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ADARE MANOR

Open Scramble Team of 3 - April 4-5: 1st - Simon Guerin, Ryan Kelly & Allen Schasser - 56; 2nd - Damien Moloney, Alan Carey & John Daly - 58 (B9); 3rd - John Hickey, Stephen Hickey & Michael Condon - 58.
Club Open Singles - Monday, April 6: 1st Donncha O'Brien, Adare Manor GC. - 39pts; 2nd Denis Merdith, New Forest GC - 39pts; Gross Ian O' Gorman, Adare Manor GC - 35 pts; 3rd Pat Purcell, Adare Manor GC - 38pts.
Senior's Competition Wednesday, April 8: 1st Mattie Hayes & Niall Darcy 41 pts; 2nd Willie Connery & Jim Gallivan 39pts; 3rd Eamonn Kelleher & Tim Sheehan 38 pts (B4); 4th Bernard Mackessy & Maurice Keane 38pts.
Juniors Competition Friday, April 10 - Junior Spring Scramble: 1st - Kevin Walsh, Conor O'Rourke & Robert O'Sullivan - 27 nett Score; 2nd - Jordan O' Donoghue, Luke Russell & Darragh O'Connor - 29 nett Score; 3rd - Daniel Mullane, Josh Mc Cauley & Luke Hartnett - 31 nett Score.
Well Done lads in very trying conditions. Well done to all who played today on an ever improving course.

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BALLYBUNION

Men’s Competitions: Men’s Singles Sponsored by KCS Logistics & Cold Storage (GOY) – Sunday 12th April 2026 Old Course 1st Tom Joe O'Mahony(16) 41 Pts, 2nd Jack C Buckley(9) 38 Pts, 3rd Cillian Beasley(7) 37 Pts (B9 20), Best Gross: Peter Sheehan 36, 4th Morgan Sheehy(7) 37 Pts (B9 19).
Category 1: 1st Aidan Buckley(6) 35 Pts. Category 2: 1st John OTiarnaigh(8) 36 Pts (B9 20), 2nd John Eggleston(8) 36 Pts (B9 18), Gross: Des O'Hanlon. Category 3: 1st Fergus Fitzmaurice(15) 36 Pts (B9 20), 2nd Danny Larkin(16) 36 Pts (B9 19), Gross: Frank Geary. Category 4: 1st Robert Ryan(23) 37 Pts (B9 16), 2nd David Walsh(21) 36 Pts (B9 15), Gross: John Hannan.
Fixtures: Men’s Singles Sponsored by Goggin Howell Insurance (GOY) – Sunday 19th April 2026 Old Course
Ladies Competitions: Ladies Team of 4 Open Day Sponsored by Dermot O’Neill Academy – Monday 6th April 2026 Old Course - 1st Carol Slattery (35) Silloge Park, Elizabeth Bermingham (36) Castletroy, Michelle McManus (13) Luttrellstown, Eimer McManus (7) Limerick Golf Club 81 pts; 2nd Jane Kennedy (15) Shannon Golf Club, Noleen Neylon (10) Shannon Golf, Emma O’Halloran (16) Shannon Golf Club, Mary Tarmey (21) Athenry Golf Club 80 pts B9-39; 3rd Siobhan Lynch (36), Nola Murray (29), Tess O’Brien (29), Siobhan Kennedy (28) – Charleville Golf Club 80 pts B9-38
Two hole in one scores!: Catherine Kavanagh (Mitchelstown GC) 14th, Eileen Kavanagh (Castletroy GC) 15th.
Ladies Tuesday Competition – Tuesday, April 7 Cashen Course: 1st Elaine Molyneaux (18) 37pts (Bk 9 -19); 2nd Maureen Culhane (22) 37 pts (Bk 9 -17); 3rd Mary Hickey Keane (32) 36 pts (Bk 9 -17); 4th Ruth FitzGerald (24) 36 pts (Bk 9 -15).
Fixtures: Ladies GOY 1 Competition Sponsored by The Listowel Arms Hotel – Saturday 18th April 2026 Old Course; Ladies Tuesday Competition – Tuesday, April 21 Old Course
Senior Men’s Competitions: Senior Men’s Competition - Thursday 9th April 2026 Cashen Course: 1st. Billy Lane (12) 19pts. B6-15. 2nd. Padraig Murphy (9) 21-2 19pts. B6-13. 3rd. John McEnery (11) 18pts. Gross. Brendan Daly 13pts. 4th. Anton Casey (9) 17pts. 5th. Gerry Murray (12) 17-1 16pts. B6-13. 6th. Michael (ballyb) Sugrue (8) 17-1 16pts.
B6-12. 7th. Dan Sheehan (8) 18-2 16pts. B6-11. B3-7. 8th. Sean Cororan (6) 16pts. B6-11. B3-4. 9th. Pat McLoughlin (10) 16pts. B6-10. 10th. P.J.Houlihan (7) 15pts. B6-11. V. Frank Dore (5) 18-4 14pts. B6-11. S.V. Michael P.O’Farrell (13) 19-5 14pts. B6-15. S.S.V. John Quirke (9) 16-1 15pts. B6-10.
Fixtures: Senior Men’s Competition - Thursday 16th April 2026 Cashen Course
Senior Ladies Competitions: Fixtures - Senior Ladies 9 Hole Competition – Friday, April 17 Cashen Course.

