Golf notes

Co Cavan Golf Club Last Sunday was an 18 Hole singles for Ladies and Gents sponsored by Mervyn and Pauline Clarke (Cavan Equestrian Centre) .Results are posted on the club notice board. Commiserations to our Jimmy Bruen team as they were narrowly beaten by Clontarf GC in Monkstown in Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final last Friday 19 September. Clontarf went on to win easily in the All-Ireland final, beating the host club 4-1 in the final. Upcoming fixtures: Wednesday 24 September: Ladies18 hole singles stableford. Thursday 25th September : Open 18 Hole singles stableford Club Match play finals on Saturday 27 September. Saturday 27-Sunday 28 September, play either day. Sponsored by Pauwels Trafo. Time sheet in operation in Pro-Shop (Phone 049-4331388). Please note: There will be a Course Ranger on duty at the weekends throughout the summer. Players/ Competitors are asked to co-operate. For all the Club news/results please visit our new website at www.cavangolf.ie. Results of 18 hole stableford competition played on 17 September sponsored by Paul Hayes and Cavan Flooring: 1st - Claire Thomas - 34 points. 2nd - Helen McMahon - 33 points. Next week"s competition is an 18 hole stableford competition. Ladies please note that the weekly competition can now be played on either the preceding Saturday or the Wednesday. If playing on a Saturday please arrange your own partners. Anyone interested in playing in the Autumn League (11 hole stroke) please enter your names on the sheet in the Ladies Locker room. Dun A Ri Golf Society Winners of the singles competition in Nuremore golf club last Saturday were, Winner overall - Padraig Coyle 34pts 1st Cat A - Peadar Hand 34pts 2nd Cat A - Peter Magee 30pts 1st Cat B - Trevor Murray 31pts 2nd Cat B - Noel Sherlock 28pts 1st Cat C - Paddy Roddy 29pts 2nd Cat C - Eamon Clarke 25pts We would like to thank Padraig McCormack for sponsoring this outing. The Ryder cup competition between Dun A Ri and Nobber golf society takes place in Cabra Castle on Saturday 27 September. Our scramble competition on Friday evenings are finished now but we hope to resume on Saturday 11 October. Anyone interested should assemble in the car park at 4:30pm. Slieve Russell Ladies Results and Fixtures: The winner on Saturday 20 September was Kathleen Cassidy . There will be an 18 hole stableford on Saturday 27. Draw at 10am. Clones Golf Club Dermot McGuigan Memorial: The prestigious Dermot McGuigan Memorial Cup was contested by the men on the weekend of 13-14 September. Dermot was a fine golfer himself and it is only fitting that the first prize in this generously sponsored competition should go to the best gross score. The McGuigan family are always very kind in their sponsorship and the men"s club would like to thank them once again for their continued support and for attending the presentation of prizes. Daniel McGuigan represented the family and spoke of fond memories of caddying for Dermot in an away matchplay competition and reiterated that Dermot had spent his happiest times playing golf in Clones. The winner of the Dermot McGuigan Memorial Trophy for 2008 was young gun Jack McCarron with 77 gross. A great score. The nett prize went to Paddy Gumley with 68 nett. Well deserved! If there was a prize for dogged determination Paddy surely wins it! He was on the course for nearly 7 hours in pouring rain, it was worth it in the end! Scratch Cups: The winner of this year"s Junior Scratch Cup was Gavin Maguire with 75 gross. The Intermediate went to Aaron Jenkins who travelled all the way from Manchester to play in this competition. Dad will look after your trophy and just might pretend that he won it! The nett prize went to Evan Gibbons. August 14 Holer: Congratulations to Pearse West, winner of the August 14 hole competition and also to Paddy Gumley in second place. Well done gentlemen. Pringle Cup: The prestigious and much sought after Pringle Cup was contested last weekend in much better conditions than experienced of late as the scores reflected. Another up and coming young man claimed the cup with an impressive 63 nett congratulations to Fergal Connolly (17), Dad taught you well! In second place with 66 nett was Gerry Trant (14). Gross winner with 78 was Seamus Keenan. Clones Win Ulster Four Ball: Way back in April, Gene McEnroe formed a squad of men to represent Clones in the Ulster Fourball matchplay competition. The lads had a lot to live up to as Clones had previously won this auspicious trophy in 2005. So with great care Gene, playing Captain, selected the right men for the job to join him, they were Kevin