Claycastle Pitch and Putt Club

9/5/10

President Thomas Bulman’s prize was played for over the May Bank
Holiday weekend. After  four days and eight rounds of play Don Sheehan
emerged victorious by just one stroke from Martin Dalton. There was  a
great turnout by the members with 170 cards played. Chairperson Joy
Bryan and Lady Captain Phil Mangan paid tribute to Thomas’s years of
dedication and tireless work in our club over the past number of
years. Thomas has been a hands on President in his time in the
position and is always willing and able to help out with any task be
it large or small, we as a club are truly fortunate to have a
President of Thomas’s stature.
Results-Presidents Prize 2010
Overall Nett- Don Sheehan, Overall Gross- Anthony O’ Loughlin, Gents-
1st Nett- Martin Dalton, 1st Gross- Paudie O’ Sullivan, 2nd Nett-
James Howes. Ladies- 1st Nett- Lily Bulman, 1st Gross- Joy Bryan, 2nd
Nett- Sally Wallace. Hole in one prize- Martin O’ Regan.
National Scramble 2010- Douglas/Ballinlough (Cork City)
Our scramble team of Don Sheehan, Colin Sheehan and Johan Brosnan put
in a superb effort at this years National Scramble. The lads performed
excellently on day one when they returned a nett score of 68.33 which
was 30 under par for the 36 holes. Cunnigar led the way overnight on
63.66, so despite the lads display it was still all to do heading into
the final 54 holes on Sunday. All the effort on Saturday proved futile
as the lads’ on route to Douglas on Sunday morning were delayed by a
flat tyre and missed their tee time by 20 minutes and were
unceremoniously disqualified from the competition. A disappointing end
to the challenge of one of the favourites and a sour taste left in the
mouth for the team and club.
Congratulations to Anthony O’ Loughlin and Johan Brosnan who qualified
out of tough sections in Collins for the Gents National Matchplay.
Both players will be playing in the Matchplay for the first time on
the June Bank Holiday weekend at the stunning Larkspur Park course in
Cashell.
Congratulations to Paudie O’ Sullivan and Colin Sheehan who qualified
for the Gents Munster Matchplay which will be played at the Parteen
course in Limerick on the weekend of 29th and 30th of May. Very best
of luck to all our players playing in these huge events over the
coming weeks.
Well done to Gary O’ Sullivan who finished runner-up at the Cunnigar
scratch cup on 19 under par. Ed Long and Martin Keohane also put in
solid performances by making the final 18.
The club matchplay sponsored by ‘Farrells Bar Summerfield’ has reached
the semi final stage this week with Brendan McCaughy awaiting the
winner of Thomas Bulman and Johan Brosnan in the top half of the
draw.Theres an all senior semi in the bottom half with Gary O’
Sullivan taking on Anthony O’ loughlin in what should be a craking
game for a place in this years final
Captain Martin Keohane’s  prize will be played for on the following
dates- Wednesday 12th at 6.15, Friday 14th at 6.15, Saturday 15th at
2.30 and  Sunday 16th at 10.30 + 2.30.
‘Keep Harry Pitchin’
As part of the ‘Barry Kelly memorial challenge’
a 3ball scramble in aid of Cystic Fibrosis will take place on Monday
17th May at 7.00pm.
Harry Hanlon is undertaking a challenge to play each course in Ireland
over a 30 day spell in aid of Cystic Fibrosis and will visit our
course on Tuesday 18th May at 9.00 am.
Harry hopes to raise as much funds as possible for this extremely
worthwhile cause so please give as generously as you can.

Report 25/04/10

Congratulations to our scramble team of Don Sheehan, Colin Sheehan and
Johan Brosnan who qualified for the National scramble. With a terrific
score of -22 for their 36 holes they sailed through the qualifying at
an excellent Lakewood course. The lads can now look forward to the
finals which will be played in Cork at the Douglas and Ballinlough
courses on the 8th and 9th of May. Well done lads and very best of
luck in the final from all at the club.
Well done to Gary O’ Sullivan, Paudie O’ Sullivan, Martin Keohane and
Anthony O’ Loughlin who qualified in Rosscarbery for the Cork senior
Matchplay. Don Sheehan also qualified out of Kilshanig for the
intermediate Matchplay The finals will take place over the weekend of
22nd and 23rd of May at the Collins course in Cork City.
The Club Matchplay sponsored by ‘Farrells Bar Summerfield’ threw up
some mouth watering ties in the first round, most notably the meeting
of Michael Landers and Edward Long. Players will have one week to play
their games with the 2nd round beginning on the 24th of  April.
President Thomas Bulman’s prize starts this Wednesday 28th April at
6.15 sharp. Play will continue on Friday 30th at 6.15, Saturday 1st
May at 2.30 and Sunday 2nd May at 10.30 + 2.30.
Ladies morning each Wednesday at 10.30.

