PENHA LONGA & PORMARNOCK LINKS

Dear Member.

Another year nearly in the bag, and what a successful year it has been. We were fortunate to enjoy great courses with the added bonus of Sunshine and over all excellent weather conditions throughout the season.
A combination of first class venues and a host of extremely generous sponsors provided top class prizes that put an extra lair of icing on another brilliant year in the societies history.

With an increasing number of members looking to play it is no surprise to see the large numbers in attendance at time-sheet nights, forming disorderly queues to get their names on the sheet.
Is it any wonder that Tony Walshe has requested security and oxygen at future time-sheet nights. For the record we had more full time-sheets in 2017 than at anytime in the recent past.
We look forward to more of the same next year. Please see paragraph below regarding Membership for 2018.
In the event that you are unable to attend personally, just make sure your green-fee does via one of your friends. However priority will always be accorded to members who are there in person.

PENHA LONGA
The recent trip to Portugal was an outstanding success. We flew forty out and more to the point the same number came back mainly in one piece. That in itself is an achievement.

Cascais proved to be a very popular venue boasting some great restaurants and bars and the consensus was for another visit at some future date.

Talk about a photo finish, Just two points separated the first five players with Paddy Ryan eclipsing Kingsley Lewis on a count back to be first across the line by short head.

THE WINNERS

1st. Paddy Ryan 33 points (C/B)
2nd. Kingley Lewis 33 points
3rd. Gerry O Dwyer 32 points

Class 1 Mick Sludds 31 points
Class 2 Tony Casey 31 points
Class 3 Derek Erskine 29 points

Front 9 Kevin Maher 18 points
Back 9 Tony Buckley 17 points

Twos Kieran O Connell

TEAM EVENT AT BELAS GC.

1st. Tadgh O Meara. Brian O Callaghan. Con Walsh. Michael Burnell.

2nd. Bob Fagan. Tony Casey. Derek Mooney. Ray Burke.

Once again we are indebted to Bob Fagan and Ailesbury & Ashbury Retirement Homes for their continued sponsorship of the overseas event.

THE PORTMARNOCK LINKS

Sponsored by Brian O Callaghan and East Coast Fisheries this even will take place on Sat. the 4th of November.
The tee is booked from 9.30am until 11.30am.

Please note your Starter on the day will be Tony Walshe. Please report to him on arrival at the course. Arrive early please. He was never any good at taking penalties but he is very handy at giving them out.

TIME-SHEET NIGHT

The time-sheet will be available this coming Thursday the 26th. of October from 8.00pm. until 9.30pm.
The green- fee will cost €60 and it includes dinner and entertainment later that evening in the Indigo at Clontarf Castle for you and your partner.

If you are unable to play on the day you and your partner are welcome to attend the social night and enjoy dinner and the and entertainment on we have lined up.

SOCIAL NIGHT

Captain Michael Norton has arranged some top class entertainment for you and your partner following dinner and the prize presentation.
Please indicate at the time-sheet night if you are attending. This will permit us to inform the Castle regarding numbers expected.

Dinner will be served at 7.30pm.

The Captain and committee look forward to your attendance at what promises to be a great night.

FINALLY.

I have been inundated with requests from people wishing to join the society for 2018.
The committee have taken the decision to close the membership until 2019.
and consequently no new members will be admitted for our 30th. Anniversary season.

You will appreciate that we currently have full time-sheets and it is our aim to ensure that the existing membership who have supported the society during the past twenty nine years are given priority and the opportunity to play at every event in this special year.
Essentially we are now a society of members who all want to play the outings and increasing the membership will only result in disappointment for some at time-sheet nights when the CLOSED sign goes up with an hour to go.

Hope to see you at the social Night.

Yours sincerely.

Michael Brennan.
Honorary Secretary