October 2023 Newsletter

Mount Juliet

San Roque, Spain

The Jameson Links, Portmarnock & End of Year Presentations

Matchplays

Player of the Year

Mount Juliet

We had a wonderful day out for our return to Mount Juliet Golf Club to play in our Phil Scallan & Stoneseal sponsored outing.  The weather was spectacular, one of the best days of the year, and the course was in beautiful condition.  With delicious food available before and after golf along with excellent service, what more could we ask for.

Congratulations to Gerry O’Dwyer who returned a fantastic score of 36 points to win the outing, narrowly beating Kingsley Lewis into second place by a point who, in turn, pipped Louis O’Carroll by the same narrow margin.  Very well done gents and full results are as follows:

1st – Gerry O’Dwyer (11) 36pts

2nd – Kingsley Lewis (3) 35pts

3rd – Louis O’Carroll (7) 34pts

C1 (0-11) – David Cassidy (6) 30pts

C2 (12-22) – Conor Dalglish (15) 33pts

C3 (23-36) – Mick Kenny (25) 32pts

Seniors – Ian Mackey (9) 27pts

F9 – John Gaffney (23) 17pts

B9 – John Clarke (24) 19pts

NTP – Louis O’Carroll

2’s – Chris Cadwell & Louis O’Carroll 14th, Conor Dalglish & Gerry O’Dwyer 6th, Phil Scallan 3rd & Kingsley Lewis 11th.

Visitor – Barry Forsyth (2) 33pts.

Many thanks to our sponsor for the day Phil Scallan & Stone & Tile Restoration Ireland – Stone Seal

San Roque & Estepona, Spain

Our 2023 away trip to Spain was a tremendous success. Staying in the beautiful El Pilar hotel in the heart of a bustling Estepona we had a wonderful selection of eateries and watering holes on our doorstep.  The hotel staff were friendly and efficient and we wanted for nothing.

Our main outing was of course our trip to San Roque, kindly sponsored by Jack McHugh and Alucraft, where we played the revamped Old Course.  Not only was the course in pristine condition, but we were made to feel very welcome by all the staff.  We were treated to some lovely canapes at the halfway mark and each of us were given a San Roque water bottle as a souvenir.  Despite the ideal weather and beautiful condition, the course still proved a very tough challenge.

Congratulations to Fraser McMullen who produce a wonderful winning score of 32 points, narrowly beating myself in to second place, pipping Pat Foley by a further stroke. Well done to all the prize winners, full results as follows:

1st – Fraser McMullen (19) – 32pts

2nd – Conor Dalglish (14) – 31pts

3rd Pat Foley (13) – 30pts

Class 1 (0/13) – Kevin Maher (9) – 30pts

Class 2 (14/20) – Mick O’Flynn (14) – 29pts

Class 3 (21-36) – Mick Kenny (24) – 29pts

Seniors – Derek Mooney (22) – 28pts

F9 – John Healy (14) – 19pts

B9 – David Cassidy (5) – 15pts

2’s – Mick O’Flynn & Sean Reid @ 7th, Philip McGowan @ 3rd Eagle on Par 4

We had two very successful, fun team events played at Valle Romano and El Paraiso.  Full results as follows:

Team Event @ Valle Romano

1st – Gerry O’Dwyer, Sean Reid, Liam DeRenzy and Stephen Ward – 86pts

2nd – Kevin Maher, Declan Murphy. Paul Traynor and Dominic Mann – 84pts

3rd – Shay Fleming, Tony Buckley, Dave Walshe and John Gaffney – 83pts

Team Event @ El Paraiso GC

1st – Shay Fleming, Mick Kenny and Stephen Ward – 87pts

2nd – Bob Fagan, Frank O’Hara, Tony Buckley and Brendan Fagan – 86pts

3rd – Conor Dalglish, John Healy, Paul Traynor and Derek Mooney – 80pts

The prize giving was held in El Pescador restaurant, who having been booked at short notice, laid on a fantastic array of seafood and steaks with excellent service for 40+ hungry golfers.  Captain Stephen did a fantastic job on the presentation, ably assisted by his lovely assistant, Vice Captain Paul Traynor!

Check out the gallery to see a great collection of photos from our away trip:

Andalucía Trip Gallery | Clontarf Castle Golf Society (ccgs.ie)

The Jameson Links, Portmarnock

Next up is our annual return to The Links in Portmarnock which has recently been upgraded and relaunched as The Jameson Links.  Reports from a few who have played the new layout are very good.

Kindly sponsored by Joe O’Flaherty and Flynn & O’Flaherty Construction, tees are booked 9.00am to 12.00pm on Friday 3rd November.  Sign on night is this coming Thursday 26th October from 8.00pm in The Indigo Lounge.  Cost of the outing, paying by or on the night, is €65 which includes two’s entry and charity contribution.

The prize giving for The Links outing will be in The Indigo Lounge on the evening of the 3rd November from 6.30pm. There will be complimentary food very kindly laid on for us by Clontarf Castle. We will also be presenting the matchplay trophies, sponsored by John Plunkett and Brian Kirwan of Plunkett Kirwan & Co Solicitors and player of the year trophy sponsored by Enda & Sean Guirke.  As you know, it’s important to support our sponsors and I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible there.

Matchplay Finalists 2023

Both competitions have been hotly contested all year and we are down to the last few.

In the singles matchplay semi finals Kevin Maher takes on Paul Fennelly, while Bob Fagan plays Mantan Walshe.

In the fourball matchplay final Mick Chambers & Tadgh O’Meara take on Joe Enright & Mick Kenny.

Best of luck to all.

Player of the Year

With just one outing left to count, here are the latest standings in POY:

1st – Sean Guirke – 199pts

2nd – Brian O’Callaghan – 191pts

3rd – Kieran Montgomery – 185pts

4th – Mick Kenny – 185pts

5th – Conor Dalglish – 184pts

6th – Kevin Maher – 182pts

7th – Stephen Ward – 177pts

8th – Stephen Mooney – 180pts

With low scores to be dropped, anything can happen!