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.

Update 1st July

RESULTS - An 18 hole strokeplay competition was played on Sunday the 23rd , the winner of which was Michael Rush with a very creditable 64 nett. Vincent Egan came 2nd with 66 nett, Sean Heslin managed the noteworthy feat of claiming both the prize for best gross score and an extra shot for his handicap, and Michael Simon came 3rd with 67 nett.

The 12 hole competition played on Thursday the 27th of June was won by Paul Connolly with 28 points, second place went to Terry Bright on 25 points, beating Vincent Egan into third place on countback. The 2s club pot was split 3 ways between Jonathan Egan, Vincent Egan and Jimmy Dwyer much to the disappointment of all concerned.

LADIES - The ladies section held a scramble competition on Wednesday the 26th, with each team in the scramble consisting of 3 beginners and one mentor. The winning team was that of Fiona Keenan, Gertrude Coleman, Sheridan Takahara and Aine Tivnan. 

DRAW RESULTS -  March - 1st Pat Conroy, 2nd Michael Simon, 3rd Vincent and Moira Egan. April - 1st - Jim Mooney, 2nd Peggy Feely, 3rd Dennis and Mary O'Donnell. May - 1st - Martin Higgins, 2nd Mandy Toolan, 3rd Margaret Egan.

1st prize each month is 70 euro, 2nd and 3rd prizes are 40 apiece.

JUNIORS - Junior golf lessons have resumed from 11-1 on Saturdays. Equipment is not necessary but feel free to bring any you may have.

Scramble winners Fiona Keenan, Gertrude Coleman, Sheridan Takahara and Aine Tivnan

OPEN WEEK - Our ever popular annual "Open Week" is upon us again with competitions on everyday from Monday the 1st of July to Friday the 5th. There will be food available in the clubhouse everyday with a barbecue on Friday. Monday sees the course hosting Ladies and Gents 9 hole strokeplay competitions, Tuesday is our Ladies Gala Day , played as an 18 hole stableford, with a Gents 9 hole stableford played on the same day. The main competition on the Wednesday will be an 18 hole Scotch Mixed Foursomes and there will also be Ladies and Gents 9 hole stableford competitions. Thursday will play host to the main mens' competition of the week, an 18 hole strokeplay competition, and a Ladies 9 hole stableford will be the other fixture of the day. The week finishes on the Friday with a team event , played this year as a 3 ball scramble with a social barbecue afterwards. The club owe a huge debt of gratitude to our generous local business community who always come up trumps with sponsorship of prizes for our Open Week. Please take note of their advertising at the club and try and support all who contribute.

Update 23rd June

Participants and mentors from Boyle Golf Club Ladies "Get into Golf" programme)

RESULTS -  Below are a number of results from competitions in recent weeks which were held over due to pressure of space. Lochlainn Conboy appears to be the man to watch at the moment. It is also good to see Michael McHale back in the winners enclosure after a spell away from the game.

The winners of the Crumlin Classic played were the team of Michael McHale, Lochlainn Conboy and Charlie O'Donnell, with Paddy Nangle ,Karl Keenan and Gerry Carty taking second place. Third place went to Gerry O'Hara, Ross Andrew and Charlie O'Donnell.

The 18 hole stableford played on the weekend of the 16th of June had a very unusual outcome with the top 6 players all having 41 points. On countback the winner was Adrian King , second was Ciaran Beirne, Paul Connolly took the prize for best gross score and Lochlainn Conboy came third.

The 12 hole competition played on the 13th of June was won by Ross Andrew with a superb tally of 32 points for the 12 holes. The runner up was Michael Rush with 28 points, and Michael Reid came third with 27 points, just edging out Kevin O'Connor on countback. Owen Garvin was the sole winner of the 2s club.

The following Thursdays 12 hole competition was won by Lochlainn Conboy with 29 points, followed by Padraig O'Connell on 28 and Paul Connolly came 3rd with 27. The 2s club rolls over to next week.

INTERCLUB - Huge congratulations to our Mixed Foursomes team who have made it to a Connacht Final having had a nail bitingly close finish in the semi-final against Ballina Golf Club. The tie lay in the balance with all other matches having concluded when Peggy Feely and Lorcan Egan being all square with their opponents after 18 holes had to go up the 19th for a "sudden death" play off from which they emerged victorious. The team now face Athlone Golf Club in the Connacht Final, which is a significant achievement for a small club such as Boyle.

