Captains Day - The County Sligo Golf Club

Captains Day
Breaking Points Number 32
CAPTAINS LOG
I had a wonderful Captains Day last Saturday. A great turnout with over 180 competitors & I would
like to thank all the members for their support on the day. Events like this require careful
organisation & with the help & assistance from David O’Donovan & his team Anne & Keith
ensured that the day & evening was a success. The course on the day was presented in super
condition. Many thanks to Mark Miller & his greenkeeping staff for their special effort over the last
week. The pin positions were carefully selected with the pin position on the new second green
extension proving an interesting addition. Many thanks to Jim & Maggie & Martin in the
professional shop & Dave Dent the Courser Ranger on the day. I would like to thank the many
volunteers involved in making it a memorable day. To Eileen Canning & Madge Smith for the
wonderful display of flowers throughout the Clubhouse. Our Caterers Brian, Eamon. Karen &
Niamh The time sheet starters & photographers: Niall Stafford, Vincent McGee, President
Padraig, Alex McAleenan, Kevin Flanagan & especially Vice Captain Jeff for his endurance on the
afternoon/evening shifts. Peter Maguire & his team for organising the competition. Gerry
McManus & John McHugh for the excellent presentation of prizes & to our Hon Sec. Joe Keyes
our MC for his very smooth running of the evening proceedings.
Congratulations to all the prize winners on the day. A worthy winner in Alex McAleenan with a
super score of 67 in blustery conditions that only needed 22 putts from an old putter reignited for
the day.
Well done to our Fred Daly team who defeated Galway CG in an epic Connacht Final in Athlone
last Friday. Thanks to all the team & to Captain Terry Brady & Vice Captain Tom Ford for a great
display of golf coming down the stretch. Our first pennant of 2015 now hangs proudly in the bar.
Finally, my sincere condolences to Bill and the O’Driscoll family on the sad passing this week of
Doreen, a much loved member of the community and this club. May she rest in Peace
Aidan Doyle
CAPTAIN’S PRIZE WINNER
ALEX McALEENAN
The winner of the 2015 Captain’s Prize, was Fourball partner and good friend of the Captain, the bronzed and affable Alex
McAleenan with a superb 67 nett playing off 8.
The key to the round was the fact that Alex reverted to an old putter for this special round. He waved it about in Potteresque
fashion to conjure up a round that contained only 22 putts the details of which are contained below.
1st - 1 putt from 30ft for par 2nd - 2 putts for bogey 3rd - 1 putt from 10ft for birdie 4th - 1 putt from 30ft for birdie
5th - 1 putt from 2ft for birdie
6th - Chipped in for birdie
7th - 2 putts for double bogey
8th - 1 putt from 3ft for par ( close to being a bird from back of green)
9th - 2 putts for bogey
10th - 1 8ft putt for par
11th - 2 putts for bogey ( last one about 10ft ) 12th - 2 putts for bogey
13th - 1 putt from 10ft for par. (up and down from bunker) 14th - 1 putt for a great 5 after bad drive / bad second / 4ron for 3rd .
