Barton Shield Connacht champions 2019. Captain

Serryth Heavey• Breaking Points August 15/8/2019

Mens Club Results

7th August Coombe Cup. COMPUPAC IT1st David Taylor 5up

2nd Joe Keyes 5up3rd Conor Neiland 4up4th Sebastian Vogt 4up

5th P Thomson Roscommon GC6th Ronan McNamara 2up7th Fergal O’Flaherty 2up

Cat 1 Ruairi O’ConnorCat 2 Hugh Arnold

Cat 3 Shaun Simpson

8th August Scotch Foresomes. ULSTER BANK1st Ciaran Daly and Dave Kelleher 42

2nd Conor and Pat Neiland 423rd Aodhagan Brady and Luke Harrison 40

4th Gavin and Michael Barrett 395th Jack Flanagan and Daniel Ford 39

9th August. O’Connor Cup. KNOX1st Dean O’Shea Longford GC 402nd Cathal O Leary Castle GC 39

3rd Alan Flanagan 394th Ian Smith Island GC 385th Cian Smith Boyle GC 37

6th Mark Meade Balbriggan GC 36Cat 1 Gerry Hargadon

Cat 2 Johnny ArmstrongCat 3 Declan Soden Clonakilty GC

Mens Club Results

10th August. Soden Cup. GILROY GANNON & CO.

1st Paul and Karol Butler 422nd Noel McLoughlin and Ronan Lynch

423RD John McGinn and Kieran McElroy 41

4th Pat McDaniel and Niall Stafford 415th Tom and Noel Crowley 40

11th August. Singles. CONTAX PRODUCTION AUTOMATION LTD

1st Philip Soden Jnr 372nd Niall McDermott 36

3rd Gary Byrne 354th Kieran McDonagh 34

Cat 1 Rob CostelloeCat 2 Johnny Armstrong

Cat 3 Charlie Carr

Mens Club Results

3rd August – Champagne Scramble. VENDOR FINANCE1st Pat Togher, Fergal O’Flaherty, Michael Barrett and

Kieran O’Brien 972nd Paul and Karl Butler, Brian O’Sullivan and Gary Devins

963rd Visitors 95

4th Tony Leonard, Pat McDaniel, Tommy Rooney and Dave O’Hara 92

PAT TOGHER had a HOLE IN ONE on the 4th and so collected the bonus of €1000 for his team.

4th August – The Ewing cup. KEVIN CONNOLLY CARS1st Shane Underwood 67

2nd Sean Lawlor 693rd Gerry Fox 72

4th Niall McDermott 725th David O’Donovan 72

Cat 1 Thomas Finnegan 72Cat 2 Liam Gannon 72Cat 3 Charlie Carr 72

5th August – Singles. EJS MENSWEAR1st Conor Neiland 40

2nd Tony Parkinson 383rd Fergal O’Flaherty 364rd David O’Malley 355th Danny Cronin 35

6th David Harte 34Cat 1 Shane Flanagan 34

Cat 2 Damian O’Malley 33Cat 3 Shaun Simpson 34

Mens Team News

Our Barton Shield team of Thomas Finnegan and Ruairi O’Connor, and

TJ and Daniel Ford won the Connacht title in Westport in dramatic fashion beating hot

favorites Galway on the 19th thanks to a birdie by the Ford brothers.

National finals are in Westport from 19th to 21st September. Well done

Serryth and team.

The Senior Cup team of Ruairi, TJ, Daniel, Thomas and David Brady were betaen in the semi finals by

Galway. Thanks to Tom Ford.

The Connacht Shield team were beaten by Boyle GC in a very tight

match. Hard luck to Tom Gavin and his team.

Mens Club Competition Schedule

Sat 17th August – President Kevin Cunninghams Prize

Sunday 18th Aug – Singles Sponsored by Strandhill Lodge and Suites

Sat 24th Aug. Centenary Cup. Sponsor SligoPark Hotel

Sun 25th Aug - Singles sponsored by Brian Mullins Insurance

The Ladies Sodan Cup Sponsored by Gillroy and Gannon and presented by Sinead Mc Hughwon by Debbie Murphy and Michelle Murphy

Open Week a big thank you to all our sponsors!And congratulations to Marie Mc T . who won

the Downs Cup

Aodhagan Brady,

Connacht Close Under 14 champion

2019

Junior Boys Open Week

Results Tuesday 13th

1st Matthew Ryan 392nd Danny Cronin 383rd Aodhagan Brady 38

Matthew Ryan has managed to get his handicap down to 15 and is now eligible to play on the Championship course in Competitions. Well done Matthew

Well done John Paul Flanagan who finished 3rd in the under 12 section of the Connacht Close at Mountbellew.

