Mannan Castle Golf Club notes

Mannan Castle Seniors

Vincent Litchfield (PH21) continued his recent good form in the Mannan Castle Seniors weekly competition. Played over 13 holes, he scored an excellent round of 28 points.

Scoring on all holes, he balanced two double-bogey holes with three pars. This ensured he was the overall winner.

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All the category winners had poor starts to their rounds, with each having a double bogey on the first hole. They all recovered well to post good scores.

Category One winner Fergal Brady (PH11), who scored 25 points, had two excellent birdies on holes 4 and 8 and finished with pars on his final two holes. Fergal had to overcome two lost balls but still managed to score on each hole.

In Category Two, Jim Hanratty (PH23) had an up and down first nine holes on which he scored 14 points. However, his final four holes yielded 11 points with pars on his final two holes. His 25-point total gave him victory over Jim Fox (PH23) on countback.

Donal McArdle (PH26) had a steady round scoring on each hole. He had pars on three of the par threes and also picked up three points on two other holes for a total of 26 points and victory in Category Three.

Tuesday, 21st October 13 Hole Competition

Overall: Vincent Litchfield (21) 28pts; Category 1: Fergal Brady (11) 25pts; Category 2: Jim Hanratty (23) 25pts c/b; Category 3: Donal McArdle (26) 26pts.

Congratulations to Gill Rouiller, who was the overall winner at the Past Captains Day Competition in County Louth Golf Club

It was a cold, breezy day in Baltray, but both the Monaghan ladies played super golf. Gill Rouiller finished with 37pts, just pipping Jo McCahey from Concra Wood Golf Club, on the countback. Well done, girls.

Weekend Singles Stableford 25th and 26th October

Our overall winner this weekend was Lenny McKitterick with a superb 46pts on Sunday morning. Lenny got off to a flyer with a brilliant birdie two on the first hole and continued with brilliant golf throughout.

Gary Capaldi won Division One with a score of 37pts. A strong finish of one over par on his final five holes won it by one shot. Shane Corr finished runner-up with 36pts.

Rory Lennon won Division Two with a brilliant score of 42pts. The foundations for a strong round were set on the front nine for Rory, 22pts followed by 20pts on the back. Joe McGeown finished in second place with 41pts.

Rickey McKeown won Division Three with a score of 39pts. A brilliant back nine of 21pts helped Rickey win by a few shots. Runner-up was Chris Kearney with a score of 34pts.

Derek Donnelly won Division Four with a brilliant score of 41pts. Derek has played some brilliant golf this year and shows no sign of slowing down. Paul Trainor finished in second place with 36pts.

Overall winner - Lenny McKitterick (PH.19) – 46pts; Division One: First - Gary Capaldi (PH.10) – 37pts; Second - Shane Corr (PH.3) – 36pts. Division Two: First - Rory Lennon (PH.13) – 42pts; Second - Joe McGeown (PH.13) – 41pts.

Division Three: First - Rickey McKeown (PH.21) – 39pts; Second - Chris Kearney (PH.19) – 34pts. Division Four: First - Derek Donnelly (PH.26) – 41pts; Second - Paul Trainor (PH.25) – 36pts

Bank Holiday Open Singles 27 October

First - Ricky McKeown (PH.20) – 43pts; Second - Kyriakos Delkos (PH.16) – 37pts; Third - Darren O’Brien (PH.18) – 37pts. 

In the final 18-hole competition of the season, Madeleine Devine emerged as the overall winner and claimed victory with 37 points.

Her consistent play, particularly on the par 3s, set her apart from the rest of the field and secured her victory in this closely contested competition.

Playing partner Brianan Kingham matched shot for shot, bar a few putts lipping out, to top Division One on 35 points. Angela Evers overcame a slow start to finish strongly and tops Division 2 on countback from one other with 35 points.

A special mention goes to Teresa Butler, who had a magnificent eagle two on the 13th, adding an exciting highlight to the day’s play.

Women's 18-hole sponsored by Sheelin Commercial Group, 22nd October

Top Score: Madeleine Devine (20) 37 pts; Division One: Brianan Kingham (22) 35 pts; Division Two: Angela Evers (24) 35 pts c/b