Golf Club Notes

Co Cavan Golf Club Weekend results. Sunday 19th October. 1st David Faulkner (13) 40pts; 2nd Jimmy Sheridan (15) 36pts; 3rd Michael Gilsenan (16) 34pts. Tickets for the Captains Dinner + Dance Night are still available in the Club Bar or from any Club Committee member at €60 each. The venue for this year"s event will be in the Radisson Hotel in Farnham. The Mens Club A.G.M. will be on Monday 3rd November. A Newsletter and Meeting Agenda has been forwarded to all members. The Annual awards night will take place on Saturday November the 1st. Invitations will be sent to all competition winners etc. This is usually a fantastic occasion and all members are welcome on the night. Upcoming fixtures. Sunday 26th October : 12 Hole Singles Stableford; Wednesday 22nd October : Ladies18 hole Singles stableford; Thursday 23rd October : Open 18 Hole singles stableford; Entries close for Natives V Blow-ins Sunday 26th. For all the Club news/results please visit our New website at www.cavangolf.ie Ladies Ladies weekly competition may be played on the Saturday prior to Wednesday competition. Enter names in Pro Shop and arrange partners, card may be marked by Lady member. Nine hole repeater takes place during the Month of October - 2 best cards to count. The Ladies AGM takes place on the 6th November at 8 p.m. Nominations for the position of Officers and Committee must reach the Secretary by 31st October and must be proposed and seconded. Clones Golf Club Matthews" Weekend Results. You may remember we had a glorious weekend recently and the previously postponed Matthews Weekend was scheduled to make good use of the wonderful weather and the fabulous condition of the course. Martin Carey set the standard and produced a magnificent score of 42 points to win the weekend away in a Jury"s Hotel of his choice. In 2nd spot winning the dining experience in The Old Post with 40 points was Kevin Collins and Benny Igoe claimed the third spot with 39 points, his prize dinner for 2 in The Creighton Hotel. The ladies winners were Eileen Maguire with 36 points in second place Rosita McCabe with 34 points and 3rd Lyn Wheelan with 33 points. Rosita admitted she has tried to persuade her sister Eileen to take up golf for years and now Eileen is proving tough competition for Rosita she wondered if she did the right thing! Only kidding!! Well done Eileen and enjoy your weekend away. Our very generous sponsors Eugene & Mary McCaughey (Matthews of Clones & Monaghan) have supported this competition for the last 16 years and Eugene very kindly presented the prizes to the winners last Monday week. He said that he was delighted to support the ladies club in the running of this annual competition and hoped that it would continue to be a good fund raiser for the club. Both 1st prize winners Martin Carey and Eileen Maguire were overwhelmed with the wonderful prize and both said that they hadn"t decided who to take with them yet! Level Par for Packie! What a weekend! The Clarke"s Group sponsored Monthly Medal for October and indeed the last major gig of the season took place last weekend and it"s fair to say that Saturday was a pussycat compared to the roaring lion of a day that Sunday turned out to be with tremendous high winds and squally sideways rain. Only the bold and the beautiful played on Sunday! (Eh Sean?) Not surprisingly the winning scores came from the calmer conditions of Saturday and Jason Swaine (16) made sure that the last Monthly Medal of the year was won with a fantastic score and huge congratulations go to him for his fabulous 64 nett. In 2nd place with 69 nett was Kevin Collins on a countback and the round of the day went to the gross winner who went round in level par with a magnificent 2 under par back 9, congratulations to Patrick McCarville, great going! Granda George Victory in the scratch cup is usually reserved for the young, supple, hot shots in the club so it was with great delight and pride that George Crowe arrived back into the clubhouse on Saturday to enjoy his victory over Gavin Maguire in this prestigious matchplay competition. George admitted that it was hard going and it was nip and tuck the whole way round until George managed to par the 17th winning the hole, going down the 18th 1 up. George clinched the match on the last. He shared his delight with a few of our more mature members in the clubhouse and said 'it"s not often a Granda wins this trophy!'