Results Saturday 27 July Saturday 3 August Saturday 10 August

9 hole Green Tees

1st Anna Meade (28) 23 nett (b9)2nd Tess Longworth (36) 23 nett

5 hole Scramble

1st Ella O’Boyle & Jessica Reynolds 20 shots2nd Orna Murphy & Anna Meade 23 shots

1st Rebecca O’Grady & Roisin Fitzpatrick 24 shots b32nd Enya Chrystal & Orna Murphy 24 shots

1st Rebecca O’Grady & Jessica Reynolds 28 shots2nd Ailbhe O’Donovan & Meadhbh Fitzpatrick 29 shots

Junior Girls Golf

Don’t forget- girls can enter the ladies weekly Wednesday 9 hole competition in Bomore- enter & return scores on the clubhouse computer.

Junior Captain’s DaySaturday 24 AugustCelebrate with, Anna Flanagan, on her special Junior Captain’s day on 24 August. Prizes in lots of categories!

Seapoint Scratch Cup 7 September –See Golfnet for details

Junior Girls Golf

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For the third year in a row-County Sligo represent Connaught in the All Ireland Interclub Finals!Captained by Patricia McLoughlin, Maebh, Sophie, & Anna play in Killarney on 22 August.Wishing them all the best as they compete in the All Ireland Final!

Coaching News last lesson on Saturday 17 August- many thanks to David !

Golf Sixes continue on

Saturdays, a new team approach that should be a fun way to develop skills in the game! Interclub event in Tuam on 22 August!

Many thanks to Katie, Zoe, Kate, Sophie, Roisin, Maebh, Jessica & Ailbhe, who took photos on Lady President’s Day.

Open Week Presentation

Open Week

Junior Boys

Drama in BowmoreJimmy Monaghan holed his second shot on the last to shoot 40 points and edge out Eddie Fitzpatrick on the back 6 last Saturday. Christopher Longworth was 3rd with 39 points

In the 9 holers – Ronan Vogt was 1st with 19, Dara Clifford 2nd with 18 and Colm O’Brien 3rd

with 17.

5 Holers. 1st Oisin Garvey. 2nd Zack O’Sullivan.

Junior Boys AWAY DAY. Trip to Tubbercurry GC on Thursday the

15th August

Please Contact Shane Flanagan through the Whats App group if you want to reserve a place on

the bus.

–Can remove sand and loose soil

–Can repair ball marks, spike marks

–Can repair old hole plugs, turf plugs

–Can repair animal tracks or hoof marks

–Can remove embedded objects, e.g. stones, acorns

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Repair of Damage on Putting Green Rule13.1c

–Aeration holes and grooves from verti-

cutting

–Damage resulting from irrigation or rain

–Bare or diseased areas

–Natural wear of the hole

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Not Damage on Putting Green –Rule 13.1c

The legendary Sean Fallons son Sean seen centrally presenting a Quaich to the club Captain Kevin

Flanagan. This group from Glasgow travel over every year

and to acknowledge our 125 year have presented the Quaich

to our club.

Sean Fallon

Combe Cup Champion Dave Taylor with Garth McManus of Compupac IT. Soden Cup winners – Paul and Karol Butler with Joe

Gannon and Marge Soden

Prize winner Gerry Hargadon with David Dunne of Knox

Scotch Forsomes winners Dave Kelleher and Ciaran Daly with Louis Walsh of Ulster bank

Player of the week for

Open Week Conor

Neiland with Eamon

Cunningham of EJ’s

Andy Kilfeather of Wines Direct

presenting the Henderson Cup to

Alan Flanagan. The Henderson Cup

was presented to the club in 1932 by Archie Henderson

of Henderson Motors in Sligo.

Archie was Captain in 1935