Last Sunday saw the May Monthly Medal decided with fine, cloudy, weather and a tricky wind for players to contend with. However the scoring was good with Kevin McCartan returning the best score of the day in the men’s section and Sally Gleeson almost matching his score in the ladies category.
Kevin had nines of 21 and 18 points respectively to beat John Barrett by a shot in category 2. The other categories were won by Hugh O’Connor and Frank Kelly, both players scoring 36 points each to edge home from the opposition. This is Hugh’s second medal this year and he is obviously retaining his early season form. Sally just got the better of Amelia Drumm in the ladies section and consequently both players are leading contenders in the Golfer of the Year competition. In the G.O.Y competition for the men, the leader now is Kevin McCartan as a result of his achievement over last weekend, and he is 3 points clear of his nearest rival, Alan Hearne, who in turn is 2 points clear of Stephen Price and John Barrett.
In the ladies section, Amelia Drumm and Liz Beatty top the table on 20 points and they in turn are 3 points clear of Ruth Skehan and Sally Gleeson. The C.S.S. for Sunday was 36 points for the men and 37 points for the ladies.
Last Wednesday the Ladies Invitation Day for May took centre stage and the format was a 4 person scramble. Myra Phelan led her team to success with 84 points and they just pipped the team led by Lady Captain, Margaret Twomey, with Elizabeth McCalmont’s team in third place.
On the Inter Club front, the Pierce Purcell foursomes team made their exit in the qualifying round at Borris G.C. last week. On a day of disappointment, the pairing of Kevin McCartan and Alan Hearne returned the best score of the day with a score of 81 gross. Unfortunately the rest of the pairings failed to match this fine score and as a consequence failed to make the knockout stages of the competition. The full team comprised of Alan Hearne/Kevin McCartan, Pat Doyle/Tim Kavanagh, John Barrett/Tadhg Gleeson, Terry Sullivan/Frank Kelly and Terry O’Reilly/John Browne.
May Monthly Medal
| Category 1 | Hugh O’Connor (7) | 36 points |
| Category 2 | Kevin McCartan (14) | 39 points |
| Category 3 | Frank Kelly (24) | 36 points |
| Ladies | Sally Gleeson (14) | 38 points |
Ladies Invitation Day Wednesday 11th May – 4 Person Scramble
| Winners Myra Phelan (22) Anne Murphy (31) Rosemary Tully (20) (Carlow) Pauline O’Brien (17) (Callan) |
84 points |
| Second Margaret Twomey (36) Mary Leahy (22)(Douglas) Lillian Nagle (28) (Monkstown) Pauline McEnery (34) (Gowran Park) |
84 points |
| Third Elizabeth McCalmont (35) Aileen Magee (29) Paula Mehigan (36) (Milltown) Siobhan Kearney (22) (Greenore) |
81 points |