. Well done George and commiserations to Gavin. Defending Champs on form The winners of last year"s Mixed Foursomes Matchplay Trophy Michael Connolly & Vera Tighe are on form again this year and are yet again in the final having beaten Pat & Rosita McCabe at the weekend. They now await the winners of the Michael Dowds & Marie Douglas-v-Mike Keane & Patricia Brady semi. It"s so exciting! Halloween 3-Person Team Bank Holiday weekend is fast approaching and to mark the occasion there will be a 3 person team over the 3 days from Saturday 25th October to Monday 27th October. This will be a stableford repeater and the teams can be any combination. Remember though, the clocks turn back this weekend so it"ll be dark earlier on Sunday & Monday, but on the plus side....an extra hour in bed! Timesheet tel: 047 56017 Bridge Nights Anyone wishing to take part in the winter bridge nights at Clones Golf Club are welcome to attend on Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm sharp. Alpha-Bet The letters drawn in last week"s Alpha Bet draw were GLDY and there were no winners of the 5,900 jackpot which now rolls over to 6,000. The 5 lucky dippers each winning 20 were Rosemary Sheridan Cootehill, Agnes Sherry Clones, Anne-Marie Hickey Cloncurrin, Benny Murphy Jnr. Cootehill and Mary Connolly Clones. Congratulations to them! If you feel lucky, pick up an envelope wherever you see the Alpha Bet posters, have a go you never know! Ladies League The ladies winter league is being well supported and producing some good scores. It has been decided to reward every team with points so no one team feels that winning is beyond reach, so after week 2 the team in 1st place is Mary Trant"s team The Cannibals with 69 points and this week"s scorers were Noleen McCague and Anne McCarthy both with 18 points apiece. In 2nd spot are Una O"Reilly"s team with 62 points and again Una & Rosita McCabe came up with the points with 15 and 17 respectively. In joint 3rd with 60 points are Joy Cassidy"s team with Joy carding 17 points and Maureen Lynch 14 points and Vera Tighe"s team (Class Act) with Vera and Teresa Fitzpatrick both carding 14 points. In 5th place with 59 points is Catherine Farrell"s team with Catherine"s 16 points and Lady Captain Noreen McKenna with 12 points. Bringing up the rear with 41 points are Marie Douglas" team with Eileen Maguire carding 17 points and Elaine Hamilton 10. We are now in week 3 of this 10 week competition to it"s still all to play for. Please note any lady in a prize winning team who hasn"t played at least 4 weeks of the 10 will not be entitled to claim a prize. So come on ladies it"s only 9 holes, do it for the team! Oh by the way, only 2 teams have given their team a name, so get your thinking caps on! Halloween Team of 3 Ladies this bank holiday weekend is a team of 3 any combination stableford repeater so you can do both the xmas hamper and the team of 3. We are so good at multi tasking! Dates to Remember Ladies party night Friday 21st November, AGM Sunday 23rd November and Captains" Dinner Dance in the Creighton Hotel Saturday 8th November. Tickets on sale now €40 each at the bar. And Finally........... Congratulations to Kathleen Leonard on the birth of her new grandson in America. Cabra Castle Round 2 of Winter League, winner Phil Clarke 39 pts, 2nd p. McCormack 37pts Mannan Castle Golf Club Result: 19th October 2008 Hamper Competition: 1st: T. Gartlan (24) 42 pts; 2nd: J. Clarke (8) 42 pts; 3rd: A. Goff (12) 41 pts; 4th: J. Minnock (23) 40 pts; 5th: P. Cassidy (16) 40 pts; 6th: J. McArdle Jnr (8) 40 pts; 7th: J. Garvey (12) 39 pts. Virginia Golf Club On Sunday October 19 Virginia Golf Club had its annual towns cup competition. The towns cup was won by team Bailieboro 2 with a score of 224 points. The top six scores counted. The team members were: team captain Tony Gregory, Micheal Clarke, Liam Ormastin, Peter McKenna, Ray Clarke, Pat Reilly, Ray Pringle, Terry Smith. Well done. The presentation night will be posted in near future. Virginia 2 was only two points behind winners. Individual winner on the day was Ray Foley on 44 points. Next Sunday October 26 is the last monthly medal of 2008. The time sheet is on the notice board. Bank holiday Monday mixed foresomes - arrange partners and opponents. The last tee off is at 2pm.