Garry Cup goes to playoff between Heffernan and Lambden Hayes

Mullingar Golf Club notes

Open Friday Sponsored by ORS – Round 9 Egan Order of Merit: Ladies winner Paula Delaney (Mullingar) 41pts, ladies runner-up Pauline O’Hara (Mullingar) 40pts, gents winner Sean Collins (Roscommon) 46pts, gross Oisin Scally (Mullingar) 39 gross pts, gents runner-up Hugh O’Neill (Mullingar) 42pts.

Joint Captains’ Charity Day took place on Saturday August 23. The day began with a longest hole competition from the 5th tee to the 11th green, with the lowest score a 7 and the highest a 17. Great fun was had by all. The main competition was a champagne scramble open team of four. Winners were Jonathan Cooney, Gerard Ennis, Martin Dempsey and Martin Byrne 105pts; runners-up were Captain Frank Cotter, Anthony Cotter, John Paul Hearnes and Desmond Toomey 105pts; in third place were Desmond Byrne, Adam Hogan, Alan Mills and Tim Moorhead 105pts.

Tuesday’s juniors saw approximately 140 youngsters take part, with the event enabled by over 30 volunteers.

Junior Boys Garry Cup Gross: 1st Kylan Heffernan in a playoff 72, 2nd Dylan Lambden Hayes 72, 3rd Ben Thornton 77. Class 2: 1st Charlie Miller 46pts, 2nd Aodán Berry 41pts, 3rd Devin Pentony 40pts. Class 3 Champagne Scramble: winners Joseph Mulvey, Shay Leavy, Matthew Tully, Fionn Ledwith. Cadets Champagne Scramble Sleeve: joint winners Michael Óg Dalton, David Canning, David Smyth, Evan Smyth and DJ Scahill, Michael Walshe, Josh Burke, Danny Timlin. Birdies Putting Contest: Ronan Quinlan and Eve Gorman. Match Play: winner Tom Fay, runner-up Riley Thornton. Player of the Year: Fionn Connolly. Most Improved Junior: Charlie Miller. Junior Girls – Class 1 (18-hole singles strokeplay): 1. Ciara Dolan, 2. Eve Hickey, 3. Lauren Deasy. Class 2 (12-hole strokeplay): 1. Lucy Kilmurray, 2. Laura Kerrigan, 3. Beibhin Scally. Cadets 3-hole champagne scramble: Roisin Ledwith, Pippa Lambden, Katie Buckley, Aoibhin O’Sullivan.

Forthcoming club competitions/events

Friday September 5 – Ladies & Gents 18-Hole Open Singles Stableford (Rd 10 Order of Merit, ORS Egan Auctioneers), Nine & Dine Keenan Bauer Motors; Sunday September 7 – Club Classic, O’Brien’s Renault; Monday/Tuesday September 8/9 – Course closed for hollowing and sanding of fairways; Friday September 19 – Ladies & Gents 18-Hole Open Singles Stableford (Rd 11 Order of Merit, Santry Sports Clinic Egan Auctioneers).

Friday September 26 – Ladies & Gents 18-Hole Open Singles Stableford (Rd 12 Order of Merit, ORS Egan Auctioneers).

Gents Branch

18-Hole Stableford Sponsored by The Greville Arms Hotel (144 entries): winner Patrick Donohue 39pts, gross winner John Dromey 35 gross pts, Cat 1 (0-10) Finian Whelehan 37pts, Cat 2 (11-17) Ciaran McCormack 38pts, Cat 3 (17+) Ollie Fox 38pts, senior Liam Lynam 38pts, junior Sean Hickey 38pts.

Men’s Seniors – Week beginning August 11 (9-hole Stableford, 58 entries): winner Kesavan Ravikumar 22pts, senior winner Aidan Daly 19pts, super senior winner John Ahearn 20pts, super super senior winner Damien Daly 18pts.

Competition lookahead

Week of August 25 – Tuesday September 2 – Seniors 9-Hole Stableford, Senior Captain; Thursday September 4 – Long Handicap, Pat & Chris Garry; Saturday September 6 – Tudenham Cup Final (12.50–2.30); Thursday September 11 – Long Handicap Competition, Men’s Branch; Sunday September 14 – 18-Hole Stableford, Genesis/Mindy Brownes; Tuesday September 16 – Seniors 9-Hole Stableford; Thursday September 18 – Long Handicap Sweepstake; Sunday September 21 – 18-Hole Stableford, Seamus Clarke; Tuesday September 23 – Seniors 9-Hole Stableford.

Thursday September 25 – Joe Maguire Long Handicap Memorial.

Other news

The club welcomed a famous visitor this week when Tadgh Beirne, Irish international and British and Irish Lions Man of the Series in the 2025 Lions Tour of Australia, played on Sunday morning with Conor Gilsenan (member and former London Irish player), Hon Sec Kieran McGurran and Sam Magee, a college pal of Tadgh and Conor.

Ladies Branch

Wednesday August 20: 1st Nett Sarah Farrelly (37) 42pts, gross Marian Bate (15) 23 gross pts, 2nd Joan Heery (23) 41pts, Cat 1 Antoinette Daly (17) 33pts, Cat 2 Ann Fagan (18) 36pts, Cat 3 Teresa Shaw (24) 35pts, Cat 4 Ann Tubridy (36) 38pts, senior Helen Moorehead (18) 34pts, super senior Bernie Kelly (22) 34pts, back 9 Liz Hoctor (28) 21pts, putts Emily King 30 putts.

A total of 83 played in the competition. 9-Hole Competition: winner Audrey McNamee (18) 23pts, 2nd Bernie Donohoe (25) 22pts, silver Noirin Abbott (22) 21pts. 21 played in the competition. Special thanks to Corey Doherty, Professional Golfer, Mullingar, for his sponsorship.

Club Fourball 2025: The first round has now been completed and we are moving into the second round. A total of 44 pairs entered this year.

Thanks to Brian Swarbrigg of Swarbrigg’s Shoes for his generous sponsorship. Best of luck to all players in the next stage.

Ladies Captain’s Matchplay: The draw has taken place with 16 ladies qualifying. Pairings are as follows: Brege McCarrick v Amy Leavy, Jill Hegarty v Anna McCartan, Bridie Shaw v Moira Roe, Siobhan Ruane v Antoinette Daly, Brid Galligan v Joan Heery, Emily King v Regina Healy, Clare Mulligan v Ger Egan, Nora McCormack v Sarah Farrelly.

Round 1 must be played by September 1.

Upcoming events

Wednesday September 3 – Ladies STB, kindly sponsored by Keanes HealthPoint Pharmacy.

Wednesday September 10, 2025 – Ladies 18-Hole Fourball (Sweepstake); Wednesday September 10 – Away Day at Portarlington, shotgun start (details on the notice board).

Wednesday September 17 – Ladies 18-Hole Stroke, kindly sponsored by Dovida; Wednesday September 24 – Ladies 18-Hole STB, kindly sponsored by James Maguire & Sons.