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News from Mannan Castle Golf Club
2025 Captain Raymond O’Hara’s Prize Weekend - A fantastic few weeks of golf with a different format this year, with it being played over two weekends.
Joe was saying his prayers because the man above definitely helped things with two beautiful dry weekends. With the timesheets busy from morning to late afternoon, it was no surprise to see some brilliant scoring across both weekends.
The course was set up well, thanks to our greenkeeping staff and also our hardworking Mannan Gangers. Twelve players made the cut off after 36 holes to play a 9-hole playoff on Sunday evening.
The cut-off this year came at 73 points, with the leader on 82 points. Kevin Gavigan was the man to catch with a very impressive 44pts on week 1 and 38pts on week 2, which added up to 82pts total.
Kevin didn’t slow up on the 9-hole playoff, birding the tough 11th hole for a 5-pointer. Kevin finished on 100 points after 45 holes to win by three shots.
Oliver Fox finished in second place with a superb final nine holes of 20pts. Oliver finished on 97pts.
Stephen Aherne shot a superb 22pts on the final nine holes to finish in third place. Stephen finished on 95pts. The gross prize went to Mark Lambe with a total score of 70pts.
Congratulations to all twelve players making the playoff, with a special mention to Eddie Jones, Paul Martin, Noel Sherlock, Stephen Corrigan, Gerry Matthews, Joe Liffey, Kieran Lonergan, Con Hanneffy and Oliver Clune.
Captain Raymond O’Hara’s Prize Weekend - Winner - Kevin Gavigan (PH.25) – 100pts; Runner-up - Oliver Fox (PH.18) – 97pts; Third - Stephen Aherne (PH.18) – 95pts; Gross - Mark Lambe (PH.0) – 70pts; Past Captains Prize - Gerry Matthews.
Other Categories - Winner - Alan Boylan (PH.11) – 69pts; Runner-up - Kyriakos Delkos (PH.19) – 68pts.
Round One results - Category 1: Winner - Pauric Dowdall (10) – 38pts; Runner-up - Craig Armstrong (8) – 37pts.
Category 2: Winner - John Rouiller (16) – 38pts (cb). Category 3: Winner - Michael Martin (18) – 39pts; Runner-up - Brendan Morris (20) – 38pts.
Category 4: Winner - Oliver Clune (34) – 42pts, Runner-up Micheal Conlon (27) – 40pts.
Round Two results - Category 1: Winner - Aidan Mernagh (9) – 42pts; Runner-up - Andrew Boylan (12) – 37pts. Category 2 - Gary Capaldi (13) – 41pts; Runner-up - Joe Liffey (16) – 38pts
Category 3: Winner - Noel Sherlock (20) – 44pts, Runner-up Declan McCabe (19) – 38pts. Category 4: Winner - Eddie Jones (21) – 40pts, Runner-up Kevin Kenna (23) – 39pts.
Open Singles – Thursday, 7th and Friday, 8th August - Gerry McMahon won this week’s open with a superb score of 42pts. Gerry has been Mr. Consistent throughout the year, and it’s brilliant to see him continue playing great golf.
Runner-up was Dylan McEneaney with a superb 42pts, and probably unfortunate to finish in second place. Wayne Robinson shot 38pts to finish third.
Open Singles 7th & 8th August - Winner - Gerry McMahon (PH.13) - 42pts c/b, Runner-up - Dylan McEneaney (PH.12) – 42pts; Third - Wayne Robinson (PH.21) – 38pts.
Bank Holiday Monday Singles 4th August – Winner - Vincey McGrory (PH.30) – 36pts. Out together in the first group of the day, Teresa Butler and Geraldine Finnegan set the early pace, both producing cracking scores.
Mannan Castle Seniors
On Tuesday, the golfers of Mannan Castle Seniors warmly congratulated the senior golfers who qualified for the playoff to decide the winner of Joe O'Hara's Captain's Prize.
Kevin Gavigan, Oliver Fox, Kieran Lonergan and Con Hanneffy flew the flag for the seniors, with Kevin finishing in first place ahead of Oliver in second.
The 9-hole weekly competition was closely contested with Joe Mullen (PH12) and Philip McEntee (PH8) both recording 22 points. However, Philip was subject to a deduction of 2 points for a previous win.
Joe's score was boosted by a birdie on hole 13 and a par on hole 15, both of which were worth 4 points. He took the overall victory with Philip holding on to win category 1, thanks in large part to a birdie on hole 14.
Sean Roe (PH12) didn't let a poor start discourage him, and a very steady back five holes earned him victory in category 2 with 18 points.
Richard Rountree (PH13) was the comfortable winner of category 3. Richard put an excellent round together, but for a slight hiccup on the penultimate hole, would have taken the overall prize.
Tuesday 5th August - 9 Hole Competition (9 hole handicaps) - Overall: Joe Mullen (12) 22pts; Category 1: Philip McEntee (8) 20pts (22-2); Category 2: Sean Roe (12) 18pts; Category 3: Richard Rountree (13) 21pts.
Mannan Castle Ladies
Teresa finished with the Top Score of 41 points, carding five pars on par 4s and 5s and a great birdie on the par 5 15th, thanks to a pinpoint accurate long putt.
Geraldine Finnegan parred both 15 and 16 as well as the 4th, but for an error on the 11th would have been challenging for the lead. Geraldine's 39 points topped Division 1.
Coming very close to winning outright, Bridie Fitzmaurice shot her season's best score to lead Division 2, surefooted and steady over the eighteen holes to finish on an impressive 40 points.
Women's 18 Hole Stableford sponsored by Crock O'Gold Jewellers 6th August 2025 - Top score: Teresa Butler (22) 41 pts; Division 1: Geraldine Finnegan (23) 39 pts; Division 2: Bridie Fitzmaurice (32) 40pts.
Congratulations to Teresa, Geraldine and Bridie and many thanks to our long-time, valued sponsor Crock O'Gold Jewellers, Old Shopping Centre, Carrickmacross.