Another Great Weekend

The sun shone on a dry sod, so we had big numbers on the course throughout the weekend. We had two great ‘start of season’ stroke events in the Monthly Medal (Bank of Ireland) and the Ballinacourty Cup. Fergal O’ Dowd (20) won on Saturday with a marvellous 67 after an opening birdie, to be outdone on Sunday by Paddy Cunningham (21) who scored an outstanding 64. The Easter Weekend sees Open Competitions throughout; I also see that Tom Daly will be providing tasty meals each day – including Good Friday. With the Dungarvan Traders due home from their South East Tour, and our own Dungarvan Ladies bus-load also expected back – sometime – we expect another busy weekend.

South-East League

So far, so good, with Dungarvan on top of their section after playing at home on Saturday. Our team was Tony Brady/Jim Harty, Nicky Norris/Brian Morrissey, Ronan Slevin/Martin Lynch, Mike O’ Brien/Jack Elstead, Johnny Norris/Kevin Regan and Darren O Droma/Larry Fahey. We now have 22 pts, with Mitchelstown on 21, West Waterford on 17 and Gold Coast 12. We play against West Waterford again in Mitchelstown on April 12th, but we need Gold Coast to put out a strong team to beat the hosts on the day.

Dungarvan Juniors Defeat Tramore.

On Saturday last our juniors headed for Tramore for the first round of the Fred Daly Trophy. This event is singles matchplay with 7 matches. We fielded a strong team with Jack Leacy leading off. Jack played some wonderful golf and was three under when the match finished. Colm Kindregan played next and showed off his powerful ball striking, winning on 16. Colm O'Hare and Michael Maher were behind early but again showed their class with Colm winning on 17 and Michael winning on 15.Gabriel Leacy continued to show his potential with a victory on 14 and Kevin Walsh powered to victory, also on 14. Philip Coffey was duly called in while winning his match. It proved to be a comfortable victory and it was very encouraging for our juniors to see some support from our senior members. We await the winners of Faithlegge and Lismore. With both the Munster and National Finals of the Fred Daly to be played at Dungarvan Golf Club this year, wouldn’t it be nice!
Junior Foursomes: On Wednesday we head to the Gold Coast Golf Club for the qualifying round of the Irish Junior Foursomes. Our team is Colm O'Hare and Gabriel Leacy and Colm Kindregan with Kevin Walsh. We wish them the best.
Competitions: Due to a congested Easter period our next junior competition is on Friday 9th of April at 10am. All are welcome. Our Prejuniors will be competing over 7 holes. Tuition: Coaching continues under the watchful eye of club professional and County Coach, David Hayes. Lessons for our Prejuniors and beginners continue next Saturday 3rd April at 3pm. Coaching for our elite squad continues on Wednesday 31st March at 4.30. Enquiries: All enquiries regarding Junior Golf at Dungarvan Golf Club  direct to Club Professional,David Hayes 058-44707 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or visit the website at www.freewebs.com/davidhayesproshop

Men’s Results: Thur 25th Open 18H Singles: 1st D. Banim (14) Cobh 42 pts; 2nd S O Ciarba (16) 39 pts NQ. Sat. 27th Monthly Medal 1st F. O’ Dowd (19) 67; 2nd G. Raher (13) 69; Gross J. Reynolds (Scr) 75; 3rd S O’ Hara (11) 69; 4th T. Dalton (19) 69. NQ. Sun 28th Ballinacourty Cup 1st P. Cunningham (21) 64; 2nd M. Terry (15) 66; Gross J. Reynolds (Scr) 72; 3rd M. O’ Brien (14) 68; 4th G. Burke (8) 69. NQ.
Fixtures: Thur 1st Open Singles (Ulster Bank Qualifier); Fri 2nd Open Singles; Sat 3rd Open Singles; Sun 4th Open Singles. Mon 5th Monthly Medal (Bank of Ireland).

Club Matchplay Tournaments
 
Now that the Graham Nagle Deise Golf World Winter League is coming to its conclusion it is time for many of us to turn our thoughts to the club matchplay events. This year the following events will be held: Scratch cup, kindly sponsored by club Senior Cup manager John Reynolds; Club Fourball; Scotch Foursomes and Club Singles, sponsored again this year by Martin Lynch. Martin won his own beautiful prize last year and I am sure we both wish for a new champion in 2010. However Martin has assured me he will do his very best to retain his title (again)! Entries can now be made for the matchplay competitions in the usual way. There is one change to the events this year which should be noted: a player's handicap will be fixed at the time of the draw and will remain unchanged for the duration of the particular competition.

Ladies Results - March – Tues. 23rd – 18H S’Ford - Winner: Rachel Kiely (28) 38pts, Cat. A. Maeve Morrissey (17) 37pts, Cat.B. Sylvia Phelan (22) 36pts, Cat. C. Mary McGrath (35) 33pts. Sat 27th – 18H S’Ford - Winner: Maeve Morrissey (17) 39pts, 2nd Ann Morrissey (18) 38pts, 3rd Edel Walsh (24) 37pts.
Fixtures : Tues 30th – 18H S’Ford,  Sat 3rd  – Open 18H S’Ford, Mon 5th - Open 18H S’Ford, Tues 6th – 9H Scramble: Start of Season Scramble sponsored by Revival Beauty Salon takes place on Tuesday April 6th   at 5 p.m. Please put your names on draw sheet in locker room.

60.com and the ‘Young Ones’

Wed 24th Winner T. Phelan (21) 18 pts.; Best Lady A. Morrissey (18) 17 pts; 2nd Lady I. Fahey (23) 14
Best Gent P. McGovern (20) 17 pts; 2nd Gent C. Bannon (20) 16 pts. Next Competition Wed 31st , with draw for partners at 1.45 p.m. Don’t forget our annual galavant, which sees us this year in the Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny on Sun.11th and Mon 12th of April, with two days of golf at Castlecomer and Kilkenny. Also, in the Autumn Senior Alliance, we host an outing at Dungarvan on Mon 19th. See timesheet in locker-room. The ‘Young Ones’ winner was Fidelma Fitzgerald (24) with 17 pts. The ‘Captain’s Day’ will be on Wed 7th.

‘45’

Tom Phelan and Ann Morrissey tell me that there are a few weeks left in the Thursday night Progressive 45; they also spoke of last week’s very successful charity evening which had a big attendance and a handsome cheque at the end for the Abbeyside, Ballinroad and Garranbane Lourdes Invalid Fund. Pat Phelan and Eddie Kiely ‘walked away’ with the first prize, and runners-up were Tom Coffey/Cyril Power, David Walsh/Mossie Walsh, Colm Bannon/Liam Carroll and Richie/Billie Ormond. Rose Whelan/Marie O’ Driscoll won the ‘best of the last 5’ and Noel Brennan/John Considine won the ‘lucky table’ prize. We’re back again this Thursday for more of the same!

LOTTO

There was no winner this week and the numbers drawn were 1, 7, 13 and 14. Next week’s Jackpot will be €11,250. The following won €15 prizes: B. Killigrew, T. Conway, A. Kelleher, S. O’ Neill and Peg Phelan. Thank you for your continued support for our Club Lotto, and the next draw will be on April 4th