All the news from Wexford, St. Helen’s Bay and Rosslare Golf Clubs

Congratulations to our Mixed Foursomes team who were victorious in their match against Gowran on Sunday. It was a tied match and the nominated pairing of Nicky Reville and Martina Gately had to go to a play-off where they secured the win.

At home were Brian Morris and Madge Murphy, and Gary Lynch and Mary O’Leary, while the away pairs were Nicky Reville and Martina Gately, and Richie Browne and Lily Rowe. Well done to all concerned.

Congratulations to our Challenge Trophy Team who had a super win against New Ross on Saturday on a scoreline of 55-49. The team featured Anne Dunne, Catherine Berney, Bernie Duffy, Martina Flynn, Kathleen Murphy, Liz Butler and Clodagh Williams.

Our Intermediate Foursomes team played a thrilling match in glorious summer sunshine against Courtown but, unfortunately, they came out on the wrong side of a 2.5 to 1.5 scoreline.

The home team was Louisa Boshoff, Therese Glasheen, Yvonne MacSweeney, Mary O’Leary and Mary Rice. The ladies who travelled were Elaine Bolger, Martina Gately, Osnat Manning, Elaine Mullen, Madge Murphy and Mary Walsh. The team managers were Tracy Rossiter and the lady Vice-Captain, Mary Robinson.

After another keenly-contested match, our Revive Active Ladies’ Fourball team went down to St. Helen’s on a scoreline of 3-1.

Representing the club at home were Triona Hogan, Helen Kinsella, Mag Mooney, Aisling O’Leary and Una Robinson. Those who played away were Margaret Atkinson, Elaine Bolger, Susan Kelly, Marguerite Murphy, Rachel O’Connor and Sheila Richardson.

We wish both Courtown and St. Helen’s all the best in their next round of matches.

Saturday and Thursday, May 11 and 16, Pettitt’s SuperValu 18-hole stableford (55 played): 1, Maria Butler (31), 41 points; 2, Richella MacCarville (18), 38 points; gross, Aisling O’Leary (2), 30 points; 3, Rachel O’Connor (6), 35 points; Senior, Patricia Field (27), 32 points; nine-hole (17 played): 1, Louisa O’Brien (19), 19 points; 2, Barbara Mantripp (15), 18 points (back six).

Tuesday, May 14, mixed Scotch foursomes, ten holes (20 pairs): 1, Jim Cummins and Catherine Berney (20), 31; 2, John and Mary Rackard (18.6), 31.3; 3, Paul Hynes and Martina Gately (9), 35.

Monday, May 20, Seniors, 14-hole three-person waltz (19 teams): 1, Mary McMahon (20), Pauline O’Neill (22), Kay O’Reardon (26), 51 (back six); 2, Madge Murphy (15), Una Doherty (20), Trina Walsh (13), 51 (back three).

Saturday and Thursday, May 25 and 30, Liam Bowler Pro Shop singles and PGA Tankard (68 played): 1, Martina Dempsey (23), 40 points; 2, Bernie Power (28), 37 points (back nine); gross, Aisling O’Leary (2), 29 points; 3, Tracy Rossiter (26), 37 points; Cat. A, Yvonne MacSweeney (17), 34 points (back six); Cat. B, Beppi O’Connor (20), 35 points; Cat. C, Amy Rossiter (38), 34 points (back six); Senior, Madge Murphy (21), 34 points (back six); front nine, Mary Rackard (35), 20 points; back nine, Bernie Duffy (38), 19 points; nine-hole (twelve played): 1, Clodagh Williams (21), 18 points (back one); nearest the pin, Mary McMahon; top eight qualifiers for scratch matchplay (best eight gross): Aisling O’Leary, Leonie Furlong, Rachel O’Connor, Ruth Kennedy, Carmel Murphy, Martina Dempsey, Yvonne MacSweeney, Deirdre Colfer.

Tuesday, May 28, mixed Scotch foursomes, ten holes (25 pairs): 1, Martina Flynn and Ollie Byrne (26.3), 31.6 points; 2, Kate and Lar Banville (25.6), 32.3; 3, Louisa Boshoff and Jim Turner (8), 33.

