Limerick Leader weekly golf club notes

BALLYBUNION
Men’s Competition: Mens Christmas Hamper Sponsored by John J Galvin & Son Ltd, Old Course and Cashen Course, Sunday 27th November: John J Galvin Mens Christmas Hamper – Old Course
Sunday 27th November, White Tees, 1st Michael D Farrell (21)  36pts (B9 - 18); 2nd Patrick Carmody (39) 36 pts ( B9 - 16); 3rd Jayson Buckley (11) 35 pts; Best Gross Senan Carroll (+6)  27pts.
RESULTS: John J Galvin Mens Christmas Hamper, Cashen Course
Sunday 27th November, White Tees; 1st Millie Costello (24)  40pts; 2nd Bryan Hickey (7) 39pts; 3rd Ed Stack (0) 37pts; Best Gross Gary Scanlon (1)  28pts; 4th Kieran Culhane (10) 36pts (B9 - 15, B6 - 12); 5th Colm O'Halloran (19) 36 pts ( B9 - 15, B6 - 8).
Fixtures: Sunday 4th December, Mixed Christmas Hamper Sponsored by Henry Sheahan Enterprises – Old Course and Cashen Course.
Ladies Competition: Ladies 18 Holes Stableford Singles, Cashen Course, Tuesday 22nd November. 1st Jeanelle Griffin (33) 34; 2nd Judy McMahon (40) 32; 3rd Tess Noonan (39) 28 (B9-13); 4th Nora Quaid (13) 28 (B9-10; B6-4)
Ladies Fourball Betterball: Cashen Course, Saturday 26th November. 1st Jeanelle Griffin (30) & June Hayes (34) 41 pts; 2nd Maria Shanahan (29) & Martha Woulfe (35) 36 pts; 3rd Jodie O'Keeffe (35) & Caroline Griffin (32) 35 pts (b9-13 pts)
Fixtures: Tuesday 6th December, Ladies Competition, Old Course.
Senior Men’s: Fixtures: Thursday 1st December, Senior Mens Competition, Cashen Course.
Senior Ladies: Fixtures: Friday 2nd December, Senior Ladies Competition, Cashen Course.

BALLYNEETY
Mens: Blind 4 ball; Winners Brian Hanley & Ger Reynolds 56; Cat 1 Stephen Ryan 29 points; Cat 2 Tom Barrett 27 points; Cat3 Walter Shanahan 30 points.
SENIORS: 12 hole champagne Scramble; 1st Tom Barrett Minie O'Brien Sean Murphy & Tony Ryan 47.1; 2nd Anthony Ryan Tony P Ryan Liam Carey & Flan Connolly 44.1; 3rd Ger Kavnagh Tim Mulcair Vincent Mc Elliot &James Leonard 43.4
Team of 3: Mike Grimes Tom Carroll & Willie Whelton 41.3.
SPLIT THE POT: Fund Raiser split the pot. Noah Brosnan wins €122.
AGM: 5th December.

CHARLEVILLE
Ladies AGM: A well attended meeting was held in the Club House of Charleville Golf Club Sunday evening, November 27th.
The election of officers then took place:
Vice- Captain, Avril Noonan; Secretary, Betty Coughlan; Treasurer, Marie Walsh; and Nola addressed the meeting expressing her thanks for the honour and her hopes and wishes for another great year ahead. Weather dependent, the first event of her year will be a Christmas Scramble on December 11th.
Ladies Results: Young at Heart 14/11/22; Best Card; Anne McEvoy (21) 24 Pts
Ladies 12 Hole Singles S/F: Thursday, November 17: 1st Carmel O’Neill (26) 29pts; 2nd Anne McEvoy (14) 28pts.
Mens Club AGM: Sunday December 4th at 6.00pm; Parent Club AGM, Sunday Dec 4th at 7.00pm
12-Hole Singles: 19th November – 12 holes singles; 1st Joe Ryan (n) 26pts (18) CB. 20th November – 12 hole 4 ball Turkeys; 1st John O'Keeffe & Anthony O'Keeffe 35pts; 1st John O'Keeffe & Jim Harmon 35pts.

DROMOLAND
Results: Singles Stableford Turkey Competition for the week ending 27th November; 1st Philip Hehir 40; 2nd John O'Shaughnessy 40; 3rd Tony Kelly 36
Ladies Turkey Competition: Ladies Turkey Competition for the week ending 27th November: 1st Joan Ryan 19pts; 2nd Joan Dunne 19pts; 3rd Leslie O'Flynn 19pts; 4th Ann McMahon 18pts.

KILRUSH
Mens: 27 November: Turkey Singles Week 4; 1 John K Ryan (12) 32 pts; 2 Bernard Coleman (11) 31 pts; 3 Sean Lyons (12) 28 pts.

CO TIPPERARY
Captain’s Dinner: It was wonderful to be back in the Venue Dundrum House for the Captain’s Dinner after a break of two years due to lock down. He said he especially wanted to wish our Lady Captain Niamh Chadwick a speedy recovery and hoped to see her out on the fairways very soon.
He paid tribute to outgoing President Kathleen O’Neill and said it was a pleasure to have her as President during his tenure as Captain, and her advice was always greatly welcomed. Kathleen he said is a long standing member who has made a big contribution to golf in our club over the years.
Captain Brian also welcomed our new president Paddy Fitzgerald. Paddy who is a past Captain of the club was announced as our President for the next two years by outgoing president Kathleen O’Neill who wished him well over the next two years. Captain Brian praised all those who worked so hard to make the golf experience in Dundrum such a wonderful success.
Starting with the proprietor Jeff Leo with whom he developed an excellent working relationship over the year. He thanked Jeff for the huge expenditure on our fantastic Golf Course and Clubhouse. Brian made particular reference to the completion of the first phase of the new irrigation system & the state of the art Driving Range which is in the final stage of completion. He praised our Green keeper Brian Webster and his staff for the excellent progress on the golf course over the past year. Brian also made reference to the sad passing staff member Davy Heelan RIP during the year.
Captain Brian was particularly complementary to our Golf Professional Marian Riordan & her staff including twice world champion speed golfer Robert Hogan, Mary Lonergan in the Golf Shop and also Eoin Tobin who moved to another profession during the year.