Claycastle Pitch and Putt Club

Report 11/04/10

Our juveniles recorded a superb win in the Cork County Team event
played at the tricky Crosshaven course last Saturday. With just four
players available with Conor Farrell unable to travel due to sickness
the odds were against Claycastle with four scores to count. Stephen
Sheehan, David Poynton, Josh Whelan and Mark Coady played some great
pitch and putt to beat a fancied Fermoy panel into 2nd on a score of
220 to Fermoys 224.Under Johan Brosnan’s stewardship the boys have
started the year in great fashion and hopefully further honours will
follow in the individual tournaments later in the year. Well done
lads!
The scratch cup season took our players to the Majestic course in
Mallow on Easter Saturday where Paudie O’ Sullivan won the 36 hole
prize with a terrific score of -15, brother Gary won the final 18 with
a score of -8.Both players are in great form heading into the 2nd
Irish open at the R.G.S.C. course in Dublin next weekend. On Easter
Monday the lads travelled in force to Tipperary Hills, in what can
only be described as gale force conditions Anthony O’ Loughlin lead
the way after 36 holes on -12 with Colin Sheehan also making the cut.
Unfortunately the playoff didn’t go according to plan  for Anthony who
shot +3 for the front 9 but fought back to finish on -13 and a tie for
3rd place. Colin missed out on a prize by just one shot after carding
a superb round of -4. With our players in contention each week its
only a matter of time before a break through is made and one must have
confidence that top honours will soon be making their way to the club.
Our greens were hollow-tined last weekend with members both young and
old coming out in force to lend a hand. All the help was greatly
appreciated, there were some sore limbs after all the brushing but the
benefit will be seen for the season ahead. The course will re-open on
Saturday 17th April when Martin Keohane begins the defence of the Club
Matchplay Championship which is kindly sponsored by ’Farrells Bar,
Summerfield’. Any players who wish to take part in this terrific
competition should give their names to any member of the committee
before Saturdays draw. This year we will revert back to the old format
of each round being played over one week with each round consisting of
36 holes
Best of luck to Martin Keohane, Anthony O’ Loughlin, Gary O’ Sullivan
and Paudie O’ Sullivan who will atempt to qualify for the Cork
Matchplay in Rosscarberry this Sunday and also to our scramble team of
Don Sheehan, Colin Sheehan and Johan Brosnan who will also be in
qualifying action in Lakewood next weekend.
Dates to remember- President Thomas Bulman’s Prize will take place on
the following dates- 28th + 30th April at (6.30 sharp) ,1st (2.30) +
2nd (10.30+2.30) May. Ladies mornings continue each Wednesday at
11.00am.

Claycastle Pitch and Putt Report 28/3/10

Scratch Cup 2010
The Claycastle scratch cup was played for on Sunday 28th March. This
was the eight year of our hugely popular scratch cup with top players
from all over Munster taking part. With the course in immaculate
condition the scoring was excellent and after 36 holes Paul O’ Brien
(Templemore) lead the field on 12 under par. James Cleary (Clonmel)
-9, John Walsh (Collins) -9, Ray Murphy (Templebreedy)-8, Colin
Sheehan, Gary O’ Sullivan (Both Claycastle) -7 were all in contention
heading in to the final 18. Ray Murphy has struggled around Claycastle
in recent years but he proved he can master any course by shooting -9
for the final 18 to finish on 17 under par. Ray’s round started
quietly by his own high standards by paring the first 6 holes, on the
7th the machine clicked into gear and he went on to birdie 9 of the
next 10 holes to blow away the field. People have run out of
superlatives to describe Ray in recent years and it isn’t any wonder
after seeing him in devastating form at first hand. Paul O’ Brien
played superbly for his first visit to Claycastle and finished in
second place on 15 under par. In third place was James Cleary on 14
under par. Special mention must go to one of our young guns Johan
Brosnan who played superbly to win the final 18 in a field that
included 4 present Irish Internationals.
The club would like to thank the 90 players that took part and made
the day such a great success, looking forward to seeing ye all again
next year.
Scratch Cup Results-
1st Ray Murphy (Templebreedy), 2nd Paul O’ Brien (Lakeside), 3rd James
Cleary ( Hillview), Best 36 John Walsh ( Collins), Final 18 Johan
Brosnan ( Claycastle), 1st Inter- Liam Myers (St. Annes), 2nd James
McKeown ( St. Annes), 1st Junior Aiden O’ Rourke (Cunnigar), 2nd Tom
Pomphrett (Claycastle), Ladies 1st- Vera McCarthy (Collins) Ann
McCarthy (Rocklodge).

County Leagues
The senior teams quest for a final spot ended in vain at the hands of
a vastly experienced Templebreedy team at St.Annes on Sunday 21st
March. The team entered the semis with high hopes after topping their
group with a fantastic record of won 4 drew 1 lost 0.On the day they
came up against a truly inspired Temple outfit who have been here and
done it no less than 16 years in a row. With wins in the foursomes for
Martin Keohane/Ed Long and Gary O’ Sullivan/Colin Sheehan the lads
lead 2-1 with Anthony O’ Loughlin/Paudie O’ Sullivan losing to Ray
Murphy/Richard O’ Flaherty. Temple’s success over the years has been
based on solid singles performances and they duly delivered in
devastating fashion by whitewashing Claycastle 6-0,running out 7-2
winners overall. Although the defeat was hard to swallow the team can
take great heart from reaching the last four  at the first attempt and
hopefully bounce back next year to go a couple of steps further. Very
best of luck to Templebreedy who now face St.Annes in the final.

Congratulations to the O’ Sullivan brothers Paudie and Gary on
qualifying for the Irish open which will be played in RGSC in late
April. Best of luck lads!

Work will commence on the greens next Saturday and all help will be
greatly appreciated. Remember, you don’t have to be on the committee
to lend a hand!