CSGC BP No 30 Lady Presidents Day

Breaking Points Number 30
CAPTAINS LOG : The Club is hosting the 2015 Senior Cup Connacht Section this Saturday & Sunday June 27 & 28. This event is
not only a great opportunity of showcasing our wonderful Links course, it will also provide a competitive test to the best
golfers in the province. Co. Sligo GC are the current Connacht Champions & we wish Team Captain Mark Rooney, Vice Captain
Louis Walsh & all the Senior Cup panel the very best over the weekend. The support & encouragement for our guys will be most
welcome over the weekend. We would like to thank all members for their consideration in giving up the course over the
weekend to facilitate this event. We also wish the best of luck to Robert Fitzpatrick’s & Alice Flanagan’s Mixed Foursomes team
who play Ballina GC on Wednesday (24/06) in the Zone Final. The good run of our Jimmy Bruen team came to an end on
Monday evening following defeat to the Connacht Champions, Strandhill GC to whom we wish all the best in the competition,
Many thanks to Captain Roddy Gaynor & Vice Captain Alex McAleenan & to all the players for their time, effort & practice over
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the last few months.
Captains Fourball
RESULTS
Singles Stroke by FIDDLER'S CREEK
Sunday 21st June
DAVID EDWARDS (13)
JOHN SHEEHY (12)
KEVIN DUFFICY (6)
68
70
70
B9
FERGAL O'FLAHERTY (6)
PETER MAGUIRE (12)
EOIN GAUGHAN (2)
71
71
71
B9
B9
B9
No. of Entries 80 CSS : 74
SOLSTICE WIN FOR STEADY EDWARDS
On the longest day of the year David Edwards (shown here) had plenty of daylight to
record a great score of 68 to win the Fiddlers Creek Singles Stroke by 2. The
conditions were tricky with testing winds and the occasional shower and as a result the
CSS was 74 which is high for June. Dave started in style with a birdie on 1 , another
followed on 5 and his birdie on 9 meant a level par front nine , a personal best. The
back nine proved trickier as the reality of the front nine was kicking in. Very good
bogies on 11 and 12 into a strong wind and things were looking good turning for home.
However double bogies on 13 & 15 gave him the wobbles , which can easily happen
when you are playing with Stafford. A solid finish of par, bogey, bogey on the final
three was enough to beat CSS by 6 shots … great round David.
PRIZEGIVING SATURDAY 27th AT 5 PM FOR MAY COMPETITIONS
CAPTAINS DAY (4th JULY) SHEET ON NOTICE BOARD
NO CLUB COMPETITIONS THIS WEEKEND DUE TO SENIOR CUP
SENIOR CUP
The Club is proud to host the Connacht Provincial Senior Cup
this weekend. The first day of competition is Saturday June 28
which is Singles Strokeplay with the top 4 teams to qualify. Play
commences from 12.00noon and Co Sligo first tee time is at
13:47 with Athlone and Tuam GC’s.
On Sunday the 2 Semi-finals Singles Matchplay are scheduled
for 8 am and 8.40 am with the final @ 1:30pm
MIXED FOURSOME ZONE FINAL
Co Sligo V Ballina
Wednesday 24th June @ 4:30pm
This is an away match so please come along and
support the 2 pairings playing at home.
SENIOR CUP PANEL
Rurai O Connor Cian Feeney Declan Reidy David Brady
Mark Morrisey Steffan o Hara Alan Gaynor Eoin
Gaughan
Best of luck to the Team and Captain Mark Rooney and
Vice Captain Louis Walsh. Mark notes that “ they are a
great bunch of lads who, with Vice Captain Louis, have
put in serious effort and generated great team spirit over
the past few months and hopefully they will get what they
deserve this weekend”.
