Killeen Castle

We had a fabulous scorcher of a day in the beautiful Killeen Castle Golf Club. 58 golfers turned out for the Phelan Caswell Insurances sponsored outing and were treated to a parkland course in immaculate condition. The greens were quick and difficult, with three-putts galore! Congratulations to Jack McHugh who a returned a fantastic nett 71 to win the gold medal in the society’s strokeplay championship. New member Sean Reid took the silver medal, beating Tadgh O’Meara on a count back, who wins the bronze medal with a nett 72 strokes. Full results as follows:

1st – Jack McHugh (13) – nett 71

2nd – Seán Reid (18) – nett 72 (CB)

3rd – Tadgh O’Meara (15) – nett 72

Class 1 (HC 1 – 12) – Kevin Maher (10) – nett 74 (CB)

Class 2 – (HC 13 – 17) – Seán Guirke (13) – nett 73

Class 3 – (HC 18 – 36) – Conor Dalglish (18) – nett 78

Front Nine – Derek Mooney – nett 35

Back Nine – Chris Cadwell – nett 34.5

Seniors – Bob Fagan (8) – nett 78

Two’s – Mick Chambers (8th), Michael Connolly (12th), Seán Finnegan (6th), Mick O’Flynn (14th), Phil Scallan (8th)

Nearest-the-pin: Phil Scallan (fairly close!)

Killeen Castle are to be complimented on their wonderful hospitality. They made sure we were well looked after with breakfast available before golf and a lovely menu for dinner before our prize presentation.

Much appreciation once again to Mark Phelan of Phelan Caswell Insurances who were sponsors for the day and supplied the wonderful wine hampers.

Baltray

The society finally returned to golf in June after a long absence of over a year and a half. It seemed appropriate that we returned to County Louth Golf Club, long-time favourite with the society. We were treated to a beautiful day out on the links, in great condition, with some excellent scoring. Congratulations to Paul Fennelly who returned a fabulous score of 42 points to win the outing and The Memorial Cup, with John Oppermann taking second place with 38 points on a countback over Tadgh O’Meara in third.

Massive thanks to Mick Slein and National Lighting for once again sponsoring our outing to Baltray. The golf club looked after us with the usual excellence – complimentary breakfast baps before golf and the usual fabulous fare served al fresco. We carried out the presentation of prizes from the putting green on a beautiful sunny evening.

The Memorial Cup Winner – Paul Fennelly – 14 – 42pts

2nd – John Oppermann – 15 – 38pts CB

3rd – Patrick Ryan – 17 – 38pts

C1 – (0-12) – Paul O’Halloran – 4 – 37pts

C2 – (13-19) – Sean Finnegan – 16 – 37pts

C3 – (20-36) – Alan Leonard – 23 – 34pts

F9 – Cian Bennis – 17 – 22pts

B9 – Michael Connolly – 17 – 20pts

Seniors Prize – Bob Fagan – 8 – 34pts

NTP – Enda McDermott

2’s – Mick O’Flynn, Sean Reid, David Cassidy & Bob Fagan.

Match Plays

The second round deadline for the singles is fast looming – 30th July. However, the fourball first round deadline is almost upon us! Make sure you get your results to the competition secretary as soon as possible – Mick Kenny 087 2438502.

The K Club

Next date for your diary is the fantastic Ryder Cup course at The K Club, Friday 13 August. We will be continuing with the email sign-on for the timesheet for now and I will send a further communication with full details including sign-on information for The K Club outing. One not to be missed!