ST. HELEN’S BAY LADIES

It has been a busy week on the fairways, with all of our competitions well supported by members and visitors alike.

Our Get into Golf ladies are busy too getting in lots of practice and will soon be a force to be reckoned with.

Wednesday, May 29, Self Storage Wexford Summer Series, open singles: 1, Frances Reid (34), 33 points; 2, Nora Kavanagh (16), 31 points (countback); 3, Janet Slattery (21), 31 points (countback).

Friday, May 31, R&A nine-hole qualifier: 1, Angie Sheehan (16), 16 points (countback); 2, Nora Kavanagh (8), 16 points (countback); 3, Valerie Breen (17), 15 points.

Saturday, June 1, PGA Tankard, sponsored by The Kilrane Inn: 1, Susan Fitzgerald (21), 39 points; 2, Emer Farrell (20), 38 points; 3, Mary O’Reilly (28), 34 points.

Sunday, June 2, open singles, sponsored by Bord na Móna: 1, Anna Marie Murphy (29), 40 points; 2, Colette Mellon (18), 36 points; 3, Anne Marie Murphy (37), 35 points.

Our competitions this week are: Wednesday, June 5, Self Storage Wexford Summer Series, open singles stableford; Friday, June 7, open nine holes singles stableford; Saturday, June 8, Captain Michael’s and Captain Sonya’s charity event in aid of Kilrane National School Special Needs Awareness, sponsored by Baku GLS; Sunday, June 9, open foursomes, men and women; Wednesday, June 12, Self Storage Wexford Summer Series, open singles.

We are extremely grateful to all our sponsors for their support and ask that all prize-winners, as a courtesy to, and as an acknowledgement of, our sponsors, attend the prize-giving or arrange for someone to attend on their behalf.

ST. HELEN’S BAY

Wednesday, May 29, Wexford Self Storage Summer Series, open singles stableford round two: overall, Gavin Morris, 39 points; gross, Martin Codd, 36 points; Division 1: 1, Bob Byrne, 34 points; Division 2: 1, Shane Sinnott, 36 points (last nine); 2, Ian Mooney, 36 points; Division 3: 1, Paul Monks, 32 points; 2, Anthony Naughton, 32 points.

Friday, May 31, R&A nine-hole challenge: 1, Eoghan Byrne, 19 points; 2, Anthony Naughton, 18 points.

Saturday, June 1, open singles stableford and PGA Tankard qualifier, sponsored by Kilrane Inn: 1, Colm O’Leary, 42 points; 2, Kieran Whelan, 38 points; 3, Aaron Sheehan (Old Conna), 36 points; gross, Pat O’Connor, 30 points; front nine, Ciarán O’Brien, 23 points; back nine, Gavin Morris, 20 points.

Sunday, June 2, open singles stableford, sponsored by Bord Na Móna Recycling: 1, Jason Hughes (Coollattin), 38 points; 2, Paddy Hannon, 35 points; 3, Gerry Carney, 33 points; gross, Niall Ellard, 32 points.

Congratulations to our men’s Pierce Purcell team who defeated Rosslare 3.5 to 0.5 in round two and now progress to round three where they will meet Borris.

The Wexford Self Storage Summer Series continues Wednesday, June 5 with round three. Open singles stableford competitions will be played over ten Wednesdays, ending on August 28, with weekly and end of series prizes for both men and women.

A special inclusive rate of €40 for visitors covers green fee, competition entry, meal and beverage. This competition is sponsored by Wexford Self Storage. To book or find out more visit https://www.sthelensgolfresort.com/news or contact the Pro Shop (053-9133234 or proshop@sthelensgolfresort.com.

Saturday, June 8 is the Captains’ charity event in association with Kilrane National School, an open singles stableford, sponsored by BAKU GLS Limited, Kilrane Business Park. To book visit https://www.sthelensgolfresort.com or contact the Pro Shop.

