The Captain’s Prize to the Ladies and the Lady Captain’s Prize to the men took centre stage last Sunday with a large turnout of players for the occasion. There were two “shotgun” starts to cope with the large numbers, one at 9am and the second one at 2pm. After the customary heavy rain early in the morning the day turned out to be fine and dry for all competitors. The scoring reflected in the good conditions enjoyed by all with some very exciting scores being returned in both competitions.

Best score of the day was returned by Brian Blanchfield who scored a magnificent 44 points in the morning round. This prize looked to be in safe hands but Bryan Higgins almost caught the clubhouse leader in the afternoon by scoring a great 43 points. It was testament to the standard of golf played that some scores of 38 points failed to get among the prizewinners.

In the ladies section the lady in form, Rebecca Nixon, had another dream round by returning 42 points. Fresh from winning the Lady Captain’s Prize some weeks ago she has reduced her handicap by six shots in the past few weeks and hopes to reduce it further by season’s end.

Last week the August Ladies Invitation Day took place and the competition was a 3 person team event with only 3 shots separating the top four teams. The winning team was led by the Lady Captain, Ruth Mulholland, who won by a shot from Aileen Magee’s team with Kathleen Gaffney’s team and Margaret Clandillon’s team in third and fourth place.

The member/Guest Fourball last Thursday was won by the Callan based pairing of John O’ Dwyer and Sean Brett and they had four points to spare over Peter O’ Flaherty and John O’ Neill.

Next Sunday is another Member/Guest competition day with a three person rumble scheduled for play.

Results Member/Guest Fourball Thursday 9th August

Winner

John O’ Dwyer (5)
Sean Brett (10)……………………….45 points

Second

Peter O’ Flaherty (12)
John O’ Neill (17)Waterford Castle…..41 points

Results August Ladies Invitation Day Wednesday 8th August

Winners

Ruth Mulholland(12)
Marian Booth(11) The Heritage G.C.
Noreen O’ Grady(13) The K Club…………..69 points.

Second

Aileen Magee(28)
Siobhan Kearney(22) Greenore G.C.
Mgt. McNulty(25)Milltown G.C……………68 points.

Third

Kathleen Gaffney(22)
Nano Brennan(6)Kilkenny G.C.
Nuala Crotty(12)Kilkenny G.C………………67 points.

Fourth

Mgt. Clandillon(26)
Eliz. McCalmont(32)
Gillian Kelly(24) Powerscourt G.C…………..66 points.

Results Lady Captain’s Prize to Men

Winner: Brian Blanchfield(12)…………………..44 points.
Second: Bryan Higgins(25)………………………43 points.
Third: Chris McHugh(16)………………………40 points.
Fourth: John Thompson(11)………………………38 points.
Best Gross: John O’Dwyer(5)………………………..31 points.
Past Capt: Tom Duggan(9)…………………………. 35points.
1st Nine: Alan Hoyne(7)……………………………21 points
2nd Nine: Owen Phelan(9)…………………………..21 points.

Captain’s Prize to the Ladies

Winner: Rebecca Nixon(15)………………………42 points.
Second: Ruth Mulholland(12)…………………….37 points.
Third: Brenda O’ Sullivan(29)…………………..36 points.
Best Gross: Bernie Madigan( )………………………
Past Capt. :Helen Comerford(22)…………………….30 points.
1st Nine: Sandra Carr(19)……………………………21 points.
2nd Nine: Lucia Ahern O’Flaherty(15)………………17 points.