15th - 1 putt from 25ft for par 16th - 1 putt from 8ft 17th - 1 putt from 5ft 18th - 1 putt from 5ft for par
Captain’s Day Prizewinners - Pictures by James Connolly
2nd Jim Hanley (15) 68 B9
6th Mark Millar (14) 70 B9
Guest
Stephen Kerins
3rd Alan Gaynor (3) 68
4th Ruairi O’Connor(2) 69 B9
7th Vincent Nally(14) 70 B9
8th Shane Flaherty (13)
Committee
Kevin Flanagan(4) 72
Senior
Paddy Morgan (6) 72
Captain's Prize to Ladies: Marie Rooney (13) Captain's Prize to Juniors: Sam Dunne
Gross Shane
Underwood(2) 73
5th Joe Casey (11) 69
9th Kirk Poth (15) 71
Juvenile's
Tom Flanagan
Past Captain’s
Pat Forkan 72
Seniors(Thursday)
Sean Doyle
Entries 187
CSS 73
Captain’s Day Dinner Attendees + Prizewinners
- Pictures by James Connolly
Captain’s Day On the Course Pictures by James Connolly
Captain’s Day Dinner Attendees - Pictures by James Connolly
Singles Stableford
Sunday 5th July
EUGENE HENRY (19)
PATRICK WOULFE (19)
DAVID CUNNINGHAM (13)
42
42
41
B9
CIARAN O’GARA(13)
40
No. of Entries 38 CSS : 72
Great scoring on the day after
Captains saw the charismatic
Eugene Henry piping Patrick
“ball in the bin” Woulfe on the
Back 9. Playing with
G Hargadon & M McDonnell,
Eugene had a quiet Front 9
with just a single par for 17
pts. Then the magic kicked
in with pars on 10, 11,
birdie on hole 12 courtesy of a 40ft putt
followed by a par on 13. An up and down
from the bunker on 15 for par and another
par on 18 meant a brilliant score of 2 over par
on the Back 9 for 25 points.
Jack O’Sullivan Trophy The first match is coming up
on the 16th July away to Boyle GC.
CECIL EWING Bad luck to Sean Moylan’s team who
went down 3-2 to Boyle GC l
Terry Brady and Tom Ford have secured Aidan Doyles first pennant when they masterminded a fantastic win for
Rosses in the Fred Daly Final in Athlone against arch rivals Galway! El Classico was always going to be tight and
so it proved with 3 matches going to tie holes. The team travels to Moyola Park at the end of August to play in the
all Ireland finals. Thanks to all the players, caddies and supporters who travelled, David won on the 19th, Cian won
3/2, TJ lost 3/2, Joseph won 19th, Tom O'Hara called in on 19 having been dormy 3 down, Conor lost 1 hole,
Paddy won 2/1 ! A great day!! (K Flanagan)
RULES QUIZ
SLIGO ROVERS
CLASSIC
I’ve been
inundated with
requests to print
the winners
photo from last
weeks Rovers
Classic so here
goes!
Sean Flanagan & Alex Gleeson sending a video message to the Captain on his
day from South Korea where they are representing Ireland in golf at the World
Univercities Olympics. It is a 4 round tournament with a team and individual
event! Golf in a sauna!! Humidity 80-90%! A far cry from Bomore!!.
In the photo above a player's ball lies completely on sand;
a) Is the ball in the bunker?
b) May the player ground their club in the bunker in preparing
to make a stroke at the ball?
c) In the absence of any Local Rule may the stone be removed
from the bunker before the player makes their stroke?
d) The player takes their stance in the bunker to play their ball lying just outside the
bunker, but they do not ground their club. Before they commence their stroke, wind
causes the ball to roll down into the bunker. Do they incur a penalty and do they have to
play the next stroke from within the bunker where the ball came to rest?
LAST WEEK Identifying Ball in Long Grass. Ans a) Yes b) Yes c) The ball may only be cleaned to the
extent necessary for identification. d) Yes
Lady Captains Social Mixed Foursomes
this Friday 10th July, tee reserved from
5.30, please support the Lady Captain,
come along and have some fun. At 5pm,
prior to the social mixed please join the
Captain, Lady Captain and all the
Fairways Team for a presentation to
Margaret Carr as we wish her good luck
and every success as she prepares for
Special Olympic Golf in Los Angeles later
this month. Bring back GOLD Margaret.
MYSTERY
MEMBER
Last weeks MM
was the Captain
Aidan Doyle in
his youth.
Any ideas on
this weeks
colourful
character?
BALL IN THE BIN
Patrick Woulfe(left) on
…..Captains day hit a six iron
approach to 14th. As his
playing partners, Declan
O’Brien and Gerry Cullinane,
watched it coming in to land a
little long and a little left of the
14th they heard a loud clatter.
They found it in the green bin
on the ladies 7th tee !!! A slam
dunk from 150 metres, is it a
bin eagle?
Tks to Declan for great photo.