WEXFORD

Sunday, May 26, 14-hole singles: 1, Pat Harnett (13), 32 points (back nine); 2, Roy Doyle (14), 32 points.

Tuesday, May 28, Seniors, 15-hole stableford: 1, Niall McGuigan (12), 30 points; 2, Ed Mooney (19), 28 points; 3, Ger Mulhall (30), 27 points (back six).

Wednesday, May 29, open fourball: 1, Tom O’Gorman (15) and Ken Roche (15), 37 points; 2, Pat Murphy (10) and John O’Connor (17), 35 points (back six); 3, Larry O’Neill (5) and Adrian Doran (6), 35 points (back nine); 4, Chris Grant (9) and Paul Carthy (8), 35 points.

Friday, May 31, open three-person team event: 1, Richard O’Rourke (9), Ryan O’Rourke (7) and Colm McCabe (17), 71 points; 2, George Hillis (12), Seamus Byrne (23) and Patricia Hillis (19), 70 points; 3, Pat ‘Kenny’ Walsh (10), Pádraig Gannon (16) and Alan Keeling (9), 64 points (back nine).

Events for next week: Wednesday, June 5, open singles; Thursday, June 6, adult and Junior Champagne scramble; Friday, June 7, Eagy Hopkins charity scramble; Saturday, June 8, gents’ past Captains; Sunday, June 9, Talbot monthly medal; Tuesday, June 11, 18 holes open singles with 70+ category.

ROSSLARE LADIES

We had a fabulous day for our annual Play in Pink, in aid of NBCRI (Breast Cancer Research), on Tuesday.

Both our main course and Burrow course featured this year as President John Howard organised a men’s Play in Pink competition for the Burrow course. Our competitions and raffle raised a super €2,200 for this cause.

Congratulations to winners Susan Evans and Máire Farrell, and thanks to all who supported and to our sponsors for the event, Gemini Surgical Innovations.

Tuesday, May 28, fourball (Play in Pink), sponsored by Gemini Surgical: 1, Susan Evans (9), Máire Farrell (14), 44 points; 2, Arianne Wassermann (33), Jean Cullinane (25), 43 points; 3, Anne Cullimore (15), Tara Dunne (5), 42 points; 4, Paula Stafford (12), Dorcas Maher (12), 41 pts (back nine); nearest the pin, Moira Fortune; best dressed ladies: Clare Barry, Joan Radford, Mary O’Connor, Vice-Captain Karen Burke.

Tuesday, May 28, nine-hole singles (Play in Pink), sponsored by Gemini Surgical: 1, Doreen Phillips-Atkinson (20), 23 points; 2, Anna O’Leary (9), 17 points (back six).

Tuesday, May 28, men’s nine-hole singles (Play in Pink), sponsored by Gemini Surgical: 1, Pat Doyle (10), 21 points; 2, Anthony Corish (3), 18 points; best dressed man: Vice-Captain Boyd Scott.

Saturday, June 1, open fourball: 1, Margaret O’Connell (Newlands, 9) and Carmel Shanagher (Newlands, 22), 42 points; 2, Ruth Dwan (Milltown, 21) and Sarah Buckley (Milltown, 12), 40 points; 3, Liz Callery (11) and Joan Griffin (11), 40 points.

Tomorrow (Thursday, June 6) will be our final ‘Get into Golf’ event at the Burrow, with a scramble competition and prize-giving at the clubhouse. Well done to all the ladies who have participated in the programme, with some serious talent on show.

Huge thanks to Clare Barry and Vonny Kelly for their excellent stewardship of the programme, and to all the ‘GIG’ volunteers for their time.

Friday, June 7 will be our next ‘12 and Dine’ event on the Burrow course, followed by a barbecue at the clubhouse.

Tuesday, June 11 will be Captain Paul’s prize to the ladies (GOY 5 medal), and the following Tuesday will be PGA Tankard (GOY 6), sponsored by our club professional Jamie O’Sullivan. Note that there will be prize-giving each of these evenings at 9 p.m., and all are encouraged to attend.

Keep up to date with news, results and pictures on our website (www.rosslaregolf.com) and on social media.