Golf notes

Mannan Castle

Mannan Castle Junior Cowdy Team captained by a very happy Vincent Duffy are now through to the 2nd round of the competition. The team won all four matches on home turf against Clones GC in a terrific comeback to win the 2nd leg.

Mannan Men's Ulster Four-Ball (home team) captained by Finbar Boylan had a great win against Clogher GC 3.5/2.5, three matches in Mannan Castle and three in Clogher GC, this team now wait to see who they meet either Blacklion GC or Donegal GC.

Mannan Castle ladies were defeated by Concrawood in the AIG Intermediate Foursomes captained by Gill Rouiller, the final score 2.5/1.5. Best of luck to Concrawood in future rounds.

Mannan Castle Men

The overall winner was Ian Rooney on a brilliant score of 42pts. Ian made light work of the front nine, which set himself up well to win by one shot.

Caolan Duffy won Division 1 on a score of 41pts. Caolan played some brilliant golf on Sunday afternoon, holding off the challenge of Paul McVeigh, who finished one shot back on 40pts.

Division 2 was won by Alan Boylan on a score of 41pts. A strong back nine of 23pts was enough to beat Joe McGeown on the count back.

Tommy Hoey won Division 3 on a score of 41pts. Doing very little wrong across the 18 holes this was enough to beat Patrick Darby by one shot.

Division 4 was won by Tommy Spellman on a score of 40pts. The highlight of Tommy’s round came on the 8th with a brilliant birdie 2. Runner up was Darren Dillon on a score of 37pts.

Weekend Mixed Tee Competition 4th/5th May 2024

Overall Winner - Ian Rooney (PH.17) - 42pts, Division 1: 1st - Caolan Duffy (PH.11) – 41pts, 2nd - Paul McVeigh (PH.10) - 40pts, Division 2: 1st - Alan Boylan (PH.12) - 41pts c/b, 2nd - Joe McGeown (PH.16) - 41pts, Division 3: 1st - Tommy Hoey (PH.22) – 41pts, 2nd - Patrick Darby (PH.21) - 40pts, Division 4: 1st - Tommy Spellman (PH.30) – 40pts, 2nd - Darren Dillon (PH.27) - 37pts

Bank Holiday Monday Open Charity Scramble

A brilliant turn out for our Captain’s Charity day on bank holiday Monday. The winning team comprised of Vice Captain Joe O’Hara, Justin McNally, John Rouiller and Patrick Byrne on a great score of 101pts.

The warm weather training in Portugal the week before obviously helped with all four players playing very well. In second place was Seán Pierson, Alan Gantley, Niall Conlon and Gerry Matthews on a score of 100pts.

Third place went to Darren Hughes, Adrain Burns, Richard Copas and Nigel O’Neill on a score of 99pts. On behalf of both Captains Carol McMahan and Fergal Brady they would like to thank everyone who contributed to a brilliant day.

Mannan Castle Seniors

The seniors first competition for May was played in ideal weather with no rain or wind to contend with. A good turnout took advantage of the conditions and some excellent scores were returned for the nine holes.

Philip McEntee continued his great form and had once again the best score of the day. He played steady golf and used his handicap to return an excellent card of 23 points. Even taking into account a penalty of 3 shots his nett score of 20 was enough to take category 3.

Another player making light of a points penalty was Kevin Gavigan in Category 1 where his nett 19 points was a clear winner. A great birdie three on the par 4 second was the highlight of his round.

Category 2 winner Tom Lynch also finished with 19 points. A couple of double bogeys on 14 and 15 were matched with excellent pars on holes 4 and 13.

In Category 4 Terry Doherty was the clear winner with 17 points. Three pointers on holes 2, 15 and 17 were the making of his round.

Result Tuesday 7th May 9 Hole Competition (9 hole handicap)

Category 1: Kevin Gavigan (8) 19pts (20-1); Category 2: Tom Lynch (10) 19pts; Category 3: Philip McEntee (12) 20pts (23-3); Category 4: Terry Doherty (14) 17pts

Mannan Castle Ladies

The first Ladies medal of the year was meat and drink for the evergreen Rita O'Loughlin who showed no fear playing the stroke format and clocked up five pars in her round for a terrific 4 under 66.

