YOUGHAL GAA Club Golf Society celebrated their Christmas Society outing on Friday the 30th of December at Youghal Golf Club and 36 players played in softish conditions, even though the course looked excellent and the greens were in superb shape for this time of year.

The format for the day was for all 36 players to compete at singles stable-ford and on returning the cards, three categories 0-15, 16- 18 and 19 upwards were put together in a blind draw of cards for the winning combinations.

Outside of the team event there was an overall prize for the best score over the 14 holes in play and that went to Michael Coleman who had 30pts.

The results of the teams card draw.

1st Michael Coleman, Coleman Walsh and Martin Hennessy 86pts.

2nd Philip Monaghan, Fergal Keenaghan and Pat Cheasty 80pts.

3rd Brendan O’ Leary, Cillian Coleman and Damien Ring 74pts (Back 9).

4th Sean Ring, Dave Daly and John Cronin 74pts.

5th Brendan Coleman, Joe Kirk and Tommy O’Connell 72pts.

6th Derek Kiely, Miheal O Laochdha and Eileen Cronin 71pts.

7th Tadgh O’Mahony, Gerry Russell and Aine Martin 70pts.

8th Liam Sloane, Alan Geary and Ger Motherway 67pts.

9th Kevin Curtin, John Cahill and Cormac Galvin 65pts (Back 9).

10th Eoin O Siochru, Brett Moloney and Billy Forrest 65pts.

11th Barry Curtin, Tommy Bulman and Colm Corcoran 63pts.

12th Daniel Mulcahy, Rodney Simpson and Brendan Ring 54pts.

Youghal GAA Golf Society Captain Eoin O Siochru thanked all that played and said that it looks like early March or possibly late February for the next outing. Eoin also thanked Youghal Golf Clubs Captain Mr Dermot Dromgoold who was present and all the officers and staff at Youghal Golf Club for their warm welcome and help on the day.

Deiric O Cadhla
Bord Corcaigh Thoir OCP

Derek Kiely
East Cork Board PRO
089-4191901

pro.imokilly.cork@gaa.ie

www.eastcorkgaa.com

 

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

Kevin Mangan Memorial raises funds for the Mercy Hospital Foundation

By Derek Kiely in Youghal

KEVIN MANGAN’S name will be forever remembered by his close friends and the support of his family as the annual Kevin Mangan memorial golf day was held at ‘Gold Coast Golf Resort’ last weekend, but this year was a little bit special as funds were raised for the Mercy Hospital  Foundation.

 Kevin sadly passed away a few years ago when he died after he suffered from Sleep Apnea and Kevin’s family and friends started a memorial day in 2008, but this time the family and the friends of the fondly remembered Youghal man wanted to do something more and with the dedication of one of his greatest friends Anthony O’Donoghue started to organise fund raising, sponsored prizes and sponsor cards to help raise funds towards a machine at the Mercy Hospital that can help with this condition.

Over 40 people turned up and played in the event and the organiser of the event Anthony O’Donoghue said “We wanted his (Kevin) memorial day to be a charity event from here on in, it certainly has grown over the last three years and I hope it gets even bigger and more people get involved. People in around Youghal have been very supportive and I want to thank them for their help and sponsorship, in particular this year to Mr Noel Mackey, he was brilliant”.

The red jacket for the winner was presented to the evergreen Paddy Yellop, who at 75 years young beat the field to the number one spot.

Mrs Phil Mangan the mother of the late Kevin Mangan said at the presentation “People have been great and I want to thank everyone who donated or helped in any way, Kevin Will never be forgotten with his great friends and if we can help to save just one life that would be brilliant”.

The event organiser is already getting ready for 2012 and going by the enthusiasm shown by the group to raise funds for the Mercy Hospital Foundation, this annual event is set to grow much bigger.

The presentation of prizes was held at Noel Mackey’s Central Star last Saturday evening and the top five winners were:

1st  Paddy Yellop

2nd Adrian Yellop

3rd Michael O’Donoghue

4th John Leary

5th Anthony Kelly

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Berties Golf Society had its first outing of the year with the always popular Bertie Dempsey Memorial Cup in Youghal last Saturday, 19 February.  Big numbers were expected and we were not disappointed, with 68 players teeing off on the day.

Dave Browne was the winner beating Colin Heaphy into 2nd place on the back 9.  Well done Dave.
Captain Pad Joe Terry and Vice Captain Michael O’Sullivan presented the prizes later that evening in Berties.  Awards for GUI and non-GUI Players of the Year went to Paddy Heaphy and Alan Downing respectively, with both these prizes kindly sponsored by Paul Dempsey.  Fine speeches were made by Paul Dempsey and, representing Youghal Golf Club, Patsy Regan.

The Society would like to take this opportunity to thank Youghal Golf Club for looking after us so well on the day.  The food and service at the club is top notch!

Well done to everyone who played on the day.  The Society is growing in number year after year and has its strongest turn out at this event, a fitting tribute to the man himself, Bertie Dempsey, a great supporter of all sports in our town always.

Our next outing is to Mahon in April and we will be hoping to get a few more to travel on the bus as it is guaranteed to be back in Berties by 9 o’clock sharp! Lastly, a big welcome to all our new members.  We hope you all enjoy the year of golf and craic ahead.

