Limerick Leader's weekly golf club notes

ADARE MANOR
Open Singles: Open Singles 6th June; 1st - Brian Curtin 41pts; 2nd - Willie Lawton 39pts; 3rd - Derek O’Curry 39pts; Gross - Alan Purcell 33pts.
Seniors: Senior Men’s 7th June; 1st - Pat Begley & Ger Brennan 70pts; 2nd - Norman Alfred & Christy Bromell 68pts (CB); 3rd - Pat Mann & Barry Keohane 68pts; 4th - Sean Hickey & Michael O’Riordan 65pts.
Desmond Cup: Desmond Cup (strokeplay) 10th & 11th June; 1st - Michael A Noonan 64nett (B9); 2nd - Ger Ryan 64nett; Gross - Alan Purcell 68 gross; 4th - Eugene Mackessey 65nett (B9); Cat A (0-9) Eoin Moran 67nett; Cat B (10-17) Dermot Costello 66nett (B9); Cat C (18+) Daniel Broderick 65nett.

BALLYBUNION
Men’s Competition: Tom Corridan Senior Scratch Cup Sponsored by Ardfert Pharmacy – Old Course – Saturday 10th June; 1st Dylan Keating (Seapoint Golf Club) (74+71) 145; 2nd Peter Sheehan (Ballybunion Golf Club) (76+72) 148; 3rd Senan Carroll (Ballybunion Golf Club) (75+76) 151; 4th Eoin O’Carroll (St. Annes Golf Club) (73+78) 151
Men’s Medal: Competition Sponsored by Gearoid & Brian Whelan – Sunday 11th June , Cashen Course: 1st Ronan Cross (4) 67 Nett; 2nd Jayson Buckley (10) 68 Nett; 3rd Dot O’Gorman (8) 68 Nett; Gross: James O’Callaghan 73 Gross.
Ladies: Ladies Competition: Ladies Tuesday 18 Hole Stableford Competition– Cashen Course – Tuesday 6th May; 1st Susan Gilmore (10) 41pts; 2nd Muireann O’Sullivan (42) 40pts; 3rd Anne Marie Sexton (22) 39pts (bk9 – 21); 4th Catriona Corrigan (14) 39pts (bk 9 – 20); 9 Hole Competition: 1st Mary Whelan (20) 22pts.
Senior Men: Senior Men’s Competition: Senior Mens Competition – Thursday 8th June: Cashen Course; 1st Milie Costello (22) 44-2  42pts. 2nd Fin Broderick (19) 37+2  39pts; 3rd Pat McLoughlin (19)  40-2 38pts. B9-22. Gross. Tony Hanley 30pts; 4th Jerry Sexton (28)  34+4   38pts.   B9-15; 5th John Kinsella (14) 38-1  37pts. B9-20.

BALLYKISTEEN
Captain’s Prize: Last weekend our Captain Tom Holton hosted his Captains Prize. The top twelve qualified for a 9 hole playoff on Saturday evening.
Congratulations goes to the eventual winner Joe McDonald who claimed top spot with a total of 101.5 with Patrick Doyle 102 (on countback) in second place and PJ Joyce 102 in third place. 1st Joe McDonald 101.5; 2nd Patrick Doyle. 102 ( on Countback); 3rd PJ Joyce. 102 (on Countback); 4th Raymond Kelly. 102; Gross Winner Ewan McLoughlin; Leading Qualifier. JP Foy; Past Captains Frankie Nolan; Seniors Larry Keane; Junior Noah Desamais.
Seniors: Seniors Results Tuesday 6th: 1st Larry Keane, Ger Finnan, Eugene Hannon, Gareth Barry; 2nd Billy Ryan, Nico Riordan, Peter Ryan, Seán Kennedy.3rd Bob Heuston, Tim Clancy, John Higgins.
Upcoming fixtures: 15th, 16th, 17th Club Fourball Blue Stableford kindly sponsored by Pallas Bar Pallasgreen. 23rd 24th 25th Monthly Medal Blue Stableford kindly sponsored by Ryan Electrical Murroe.
Summer Challenge: We have now completed week 5 of 8 in our Summer Challenge. Leaderboard spreadsheet is posted up in Men’s locker room. Final has been fixed for Saturday 29th July with first team teeing off at 2.30.