Smith, Gerry Smith, Paul McDermott, Noel Maguire, Noel McElroy, Mickey McGrade, Joe Smith, Michael Galligan, Mike Keane , Gabriel Brady, Paudie Foley, Seamus Brady, Brendan McElroy, Seamus McElroy, John Maxwell, Hughie McKenna and Michael Connolly. The squad of players had a long and arduous journey committing a lot of time and energy to each leg of six rounds of home and away matchplay against Roepark Limavaddy, Cabra Castle, Cavan, Lisburn, Castleblayney and finally Ardlgass. Clones gradually picked off each team and moved closer and closer to the final. The Ardglass away leg was played last Sunday and Clones managed to win 2 ½ matches which was a good start in the final of the competition. The Clones team were delighted to see supporters in Ardglass cheering them on. The return leg took place in Clones last Sunday and everyone was hopeful that the weather would hold up, unfortunately it didn"t and both teams were tested to the last in abysmal persistent rain juggling umbrellas and wet gear trying to stay as dry as possible. There were plenty of supporters on the course to will our boys to a victory and they didn"t let us down! Congratulations to Clones on winning the Ulster Fourball matchplay Trophy 2008, Clones is proud of you all. The team enjoyed a celebratory dinner expertly catered by Maggie"s Kitchen and the whole squad will be honoured at the club very shortly where they will show off the trophy and their medals. So if you see one of the squad shake their hand, they have committed 6 months of their time and energy in bringing this auspicious trophy back to Clones. A huge thank you to Gene McEnroe and his squad. Alpha-Bet The letters drawn in last week"s Alpha Bett draw were LMNZ and there were no winners of the 5,500 jackpot which rolls over to 5,600. The 5 lucky dippers each winning 20 were Chrissy MacNeill Clones, Martina Fee Corconnolly, Nora Martin Newbliss, Mary O"Rourke Dundalk and Stephen Trant Gortnana. Draw every Monday night in the clubhouse so ask yourself do you letters look lucky? Bridge Back The Clones Golf Club Bridge nights recommencing are a sure sign that winter is on the way. Bridge every Wednesday evening in the clubhouse from 7.30pm. Monthly Medal for Men Next weekend Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th September the men compete for the Clarke Group sponsored Monthly Medal for September. Timesheet in operation tel: 047 56017. Let"s hope this glorious week of sunshine lasts! Matthews Open Weekend Please make a date in your diary for Matthews Open Weekend which will take place on Friday 10th October until Sunday 12th October. There are prizes for both ladies and gents. Timesheet in operation 047 56017. We would love to welcome as many visitors to Clones as possible to enjoy our beautiful course so come along and join us for this weekend of great golf. Ladies Club Ann Keating Winner The winner of the stableford competition played for on Sunday 7 September in beautiful sunny conditions and on Thursday 11 September in wet cold conditions produced interesting results. The winner of Section A (0-20) was Ann Keating with 31 points on a countback, Section B (21-28) Winner was Ann McCarthy with 30 points and winner of Section C (29-36) was Doli Maguire also on a countback. The two ladies beaten on countbacks played in the beautiful sunny conditions on Sunday, it"s a funny old game! Presentation Evening for Ladies: Ladies if you have been a prize winner over the last couple of months you will receive your prize on Thursday 25 September 2008 at 9pm. Will all ladies please come along and offer their congratulations to the prize winners. What"s on Next?: The ladies compete in 18 hole stableford on Thursday 25th September. Probably the last 18 holer of the season so make the most of this fantastic weather this week ladies. Back to Back Wins for Ann: Last week"s winner of the ladies 18 hole stableford competition Section A (0-23) was the previous week"s winner Ann McCarthy with 31 points. Congratulations Ann! Section B (24-36) was claimed by a lady who hasn"t featured for a while so it"s great to see her back in the winner"s enclosure Martha O"Grady with 30 points. Mary in Massareene: Mary Trant winner of the Ulster Sports Trust travelled to Massareene with the Lady Captain Mrs. Noreen McKenna for the final last Tuesday. Thankfully the weather behaved and a great day was had by all. Over 70 clubs were represented from Ulster and over 140 ladies took part and the winning score of 40 points was fabulous in view of the lack of run on the ball. Mary did her best and after a disappointing start managed to win the best