Dear Member,

Sutton

We had a wonderful first outing of the year in a welcome return to Sutton GC, kindly sponsored by Cian Bennis of Skoda & Annesley Williams along with Aubrey Woolfson. The club laid on a delicious breakfast bap and we had a lovely meal after our golf for the prize presentation.  The weather was kind for the most part and the course was very well presented, particularly the greens, which were rolling beautifully.

Congratulations to Larry Gordon who won the outing with a superb score of 39 points.  Larry also wins the Memorial Trophy and reminded us of why that was so important to him, with his great friend and past member Liam Mullaney being one of the more recent names engraved on the trophy.  Very well done also to John Healy & John Oppermann with 38 & 37 points respectively in 2nd & 3rd place.  Full results as follows:

The Memorial Trophy Winner 2024 – Larry Gordon (27) 39pts

2nd – John Healy – (14) 38pts

3rd – John Oppermann – (17) 37pts

C1 (1-13) – Chris Cadwell – (9) 37pts

C2 (14-21) – Paul Webb – (20) 37pts

C3 (22-36) – Jim Dalton – (25) 34pts

Seniors – Derek Mooney – (22) 32pts

F9 – Joe Holden – (19) – 20pts

B9 – Sean Reid – (11) – 18pts

NTP – Tony Buckley

2’s – Martin Kenny, Chris Cadwell & Maurice Griffin @ 14th, Rob Greenhalgh @ 15th

St. Anne’s Golf Club

Next up is another welcome return to St. Anne’s links,  kindly sponsored once again by Phil Scallan & Stoneseal.  The outing is on Friday 26 April, with tees from 10.10am.

Timesheet night is Thursday 18th April at 8.00pm in The Indigo Lounge, Clontarf Castle. The discounted price to members who sign on by or on our timesheet night will be €55 which includes your €5 charity donation.  Presentation of prizes will be 30 minutes after the last group finishes in the club.  As always, we really appreciate when members stay around and support your sponsors and committee.

NOTE: We will be finalising numbers for the away trips between now and the St. Anne’s sign on night and will be in a position to take deposits on the night.  A little reminder of what’s on offer below.

Little Island Golf Club, Cork – Friday 7th June

Our sponsors, Conor & Rory Gallagher, and I are delighted to bring this superb new venue to our society, designed by Augusta’s genius Alister MacKenzie and recently enhanced for the modern golfer. Cork Golf Club is sculpted from historic limestone quarries and unfolds magnificently along the banks of the City’s Inner Harbour. A special place since 1888.

We are offering this as a one night / one game of golf package, we will leave it to all you well-travelled guys to build your own weekend /extra golf around this one night, as you see fit.

Staying Friday night in The Clayton hotel the package, including presentation meal, twin sharing is €200 with single supplement extra €110.

Please email coordinator@ccgs.ie confirming if you are going and if single room required, deposit €100 required as soon as possible please.  As always, if paying to the CCGSAIB a/c it is imperative you give details from whom and precisely for what you are paying.

Away Trip to Cambrils , Costa Dorado, Spain.

Depart Wednesday 2nd Oct, return Sunday 6th Oct, kindly sponsored by Jack McHugh, Alucraft.

We are delighted to bring you another new venue for our away trip to Spain. Travelling to Cambrils, this upmarket seaside resort situated on the Costa Dorado has bars and restaurants galore and is only 15 mins drive to The Infinitum Golf resort which has been twice voted European Golf resort of the year. Staying 4 nights in the Sol Port Cambrils hotel, we are playing 2 games on the lakes course and one game on the Hills course.  The cost, twin sharing B&B is an incredible €590, including buggies & presentation meal.  Single supplement for the 4 nights is total €130.  As before, to book this trip you need to book your Ryanair Flight To Reus airport (15 mins from resort) flight details below, please email coordinator@ccgs.ie confirming if single is required and pay €200 deposit as soon as possible, if paying to the CCGS AIB a/c it is imperative you give details from whom & precisely for what you are paying.

Flight Details:

Note Ryanair refer to this airport as Barcelona Reus.  Also note, our bus will meet these flights only.

Outbound Dublin to Reus on Weds 2nd Oct FR116 @ 16.20

Return Reus to Dublin on Sunday 6th Oct FR438 @15.35

Bank Details

IE35AIBK 931012 7716 5035

Matchplay Draws

Both draws are now available to view on the society website www.ccgs.ie.  Please be sure to arrange your matches in good time and report the result to Mick Kenny 087 2438502.

Handicaps & POY

Handicaps, post Sutton outing, are now up to date on the website also and, of course, the Player of the Year competition is up and running.