CASTLETROY
Results: Mens Captain's Prize: 9 and 10 th June, Mr Derek Sheahan; 1 st D Fogerty (25), 42 pts bck 9; 2nd L Pearse (18) 42; 3rd K Moroney (19) 42; Gross D Walshe 33; 4th J O'Curry (21) 41; 5th P Fitzgerald (23) 41; second gross C Daly 33; 6th J Kavanagh senior (14) 40; 7th E Wallace (12) 39; 8th E Mc Mahon (7) 39; 9th L Scully (8) 39; 10th C Murphy (16) 39; nett day 1 J Golden (15) 38; nett day 2 R Linihan (16) 38; front 9 day 1 G Sheehan (22) 22; front 9 day 1 F Fogerty,(10) 21; front 9 day 2 M Quaid (14) 23 back 9 day 2 M Mulcahy (12) 21 past capt J O'Dwyer (22) 35; 1st seniors D Stokes (27) 33 ; 2nd seniors T Clancy (29) 33; Guests, D Clohessy, M Whelan S Carey A Sexton 88; Longest drive D Dooley; nearest the pin J Hodnett.
Open Singles: Bank Holiday Monday Open Singles; 1st E Hoset (11 ) 42, 2nd C Moloney Woodstock 39 gross P Hussey 33, 3rd R Haugh 39, 4th S Moloney 38.
Wed Open Singles: 1st M Lenihan (24) 41, 2nd O Hodges (4) 39 gross, J Kavanagh jun 32; 3rd N Feehan Ballyneety (26) 37, 4th G Murray (15) 37.

DROMOLAND
Mens Results: Results of the nine hole; 1st Brian Michael Foudy 22; 2nd Cathal Nolan 19; 3rd Shane Ryan 19.
Weekend Stableford: 1st Ian Mulready 42; 2nd Cillian O'Connor 41; 3rd Michael Browne 40; Gross Jason O’Leary 35; 22+ Denis Minihane 38.
Ladies Results: 18 Hole Stroke Medal 3; 1st Joan Ryan 68; 2nd Mairead Toomey 70; Gross Leslie O'Flynn 82; 3rd Mairead Bergin 75.
9 Hole Stroke: 1st Siobhan Fitzpatrick 33; 2nd Katrina O'Neill 37.

LIMERICK
Ladies: Limerick Golf Club Ladies' Club, Captain's Day (Captain Breda Dundon); 1st, Ger O'Carroll, P/H 17, 48 points; 2nd, Emer Gilligan, P/H 21, 41 points; Best Gross, Grainne Dalton, P/H 3, 27 gross points; 3rd, Antoinette Fitzgibbon, P/H 40, 38 points (b9); 4th, Carrie Jennings, P/H 40, 38 points; 5th, Caroline O'Donnell, P/H 29, 37 points (b9); 6th, Marie Moran, P/H 30, 37 points (b6); 7th, Lourde Glynn, P/H 24, 37 points (b6); 8th, Jane Cowhey, P/H 18, 37 points; 9th, Brid Crowley, P/H 40, 36 points (b6); 10th, Brenda Moloney, P/H 13, 36 points
Best Front nine, Cliona Finucane P/H 15, 21 points; Best Back 9, Deborah Fitzpatrick, P/H 34, 19 points; Longest Drive, Elaine Morris; Nearest Pin, Ailish Dilger; Category Prize 1st Nora Ryan, 38 points; 2nd Maeve McDonnell, 35 points
Committee Prize, Fiona McCarthy, P/H 15, 32 points; 9 hole competition: 1st Jennifer McNamara, P/H 28, 20 points; 2nd, Lena Sexton, P/H 22, 18 points.

TIPPERARY
Results: Wednesday, June 7th. 18 hole Vpar sponsored by Larry Creamer. Winner: Olive Mulvihill (35) 5 up; Runner Up: Kate Nicholson (28) 3 up; Overall 3rd: Kitty O'Reilly (260 3 up
Wed, June 7th. 18 hole 9 hole Sford' Winner: Kathleen O'Dwyer (15) 16 pts
stableford: Sunday, June 11th. 18 hole Club Day 18 hole S/ford; Winner: Barbara Leahy ( 28) 40 pts; Runner Up: Adrienne Hogan (32) 38 pts
Update: Update W/C June 12th: Monday the 12th June Senior Ladies Competition.
Wednesday the 14th June 18 hole and 9 hole stableford competitions kindly Sponsored by Tipperary Credit Union and also playing the Stella Moloney Trophy.
men's prize to ladies: Sunday the 18th June 18 hole stroke play Men's prize to the ladies and 9 hole stableford competition.
Hard luck: Hard luck to our Junior foursomes team and manager Orla O’Reilly who lost out away to Youghal on the last hole.
Best of luck to Renagh Murphy and our Intermediate team playing at home against Cahir on Sunday the 18th June at 4pm. All support is welcome.
Challenge final: We hosted the Munster R&A 9 hole challenge final last Monday and congratulations to Alan and Susan McKnight from Cork golf club who won with 38pts.Tipperary were represented by Renagh Murphy and Mike O'Brien.
We received many compliments about how good the course is looking and how good our catering is. Well done to Eddie Ryan and his course staff and Patricia and Ricky and all the staff.
Seniors Results: 8 June Seniors results; 1st Liam Farrell, matt Kenny, Nicholas Cooke, Liam Armshaw 105 pts. 2nd Rody Dwan, Pat Hayes, Ignatious Walsh, Seamus Carabine 104 pts cb; 3rd Jim McGlynn, Michael O'Leary, Tom O'Connor, Joe b Ryan 104 pts;