Limerick Leader weekly golf club notes

BALLYKISTEEN
LADIES: 18 Hole Stableford Sunday 9th June (GOY) on June 9 – 1 Majella Hallinan 41; 2 Olive Quinlan 37; 3 Mary Lynch Kavanagh 37.
9 Hole Stableford on Thursday June 13 – 1 Ann Buckley 12; 2 Mary Butler 12; 3 Mary C Kinane 8.

NEWCASTLE WEST
SENIORS GOLF: Results: Monday, June 17 – 1st Liam Mackessy and Mike Daly; 2nd Joe Roe and John Anthony Culhane.
Fixtures: Monday, June 24 – 2ball scramble, 16 holes, draws at usual times. Wednesday, July 3 – Outing to Roscrea, draw in Roscrea at 10.15am.

LIMERICK
LADIES: Captain’s Prize (Carmel Boland), 9th June: 1st. Hilary Duggan, H/C 24, 42 points; 2nd Kathleen Sheehan, H/C 48, 41 points (b9); Best Gross. Orla Barry, H/C 9, 29 gross; 3rd. Mary Kehily, H/C 41, 41 points; 4th. Ann Keating, H/C 47, 40 points (b6); 5th. Niamh O’Connor, H/C 33, 40 points; 6th. Christine Conway, H/C 32, 39 points (b3); 7th. Ann Bradshaw, H/C 25, 39 points (b9); 8th. Paula Comber, H/C 28, 39 points (b6); 9th. Nuala Kilroy, H/C 25, 39 points; 10th. Laura Comber, H/C 16, 38 points (b6): Committee Prize. Cassis Cotter, H/C 27, 31 points; Front 9. Brenda Mooney, H/C 14, 20 points; Back 9. Karen Kemmy, H/C 54, 31 points; Longest Drive. Patricia Novakovic; Nearest the pin. Ide O’Brien.
9-hole Competition: 1st. Margaret McCarthy, H/C 31, 25 points; 2nd. Muriel Collins-Higgins, H/C 19, 24 points; 3rd. Jennifer McNamara, H/C 24, 23 points
Treacy O’Toole Salver: (Sponsored by Edward O’Toole), June 11: (16 holes): 1st. Deirdre O’Donovan, H/C 32, 38 points; 2nd. Audrey Fehily, H/C 30, 36 points (b9); Best Gross. Grainne D’Alton, H/C 6, 27 gross points; 3rd Elaine Donegal, H/C 23, 36 points (b6); 4th Margaret Meade, H/C 29, 36 points. 7-hole Competition: 1st Caroline Harrington, H/C 26, 15 points.

DROMOLAND
Mens Results: 18 Holes Rumble – Winners John McCarthy and Ciaran Kelly 54 pts. Second Sean Burns and Niall O’Connor 53 pts. Third Cyril O’Neill and P J Conway 51 pts
9 Hole week of June 10 – 1st Ciaran Gallagher 22 pts, 2nd Gordon Daffy 20 pts, 3rd Niall Geraghty 19 pts
Ladies Results: 18 Hole Stroke/Medal 3 – 1st Mairéad Bergin 70 nett, 2nd Cora O’Toole 71 net, Gross Joan Ryan 88, 3rd Deirdre Cooney 71 nett.

TIPPERARY
Summer Series Results: Tuesday June 11 – Category 1: Mikey O’Halloran 38 pts; Category 2: Philip Ryan 44 pts; Category 3: James Collins 43 pts; Category 4 : Michael Keaty 44 pts; Gross: Adam Long 37 pts. (Back nine); Visitor: Michael O’Dwyer 39 pts. Ballykisteen GC; Junior: Marcus Thompson
Main Draw Qualifiers: Adam Long, Mikey O’Halloran 38 pts; Philip Ryan 44 pts; James Collins 43 pts; Michael Keaty 44 pts; Michael O Dwyer, Ballykisteen GC
Consolation Draw Qualifiers: Gerard Grant Ballyneety GC; Patrick Ryan(G); Pat Merrigan; Edward Lowry; James Condon; David O’Brien; Liam Farrell; Tom Cosgrave
Summer Series Fri/Sat June 14-15: Category 1 : Daniel O Brien (07) 41pts (fri); Category 2 : Donal Elliot : (11) 39pts; Category 3 : Gerard Kelly : (17) 41pts (fri); Category 4 : Tim Ryan G : (24) 41pts; Gross : Liam Rafferty : 36pts (Cahir GC) B3; Visitor: Tommy Landers : 37pts Co. Tipperary.
Main Draw Qualifiers: Daniel O Brien, Donal Elliot, Gerard Kelly, Tim Ryan G, Liam Rafferty (Cahir GC), Tommy Landers Co. Tipperary
Consolation Draw Qualifiers: Pat Merrigan, James Doocey, Sean Bourke, Paddy O Shea, Ger Heelan, Michael Crowe, Daniel Connery, Brian Deegan
Presentation Night: Our first Presentation Night of the year takes place next Friday, June 21 at 8.30pm
All prizes since end of April plus the Main Draw and Consolation draw for Summer Series (round 9 to round 16) will be held.
Summer Series: We have now reached the halfway stage of our Series. So far we have had a great reaction to the new tournament with great numbers participating each Tuesday and Saturday. The qualifiers for the Grand final on Friday September 6 (note, change of date) are beginning to take shape with the top 15 in each category now becoming very competitive. Visitors have an extra opportunity to qualify through the main categories and seven top visitor scores automatically getting through.
Friday Mixed Scramble: We have now run this competition for each of the last six weeks. All are welcome to join in, just walk into the restaurant area and sign up and you will be assigned a team. Its a great way to meet other members and get your weekend off to a fun start. First team tees off at 5.30pm.
Friday Scramble June 14 Results: Our numbers are increasing each week so on this occasion we had three prizes. First Place: Nuala O Sullivan, Mike O Brien and Jim Bolger. Second Place :Patrick Ryan, Shauna O Rawe and Liam Ryan Sen. Third Place: Sean Jackson, John M O Dwyer and Jerry Morrissey
Upcoming Fixtures: Saturday Summer Series June 22, sponsored by Turfcare. Mackey Cup, Club Singles, Sunday June 23, sponsored by Tipperary Driving Range
Interclub Teams: Our Jimmy Bruen team and managers Richard Ryan and Davy Charles have been busy recently. Up next in the quarter finals of East Munster is an away game to Cahir GC on Saturday, June 22 at 2.30pm.