Click on image to enlarge. Pictures: Michael Hussey www.youghalonline.com

Youghal Claycastle Pitch and Putt Lady Captain’s Prize 2010. Lady Captain Phil Mangan’s prize was played over last week – Wednesday 15th,  Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September 2010

Lady Captains Prize 2010
The Lady Captains prize was played for over the weekend of 19th of September. The members were out in force in support of our lady captain Phil Mangan . After four days of great competition and 180 cards Joan Hyde was announced as the winner of the most beautiful of prizes. Other prize winners in the ladies category were the ever consistent Lily Bulman, Joy Bryan and Sally Wallace. Overall gross went to Anthony O’ Loughlin. In the gents young gun James Howes won the nett followed closely by Billy Kenefick who gladly has returned to the game and shown that he hasn‘t lost the touch! Martin Keohane picked up another prize by winning the 1st gross. There were no fewer than five hole in ones and out of the draw came the name of Michael Ryall. At the presentation Chairperson Joy Bryan, President Thomas Bulman and Captain Martin Keohane paid tribute to Phil who has given years of dedicated service to the club and its members. Phil has her finger on the pulse when it comes to all aspects of the club from warmly welcoming new members to encouraging our juvenile members to always try their best and enjoy the game. Although she no longer plays the game Phil’s enthusiasm for our club has to be seen to be believed and will always have a much welcomed cuppa ready for you after your round which is greatly appreciated by all the members. Results- O/A Nett Joan Hyde, O/A Gross- Anthony O’ Loughlin, Ladies- 1st Nett- Lily Bulman, 1st Gross- Joy Bryan, 2nd Nett- Sally Wallace. Gents- 1st Nett- James Howes, 1st Gross- Martin Keohane, 2nd Nett- Billy Kenefick. Hole in one prize- Michael Ryall.
Noel O’ Driscoll Memorial 2010
Brendan McCaughey was the proud winner of the Noel O’ Driscoll memorial at the weekend. Brendan played some superb pitch and putt to win this most sought after of prizes. The competition was very well supported by the members and was played in glorious sunshine. Results- O/A nett- Brendan McCaughey, O/A gross- Michael Landers. Gents 1st nett- Martin Dalton, 1st gross- Anthony O’ Loughlin, 2nd nett- Seamus Murphy. Ladies- 1st nett- Rita Ryall, 1st gross- Lily Bulman, 2nd nett- Sally Wallace. Hole in one prize- Paudie O’ Sullivan.
Result of Fourball kindly sponsored by Kieran Quill- 1st nett- Rita Ryall, Joan Hyde 1st gross- Martin Dalton, Joy Bryan 2nd nett- Ted Healy, James Howes.
Martin Keohane begins the defence of The Club Strokeplay this weekend. Two sessions of 36 hole v-par will be played on Saturday, tee times are 10.30 + 2.30. Players may only play in one session. The top 12 scores will qualify for an 18 hole playoff on Sunday afternoon with a 2.30 tee off. There will be prizes for 1st and 2nd as well as a final 18. This competition proved to be a great success last year and hopefully this year will be just as exciting.
The chairpersons prize will be played for over the following dates- Wednesday 6th 2.30, Saturday 9th 2.30 and Sunday 10th 10.30 + 2.30. Joy has kindly sponsored an extra prize for the 18 handicap ladies in this years competition.
The annual general meeting of Claycastle Pitch and Putt Club will take place on Monday 11th October at   8.00pm in Farrells bar Summerfield. 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.

Club Strokeplay- October 10th 2010
Martin Keohane retained the Club Strokeplay by returning a superb score of 17 up for the 54 hole tournament. Johan Brosnan finished 2nd on 12 up. Lily Bulman won the ladies with a score of 4 up and Michael Landers claimed the final 18 with 3 up.
Chairpersons prize-
There were over 150 cards played in this years chairpersons prize. James Howes played superbly to win Joy Bryans beautiful prize. Results-Overall nett-James Howes, Overall gross-Edward Long, Gents 1st nett-Martin Dalton,1st gross-  Martin Keohane,2nd nett- Tom Pomphrett, Ladies 1st nett- Lily Bulman,1st gross- Joy Bryan,2nd nett- Rita Ryall,18 h/cap nett- Shiela O’ Sullivan.
Congratulations to Paudie O’ Sullivan who won his 1st scratch cup in two years by winning the Templebreedy Scratch Cup. Paudie returned an impressive score of 27 under to win by 3 shots from Ray Murphy. After knockong on the door so often this season Paudies consistancy paid off in a well deserved win at long last!

Wednesday 15th September: Open 3 Person Team Event – Sponsored by: Yawl Bay Seafood

President’s Prize to the Ladies (President James Morey)
Wednesday 8th September 2010

Youghal Golf Club Prize Giving – President’s Prize 2010

President’s Prize Weekend (President James Morey)
Thurs 2nd – Fri 3rd – Sat 4th – Sun 5th September – 36 Holes Stableford

Michael O’Driscoll Memorial – 27th to 29th August 2010

Juvenile Matchplay 2010
The 2010 Juvenile Matchplay came to an end recently with the most experienced juvenile David Poynton becoming the victor. Throughout the whole competition there were many exciting matches. The match between Una Brosnan and Adam Bulman went to sudden death with a dramatic ending where Una lipped out giving Adam the win and a place in the  next round of the competition.

Also the game between brothers David O Brien and Ian O Brien went to four holes of sudden death and was a great battle to watch. Ian eventually came out on top after the fourth play off hole.
Congratulations all the players who took part in the matchplay and well done to David Poynton once again, not forgetting his opponent in the final Erin. Well Done!.
Well done to Paudie O’ Sullivan who finished runner-up at the Larkspur park scratch cup last weekend. A three shot swing and a visit to the water on th very last hole cost Paudie a well deserved victory.
Fixtures-
Lady Captain Phil Mangans re-arranged prize will be layed for over the weekend of 19th September.
Noel O’ Driscoll memorial – weekend of 26th September.