A busy week on and off the course at Mullingar Golf Club
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Lady Vice Captain Rosemary Whelehan with Lady Captain Paula Davitt ahead of presentations on Wednesday night last .Image 2 of 6
Lady President Patience Collier, with prize winners Betty Sleator, Margaret Eighan, Kathleen Daly, Elaine McGovern from Specsavers Opticians [sponsor], Ger Egan, Mary Gillen and Lady Captain Paula Davitt.Image 3 of 6
Front, from left, Lady Captain Paula Davitt, winner Ann Hannon, Lady President Patience Collier. Back, from left, Erca Kelly, Rosaleen Shaw [PW Shaw & Company, sponsor], Betty Sleator and Ger Egan.Image 4 of 6
Men’s Branch Captain David Farrelly and John Foy, sponsor of Thursday’s Long Handicap competition.Image 5 of 6
Denis Larkin, Paddy Halligan, Patrick Hayden and David Mortell about to start their round in Thursday’s Long Handicap competition.Image 6 of 6
Tom Fitzpatrick, Paul Isdell, Justin Wallace and David Dolan before they start their round in Thursday’s Long Handicap competition.This week we had a busy golfing diary with both branches in full swing with the Lady Vice Captain's Prize and a large presentation night by the ladies branch on Wednesday as well as the Seniors Competitions, Long Handicap and Sunday Sweepstake in the men's branch and three interclub teams fielded.
Competitions
Last Wednesday was our Lady Vice Captain Rosemary Whelehan’s Prize to the Ladies. Conditions on the day were changeable but it did not stop the ladies turning out in large numbers. Congratulations to our winners: 1st Ann Hannon with 42 points, 2nd was Siobhan Ruane with 37 points, 3rd was Geraldine Bell with 36 points and the Gross winner was Aideen Kellaghan with 21 points. Category 1 winner was Jean Bennett with 35 points, Category 2 winner was Ruth Rooney with 35 points, Category 3 winner was Geraldine Smith with 35 points. Back 9 winner was Joan O’Carroll with 18 points. Senior winner was Margaret Eighan with 35 points and Super Senior winner Sylvia Tormey with 35 points. Our 9-hole competition was won by Anne Eivers with 21 points and 2nd was Noreen Abbott with 17 points. Next week's competition is sponsored by Swarbriggs Shoe Shop Mullingar.
Presentation Night
On Wednesday night last, we had our presentation to competition winners for events sponsored by Buckley's Supervalu and Centra, Specsavers Optician and Hearing Centre Mullingar, PW Shaw & Company Mullingar and our Lady Vice Captain Rosemary Whelehan’s prize to the ladies, along with our winter league winners prizes, sponsored by Michael O‘Grady. Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support and for joining us on the night.
Men’s Branch Senior Competition
In bright but very windy conditions over 60 members participated in the senior men’s weekly competition. Scoring four pars during his round and with 22 stableford points and 30 bonus points for a total of 52, Marius Gavin emerged as the winner. Runner up was Benny O’Dowd with 20 stableford points and 32 bonus points also for a total of 52 points. Third overall was Jim Baker Snr with 18 stableford points and 33 bonus points also for a total of 51.
Best Super Senior was Pat Eighan with a total of 46 points, while best Super Super Senior was Tom Mulvee with 47 points. Golfer of the day was Peter Swords with 21 stableford points. Pick out winner was John Burns. Well done to all the winners and participants.
Long Handicap
This week’s long handicap competition was sponsored by JP Foy Menswear. Played over 15 holes and in challenging conditions, Category 1 (16-20) winner was Pat Reynolds (19) with 32 points. Category 2 (21-26) winner was Brendan Coady (21) on 33 points. Category 3 (27+) winner was Paul Riordan (29) with a score of 32 points. Many thanks to our sponsor for their ongoing support.
Sunday Sweepstake Competition
In lieu of a sponsored competition on Sunday the men’s branch held a sweepstake competition in which 66 participants took part. Cat 1 winner was Gerry Purcell (5) with 37 points while Cat 2 winner was Aaron McCarthy (11) with 40 points. Cat 3 winner was Adam Hogan (20) with 39 points and Cat 4 winner was Philip James Gillick (29) with 40 points.
Interclub Competitions
The Michael Moore and Fred Perry teams were in action on Saturday. Drawn away to Glasson the Michael Moore team put in a strong performance but unfortunately were beaten 4/3.
Likewise, the Fred Perry side, despite being drawn at home were also unfortunate to be beaten by the narrowest of margins by Tullamore.
Also in action but this time on Sunday were the Barton Cup and Duggan Cup teams. Drawn against Mount Temple, the Barton Cup team were beaten, however, the Duggan Cup team competing against the Heritage were successful and advance to the next round.