 hole qualifier competitions in Boyle this year.

The Captain's Prize to the Ladies was played on Sunday the 21st July. The winning tally was the 70 nett returned by Kathleen Candon, which was a great score on a day of continuous wind and rain. Regina McLoughlin took second place. Mary O’Hara had the best gross score and Joey Mullaney was third. The prizes for this competition will be presented at the main Captain's Prize presentation on Sunday the 28th.

INTERCLUBS - Commiserations to our Mixed Foursomes team who made it all the way to the “finals weekend” of the Connacht Mixed Foursomes tournament, an achievement in itself for a small club such as ours. They were beaten by Athlone Golf Club, who were the eventual winners on the weekend. Congratulations to Athlone.

Update 15th July

RESULTS - 

Sean Heslin was the winner of the 18 hole Stableford played on Sunday the 7th of July with 38 points. Well done to Michael Rush who continues his good run of form featuring among the prizes with 37 points. 

Mention must be made of a very honourable golfer in this competition who had the winning score submitted until he realised he had made an error on the way round and requested his own disqualification, providing an example to some others of the spirit in which the game should be played. 

The 12 hole competition on Thursday the 11th was won by Michael Reid.

LADY CAPTAINS -

Regina McLoughlin’s Lady Captains weekend was a big success, with events kicking off with a well supported Scramble on Friday evening, followed by a Beginners Competition on the Saturday. The main event took place on Sunday 14th,the Lady Captains Prize, played as an 18 hole Strokeplay. The weekend wrapped up with a dinner hosted by the Lady Captain on the Sunday night with the presentation of prizes immediately afterwards. The winner of the biggest competition of the year for the ladies was Joey Mullaney. In second was Mary O’Hara, with the prize for best gross score going to Liz Dwyer, and the third prize spot was filled by Mandy Toolan.

Other winners were -

Categories 15-22 Tish Perry 22-30 Aisling Gaughran, 31+ Carmel Conlon.

Past Captain Susan O’Mahoney.

Front 9 Eithne Gaffney, Back 9 Carmel McGarry. 9 hole competition - Eileen Jackson.

Beginners - 1st Caroline Carty ,2nd Sheridan Takahara. 

Visitors Prize - Kathleen Cryan

Lady Captains prize to the men- 1st Paul Brown 44 points, 2nd Ross Andrew 43, Gross Sean Heslin, 3rd Eamonn Perry 40.

CAPTAINS PRIZE - Seamus Gallagher’s Captains Prize is drawing ever nearer, taking place on the 28th of this month. The format is the traditional 18 hole Strokeplay, with the best scores qualifying for a 9 hole play-off later that evening, with presentation of prizes immediately afterwards. For the men, the Competition Secretary asks you to please note that to be eligible to take first place in the Captains Prize you must have played three 18 hole qualifier competitions in Boyle this year.

Update 8th July

OPEN WEEK - Our Open Week goes from strength to strength with a fantastic turnout for the 5 days in all the competitions. The Friday night Scramble followed by barbecue and presentation has turned into one of the social highlights of the club year since its introduction. Well done to the Open Week committee and also to the individuals who gave of their time during the week. A special thanks to the local business community who provide us with very generous sponsorship year on year, please take note of their signage around the club in the coming weeks.

We are also thankful for our many friends in other neighboring clubs who turn up to play every year in our Open Week, and a number of them feature in the results below.

It can be seen that it was a good week in particular for Susan O’Mahoney, Lochlainn Conboy and Michael Rush.

Monday Men’s 9 hole stroke

1st Michael Rush 27

2nd Sean Heslin 28

Gross Lorcan Egan 38

3rd Michael Connolly 30.5

Visitors Prize -Gerry Emmett, Carrick On Shannon GC, 31.5

Ladies 9 hole stroke

1st Tish Perry 32.5

2nd Susan O’Mahoney 34

Gross Liz Dwyer 46

3rd Carmel McGarry 35.5

4th Joey Mullaney 36.5

Tuesday

Men’s 9 hole Stableford

1st Lochlainn Conboy 26 points

2nd Jason Beirne 25 pts

3rd Charlie O’Donnell 22 pts

Visitors Prize Paddy Egan, Oughterard GC 22 pts

Ladies Day 18 hole stroke

1st Christine Hannon

2nd Susan O’Mahoney

3rd Peggy Feely

4th Helen Martin, Carrick O Shannon GC

5th Breege Walsh, Tubbercurry GC

6th Valerie Spellman, Ballaghaderreen GC Visitors Category 1st Phil Emmett, Carrick On Shannon GC, 2nd Eileen Lyons

Wednesday Mens 9 hole stableford

1st Lochlainn Conboy 22

2nd Conor Hamill 21

3rd Owen Garvin 18 ( beating John Kelly on countback) Visitors Prize Paddy Egan

Mixed Foursomes

1 Brendan Gaffney and Susan O’Mahoney 62 nett

2 Sean Heslin and Tish Perry 66

3 Vincent Egan and Marie Hanmore-Cawley 67

Thursday Men’s 18 hole stroke

1st Lochlainn Conboy 62 nett

2nd Michael Rush 64

3rd Michael Gilmartin 65

Gross Adrian Wynne 74

4th Pat Conroy 67

Ladies 9 hole stableford

1st Mary O’Hara 21 points

2nd Aisling Gaughran 21 pts

3rd Liz Dwyer 20 pts

Visitors Prize Christine Hannon 19 pts

Friday Scramble

1st Brendan Gaffney, Susan O’Mahoney and Daniel Casey 2nd Tom Kearney, Michael Rush and Pat Conroy 3rd Michael McHale, Gerry Emmett and Lochlainn Conboy Best ladies team Joyce Boles, Carmel McGarry and Mary O’Hara

OTHER RESULTS - 18 hole stroke 1/7, 1st Gerry O’Hara 44 points, 2nd Tom Kearney 44 points Gross Karl Keenan 3rd Gerry O’Dowd 40 points.

Brendan Gaffney and Susan O’Mahoney receiving the Mixed Foursomes Boyle Motor Works Cup from Lady Captain Regina McLoughlin, Men’s Captain Seamus Gallagher and Competition Secretary Lorcan Egan

Lochlainn Conboy receiving the perpetual cup and a Ping putter from Captain Seamus Gallagher for winning the Men’s Open Week 18 hole Strokeplay

LADY CAPTAINS - Next Sunday the 14th sees action take place for the ladies section in Regina McLoughlins Lady Captains Prize. The Lady Captains prize to the men will take place the same day. There will also be a Lady Captains Scramble on Friday evening, open to all members of the club.

CAPTAINS PRIZE - Seamus Gallagher’s Captains Prize takes place on the 28th of this month. For the men, please note that to be eligible to take first place in the Captains Prize you must have played 3 18 hole qualifier competitions in Boyle this year.