Mannan Castle Golf Club notes

Mannan Castle Ladies

Mannan Castle Golf Club Lady Captain Angela’s Prize took place over two scorching Wednesdays and was kindly sponsored by Dundalk Credit Union Ltd. We greatly appreciated this sponsorship and continued support.

It wasn't all just about the golf though; our ladies club also raised over €1,400 for Carrickmacross Food Bank through donations from our own ladies and visitors. This was an initiative by our Lady Captain Angela and a charity very close to her heart.

Lady Captain Angela took a different approach to her Prize this year, opting to play both rounds in a strokeplay format, which definitely kept us all at the edge of our seats.

Our winner, Anne Fleming, kept her cool though, producing a total nett score of 136, a well-deserved and popular winner. Hot on her heels, finishing one shot behind in second place was Anne Feeney. Third prize was also closely contested with Margaret Crawley winning on countback.

Lady Captain Angela Gartlan’s Prize Results: 15th/22nd July: 1st Prize - Anne Fleming - Nett 136 – PH46; 2nd Prize - Anne Feeney - Nett 137 – PH52; Best Gross - Louise Hanratty - Gross 159 – PH4; 3rd Prize - Margaret Crawley - Nett 140 C/B – PH28.

Day 1 Winner - Noreen Murphy - Nett 67 – PH31; Day 2 Winner - Jo Morris - Nett 68 – PH16; Cat 1 Winner (0-22HI) - Gill Rouiller - Nett 142 – PH16; Cat 2 Winner (22.1 – 33HI) - Jackie Edwards - Nett 140 – PH27.

Cat 3 Winner (33.1 – 54 HI) - Collette Kelly - Nett 142 – PH34; Past Captains - Rita O Loughlin - Nett 142 – PH22; Committee - Mary MacNamee - Nett 149 – PH19.

Front nine combined Day 1 & Day 2 - Mary Cassidy - Nett 34+32= 66 – PH17; Back nine combined Day 1 & Day 2 - Imelda Hanratty - Nett 43 – PH33; Visitors Prize - Patricia Hamill - Concrawood GC - Nett 74 - PH 30.

Members 9 hole - Martina O Brien - Nett 43 – PH17; Beginners 9 hole - Shelia Morris - Gross 78; Amen corner (12, 13 and 14) – Marie Finnegan – 13 C/B – PH10.

Nearest the pin – 12th hole - Bridgit Mulvihill - 92 inches; Restricted membership (one day only) - Bridgit Mulvihill - Nett 58 on day 2 – PH53

Our ladies' competition this week was kindly sponsored by Cusken Sync IT. Another strokeplay format this week and our ladies went low.

Angela Evers shot the lights out with a 64 nett. Angela, finishing 4 shots clear, took the overall prize. Gill Rouiller continues her fine form following the Lady Captain's last week.

Another 69 nett to finish top of Division 1. Marie McKeown also had an excellent showing this week with a 68 nett, finishing top of Division 2.

18 Hole Singles Stroke Sponsored by Cusken Sync IT 29th July: Overall Winner: Angela Evers – PH23 – 64 nett; Division 1 Winner: Gill Rouiller – PH16 – 69 nett; Division 2 Winner: Marie McKeown – PH24 – 68 nett.

Mannan Castle Men

Weekend Singles Stableford 25 July 2026: Overall Winner - Artur Amolins (PH. 20) – 43pts; Division 1 - 1st - Terry Kieran (PH. 5) – 36pts; 2nd - Ryan Donagher (PH. 3) – 35pts.

Division 2 - 1st - Andrew McGovern (PH. 12) – 41pts; 2nd - Fergal Brady (PH. 12) – 40pts; Division 3 - 1st - Oliver Fox (PH. 18) – 39pts; 2nd - Ken Murray (PH. 21) – 37pts; Division 4 1st - Evan Tuite (PH. 26) - 40pts c/b; 2nd - Tommy Hoey (PH. 26) – 40pts

Thursday / Friday Open Singles 23/07/26: 1st - Kieran Grimes (PH.21) – 37pts; 2nd - Colin Walker (PH.17) - 36pts c/b; 3rd - Michael Burns (PH.21) – 36pts

Mannan Castle Seniors

The biggest turnout of seniors for the year so far competed for Captain John Minnock's Prize to the Seniors on Tuesday last.

Played over 13 holes, scoring was exceptional and by far the best score of the day was returned by Bernard Crawley (PH35). Bernard's round was the epitome of consistency.

He scored on every hole, and three of the par 3s contributed no less than 12 points to his final total of 36 points. He was the worthy winner of the first prize.

In division 1, Philip McEntee (PH17) required a birdie and a par on the final two holes to separate himself from Richard Mulholland (PH17) on countback.

Philip had two birdies and four pars on his card. Richard had one birdie and five pars. They posted a very good score of 30 points.

Jim Fox (PH24) was the clear winner of division 2 with an excellent score of 32 points. Jim had a great start to his round with pars on the first three holes. He continued steadily, adding two more pars and scoring on every hole.

A three-way tie in division 3 required a countback to separate Timmy Kelly (PH35), Sean O'Hagan (PH35) and Sean Roe (PH27) on 31 points. Timmy's par on hole 12 proved crucial to the outcome. Mannan Castle Seniors wish Captain John a very successful weekend.

Captain John Minnock's Prize to the Seniors -13 Holes -Tuesday 28th July: 1st Prize Winner: Bernard Crawley (35) 36pts; Division 1: Philip McEntee (17) 30pts c/b; Division 2: Jim Fox (24) 32pts; Division 3: Timmy (35) 31pts c/b