West Waterford Golf News and Notes

WEST WATERFORD GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB

Gents Notes for week ending 2nd July 2006

The first and premier ‘major’ of 2005, the Captain’s Prize kindly presented by Ollie Broderick took place over the weekend in wonderful summer conditions. The qualifying round of 18-hole stroke was played on Friday and Saturday 30th June - 1st July, with the leading 100 golfers qualifying to compete again on Sunday 2nd June over another 18 holes. The winners were selected from the aggregate score over the qualifying round and the final round.

1st:  Sonny Landers (16) - 126. 2nd: Billy Nugent (16) - 135. 3rd: Michael Sheehan (18) - 137. 4th: Terry O Callaghan (14) - 137. 5th: John Carroll (11) - 141.

1st Gross: Morrie Ferncombe (5) - 150. 2nd Gross: John Dunphy (1) 151. 3rd Gross: David Curran (4) - 154. 

High Handicap Cat A: 1st: Percy Walsh (20) - 142. 2nd: Kieran Curtin (20) - 147. 
High handicap Cat B: 1st: Ken O'Connell (18) - 148. 2nd: Darren Donovan (18) - 148. 

Best Nett 1st 18: Seamus Landers (16) - 64. Best Nett 2nd 18: John Keane (13) - 70.
Best Gross 1st 18: Andy Hickey (5) - 73. Best Gross 2nd 18: Nick O'Riordan (5) - 79.

Past Captain: John Power (9) - 147. Guest: Donal Williams (3) - 69.

The presentation of prizes took place in the Clubhouse on Sunday night last. Members and friends were out in force to round off an outstanding Captain’s weekend. Grateful thanks to Ollie and Kathleen Broderick for hosting an excellent competition and another memorable prize-giving evening.

1st: Ben Price (13) W.W.G.C.C - 43pts. 2nd: Jimmy Mansfield (22) W.W.G.C.C - 41pts
Gross: Patrick O’Riordan (12) W.W.G.C.C - 29pts. 3rd: Pat Buckley (17) East Cork - 40pts. 4th: Michael Byrne (24) W.W.G.C.C - 40pts. 5th: P.J Barry (14) Dungarvan - 39pts
CSS: 37pts
Next Al Eile Stud Open Qualifier Competition takes place Wednesday 5th July

High Handicap Tuesday 27th June 13-hole stroke
High Handicap (A) 1st: Percy Walsh (20) - 47. 2nd: Edward Hickey (21) - 50. 3rd: Tony Condon (20) - 51.
High Handicap (B) 1st: Shane Hanhran (18) - 49. 2nd: Billy Walsh (18) - 55. Guest: Ray Donnelly (11) - 50. Paddy Murphy (17) - 51.
Next High Handicap takes place Tuesday 4th July.

Junior Competition Tuesday 27th June 18-hole Stableford
1st: Jamie Glavin (20) - 54pts. 2nd: Kieran Lynch (33) - 51pts. 3rd: Jason O’Keeffe (32) - 46pts.
Gross: Philip Spratt (7) - 34pts. Best Beginner: Darragh Fitzgerald (36) - 36pts.
Next Junior Competition takes place Tuesday 4th July.

Fixtures:
Tuesday 4th July – High Handicap
Wednesday 5th July – Al Eile Stud Open Qualifier
Thursday 6th to Saturday 8th July - Killeagh GAA Golf Classic
Sunday 9th July – Club competition, 18-hole Stableford.
Tuesday 11th July – High Handicap
Wednesday 12th July – Al Eile Stud Open Qualifier
Saturday 15th July and Sunday 16th July 2006 - Club competition, 18-hole Stableford. Timesheets in operation
Tuesday 18th July – High Handicap
Wednesday 19th July – Al Eile Stud Open Qualifier
Friday 21st to Sunday 30th July – OPEN WEEK
A full list of our fixtures and other information is available on our website:

Seamus Power:
Seamus Power made a valiant attempt to defend his Irish Youths title at Royal Tara Golf Club ending the week in second place following rounds of 71, 73, 69 and 71 for a four round total of 284, four under par. Lurgan’s Gareth Shaw, holder of the North of Ireland title, shot two rounds of 73 on the final day to capture the title having taken a firm grip on the Championship on Thursday, when he recorded a course record 66, which included five birdies and an eagle, followed by a second round 67 to lead by five strokes over Irish Close runner-up Simon Ward (Co. Louth). The lead remained five after the third round, in which Ward matched Shaw’s 73 and Royal Dublin’s Neil O’Brien recorded a round of the day 69 t o tie with Ward on five under par. Both Shaw and O'Brien fell away in the final round and the battle for second place was decided in favor of defending champion Seamus who beat Port Stewart's Paul Culter and Welshman Rhys Enoch on count back. This continues a successful season for Seamus having tasted victory this season with his win at Thurles Golf Club in the Munster Youths Championship where he had a comfortable six shot win over his nearest rival.

