The Captain’s Qualifier took place on the 14th/15th August after being abandoned last week due to very bad weather. The weather was much kinder to us for the second attempt. 286 members played in the competition. Judging by the 23 players that shot great scores that were under 70 the pins must have not been in those difficult positions.
Hopefully, everybody enjoyed the day, and for those who qualified for the final on Sunday, good luck. A big thanks to Jason Corscadden of Synergy Golf and the rest of the greenkeepers for the great condition they had the course in. Rye River Café provided delicious breakfast baps for the early starters and burgers and chips for the later players which went down very well.
The Barton Cup team beat Tulfarris 3-2 on Saturday the 14th of Aug. It was a very close game. Watch out for details of their next game and why not come down and give them a bit of support.
The team is managed by Jason Corscadden and Conor Mahon and thanks guys for doing a great job and well done to all the team players. The team is Jason McGivern – Rodger Quinn – Ciaran Mahon – Ian Kavanagh -Tomas O’Brien – Mark Kavanagh – Pat O’Connor – David Mahon – Martin Filbert – Darren Gunning – Ross Tallon – Ross Delaney.
Town & District Cup 2021
On Thursday 12th August, there was a shotgun start at 6.30pm for the club’s own Towns & Districts Cup. Participating teams represented Clarkestown Summerhill, Summerhill Village, Maynooth, Lucan, Leixlip, Celbridge, Palmerstown, and Castleknock. After the 70 members finished the 9 hole competition, all were treated to a really delicious pig on the spit buffet.
Lucan was the winner of the 2021 Towns & Districts Cup and the team members were Dominic & Patricia Holmes, Des, Amanda and Adam Mc Garry, Willie Kavanagh. This team won the competition in 2020 but on this occasion, their winning margin, with 78 points, was just 1 point.
The team in 2nd place was representing Maynooth and had a score of 77 points. The team consisted of Joe Mulligan, Michael O Hara, David Philips, Damien Gunning, Jason McGivern, and Eileen O Toole.
On Monday night this week, we held our 4 person team event over 9 holes commencing at 4pm. There were 48 people who participated and many of them joined us in the bar for tea/sandwiches and a chat afterward.
The next 4 person team event is Thursday 26th August and again this will be over 9 holes. The 9 and dine will be on Friday the 3rd September, we hope that you can join us at one of the above events
Captains Tommy & Eileen
