Mannan Castle Golf Club news

Mannan Castle Men

It was an extremely tight finish to the medal this month at Mannan Castle with Noel Gartlan coming out on top on a score of 66nett.

The runner-up was Paul Murtagh also on a score of nett 66. Pauric Dowdall finished in third place on a nett 66. Darragh Kelly shot a 75 to win the gross prize.

Monthly Medal Stroke 21/22nd September - 1st Noel Gartlan (PH.18) - 66 nett c/b; 2nd- Paul Murtagh (PH.22) - 66 nett c/b; 3rd - Pauric Dowdall (PH.11) - 66 nett; Gross - Darragh Kelly – 75.

The Mannan Castle Rossmore Cup team didn't have the best day as they lost 3 to 1 to Rockmount GC in the first leg at Mannan Castle.

However, team captain Joe O'Hara and his team are still smiling, and they have hope and determination and maybe next week they'll have have a more little luck on their side.

Mannan Castle Seniors

As the busiest time of the golfing season comes to a close the senior golfers of Mannan Castle Golf Club continue to compete in big numbers each Tuesday.

This week's 9-hole competition was played in great autumnal weather with the course in excellent condition. The pins were in some very tricky positions but as always some players made light of the difficulty.

Gerry Smyth recorded the best score of the day thanks in no small part to a great birdie 2 on hole 1 for four points and a birdie 4 on hole 15 for five points.

He backed up those scores with steady scoring for the rest of his round. He finally signed for 23 points and victory in category 3.

In Category 1 Oliver Fox put in a grandstand birdie, par, par finish to his round. This together with two other pars resulted in a winning score of 21 points.

Vincent Litchfield continues his excellent first year with the seniors with a win in category 2. He quickly recovered from a bad first hole with a par on the second. Pars on his final two holes meant he carded a very good 20 points.

Birdies seem to have been the order of the day and category 4 winner Jim McMahon had a great 2 on his penultimate hole for 5 points. A brace of 3-pointers contributed to his final score of 20 points.

Tuesday 24th September 9 Hole Competition - Category 1: Oliver Fox (6) 21pts; Category 2: Vincent Litchfield (11) 20pts; Category 3: Gerry Smyth (12) 23pts; Category 4: Jim McMahon (18) 20pts.

Mannan Castle Ladies

Just back from a wonderful getaway, Deanna MacGuinness is obviously totally refreshed and won our Professionals Prize with a whopping 41 points, the best score she’s had all year.

Most of us think our round is over if we scratch the first hole, but not this lady, Deanna settled herself and even birdied the 8th hole, finishing with a super 22 points on the back nine.

In second place was seasoned golfer Rita O’Loughlin carded 38pts, a fabulous 21pts on the front nine, and five pars to take second place.

Mary MacNamee scored 37 points on Wednesday, the highlight of her round was a birdie on the 4th hole, add five pars to that and it was enough to take third place.

Professional Chris Blackmore’s Prize to the Ladies - 25th September 2024: 1st Deanna MacGuinness (31) 41pts; 2nd Rita O’Loughlin (22) 38pts; 3rd Mary MacNamee (18) 37pts.

A huge thanks to our Professional Chris Blackmore for his sponsorship of this competition, ladies show your support by supporting him. Chris is available for lessons, talk to him about new clubs, shoes, and golf gear, and shop for local girls.

9 Hole Monday -Sept 23rd 2024; 1st Pauline Jones (17) 21pts; 2nd Margaret Bourke (12) 20pts; Pauline Jones in the winner’s enclosure again this week, she’s proof that if you put in the work the results will come.

Pauline’s playing partner and mentor was this week’s runner-up Margaret Bourke. A shout-out to Margaret for all the hard work she has done with the current and past GIGS. (Get into Golf).