Castlegregory Golf Club

Lady President Joan’s Prize

1^st M O’Connor (21) 67

2^nd L ‘Carroll (19) 67

Best gross:  M T Real (8) 84

3^rd T Moriarty (23) 69

4^th K Meade (24) 71

Back 9 - H Stevenson (23) 33.5

Front 9 - E Randles (17) 34.5

Nearest pin - G O Brien,  2ft 10”

Longest drive - T Brosnan

9 hole - U O’Connor

18 hole s/f - A Rowan (36) 29 pts.

Beginners

1^st C O’Dorerty  

2^nd S Hurley

Best visitor: G Ryan 

Putting Prize: Helen Healy

Men’s  9 hole s/f

1^st S Cronin (17) 23 pts.

2^nd M Mercer (20) 18pts.

Ladies

18 Hole Scotch Foursomes, sponsored by Donagh Shanahan

1.    Kay Meade & Merlyn O’Connor   41 pts.

2.    Marie McCarthy & Nuala Carlin   37 pts.

3.    Anna Shannon & Geraldine O’Brien   36 pts.

Fixtures

Fri. 17^th July – 18 hole Stableford, sponsored by Anna & Kieran Shannon.

Sun 19^th July – Lady President’s Prize, sponsored by Michael O’Dowd Bar & Restaurant, Clahane and Mike Fitzgerald (Altobridge).

9 hole competition for men on Sun 19^th -  Timesheet from 7.00 to 8.20 a.m.

Men

18 hole Stableford, sponsored by Nevada Bobs, Tralee.

1.    Brian Neenan   39 pts.

2.    John Rowan     39 pts.

3.    George Nash    36 pts.

Front 9 – Frankie Herlihy   20 pts.

Back 9 -   Pat Leahy            20 pts.

President Ger Callanan’s Prize on Sunday 26^th July. Timesheet in Clubhouse.

Well done to our Junior Cup team on their great effort against Ballybunion in Tralee on Saturday last 11^th July. This was the Club’s first time to enter this competition and once again, as happened to many of our teams this year, the overall match was decided on the extra tie holes in the deciding match. The match was played in driving rain and wind on the excellent Barrow links – some matches were suspended for a period to shelter from the weather. After four matches the score stood at Castlegregory 2, Ballybunion 2. Pat Doody and Mike Tangney had excellent wins while Con O’Connor and Jason Rowan had gone down fighting to top quality opponents. In the final match, Dan O’Connor was three down with five to play but had levelled the match after 18. It was then down the 19^th – this was halved so the match went to the 20^th where Ballybunion had the extra bit of luck to secure the win. An excellent display from our newcomers against very experienced opponents. Very well done to the team management and all panel members and congratulations to a very sporting Ballybunion team.

05.07.2009.

Castlegregory is a small village on the northern shore of the Dingle peninsula.   A place which, for millennia, owed its survival to its remote location in the general scheme of things. No great plunder here for the Vikings, although a few must have slipped through. Lean pickings also for the Normans who seem to have missed the Republic of Kerry altogether. ‘Castle’ survived for generations on the intransigence and the ‘webbed foot’ mentality of the indigenous population. It still does.

I recently had the privilege of visiting the village as a guest of the Lady Captain, on the occasion of her annual prize. A very pleasant day, a wonderful night, a privilege to share with the disparate attendees. The details of the day are for another epistle.

My abiding memory was of the apparent and obviously genuine un-inhibitionness un-inhibititudeness or whatever word you can invent, if there is such a noun, of the locals.    Welcomed with a typical patronising touch of Kerry bonhomie, this rapidly evaporated when they realised that Corkonianism is not as ingrained as either county believes.     As always those clever and beautiful people put us at our ease, perhaps off our guard, who knows. One way or another a great day got off to a great start at the Castlegregory clubhouse.    We all knew the lady captain, so her effusive welcome was expected.     Her Vice, her secretary, her predecessor, the lady president and the whole shooting match of female members who welcomed us, defied description. Their attributes encompassed all those normally expected in Pigalle, Trinity College and the Tralee Dome.  Wonderful women all. They welcomed us effusively and without reservation, and still, in some unfathomable way, we felt that it was we who owed them a debt of gratitude, as indeed the evening proved.

Males to Tomasins, females to Crutches:  Fed and watered:  Back to Crutches.  

One who has lived a long time and who has experienced all kinds of rannygazoo can only describe what ensued as magical.    The welcome, the lead in by the secretary, the homily of the Lady Captain, the acceptance of her vice (who happened to win) the obvious bond between the members, the like bond between the members and their guests, the warm feeling that pervaded the proceedings and the never to be forgotten down to earth attitude that obviously pervades this lovely club, made this writer, for one, envious.

Long may your beautiful course survive. 

Long may your approach to golf survive.

Long may your “joy de vivre” survive.

Thank you.

A guest.

I am not normally stuck for words but on this occasion words fail me to describe what happened on Saturday last.  A big thank you to all the members of both sections of the club who gave me a day and night that I will never, ever forget.  For the cards, gifts, text messages, flowers, baking and just general goodwill, I thank you all.... Sandra.

Lady Captain Sandra Nyhan’s prize - Results 4^th July

1^st  L O’CARROLL (20) 65

2^nd  G O’CONNOR (22) 69

3^rd  M R BINCHY (20) 69

4^th  H STEVENSON (23) 70

Best gross Mary T Real (8) 80

Front 9 M McCarthy (20) 31

Back 9 M Cummins (14) 31

9 Hole Competition

1^st Joan Ferriter

Putting Competition

1^st Ruth Bowler

Fixtures - Fri 10^th & Sun 12^th July 

18 hole Scotch Foursomes sponsored by Donagh Shanahan

Men’s results

5^TH July 18 hole singles s/f

1^st J McKenna (17) 39

2^nd N Moynihan (19) 37

3^rd S O Connor (T) (19) 35

Categories

1. J Rowan (13) 34
2. J O’Sullivan (15) 32
3. S Lovett (20) 31

Fixtures - Sat 11^th & Sun 12^th July 

18 hole Stableford