COUNTY TIPPERARY
Men’s Golf: The Carroll Cup was played over the weekend. This is one of our most prestigious competitions. It is to the memory of the late Pat Carroll RIP. The competition is sponsored by his brother John and all proceeds go to Tipperary Hospice. The Carroll Cup was presented to the winner Donal Coman by the late Pat’s son Sean and we are always delighted to welcome Mary Alice Carroll and the Carroll family and friends to the prize giving. 1st Donal Coman (20) 64. 2nd Stephen Quinn (16) 66; Gross: Brian Everard (5) 69, 3rd John Canny (7) 68, 4th PJ Kelly (17) 68
Category Prizes: Cat 1: In 1st place Dermot Keating (7) 72, in 2nd place Paul O’Connor (2) 73,; Cat 2: In 1st place George Ryan (12) 70, in 2nd place Sean Carroll (10) 71; Cat 3: In 1st place Seamus O’Dwyer (15) 71, 2nd place Mark Jordan (14) 72; Cat 4: 1st Michael Ryan (Winnie) (23) 69, 2nd Don Kennedy (21) 72
Senior winner: Pakie Ryan (Cashel) (22) 71.
9-Hole Mid-week Competition: In 1st place Michael Healy with 27 Nett. In 2nd place David Burke with 32 Net. In 3rdplace Gerard O’Dwyer with 33 Nett. The best Gross went to Andrew Burke with 35 Nett.
Ladies Golf: Our Tuesday morning scramble was deferred due to a lot of the ladies supporting pink day in Thurles. Tuesday scramble continues as normal.
Our medal competition the 3T.s held June 9th & 12th was wone by Isobel Hayes (17.3) 41pts. 2nd Caroline Maher (14.1) 42pts. Gross Sheena Ryan (13.4) 21 gross pts. 3rd Marie Graves (36.2) 40 pts. The winner will play in the K-club with the men’s club winner and our two Captains later in the year.
The results of our 9-hole qualifier June 13th were; 1st Rosemary Shanahan (36.2) 19 pts. 2nd Anne Grace (31.9) 18pts, Gross Sheena Ryan (13.8) 9 gross points.
Our Women’s Minor Foursomes team were playing in the quarter final of the Munster East division against Monkstown last Sunday June 16. The team on the day was Jacinta Coman & Marie Graves, Catherine O’Halloran & Rosemary Shanahan, Caroline O’Dwyer & Elizabeth Hayes, Niamh Chadwick & Lady Captain Mary O’Donnell, the reserve pairings were, Teresa Canny & Judy Hayes, Anne Grace & Kay Crosse. We put up a good fight but in the end the Result was Monkstown 2.5 Dundrum 1.5. Thanks to Managers Mary Hickey and Judy Hayes.
Seniors Golf: The result of last week’s 15-hole Champagne Scramble; in 1st place John Grogan, P J Maher, Johnny Hannigan and John Graves with 93pts, in 2nd place Matin Quirke, Pat Ryan (Golden) and Tom O’Donnell with 86pts, in 3rd place Dave O’Sullivan, Tommy Landers, PJ Kelly and Noel Gleeson with 84pts.

KILRUSH
Men: June 16-17: Bowman’s Lane Restaurant Open – Winner Gearoid Williams (16) 39 pts
Category 1: 1st Donncadh Nagle (4) 35 pts, 2nd Pat Brennan (7) 34 pts
Category 2: 1st Bill O’Reilly (16) 38 pts, 2nd Patrick Coleman (13) 37 pts
Category 3: 1st Barry Coleman (18) 38 pts, 2nd Gary Moen (23) 35 pts Front 9: Pat J Shannon (12) 20 pts. Back 9: Michael F Ryan (07) 20 pts