Scramble and Presentation of Prizes:
The next Scramble will take place on Friday 14th July and it is hoped to have a bar-b-que on that evening as well.

Bookings for Open Week:
Bookings are now being taken for our Open Week 2006 the details are as follows:
Friday 21st July- Open 13 hole 3 person Scramble (Gents, Ladies or Mixed) kindly sponsored by Hilton Engineering
Saturday 22nd July - Open Gents 18 Hole Stroke kindly sponsored by Bank of Ireland.
Sunday 23rd July - Open Gents 18 Hole Gents Stableford kindly sponsored by Castle Park Hotel and Spratt’s Bar Mitchelstown also Open Ladies 9 Hole Competition from 5pm also kindly sponsored by Castle Park Hotel and Spratt’s Bar Mitchelstown
Monday 24th July- Open Ladies 18 Hole Stableford kindly sponsored by Herlihys Supervalu also Open Gents 9 Hole Competition from 6pm kindly sponsored by Herlihys Supervalu
Tuesday 25th July- Open Gents 18 Hole Stableford kindly sponsored by The Park Hotel, Dungarvan
Wednesday 26th July- Open 18-hole Singles Stableford kindly sponsored by Gain Feeds
Thursday 27th July- Open 18 Hole 3 Person Rumble (Gents, ladies or Mixed) kindly sponsored by Allied Irish Bank
Friday 28th July- Open Gents 18 Hole Singles Stableford kindly sponsored by Eamonn Spratt Property Partners also Open Ladies 9 Hole Competition from 6pm also kindly sponsored by Eamonn Spratt Property Partners
Saturday 29th July- Open Gents 18 Hole Fourball kindly sponsored by Dungarvan Chevrolet Sangyong
Sunday 30th July- Open Gents 18 Hole Singles Stroke kindly sponsored by Dungarvan Lighting & Gifts & Wes Electrical also Open Ladies 9 Hole Competition from 6pm also kindly sponsored by Dungarvan Lighting & Gifts & Wes Electrical
Special Prizes for Open Week Competitions include Golfer of the Week (Best 4 cards to count) kindly sponsored this year by “The Corkonians” and the first Hole-in-one kindly sponsored again this year by Mahers Sports Emporium in Cork City.
The following conditions will apply to all competitions:
Handicap limit – 22 for Men’s Competitions
Handicap limit – 32 for Landis's Competitions
Juveniles with a Handicap of 16 or less are eligible for Gents Competition
Time sheets in operation for all competitions
Visitors are asked to note that GUI cards are mandatory.
Full Catering Facilities available 

Killeagh GAA Golf Classic:
Timesheets are practically full for the Killeagh GAA Golf Classic which takes place from Thursday 6th to Saturday 8th July with 125 teams scheduled at this stage. This event kindly sponsored by Coleman’s Newsagents Killeagh and Premier Service Station, Middleton is a huge success story and this is no surprise as the main driving force behind the scenes once more is loyal club member Ray Rochford who makes a monumental effort throughout to ensure the success of the event. It is a team of four Stableford and teams may be gents, ladies or mixed and the entry fee is €200.00 per team of 4 players including a meal for each participant. To book a tee-time simply telephone West Waterford on 058-43216 or 058-41475.

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 within 5 minutes drive of Dungarvan town center. 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. Tickets are valid up to 31st December 2006.

Golf Lessons:
T.W Murphy E.G.T.F is available for golf lessons. Timmy can be contacted by ringing 086-3521070 for an appointment.

Locker Allocation:
The locker fee for 2006 is €15 and should now be paid, any member wishing to forfeit hi/her locker is asked to inform the office so that vacant lockers may be made available for hire to members on the waiting list.

Timesheet Notice:
Please remember: Players with their names on the timesheet have priority on the 1st tee.
All members are also urged to telephone the office if they wish to cancel a tee time that they have booked in the interest of fairness to all.

Club Contact details:
Telephone:            058 43216
Fax:     058 44343
E-mail:            info@westwaterfordgolf.com
Website:            www.westwaterfordgolf.com

Thanks.

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Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland

Tel: 058 - 43216 or 41475
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