CECIL EWING
The Cecil Ewing trials are already under way
under the Captaincy of Sean Moylan. The first
match of the campaign is at home to Boyle GC
on 3rd July
Mark Rooney
JB Carr Diamond Trophy – Connacht Semi Final
The JB Carr Team take on Galway Champions Tuam GC
in the Connacht semi final which is played over two legs.
Best of luck to Dave Dent , his selectors and team in this
big match. First match at home on 30th June.
This trophy was inaugurated by Woodenbridge GC in
1996. This popular event has effectively become the
Senior Club Championship of Ireland (Over 60's) with
some 200 or so clubs participating.
Jack O’Sullivan Trophy
The first match is coming up on the 6th July away to Boyle GC.
Best of luck to John Gilmartin and his team.
JIMMY BRUEN
Sean Moylan
Commiserations to the Jimmy Bruen team Captained by Roddy Gaynor who
went down to current Connacht champions Strandhill on Monday night. The
match was won by Strandhill with a hole in one on the 13th here at Co Sligo.
RULES QUIZ
LAST WEEK In stroke play if a player taps the ball into the hole with the
grip end of his putter he incurs a penalty of two strokes and the putt stands.
First Pint Guinness
from Barman Paddy
for Past Captain Neil
Gaynor
A player’s ball comes to rest on a bridge within the margins of a water
hazard. Are they permitted to ground their club on the bridge when:
a) Walking up to their ball
b) Addressing the ball prior to making their stroke.
Another very successful Shanty Festival took place last weekend and we were delighted that 3 groups ,
welcomed by the Captain, performed to an appreciative audience in the Golf Club on Friday night.
Dude McGlynn
& Friends
Last Weeks MM
was Wee Wonder
Alan Gaynor … this
weeks challenge is
a mystery member
sporting a Karate Kid
style headband
On Saturday last in the Hawkeswell at the
terrific Dude McGlynn & Friends Concert
there were excellent solo performers from
Club members Pat “the Pucker” Murphy and Micky “Miguel Angel”
Kilcoyne. Also in the McGlynns choir were club members Michael
McNamara and Marie McTiernan. Believe me Sligo I will drink to thee
BLUE BUGGY BLUES
The 16th hole is well guarded by bunkers to catch any errant drive but last week a visitor
driving a buggy fell into that trap , literally! Thankfully he was uninjured (Pic courtesy P Harte)
Thanks to Steven Reid for his pictures last
week from the British Amateur in Carnoustie
David Cunningham won the
big ESB outing held here last
Friday
The Rotary outing
on Friday last was
won by Lob Wedge
Wielding Maestro
Sean Doyle
with 40 pts
TREE WOOD??
TALENT IS NOTHING
WITHOUT OPPORTUNITY
JUNIOR SECTION
RESULTS Saturday 20th Jun
18 hole
1st Sean McLoughlin 39 ; 2nd Sam
Donaghy 35 ;3rd Tom Armstrong 35
(back 9)
9 hole
1st Sean Gilvarry on back 4 from
Jimmy Monaghan.
Race to Bowmore
1st Sean McLoughlin 11pts
2nd Tom Flanagan 10pts
3rd Niall McDermott 7pts
4th = Peter O'Hara /Daniel Ford/
Joseph Keyes 5pts
7th = Sam Dunne/Sean Casey/
Thomas Harte 3pts
10th = Sam Donaghy/Niall Gray/
Tom Armstrong 2pts
13th = Paddy Bird/Danny Cronin/
Tom O'Hara 1pt.
The interclub U-16 championship
takes place at Castle Dargan GC
on Friday next and the CSGC
team captained by Derek Wynne
will be hoping to add to the clubs
impressive record in this event.
Support welcome.
The state examinations are over !! and the Boys
championship season is underway.
This week the Irish Boys Open Championship
takes place at Tuam GC and CSGC will have 3
challengers in the field for the 72-hole strokeplay
event, David Brady, Cian Feeney and TJ Ford.
Joseph Keyes has had to withdraw from the
event owing to his involvement for CSGC in the
U-16 interclub team event.
