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Well done to the winners of the Winter League, Michael Simon and Paddy McLoughlin who finished with 155pts. Gary Carty and Michael Rush who lead the way for the first two rounds were 2nd with 153pts and Michael Reid and Lionel Lynn came 3rd with 147pts. Daily prize winners were Sean Heslin and Ted Hestor, Gerry Carty and Eamon Perry, and Charlie O’Donnell and Tish Perry. Thanks for all who took part and special thanks to Michael Rush for organising.  

The weekly nine hole was won by Owen Garvin 22pts, 2nd James Shivnan 21pts. 

Next weekends is a club fundraiser taking place and can be played Saturday, Sunday and bank holiday Monday. Format will be a three ball “Shambles”, entry is €15 per person with a €5 re-entry. Full details on noticeboard. The weekly nine hole runs from Monday to Saturday.“

In course news the 16th teebox is being extended and the bunkers are out of play. They will be re-sanded in new year. 

Date for your diary is the Club EGM on Sunday November 9th. The AGM’s of the Ladies and Mens Club takes place on the same day. Notice of meetings have been sent to members and are posted on the club noticeboard. The AGM of the parent club takes place on Sunday December 7th. 

And finally, if you thought reports of a new political party in todays newspapers was big news, even bigger news is the possible creation of a new club blog by a person unknown. This website has been made aware of a significant investor within the club who is interested in providing funding for a second blog. This website assures it followers that it will continue to offer a “independent and balanced” view of club affairs and to the person unknown, we know where you live and its only a short drive to Tawnytaskin !!

Good luck to all taking part in the final round of the winter league tomorrow. Gary Carty and Michael Rush are the CURRENT leaders with a ten point gap but they can be beaten. Phrases like “they fell at the last hurdle”, “the game isn’t over till the fat lady sings”, “they calved”, “the pressure was to much” etc come to mind but this website doesn’t want to be accused of influencing the outcome so no more of that. Sandra and I played Tish and Charlie today in the final round and are pleased to announce that we won the second nine by a significant margin. Unfortunately due to press deadlines, and a shortage of space on the world wide web due to the short evenings, a full and independent report is not possible at this time.

In other news investigations continue into the latest crisis at the club “gategate” (the damage to the gatepost on the second). A number of theories are circulating. 

1. It was attacked by an angry golfer who hit is with their fifth shot.
2. It was removed to make way for Ted’s Buggy although we can discount this theory as it would have necessitated the removal of the post on the other side which hasn’t happened (yet)
3. It was mistaken for a tree and cut down

Watch this space for updates

The second round of the winter league took place last weekend with Gary Carty and Michael Rush leading on 89pts. There are three teams in joint second on 79pts, Sean Heslin and Ted Hestor, Michael Simon and Paddy McLoughlin and Terry Canning & Michael Bannon. Top scores last Sunday were Gary Carty and Michael Rush 43pts, Gerry Carty and Eamon Perry 42pts and SANDRA MCCRANN AND MICHAEL GILMARTIN 41pts. The weekly was won by Charlie O’Donnell with 25pts, 2nd Michael Rush 23pts. Charlie O’Donnell moves to top of the leader board with 107pts. Competitions this week are the weekly nine hole Monday to Sunday and the final round of the winter league Thursday to Sunday

Date for your diary is the Club Fundraiser on the October Bank Holiday weekend. (Saturday, Sunday & Monday) Format will be a three ball shambles.

There was a great turnout for the club outing to New Forest last Saturday with 38 people taking part. Mens Winners were 1st Donal Smith, 2nd Lorcan Egan, 3rd John McGuinn. Ladies Winners 1st Bernie O’Donnell, 2nd Peggy Feely, 3rd Moira Egan. Thanks to Michael Rush for organising and sponsoring first prize and thanks to all who travelled and took part.

There will be a Club EGM on Sunday November 9th. The AGM of the Ladies and Mens Club will take place on the same day. Details will be placed on the noticeboard and notices will be sent to Members