back 9 with 20 points. Well done! The ladies were well looked after and were delighted to meet Mary Peters Olympic Athlete who presented the prizes and thanked all the ladies for their contribution to The Ulster Sports Trust raising much needed funds for the young people of Ulster. And Finally: Congratulations to Doli and Hugo Maguire another grandchild safely arrived! Cabra Castle Weekend September 21: The stroke play winner was Peter McGee, winner of player of the year was Peter McGee and winner of the Tony Heavey cup for over 55s was Oliver McKenna. Mannan Castle At last we had good weather this week and thankfully the conditions on the course are improving on a daily basis. This week we had the hamper competition sponsored by Longfield Oils and there was a great turnout to play. The winner was Gill Rouiller who has been playing some fantastic golf recently and produced really good scores; playing off a handicap of 8, this is a great achievement. She won this week"s competition with 40 points; Mary McNamee came second with 37, a great score of her greatly reduced handicap, (more shots to lose no doubt); and third was Rita Cunningham with 36. The front 9 was won by Jo Morris with 17 points on the breakdown and the second 9 was won by Anna O"Reilly with 19 points, also on the breakdown. Well done to all the winners and your hampers will be given on the annual Kinder day. In the meantime we have to get the Winter League out of the way and the list is in the clubhouse to add your names to it. It is commencing on October 15th, (the previous Sunday for those of you who can only play on Sundays). This coming week is an open competition, and you can play on either Wednesday or over the weekend. It is a repeater so we can play twice if we want, and with the weather looking so good, it is a great opportunity to play in pleasant conditions. We don"t know what is ahead of us over the winter, so let"s take advantage while we can. On Thursday of this week, we had the Captain"s day out in Ballymascanlon, and a very enjoyable day it was too. A great crowd turned out and the golf and meal afterwards was very enjoyable, as usual. This year"s honours went to Eilish Crawley with a fantastic round, finishing with a score of 41 points. Congratulations to you, Eilish. Jo Morris had the shot of the day, achieving a hole in one on the 11th par 3. Well done to her, what excitement. And the hotel duly acknowledged her achievement by presenting her with a bottle of champagne! Thanks to the hotel management for this gesture, much appreciated. I omitted to mention some weeks back that the V-Par competition was sponsored by Break for the Border Restaurant in Culloville. Thanks to them for that, we really appreciate all sponsorship very much. Finally some sad news. Dympna McGuinness, nee Finnegan, passed away after a short illness on Sunday September 21. Dympna was a sister of Sheila Boylan, our club member and Juvenile Committee co-ordinator. Our sympathies go to Sheila and her family on their sad loss. Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam. Belturbet All members who wish to play in the Autumn League please enter their name on the sheet on the noticeboard in the mens locker room. The league will be run on a team league, so it is important for your team for each player to play once each week. All club single matchplay must be played as the competition secretaries are hoping to start the Autumn League in early October. The A.G.M. of the club is fixed for Sunday, November 9, at 2pm sharp. All motions for the A.G.M. must be with the club secretary Nevin 087 7947793 before November 3. Motion papers are on the noticeboards in the locker rooms. All golfers please note you can become a distance, country or overseas member of Belturbet Golf club with G.U.I. membership for as little at €210. All new members for 2009 will be made most welcome. Contact any of the committee immediately before membership closes. Crover House Golf Society The Society outing to Headford Golf course was another great success with up to 40 players taking part. The Captain, Ciaran McEvoy, would like to thank Headford for their great course and lovely meal. Overall winners - 1st, Sean Masterson; 2nd, Dan Maguire; 3rd, Philip Tevlin; Category 1, Andy Durkin; Category 2, Kevin Reilly; Front Nine, Kieran McEvoy; Back Nine, Michael Campbell; Nearest the Pin, Frank Clancy; Visitor, Eamon McEvoy; 2s, Frank Clancy. Breffni Challenge in Clones on Saturday, September 27. Tee off time 10am to 12 noon. The Society wishes Chassie Byrd, Captain of Crover Alliance Team, the best of luck in Crover on September 27.