David Brady
Junior Captain
Joseph Keyes, Paddy Bird, Sean Casey
and Tom Armstrong will test their skills at
the Leinster U-16 championship which
takes place at Beaverstown on Monday.
Next week the U-18 tour heads to Castlerock
Co Derry for the Ulster Boys Open
championship where David Brady, Cian Feeney,
TJ Ford and Tom O’Hara will compete
We hope to have a few of the junior members
involved in the Irish Senior Cup team next weekend
at Co Sligo, this is obviously at team captain Mark
Rooney’s discretion.
Co Sligo GC 12 July
Preparation for the Fred Daly Trophy
Connacht final are ongoing. This will be
played at Athlone GC on Friday July
3rd where CSGC will take on old rivals
Galway GC. Team captain Terry Brady is
satisfied with panel preparations and
with so many of the panel involved in
the championships players will be really
sharp by July 3rd. All support in Athlone
for the final is welcome.
ITALIA 90 – A NATION HOLDS
ITS BREATH
Bonner Saves
O’Leary Scores
Its hard to imagine that the day that Ireland beat Romania to reach the Quarter Final of the 1990 World Cup, a memory etched in the minds of
most Irish people, took place a quarter of a century ago this Thursday. Several club members were there to witness all/some of the Qualifying
matches which took place in the sun drenched(mostly) islands of Sardinia and Sicily This was a time before the Euro , when three thousand Lira
was needed to buy a pizza and travellers cheques were brought and lost with regularity. A time when rookie travellers ran up hotel laundry bills
for underwear that would have been enough to buy boxers for half of the Sligo contingent. Likewise mobile phones were way in the future and
banks of public phones were set up with queues reminiscent of a Prison movie. One man, worse for wear, phoned home and was answered by a
strange voice, he thought the worst and verbally assaulted the man for being in his house with his missus until he realised he had rung the wrong
number. Noel Kennedys article attached gives a great snapshot account of the trip. It was supplied by George Chadda, who on his return from
Italy, watched the Romania match huddled around a TV with most of the passengers on the Dublin Sligo train. The carriage went crazy when
Packy saved just outside Dromod ( or was it Genoa?) and was close to derailment as the carriage rocked and rolled coming into Carrick in an
ecstatic eruption when O'Leary slotted the penalty to take us into the Quarter final against the hosts. George notes that “Italia'90 was an
unforgettable experience and memories I will always treasure” a view shared by so many at home and abroad. Here are some pictures courtesy
of Geoff Chrystal and Neill Gaynor from those halcyon days. Ole - Ole Ole Ole – Ole - Ole
Republic of Ireland:V Romania 25th June 1990
Packie Bonner, Chris Morris,
Steve Staunton, Mick
McCarthy (capt), Kevin
Moran, Paul McGrath, Ray
Houghton, Kevin Sheedy (Ronnie
Whelan 63'), Andy
Townsend, John Aldridge (Tony
Cascarino 63'), Niall Quinn.
LADY PRESIDENT Grainne Demmel’s DAY
Saturday 20th June
Front 9
Aida Kenny(28) 37 Nett,
Back 9 Maura Demmel (30) 32 Nett,
Committee Prize Michelle McGarraghy (20) 75 Nett,
5th Nett Margaret Rhatigan (21) 74 Nett,
4th Nett Martina Sherlock (23)
74 Nett B9,
rd
3 Nett Caroline Bradshaw (23) 73 Nett,
Gross Prize Siobhan Ribbins (7) 86 Gross,
2nd Nett Emma K Flanagan (32) 72 Nett,
1st Nett Rosie Mullan (31) 72 Nett B9,
Winner Valerie Booker (29) 70 Nett.