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NEW MEMBER – Brendan Brogan
Last Weeks Bomore Winner was Brendan Brogan whom I
had incorrectly named Bernard Brogan. Here is a little
about Brendan. “I am a retired primary school teacher.All
outdoor sports interest me. I am a regular cyclist with
Innisfree Wheelers C C. Some 30 years ago I was a
member of Strandhill G C and did rather well on a
Captain's Day, But in the pursuit of perfection frustration
set in and the clubs were dumped!
My love for the game of golf was recently rekindled and I
gladly knock the ball about with a great bunch of guys, the
Super Seniors on Mondays and Thursday mornings.
Ladies Golf
RESULTS:
Tuesday 30 June
Captain’s Prize to the Ladies:
1st Grainne Demmel (17) 74 nett,
2nd Catherine Roche (26) 76 nett,
Gross Shauna Brady 92 gross,
3rd Mary Conefrey (15) 79 nett (B9),
4th Gay Hynes (24) 79 nett,
Front nine Lea McDaid,
Back nine Joan Harte (22) 36 nett,
GG June Coulter (28) 80 nett,
30-36 H/C F Sproule (30) 29 pts.
CSS 77 .
.
NEWS
The draw for Lady Captain’s Day will take
place on Monday 6th July. The entry form
for the President’s Prize to the Ladies is on
the noticeboard.
We all want to wish Lady Captain Carmel a
wonderful day on Saturday 18th July.
Members of all teams are preparing for the
upcoming Connacht semifinals: The Senior
Foursomes are playing Barna in
Claremorris on 19th July at 2 pm and the
Challenge Cup team are playing Ballina in
Castle Dargan on 20th July.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday 9th July Granard Cup Foursomes, Saturday 11th July Singles, Tuesday 14th July
Open cups sponsored by Horan Chemists, Saturday 18th July Lady Captain’s Day
Booking for the Granard Cup Foursomes and the Open Cups must be done ONLINE.
Presentation of the Open Cups only will take place on 14th July.
Bistro Bianconi
Results
1st Colette
Armstrong (28)
71 pts,
2nd Mary
Conefrey (15)
74 nett,
3rd Emma
Flanagan (32)
75 nett (B9),
36v H/C Prize
Lia O'Toole 83
nett
CSS 74 nett
PRIZE GIVING
PICTURES
1
2
3
4
1. Anne Sheridan second
in v-par on 9th May
2. Anne MCgill winner of
the PGA tankard with
Maggie Robinson
3. Grainne Conefrey
winner of 18 hole stable
ford
4. Therese Gillen second
in the singles stable ford
with a score of 36 pts
5. Mary Conefrey winner of
the Marjorie Clarke
Memorial Cup
6. Michele McGarraghy
winner of the v-par on 9th
May
5
6
PRIZE GIVING PICTURES Tuesday 23rd June
Open Singles Stableford sponsored by the Zipyard
.
1st Niamh Cronin
(13) 38 pts (B9),
2nd Grainne
Conefrey (16) 38
pts, 3rd Valerie
Booker (27) 37 pts
(B9), 4th Kate
Hegarty (32) 37 pts
Castle Dargan GC,
1st Visitors Prize
Betty Scanlon (16)
Tubbercurry GC 36
pts, 2nd visitors
Prize Regina Kerr
(18) Castlebar GC,
Front nine Ger
Conneely (15) 21
pts, Back nine Lea
McDaid (16) 24 pts,
CSS 7436 pts.
JUNIOR
GOLF
Co Sligo GC 12 July
The Wee Wonders Golf event is being hosted by County Sligo Golf Club Junior Committee in Bomore
this Sunday 12th July from 9.45am.
There are 98 boys and girls aged between 5 and 12 from all over Ireland coming to Rosses Point this
weekend to participate in the Wee Wonders Golf Tour event. The Club is represented by 23 junior golfers.
The Wee Wonders Open Golf Championships is in it 21st year and has 16 regional qualifiers held over 9
holes in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales leading to the grand final held in St Andrews at the end of
August.
Irelands top young golfers of the future will be out competing for the 7 age category titles.
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