Members Celebrate Christmas
The final round of the Winter League (Puc Cup) is to be held on Saturday next. The competition will run in conjunction with this year’s Christmas Party. It will be run over 11 holes with a shotgun start to take place at 1.00 p.m. sharp. All competitors are asked to be on site from 12.30 p.m. to register for the competition. At this stage Ann Mullins team is leading the way with 209pts, John Barcoe’s team running second with 204 pts and in 3rd place Sean Kiely’s team with 201pts. However it’s all to play for this Saturday.
The evening will culminate with season festivities in the clubhouse. Prizewinners from the past number of weeks will be presented with their respective prizes to include “Golfer of the Year”, Club Matchplay – singles and 4 ball winners.
Men’s Weekly 11 Hole Competition
1st James Comerford (9) 26 points
2nd Luke Kelly (10) 26 points
3rd Fergus Fleming (12) 25 points
Ladies:
The weekly competition – 11 Hole Stableford was won by Eithne Byrne (36) with 23 points.
The Ladies Gala Scramble on Friday was a great success despite the rain and cold! The winners of the 9 hole scrambe were Deirdre Mc Cabe (16), Ger Hickey (21) and Eithne Donnelly (31) with 30.2nett. Well done to everyone for participating and thanks to Bernie & Pat at Gowran for putting on a really lovely meal afterwards.
The weekly competitions are now 9 holes and the main gala day is on this coming Saturday the 10th.
Autumn Qualifier
Last Thursday and Friday saw the penultimate round of the Autumn Series. Good scoring resulted in a tie within the competitors of 40 points. Tony Malone playing off 15 from Mountain View secured the leading qualifiers spot on countback, while Gowran Park member, Colm Corcoran playing off 7 along with Noel Cottrell (19) Mountain View took the other 2 remaining spots. Last round of this series takes place this week with a timesheet in play Thursday and Friday before the final to take place on Friday 16th December. All qualifiers will be contacted prior to this event detailing times etc.
1st Tony Malone (15) Mountain View 40 pts
2nd Colm Corcoran (7) Gowran Park 40 pts (cb)
3rd Noel Cottrell (19) Mountain View 40 pts (cb)
Christmas Championship
This years’ competition is to be held over Christmas Week, commencing on Tuesday 27th December through to Saturday 31st December. The competition will be a 3 Person, men’s ladies or mixed format and two leading teams from each day will qualify for the final on Saturday January 7th 2012. Last year this competition proved very popular and with timesheets now open early booking is advised.