Men’s Prize
Tom Feely (19) 23 Pts,
Bomore Beginners Carol Lappin ,
Junior Girls
Ella McDermott (35) 31 Pts,
Guest Man (Bomore) Karl Demmel (8)
35 Pts,
Guest Lady Moire Moylan (24) 21 Pts, ‘
‘The Secret Hole’’
Patricia McLoughlin (23)
Putting Comp Pauline Maguire (23) 19 Strokes,
GG & Doreen Allely Trophy June Coulter (28) 76 Nett B9,
Past Presidents Alice Flanagan (26) 83 Nett,
36 H/C prize
Brid Armstrong (36)
32 Pts,
30-36 H/C range Carol Gallagher (32) 41 Pts,
CSS 75 Nett
PRIZEWINNERS
Back Row; Alice Flanagan, Moira Moylan, Carol
Lappin, Carol Gallagher, Maura Demmel,
Caroline Bradshaw and Martina Sherlock
Front Row; June Coulter, Emma Flanagan,
Grainne Demmel, Valerie Booker and Karl
Demmel
RESULTS
Tuesday June 16th
June Cup Stableford/GOY
Sponsored by Cafe Souperb:
1st Patricia McLoughlin (24) 39 pts b9,
2nd Patricia Harte (31) 39 pts,
3rd Karen Gaynor (23)38 pts,
4th Carmel McGrath (24) 36 pts b9,
Front nine Deirdre Connolly (12) 21 pts,
Back nine Cora O’Rourke (26) 22 pts.
CSS 74, 36pts
LADY PRESIDENTS DAY – Mrs Grainne Demmel
Lady President’s Day 2015 was a huge success, with a day of no rain and relatively little wind. Grainne greeted everyone from early morning on Saturday till early
morning on Sunday. Her very attractive display of prizes was a huge encouragement to all to bring out the best in our golf. The golf course was also in great
condition with some very tricky pin positions on the greens. However some great scores were recorded on the day.
The evening started off for Grainne surrounded by her husband Hermann, her son Karl with his wife Maura and their two girls Catherine and Jenny, Lorna and
Phil, Gwen and Steve from Switzerland and Kathy from Germany. Her brothers Tony and Eamonn with their wives Una and Isobel and nephew Joe also joined
Grainne . A beautiful meal was enjoyed by all before the most important part of the evening the announcement of the prizes by the competition secretary Edel.
Grainne was welcomed by the President Padraic McMunn who remembers Grainne from her days as a great dancer in the ballrooms of Sligo before she married
Hermann. Grainne has won many notable golf prizes in her successful golf career winning 4 Lady Captains Prizes and two Lady Presidents Prizes. She also won
the All-Ireland senior mixed foursomes in 1987, the Connacht Junior Medal in 1995 and the GOY medal in 2014. Grainne was also a notable badminton player
too before becoming a golf player.
Grainne thanked everyone for their courtesy and goodwill towards her during her year and especially thanked Lady Captain Carmel and Edel and Michelle. She
also thanked the Junior girls, Niamh, Grace, Anna, Lucy, Jenny and Emily who took the photos on the first tee, Madge and Ann for the flowers, David and all the
staff in the golf club and especially Hermann whose cooking skills are showing great promise.
Grainne was delighted with her son Karl winning the men guest’s Bomore prize and her daughter -in -law Maura winning the overall back 9. Valerie Booker has
started off her season with a great score, winning the overall prize and shows her potential as a talented golf player. Rosie Mullan and Emma K Flanagan are also
keen golfers improving rapidly winning the 1st and 2nd nett prizes. Grainne was delighted with all the winners but especially with the winner of the Guest Lady
prize Moira Moylan who also won her Lady Captain’s Day prize in 1988. Well done to Grainne on her very enjoyable day. Catherine Frazer
LAdy Pres June Coulter winner of the GG
prize and the Doreen Allely trophy
LADY PRESIDENTS DAY – Mrs Grainne Demmel
LADY PRESIDENTS DAY – Mrs Grainne Demmel
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