BALLYNEETY

Results: 18 hole Stableford competition April 4/5th sponsored by the ladies committee: 1st place Fiona Hayes (PH 19) 37 points, 2nd place Maya Sreenan (ph 28) 32 points (15 points on back nine).
Thank you to everyone who played in our first Open day of 2026. A big thank you to Mathew Stephens Jewellers for their very generous sponsorship. We had a fantastic turn out with 38 teams playing. The results are in: 1st A Feeney LC, R Keane, P Carroll 84 points, 2nd C Martin, F Hennessy, M Neville 83 points, 3rd M Comerford, D Curtin, Y Sheahan 82 points (countback), 4th J Byrne, M Lipper, V Leahy 82 points, 5th F Hayes, K Hennessy, Z Scanlon 80 points, 6th B Lawlor, A Smyth, N Campbell 78 points. Longest Drive: Lisa Cooke, Nearest the Pin: Gena Nicholas. Our next open day takes place on Wednesday 6th May.
Junior Golf: Well done to Jessica Sutton who played in the Scottish Girls Championship. Great to be competing with some of the big names on the scene and holding her own.

BALLYKISTEEN

Thurs 2nd April, Senior Ladies 9 hole s/f comp: Kitty Sheehan 14 pts, Mairead Quirke 14 pts, Sheila Hammersley 12 pts.
Sunday 5th April 18 hole s/f competition: Colette Fitzgerald 33 pts; Kitty Sheehan 30 pts; Catherine English 28 pts.
Tuesday 7th April 9 hole Ladies Comp: Siobhan Condon 16 pts; Mairead Quirke 15 pts; Mary Keane 13 pts.
Thurs 9th April Senior Ladies 9 hole Comp: Kitty Sheehan 13 pts; Margo O'Doherty 11 pts; Esther Fearnley 11 pts.

DROMOLAND

Ladies Competitions: 18 Hole S/F - 1st Siobhan Dyar 34pts, 2nd Dorothy Brennan 34pts, 3rd Linda Kochhar 32 pts. 9 Hole S/F - 1st Cathy Casey 18 pts, 2nd Aislinn Keogh 17 pts.
Gents Competition: 1st John O’Neill 38pts, 2nd John O’Grady 38pts, 3rd Derek Ryan 37 Pts. Gross Cillian O’Connor 35 pts, 20+ Evan O’Mara 34pts.

KILRUSH

Bank Of Ireland 12 Hole Open Singles 11th & 12th April 2026: 1st John Robinson (19) 30pts; 2nd Tony McMahon (10) 28pts (B9). Gross: Michael Miniter; 3rd Thomas Coffey (7) 27pts.

NEWCASTLE WEST

Ladies: Easter Hamper - 1st Bridget O'Connor, 2nd Norrie Foran, 3rd Margaret Barry.Seniors: Winners - Lady Captain Loretto Hayes, Veronica Loughran and Geraldine Meany. 18 hole S/F 5th/7th April: 1st Lady Captain Loretto Hayes, 2nd Mary O'Sullivan, 3rd Bridget O'Connor, 4th Janette McMahon. Best Gross: Rose Fitzgerald.
SENIORS: Results, Monday, April 13th – 1st Tom Giltenane, Anthony Lenihan & Tommy O’ Connor; 2nd Jim Holland & Mossy O’ Connor. Fixtures: Monday, April 20th – 2-Ball scramble, 14 holes; draws at usual times.

