As the Autumn comes toward a close it heralds the gradual end to competitions within the club scene and unfortunately heralds the arrival of Winter competitions over the coming months. One of the last member’s competitions took place last Sunday with the Challenge Trophy up for grabs. This is the competition where the Captain’s Team plays against the Lady Captain’s Team for the honour of holding the trophy for the coming year. The format was a fourball betterball stable ford with the 10 best scores to count for outright success. The end result was that Lady Captain‘s (Sheila MacDonald) team defeated the Captain‘s (Billy Murphy) team by 10 shots, 333 points to 323 points. The defeated Captain had to present the trophy to the winning Lady Captain in the clubhouse that evening. The lucky prize winners on the day received golf equipment for their troubles and three pairs ended up with 38 points each. The best pair were Kevin McCartan and Frank Kelly winning on the last nine holes by virtue of scoring 21 points on their homeward journey.
On Saturday night a very enjoyable social evening and dinner was held for members who had played on teams during the year and the Golfer of the Year trophies were presented to Alan Hoyne and Lynda Hickey for their achievements. Alan Hoyne scooped two awards as he won the McCalmont Matchplay trophy as well.
Next Thursday sees the last major competition for the lady members with the Lady President’s (Mrs. Mary Jones) Prize down for decision and with the continuing good weather still holding there is sure to be a large turnout of members.
Captain Billy Murphy presents the Challenge Trophy to Lady Captain Sheila MacDonald
Results Challenge Trophy:
| Winners | Kevin McCartan (16)
Frank Kelly (24) |
38 points
(last nine) |
| Second | Des Fitzgerald (18)
Brenda Fitzgerald (21) |
38 points |
| Third | Bryan Higgins (21)
John Thompson (12) |
38 points |