Our mens' Pierce Purcell team had done very well to reach a zone final but were unfortunately beaten by Ballina Golf Club despite Darragh Loftus and Joe Hussey recording a good win away in Ballina. Unfortunately other results did not go Boyle's way. We wish Ballina the best of luck in the remainder of the tournament.

JUNIORS - Junior golf lessons have resumed from 11-1 on Saturdays. Equipment is not necessary but feel free to bring any you may have.

OPEN WEEK - One of the most enjoyable times of the year in our club is "Open Week" with competitions on everyday from Monday the 1st of July to Friday the 5th. Monday sees the course hosting Ladies and Gents 9 hole strokeplay competitions, Tuesday is our Ladies Gala Day , played as an 18 hole stableford, with a Gents 9 hole stableford played on the same day. The main competition on the Wednesday will be an 18 hole Scotch Mixed Foursomes and there will also be Ladies and Gents 9 hole stableford competitions. Thursday will play host to the main mens' competition of the week, an 18 hole strokeplay competition, and a Ladies 9 hole stableford will be the other fixture of the day. The week finishes on the Friday with a team event , played this year as a 3 ball scramble with a social barbecue afterwards. The club owe a huge debt of gratitude to our generous local business community who always come up trumps with sponsorship of prizes for our Open Week. Please take note of their advertising at the club and try and support all who contribute.

GET INTO GOLF PROGRAMME - Well done to all the ladies who took part on this programme in recent weeks as newcomers to the game of golf. This was a huge success, the club was absolutely delighted with the large numbers participating and we hope to see all involved continue their interest on the game.

Update 10th June

Brendan Gaffney and Susan O'Mahoney, respective winners of Presidents Prize to the Men and Ladies 2019 with President Sean Heslin

PRESIDENT'S PRIZE - It had looked very doubtful during the week whether the President's Prize would be played this weekend at all, given the uncertainty about the the conditions after recent unseasonal rainfall. Thankfully it proceeded as planned and conditions turned out to be more benign overhead than underfoot for most of the day. It turned out to be a battle of the low handicappers with Brendan Gaffney just pipping Patrick Egan into 2nd. It was fortunate for Brendan that he came first in the Presidents Prize as his wife Susan had claimed 1st in the respective ladies event. Paul Brown took 3rd in his first “major” and Lorcan Egan won the prize for best gross score. 

Other prizes - 18 nett - Pat Brogan, past President - Charlie O'Donnell, Senior - Michael Reid, Category 0-13 - Cian Smith, 14-20 - Gerry Carety, 21-28 - Mark Whelan, First Nine - Michael Rush, Second Nine - Gary Carty, Third Nine - Liam Mullaney.

PRESIDENT'S SCRAMBLE - The winners of the President's Scramble played on Friday the 7th were the team of Adrian King, Regina McLoughlin and Tish Perry. In 2nd were Jim Mooney, Therese O’Daly and Michael Reid with 3rd place going to Michael Rush, Lorcan Egan and Fiona Keenan.

INTERCLUBS - Our Mixed Foursomes team continued their “streak” with a win over close neighbors Carrick On Shannon during the week. Well done especially to the two Boyle teams who had good away wins despite coming under some close scrutiny in Carrick On Shannon. Boyle now play Ballina Golf Club in a Zone Final on Wednesday the 19th of June. Coincidentally our mens' Pierce Purcell also face Ballina Golf Club in a zone final next Saturday.

Update 4th June

RESULTS - The Crumlin Classic fundraiser was ongoing at the time of writing, results to follow next week.

The 12 hole competition played on Thursday the 23rd of May was won by Vincent Egan with a great score of 30 points,Conor Hamill was the runner up with 27 and Michael Rush came third with 24. 

The prize winners in the Thursday competition played on the 30 th of May were Tommy King, Vincent Egan and Paul Connolly in that order.

INTERCLUBS - Well done to Sean Heslin’s Pierce Purcell team who had a great 4-1 victory over County Sligo Golf Club to make it into a zone final against Ballina Golf Club. 

FIXTURES - Next Sunday the 9th of June sees action in Sean Heslin’s Presidents Prize. The format is , as always, an 18 hole stroke play with the highest scorers called back to a 9 hole play off that evening, with the presentation to the prize winners immediately afterwards.