COUNTY TIPPERARY

Open Singles: Winner: Andrew Heffernan (Co. Tipperary GC) 43pts (PH 15). Category 1: 1st Michael O’Grady (Co. Tipperary GC) 41pts (PH 9); In 2nd place Jack Fogarty (Templemore GC) 40pts (PH 8); In 3rd place Liam Hayes (Rathdowney GC) 39pts (PH 8). Category 2: In 1st place John Canny (Co. Tipperary GC) 40pts (PH 11); In 2nd place Luke Kavanagh (Rathdowney GC) 39pts b9 (PH 13); In 3rd place Scott Williams (Co. Tipperary GC) 39pts (PH8). Category 3: In 1st Place Mark Ryan (Co. Tipperary GC) 42pts (PH 24); In 2nd place Tony McCarthy (Clonmel GC) 40pts (PH 21); In 3rd Place Michael O’Keeffe (West Waterford GC) 38pts (PH18).
Ladies Golf: Winners on 48 points - Geraldine Ryan, Pauline Fitzgerald, Colette O’Dwyer & Emma Ryan. In 2nd place on 44 points - Cora Morrissey, Maura Cross, Sadie Quirke. Lucky Dip winner was Catherine Moloney. The winner of the Tuesday Morning Golf was Kitty Byrne with 22 points. The winner of the Lucky Dip was Rose Smith.
Seniors Golf: Result of last week’s 15h champagne scramble. In 1st place John Grogan, Martin Quirke & Tony Farrell 84+4 = 90pts. In 2nd place Tadhg O’Driscoll, Pat Leahy & Pat Keating 77+4 = 81pts.

TIPPERARY

​​​Wednesday, April 8 was an 18-hole Stableford competition sponsored by O'Dwyer Bros of Tipperary Town: In first place was Lady President Josie Dunne who won with 40 points (26). In second place was Patrice O'Connell with 35 points (33). There were two 2's, Anne Mooney had a birdie on the 5th and Yvonne Daly had one on the 13th hole. The 9-hole competition was won by Margaret Ryan with 21 points (22) and in second place was Pauline Walsh with 18 points (11).
Sunday 12th April 2026 was an 18-hole Stroke "Masters" competition. Winning impressively was Josephine O'Donnell 74 nett. There was one 2 recorded, well done Yvonne Daly who had a 2 on the Fairly Hole 15th.
Tipperary Golf Club Men's Notes: Easter Monday 6th April - Open Team of 3: On a day of mainly dry but blustery conditions we had a great turnout of 41 teams including 28 visitors, playing in the popular format. Thanks to Eddie Ryan and his greenkeeping staff. Our winning team was led by Club Secretary, Richard Ryan with James Hayes and Aherlow's Patrick Hennessy combining to get nine birdies to claim the title in a countback from a team containing one of our great sponsors Liam Murphy, his brother Martin, who got the all-important birdie on the first together with George Fahey.
Results: Team of 3 - 1st : James Hayes, Patrick Hennessy, Richard Ryan (2) 61 net B9; 2nd : Martin Murphy, Liam Murphy, George Fahey (2) 61 net B9; Mixed Team winners : Renagh Murphy. Bernard Murphy. Peter Ryan (3) 61 net; Winning Visitors Team : Maurice Terry, Conor O'Mahoney, Owen O'Mahoney (4) 62 net; Winning Ladies Team : Barbara Leahy, Josephine O'Donnell, Liz Higgins (8) 72 net
Open Singles Tuesday 7th April: Results Open Singles. Tuesday 7th April: Cat 1: Colm Noonan (9) 45pts; Cat 2 : Sean Jackson (13) 42 pts; Cat 3 : Ger Heelan (17) 44 pts; Cat 4 : Paddy Mulcahy (24) 44pts. Junior Prize: Jack Marnane (32) 46pts; Visitor Prize : Colm O Meara (7) 36pts Shannon Golf Club.
Friday 3rd April - 10 Hole Sweep: On Good Friday, we held a 9 hole sweep where Galbally’s Joe McGrath again came out on top in a tie from Declan Keaty and Liam O Brien. Winner: Joe McGrath (7) 22pts B6
Seniors Golf: 1st Place - Connie Hayes, Nicholas Cooke, Tommy Landers, Tom O Donnell. 81pts. 2nd Place - Alex Ryan, Conor Ryan (H), John Heneghan, John Walsh. 78pts. 3rd Place - Denis McGrath, Padraig O Ceallaigh, Eddie Stapleton, Billy O Reilly. 78pts. 4th Place - Sean Jackson, Dan Ryan, Michael Quirke, Dave Fitzgerald. 78pts.
Open Singles April 11: We had a great turn out of 67 players including 2 visitors. Well done to Seamus O'Halloran on securing another win in the top category, Tough conditions meant scoring was difficult. A great score too from local man, Ben Carey in the second category containing a birdie on the 9th hole which was a great boost to the card. Kilfinane's deadly duo of Fintan Leahy and Bernard O'Shaughnessy tied up the last two categories, both players having very consistent cards with little or no mistakes.
Results: Saturday 11th April Open Singles: Category 1: Seamus O Halloran (2) 28pts; Category 2 : Ben Carey (10) 32pts; Category 3 : Fintan Leahy (14) 36pts; Category 4: Bernard O'Shaughnessy (18) 31pts; Junior Prize: Eamon Kelly.
The Masters: Overall Result: 1st Place: Brian Leonard (20) 65; 2nd Place: Patrick Hennessy (16) 66 B9. Gross Prize: Sean Cummins 68; 3rd Place: David Stapleton (18) 66.