Update 31st October

 COMPETITIONS - The competition for the weekends of 30th October to 5th December inclusive is the Winter League. Best 2 aggregate scores to count, count back is based on next best 3rd and subsequent cards.

 

RESULTS - October Bank Holiday Shambles - 1st Lochlann Conboy, Michael McHale, Seán Purcell, Paddy McLoughlin.

2nd - David Wynne, Owen Garvin, Tony Garvin, Cillian Doyle.

3rd - Seán Heslin, John McGuinn, Lee McKillen, Jason Beirne.

 

CLUB DRAW - Recent winners in the clubs monthly fund-raising draw were - 1st Therese O’Daly, 2nd Liam Whyte, 3rd Paddy Nangle.

1st place gets 120 euro, 2nd and 3rd 60 apiece. Entry envelopes are available at the clubhouse noticeboard or you can set up a direct debit for 10 euro per month to the clubs bank account at the following IBAN : IE59  BOFI 905328 22439700.

 

AGMs - The Ladies’ Club AGM takes place on Sunday the 7th of November, the Mens Club AGM on the 14th and the overall Club AGM (Management AGM) on Sunday the 28th, all meetings start at 5pm in the clubhouse. Every member is encouraged to attend both their respective Mens’/Ladies’ AGMs and the overall club AGM. Motions to be discussed at an AGM must be with the respective Secretary 7 days prior to the meeting, as must nominations to the committees. Nominations must have a proposer and seconder and the person being nominated has to have consented. New nominations are welcome to any of the 3 committees.

Update 17th October

 KING HARMON QUALIFIERS - Well done to Brendan Gaffney won week 3 of the King Harmon qualifying rounds with 44 points, which was achieved with a 2 over par gross. Conor Hamill came 2nd with 42 points. Each player’s best 2 cards from the 3 weekends were used for qualifying purposes which resulted in a requirement of 74 points to qualify for the match play rounds ( as compared to 70 points in 2019 and 72 points last year). The match-ups for the quarter-finals are :

John McGuinn vs Jason Beirne

Conor Hamill vs Frank Flanagan

Brendan Gaffney vs Lochlann Conboy

Owen Garvin vs Seán Purcell.

AGMs - The Ladies’ Club AGM will take place on Sunday the 7th of November, the Mens Club AGM on the 14th and the overall Club AGM (Management AGM) on Sunday the 28th, all meetings start at 5pm in the clubhouse. Every member is encouraged to attend both their respective Mens’/Ladies’ AGMs and the overall club AGM. Motions to be discussed at an AGM must be with the respective Secretary 7 days prior to the meeting, as must nominations to the committees. Nominations must have a proposer and seconder and the person being nominated has to have consented. New nominations are welcome to any of the 3 committees.

Update 10th October

Golfer of the Year for 2021, Jason Beirne, receiving his trophy from Mens’ Captain Jonathan Egan

KING HARMON QUALIFIERS - Gabriel Lavin and Frank Flanagan put themselves in with a strong chance of qualification for the match play part of the King Harmon Cup in the first round. Both men had 42 points with Gabriel just edging it on countback. Lochlann Conboy came 3rd with 40 points. It was great to see some members from the Ladies’ club participate in the competition for the first time. The 2nd round was played on Sunday the 10th and the final qualifying round will be on the 17th, with the top 8 qualifying for the match play rounds ( not top 16 as stated elsewhere). A player’s best 2 cards from the 3 weekends are used for qualifying purposes.

 

AGMs - The Ladies’ Club AGM takes place on Sunday the 7th of November, the Mens Club AGM on the 14th and the overall Club AGM (Management AGM) on Sunday the 28th, all meetings start at 5pm in the clubhouse. Every member is encouraged to attend both their respective Mens’/Ladies’ AGMs and the overall club AGM. Motions to be discussed at an AGM must be with the respective Secretary 7 days prior to the meeting, as must nominations to the committees. Nominations must have a proposer and seconder and the person being nominated has to have consented. New nominations are welcome to any of the 3 committees.

 

SOCIAL - Given the curtailed social life within the club in the past 2 years, some members have expressed an interest in a social evening for members in the clubhouse in the weeks leading up to Christmas. We will be canvassing interest soon to get an idea of numbers.

 

CONDOLENCES - At the recent committee meeting condolences were expressed to the family of the late Mai Regan. Mai and her late husband Tommy were both keen members of the club for several decades. Condolences were also expressed to members Patti Dowd and Michael Simon on recent bereavements.