Noel O’ Driscoll Memorial 2011

2 weeks ago saw the Noel O’ Driscoll Memorial prize for 2011 come to an end. Over the four days of play there was some great shooting out on the course where conditions were tough and the weather wasn’t on side for the majority of the tournament. We thank all who supported this prestigious competition and especially to those who have the course in such top condition day in day out. The overall winner of the prize was David Kenefick who produced some fine play and was a very worthy winner of the perpetual trophy. Although the weather wasn’t kind to us, over 100 cards were played in total.

Full results are as follows:

Overall Nett – David Kenefick

Overall Gross – Anthony O’ Loughlin

Gents
1st Nett – Billy Kenefick
1st Gross – Martin Keohane
2nd Nett – Martin O’ Regan

Ladies
1st Nett – Helen Landers
1st Gross – Lily Bulman
2nd Nett – Sally Wallace

Chairperson’s Prize 2011

The Chairperson’s prize sponsored by our chairman Martin Keohane was played for last weekend, Over the four days, weather conditions were again tough with rain around during most of the sessions. Although weather was poor, we were delighted with the turnout where 150 cards were played. We thank all who supported the competition. This was the last major of the year and scoring was close but it was James Howes who finished off his great season by adding the Chairperson’s Prize to the other wins this year.
Special mention to Paudie O’ Sullivan who had two ‘holes in one’ on Sunday afternoon in a row in the same round on hole 12 and 13 respectively. It is very rare to see this happen in the game and its a great achievement.

Full Results are as follows:

Overall Nett – James Howes

Overall Gross – Ed Long

Gents
1st Nett – Seamus Murphy
1st Gross – Paudie O’ Sullivan
2nd Nett – Don Sheehan

Ladies
1st Nett – Sally Wallace
1st Gross – Joy Bryan
2nd Nett – Joan Hyde

Well done to all the prize winners.

Claycastle Pitch and Putt News

The Club’s A.G.M. will take place this Wednesday 5th October at the Red Store in Youghal at 8:30pm. All members of the club are more than welcome to attend on the night.
It is vitally important for the future of the club that all the members make an effort to attend this meeting. If you have any issues or concerns about the club please come along.
Juvenile competitions will continue throughout the Autumn and Winter months every Saturday morning at 11:00am. All new juvenile members are welcome to partake. For those wishing to avail of free coaching instead of the competition, that will take place at the same time.

LAST WEEKEND saw the Club’s fourth major competition of the year come to an end. Having begun on Wednesday 24th August, and finishing on Sunday 28th, there were a total of 212 cards played and we are delighted to see the numbers rising for these tournaments.

Membership in the Club is also on the increase, which is another positive going forward. We thank all who supported our captain Adrian Landers over the four days of competition and as always the course was in top order and no complaints were had. The weather was also on side for the players which made it more enjoyable in which to partake. It was very competitive over the few days where it was wide open up until the final card was handed in on Sunday afternoon.

There was a wonderful array of prizes, but the overall winner who played very steady over the course of the tournament with a supurb score was James Howes who won by 2 shots from David Poynton in what was a very competitive afternoon of pitch and putt.

A special congratulations must go to Martin Keohane, the winner of the ‘hole in one’ prize. Martin had in fact two aces in one round on Sunday afternoon. Club captain Adrian Landers said ” I am delighted to see such a turnout with over 200 cards played and we hope the Club can go from strength to strength in the future”.

Full results are as follows:
O/A Nett-James Howes (84)(8under par)
O/A Gross -Paudie O’ Sullivan
Gents
1st Nett-David Poynton
1st Gross-Anthony O’ Loughlin
2nd Nett-Brendan McCaughey
Ladies
1st Nett-Joan Hyde
1st Gross-Joy Bryan
2nd Nett-Lily Bulman
Hole in one prize- Martin Keohane.
Well done to all the prize winners!

Captain’s Prize 2011 – 28/8/11

The Munster Matchplay Championships took place last weekend here in Youghal and was a fantastic weekend had by all and a great standard of pitch and putt was shown all through the competition. Weather conditions were tough but players battled through with superb play over the two days. It is the first time in the clubs history that we have held such a prestigious event and a great way also to celebrate the clubs 25th anniversary this year after the clubs foundation in 1986. We thank all who helped out in anyway in the preparation for this championship.

The course was also in top condition and credit must be given to all who made the course look its best over the last few months. There were 32 players competing over the weekend with 16 players in the senior grade, 8 in the intermediate section and also 8 in the junior section. Congratulations to all who played and especially Paudie O’ Sullivan who played very well and made the quarter finals of the championship in the senior grade, who lost out to the eventual winner of the event, John Walsh, who is currently Ireland’s number one ranked player in the game from Collins in Cork. John’s opponent in the final was Ireland’s number two Ray Murphy also from Cork. The two players put on a great performance and a superb final although John came out on top winning the match 8&7.

 

In the intermediate grade young gun Stephen Sheehan carried the hopes of the host club and showed how pitch and putt is played with a fantastic display both Saturday and Sunday and went home as Munster Champion in his respective grade winning his final against Glen O’ Donovan of Collins 6&5. Congratulations to Declan O’Connell from Tralee on winning the Junior title by defeating an impressive Kevin Flynn from Limerick in the final 3&2.
There were raving reviews all through the weekend of the course and the brilliant condition it was in and we are delighted that the Championship went so well and hopefully in the near future we can go a step further and host a national event here in Youghal.

