WEST WATERFORD GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB NOTES

Notes for week ending 9^th January 2005

COMPETITION RESULTS

Wednesday 5^th to Sunday 9^th January – 16-hole Stableford commencement of 1^st round of the Winter League, kindly sponsored by Comeragh Oil

1^st: John O'Connell (10) 38pts. 2^nd: Karl Kiely (12) 38pts. Gross: mark Shanahan (+2) 31pts. 3^rd: Justin Spatt (14) 38pts. 4^th: Gerry O'Brien (17) 36pts. 5^th: Mark Power (18) 35pts. 6^th: Paul Fox (17) 34pts.

Sunday 26^th, Monday 27^th December 2004. Junior fundraising competition kindly sponsored by Maher’s Golf Emporium Cork, 16-hole Stableford.

1^st: Billy Nugent (14) 37pts. 2^nd: Donal O’Brien (14) 36pts. Gross: Mark Shanahan (+2) 36pts. 3^rd: Pat Power (Gl) (20) 36pts. 4^th: David Curran (8) 35pts back 8

JUNIOR NOTES.

Thursday 6^th January - 16-hole Stableford

1^st: Francis Condon (36) 43pts

2^nd: Christopher Murphy (36) 36pts

Best Gross: Philip Walsh (13) 23pts gross

The next junior competition will take place during the Easter school holidays.

All junior members are reminded that the golf subscription for 2005 is now due.

WINTER LEAGUE

The 2005 winter league started last week and promises to be a keenly contested competition as it has been in previous years. The list of teams and their Captains are as follows: -

Abbyside: Justin Spratt. Affane: John Flynn. Ardmore: Patrick Power.

Brickeys: Brian Hilliard. Cappagh: Michael O'Keeffe. Carrightwohill: William Fitzgibbons. Carriglea: Ollie Broderick. Clashmore: John Laverty. Cork: Michael Dalton.

Dungarvan: Michael O'Dwyer. East Cork: Benjamin Price. Glenbeg: Jim Murphy. Grange: Noel Conway. Killeagh: Patsy Collins. Old Boro': Pat Power.

Old Parish: Edward Hickey. St'Olivers: Pat Landers. Youghal: Michael Landers.

FIXTURES

Wednesday 12^th January to Sunday 16^th January

16-hole Stableford – Continuation of 1^st round of the Winter League, kindly sponsored by Comeragh Oil.

A full list of our fixtures and other information is available on our website:

TSUNAMI DISASTER APPEAL

West Waterford Golf Club wants to help in this humanitarian disaster. We will donate your entry fee (of week 2 Round 1) of the Winter League to the relief operation for the tsunami victims. This will take place from Wednesday 12^th January – Sunday 16^th January 2005. As a golfer we appeal to you to participate by either playing next week or if you cannot play please make a donation. Our lady members will also be contributing to the appeal. All our contributions can make a difference. Thank you.

NAMES ONLY ON TIMESHEETS

Owing to increased playing numbers, the practice of putting down a name +1 or +2 is no longer acceptable. Only individual names will suffice as this facilitates the smooth running of the timesheet, by identifying who is actually booked in to play with whom.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

Subscriptions for the 2005 season are now due, we would like to thank those who have already paid for their prompt response, and request all members who haven’t paid to please submit the appropriate amount to the office, by post or in person at their earliest convenience.

DUNGARVAN GOLF TRIANGLE

Golf tourism as we all know is now a big business in Ireland and the Dungarvan area is ideally placed to garner its share of this ever expanding market. A major selling point of our three courses, Dungarvan Golf Club, Gold Coast Golf Club and ourselves West Waterford Golf Club is that we are all less than 10 minutes drive from Dungarvan town centre. The ‘Dungarvan Golf Triangle’ effectively, allows you to purchase a ticket that enables you to play each of the three courses, Monday to Friday for the combined price of €75, and in this era of high green fee rates, this represents good value. ‘The Dungarvan Golf Triangle’ is being advertised through all the usual mediums and is on sale in each of the three golf clubs.

CARE OF THE COURSE

Repairing of pitch/plug marks on greens, replacing of divots on tees and fairways and raking bunkers are all-important aspects of care of the course. It is also essential to use the bins provided for discarded soft drink containers and other waste items. Numerous visitors to our club in recent months have been complimentary on the quality and appearance of our golf course. It is in everyone's interest to keep it that way.

Care of the Course (Bunkers). The following paragraph is an extract from the recently revised Rules of Golf approved by the R & A. It is from section 1 – Etiquette; Behavior on the course.

"Before leaving a bunker, players should carefully fill up and smooth over all holes and footprints made by them and any nearby made by others. If a rake is within reasonable proximity of the bunker, the rake should be used for this purpose."

CLUB CONTACT DETAILS

Telephone: 058 43216

Fax: 058 44343

E-mail: info@westwaterfordgolf.com

Thanks.