Battling it out for second, Gill Rouiller's seven pars and better back 9 gave her the upper hand over Brianan Kingham's super consistent round, both finishing on 1 under 69. Congratulations to the winners and well done to everyone who played.

Women's 18 Hole Stroke (Medal) sponsored by Flowers By Ann

1st Rita O’Loughlin (22) 66 nett, 2nd Gill Rouiller (15) 69 nett c/b, 3rd Brianan Kingham (20) 69 nett

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Dundalk Golf Club

A round of solid scoring, boosted by eight pars and a birdie, saw Seán Matthews (17) with a nett 67 claim the overall winner’s prize in the closely contested weekend Cochrane Cup strokes competition.

On the outward nine, pars on the second, sixth and ninth holes, and a birdie two on the fifth, saw him turn on 33 strokes neyt.

He maintained his consistency on the back nine, parring the par five 10th and 12th holes, the par four 14th and 16th holes and the par three 17th to finish with a nett 34.

Seán’s score edged him ahead of Division 1 winner Gregory McCaughey (8) and Division 2 winner Cameron Kilcoyne (15) who both finished on 68 nett. Division 3 winner Michael Noone (22) was one shot back on 69 nett.

The Open Singles Stableford competition on the May Bank Holiday Monday was won by Paul Hanratty (31) with 39 points.

He shot an impressive front nine that recorded four three pointers and back-to-back four pointers at the par four eight and par three ninth holes to set him on his way with 22 points.

His back nine included three pointers at the par four 11th and 18th holes and the par three 17th hole.

A surge on the back nine saw Rory Henry (10) with 39 points edge out close competition to emerge overall winner of the Wednesday Open Singles Stableford Competition sponsored by McKenna Man.

His outward nine was lifted with a par for three points at the par four third hole and a birdie three for four points at the par four eighth hole to turn on 18 points.

He carved out his win on the back nine with three pointers at the par four 15th, 16th and 18th holes and a birdie four at the 12th for four points to come home in 21 points.

Rory’s strong back nine was enough to seal victory ahead of Stephen Fitzpatrick (20) and Roan Norton Quigley (22) who also finished on 39 points.

There were mixed fortunes for the men’s teams in inter-club competition over the weekend as they took on Greenore in three different competitions.

On Saturday Dundalk lost 2.5 to 1.5 to Greenore in the Leinster Senior Men’s Fourball and on Sunday, the JB Carr team were beaten 3-2 at home in the first leg of the Louth County Final. The second leg is this Saturday in Greenore.

But in the Jimmy Bruen Shield Dundalk prevailed on the second hole of sudden death after drawing 2-2 with Greenore. Des McKeown sank a 40 foot putt for a half on the first tie hole before he and Denis Cunningham claimed the win at the next.

The Super Seniors were beaten in their second group game by Kilcock and now face Clane in their next outing.

Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5 - Cochrane Cup Stroke Competition:

Overall: Seán Matthews (17) 67. Division 1: Gregory McCaughey ((8) 68, Ciaran Daly (9) 69. Division 2: Cameron Kilcoyne (15) 68, Seán Gallagher (14) 69. Division 3: Michael Noone (22) 69, Gary O’Brien (24) 70. Overall Gross Winner: Joseph Laverty (+1) 72 (71 gross).

Monday, May 6 - Open Singles Stableford Competition:

Overall Winner: Paul Hanratty (31) 39pts. Division 1: Luke McGeown ( 11) 34pts. Division 2: Padraig O Gallachoir (16) 37pts. Division 3: Nathan Clyde (24) (Enniskillen Golf Club) 36pts.

Wednesday, May 8 – McKenna Man Open Singles Stableford:

Overall: Rory Henry (10) 39pts. Division 1: Turlach King (11) 35pts. Division 2: Stephen Fitzpatrick (20) 39pts. Division 3: Roan Norton Quigley (22) 39pts. Gross Recognition: Conall Murdock (2) 33pts.