Results:

Senior Winner – John Walsh (Collins)

Intermediate Winner – Stephen Sheehan (Claycastle)

Junior Winner – Declan O’ Connell (Tralee)

Brendan Cooney, President of the Youghal C.Y.M.S. presents the Youghal CYMS Jack Trihy Memorial Billiards Cup 2011 to winner Adrian Landers with runner-up Gerard Kelly at the society’s premises in Market Sq. Youghal. The final was played on Thursday evening 5th May 2011at the society’s premises in Market Sq. in front of a large audience. Landers beat Kelly in a final score of 200 points to 196 in a close fought battle of excellent billiards.

THE CRUCIBLE SNOOKER CLUB wiped away the disappointment of losing the Cork Snooker League final by winning the prestigious Orme Shield last weekend ( March 26th/27th 2011) in their first outright team victory which was well overdue.

The last major Cork snooker event of the year was played at Youghal CYMS last weekend where the famous Orme Shield was played out for the first time in over a decade.

Youghal CYMS the holders of the Orme Shield which they won in the 147 Club in Blackpool have held the famous trophy on their wall ever since, due to the fact that it hadn’t been played for since.

The re-introduction of the tournament coincides with the new found appetite for the game in Cork City and County on the year the Cork Snooker League resumed, so the standard was high, the facilities and the atmosphere superb it was a feast of great snooker in this three person team event.

The action started last Saturday morning where Douglas 1 beat Youghal 4, the AOH 1 side beat their club mates the AOH 2, Youghal 1 beat Douglas 3, Shooters 1 beat Crucible 3, Youghal 3 beat Youghal 5 and Crucible 1 beat Youghal 2, Shooters 2 and Douglas 2 got walkovers from Crucible 2 and Fermoy into the quarter finals.

The quarter finals were played Saturday morning and victories for AOH 1, Youghal 1, Shooters 1 and the Crucible 1, meant that the top four sides in Cork would meet in the semi finals.

Youghal CYMS played the AOH at 1pm last Sunday and it was a game that went on for quite a bit, eventually the home side came out on top, with wins for Adrian Landers and Derek Aherne over Timmy Murphy and Llyod Myers respectively, with Brendan Cooney of Youghal and Shane O’Mahony locked at one frame each.

The Crucible saw off Shooters in the other semi final extracting some revenge for the league defeat to the Blackpool based club in the Cork Snooker League final a few weeks ago, setting up a mouth watering final.

The final was to prove to be a classic as the Crucibles David Cassidy sunk the black ball to defeat Adrian Landers 3-2, Ryan Cronin won his match 3-1 against Youghal’s Derek Aherne and Greg Casey was 2- 1 up against Brendan Cooney.

Greg Casey told Evening Echo Sport “This is a huge win for us and it’s the first team event we have won and believe you me not many sides could come to Youghal CYMS and beat them in their own club, because they are a very good and experienced team and we are thrilled to win the Orme Shield. The facilities here in Youghal are first class, the tables were excellent and it’s not even like leaving home, because you are treated so well and looked after brilliantly. It’s great to see snooker back in Cork and the re-introduction of the Cork Snooker League, because it has everyone playing competitive snooker all the time which is great for the game and when you add in Killarney along with the Cork Close, snooker is buzzing in Cork and it will only get better”

Casey along with David Cassidy will be travelling to Malta this coming Friday to compete in the first ever ‘European under 21 Snooker Championships’ and with players like Vincent Muldoon from Galway and Jason Devaney from Ballina in Co. Mayo the Republic of Ireland snooker team looks very healthy indeed.

The senior and masters international teams flew out from Dublin Airport at 7am this morning to Malta as their competitions in the European Championships begin tomorrow morning.

The compliments were flying around the rooms of the Youghal CYMS last weekend and rightly so as everything was in perfect order throughout and there is no better venue for a tournament like the Orme Shield than Youghal CYMS, it has a special atmosphere that just reeks of snooker and all of which is good in the game.

Youghal CYMS President Brendan Cooney said “It was a great weekend and I want to thank everyone that came and played or watched over the two days, I would like to thank the Cork Billiards and Snooker Association to let us in Youghal CYMS host the event and I want to pay a special thanks to the referee’s over the weekend and of course I want to congratulate the Crucible Snooker Club on their victory, they are a super bunch of lads and well done to them”.

In Billiards news there is talk that there will be a Cork Billiards tournament organised soon. Billiards is a fantastic game, especially for snooker players,it’s a game of extreme skill and crucial positional play, so it will be good to see the plain and spot on the green baize in Cork again soon.

 

Orme Shield Results

Saturday the 26th of March

Round 1

Douglas 1  bt Youghal CYMS 4

AOH 1   bt AOH 2

Youghal CYMS 1 bt Douglas 3

Shooters 1  bt Crucible 3

Youghal CYMS 3 bt Youghal CYMS 5

Crucible 1  bt Youghal CYMS 2

Shooters 2 and Douglas 2 were awarded walkovers.

Quarter Final

AOH 1   bt Douglas 1

Youghal CYMS 1 bt Shooters 2

Shooters 1  bt Douglas 2

Crucible 1  bt Youghal CYMS 3

Sunday the 27th of March

Semi Final

Youghal CYMS 1 bt AOH 1

Crucible 1  bt Shooters 1

Final

The Crucible   bt Youghal CYMS 1