Last Sunday saw the Lady Captain’s (Rita Garvey) Prize to the Men and the Captain’s (Peter Quigley) Prize to the Ladies played for. These competitions usually herald the end of school holidays for parents and children alike and the reduction in daylight hours. A good entry of competitors was the order of the day and the winners were Brona Reidy in the ladies section and David Moore in the men’s section.
The early morning starters had the best of conditions as the now customary rainfall came in the early afternoon making conditions difficult for the late starters. However, competition was keen and the scoring good.
Brona Reidy just pipped Norma Sullivan on the back nine with both ladies scoring 38 points. The winning of the competition for Brona was her last hole birdie which gave her 4 points as against Norma’s bogie. In third place 3 shots adrift was Frances Doyle.
In the men’s competition, David Moore also scored 38 points to win by a shot from Michael Whelan who in turn beat Jim McGuigan on a countback as well. Michael may well rue his failure to score on the par four 15th which made the crucial difference to his overall placing.
As a result of both competitions the Golfer of the Year categories are beginning to take shape with John Keane now joining long time leader Stephen Price at the top of the leader board followed by Andrew Nixon in third place four points adrift. In the ladies section, Mary Quigley still leads but her lead has been reduced by Rebecca Nixon. Both sections have two more competitions to be played for before the overall result is known.
Men’s Results
Winner: David Moore (15), …….. ……. 38 points
Second: Michael Whelan (8), …. ……. ..37 points
Third: Jim McGuigan (20), ……. ……. . 37 points
Fourth: John Keane (9), ……….. ……. . 37 points
1st Nine: Tim Kavanagh (17), . ……. ..19 points
2nd Nine: John Carr (1), ……. ……. …. 20 points
Past Captain: Padraic O’Connor (18),. 35 points
Par 3’s: Jim Blanchfield (19), ……. ….. 11 points
Par 5’s: Bill Hutchinson (14), ……. …… 9 points
Ladies Results
Winner: Brona Reidy (15), ……. ……. .. 38 points
Second: Norma Sullivan (31), ……. …..38 points
Third: Frances Doyle (21), ……. ……… 35 points
1st Nine: Rita Garvey (25), ……. …….. 20 points
2nd Nine: Jon Hegarty (23), ……. …… 20 points
Par 3’s: Julie Godson (32), ……. …….. 10 points
Par 5’s: Ann Gavagan (15), ……. …….. 11 points
The very popular Summer Series for August was held last week and on another showery August day the deserving winners hailed from Woodstock Golf Club in Co. Clare.
The team led by Robert Dormer won with 91 points beating the fellow Munster led team of Jed O’Dwyer from Castletroy who had 88 points. They in turn beat Martin Devlin’s team, some of whom hail from Ballyragget, and they had a better back nine than Philip Wardick’s team from Boystown Golf Club.
On a day when the course played every bit of its 7000 yards in length off the white tees, players found the going tough with the wet grass making scoring difficult. The winners who started with only 2 points on the first hole and finished with only 4 points on the last, where all three scores counted, were consistent without being brilliant in between. However, it was enough to win easily by three shots shooting nines of 46 and 45 points respectively against the runners-up score of 43 and 45 points.
Results
Winners
Robert Dormer (9)
Jason Dormer (13)
Michael O’Brien (15)
Jimmy Kelly (14) (Woodstock Golf Club)
91 points
Second
Jed O’Dwyer (12) (Castletroy Golf Club)
Conor Moroney (12) (Limerick County)
Frank Moloney (14)
Tony Finan (17) (Nenagh Golf Club)
88 points
Third
Michael Dowling (22)
Martin Devlin (13)
John Gleeson (11) (Rathdowney Golf Club)
Willie Dempsey (17) (Borris Golf Club)
87 points
Fourth
Philip Wardick (9)
Jack Slattery (11) (Boystown Golf Club)
Seamus Doherty (10)
Paul Doherty (13) (South County Golf Club)
87 points
