Mannan Castle Golf Club news

The winner of this week’s open competition was Thomas Doherty with a score of 38pts. Six pars in a row on the back nine was enough for Thomas to win by two shots. Runner up was Aaron Lynch on a score of 36pts. Vincey McGrory finished in third place on 35pts.

Open Single Stableford – 5th & 6th September: 1st - Thomas Doherty (PH.15) – 38pts; 2nd - Aaron Lynch (PH.12) – 36pts; 3rd - Vincey McGrory (PH.29) – 35pt.

Mannan Castle Men

The overall winner this weekend was past captain Barry Conroy. Barry shot a brilliant 43pts on Sunday morning, following up his podium finish the week previous.

Division 1 was won by Craig Armstrong on a score of 42pts. Craig shot a brilliant one over par score that included five birdies in his round. Runner up was Mark Lambe on 41pts.

Sean O’Rourke won Division 2 on a brilliant score of 42pts. A strong back nine of 24pts shows his game is only going in one direction. Colin Breslin finished in second place with 39pts.

Division 3 was won by James Hand with a score of 41pts. Only recently crowned matchplay doubles winner, James has continued playing some great golf. Runner up was Michael McBride on 38pts.

Conor Donoghue won Division 4 on a score of 40pts. A young up and coming golfer, Conor will be one to watch in years to come. Seamus Tierney finished in second place with 38pts. Weekend Singles Stableford - 7th & 8th September - Overall Winner - Barry Conroy (PH.18) – 43pts.

Division 1: 1st - Craig Armstrong (PH.7) – 42pts; 2nd - Mark Lambe (PH.-1) – 41pts. Division 2: 1st - Sean O’Rourke (PH.16) – 42pts; 2nd - Colin Breslin (PH.14) – 39pts.

Division 3: 1st - James Hand (PH.18) – 41pts; 2nd - Michael McBride (PH.19) – 38pts. Division 4: 1st - Conor Donoghue (PH.27) – 40pts; 2nd - Seamus Teirney (PH.23) – 38pts.

Mannan Castle Seniors

Last Tuesday's 9 hole competition was played in dry but windy conditions with a good turnout of seniors. Scoring was up to the usual standard with great scores returned by Patsy Hoey and Seamus Geoghegan.

Patsy got off to a steady start and was two over par after three holes. However he then let loose and played the next six holes in even par to finish at two over gross and a nett score of 21 points.

He was the easy and deserved winner of Category 1. Seamus in contrast got off to a flying start accumulating 10 points for his first three holes.

His play thereafter was steady and apart from a slight blip on the last was good enough to add 11 points to his great start. His 21 points was a clear winner of Category 4.

In Category 2 Thomas Gartlan had a very good round apart from an error on hole sixteen. The highlight was a run of three pars in his first four holes. His 19 point total was comfortably the best in his category.

Category 3 saw good friends and normal playing partners Jim Hanratty and Sean Harvey slog it out. Jim eventually prevailed on countback thanks to steady scoring while Sean's round was a tale of many ups and downs.

Category 1: Patsy Hoey (5) 21pts; Category 2: Thomas Gartlan (10)19pts; Category 3: Jim Hanratty (12)18pts c/b (Sean Harvey); Category 4: Seamus Geoghegan (17) 21pts.

Mannan Castle Ladies

Two ladies score an impressive 20 points in the nine hole competition on Monday, both parred the first hole which not always a good thing to do!

It was Kitty Sharkey who took first place, parring five holes, this woman continues to inspire us all. On her heel was Madeleine Devine but had to settle for second place.

18 hole stableford sponsored by XL Inniskeen - 1st Brigit Mulvihill 42pts; 2nd Angela McBride 35pts; 3rd Angela Evers 34pts.

Monday Nine hole Competition - 9^th Sept 2024 - 1^st Kitty Sharkey (10) 20pts C/b; 2^nd Madeleine Devine (9) 20ts. Marita Kiernan wins this week’s competition with a fantastic 39 points; may this win be the first of many.

Marita hits a mighty ball, and this lady enjoys the game, I’m sure we’ll se her name in the winners enclosure again soon. Playing steady golf this week and all season is Margaret Bourke who beat Marie McKeown on the breakdown, both ladies shot 38 points.

These lucky winners took the podium in the Sean Moriarty Transport Hamper competition, a huge thanks to Sean Moriarty for sponsoring this weeks competition.

It would be great to see more of our newer golfers play on a Wednesday. The handicap system evens the playing field and allows us all to compete, but the more competitive golf we play the better we get.

Thanks to Sean Moriarty Transport, Dundalk and Ann Moriarty for the lovely scones for the ladies who played in todays competition, a lovely touch and appreciated by all. http://www.moriartytransport.com/

Hamper Competition 18 Hole Stableford sponsored by Sean Moriarty Transport -Wednesday 11^th Sept 2024 - 1^st Marita Kiernan (45) 39pts; 2^nd Margaret Bourke ( 27) 38pts C/B; 3^rd Marie McKeown (35) 38pts.