CONDOLENCES

It was with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of Phil Donnelly last week. Phil was a very popular and long serving member of Dungarvan Golf Club and she was Lady Captain in 1999. We offer our sincere condolences to Phil’s sister Peggy and all the family at this very sad time. She will be greatly missed by us all. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

We also extend our sympathies to Margaret Keane on the passing of her sister Eilish Kiely. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

CAPTAINS PRIZE – LIAM HANSBURY

Our Captains Prize kindly presented by Liam Hansbury will take place this Friday 31^st to Sunday 2^nd June. Members wishing to participate in the Competition are kindly requested to enter one of the qualifying rounds on Friday the 31st May or Saturday the 1st June 2024. Entry for the competition will close at 12 midnight on Wednesday 29th May 2024.

A Captain’s prize to Ladies will also be played on Friday and Saturday with first prize presented by Captain Liam. The Captain’s Prize will be played off the blue tees and will be an 18 stroke-play competition with top 80 and ties qualifying for Sunday final round. An alternative to playing in the Captains Prize is available for gents playing off the green tees; the Captain’s Plate will be an 18-hole, one day only competition.

The Captain’s 9 Hole scramble will take place on Wednesday 29th of May at 5.30pm. The scramble is a shotgun start at 5.30pm sharp.

The time sheet for Sunday’s final round will be posted after 9pm on Saturday the 1st of June. The Presentation of prizes will take place in the clubhouse on Sunday 2nd June at 8pm. Members, partners and family are cordially invited to attend the presentation on the night. We wish our esteemed Captain Liam the very best for the weekend ahead and hope you have a great weekend.  We wish everyone participating the very best of luck!

FRIDAY GENTS & LADIES OPENS

On Friday 24^th May we had a very successful start to our Friday Open Competitions.  We had ladies and gents from seven different clubs participating in this week’s competition. Best lady was Antoinette Hurley (28) 38pts and best gent was Eoin Brackett (2) 34pts and best visitor Anthony Grace. Well done to all who participated. The next Friday Open will be on 7^th June as we have our Captains Prize next weekend. The Friday Opens are very generously sponsored by Spar. This event gives visitors and members the opportunity to have a great start to their weekend by enjoying our course and clubhouse facilities.

OPEN BANK HOLIDAY SCRAMBLE

Our next bank holiday scramble will be on Monday June 3^rd. This is an Open 18H Champagne Scramble and is always a popular day – bookings are open online now!

CENTENARY TEA PARTY

On Thursday 23rd May we had a Centenary Afternoon Tea Party in the clubhouse. It was wonderful to see a large group of friends, old and new, meeting, chatting and generally enjoying themselves. A big thank you to the ladies who provided cakes and buns. Tom Daly and his staff gave us lovely sandwiches with tea and coffee. The event itself was free to those attending. Donations were made however to Mountain Rescue and RNLI – a considerable sum was raised on their behalf. Thanks to those who attended and to everyone who supported the event. June James and her team deserve great credit for organising this really enjoyable afternoon.

CENTENARY BOOK ON SALE

Our Centenary book is selling well and thank you to everyone who has purchased to date. The book can be bought in the office, Pro Shop and Bar.

WATERFORD GLASS PERPETUAL TROPHY – OPEN
The Waterford Glass Perpetual Trophy is an Open Gents 18H Singles S/F which will take place on Saturday 8th June. This competition is kindly sponsored by Des Cleary. There are some fantastic prizes to be won. The timesheet is open for bookings online. We thank Des for his continued generous sponsorship.

JB CARR TEAM

On a wet and windy Saturday, we played Faithlegg GC in the first leg of this year’s County Final. We hold a slim 3-2 advantage after the home first leg. We would certainly have taken that score line when momentum was against us early in the back nine. Des Cleary and Tommy Butler fought back from 3 down after 11 holes and eventually won their match 2 up. John Gough and John G Moloney lost a very tight match on the 19th.The second leg is in Faithlegg on Wednesday 29th. The first of five matches tees off at 2pm.

ATEC 9H SUMMER SERIES

The ATEC 9-hole summer series 2024 is a qualifying competition series for Ladies and Men. Again, this year the 9-hole competition is kindly sponsored by our Club Captain Liam Hansbury of ATEC. The series started on Monday 20th May and runs daily. Congratulations to Week 1 winner Will Gough (42) 20pts.

GENTS RESULTS

Mon 20^th 1^st Stephen Lynch (37) 45pts, 2^nd Roger O’Connor (28) 39pts, 3^rd Tony Condon (23) 39pts, 4^th Mary Keane (24) 37pts.

Thurs 23^rd 1^st Rod Shanahan (350 37pts, 2^nd Maurice Crotty (18) 34pts, Gross Paddy Murphy (6) 27pts, 3^rd Roger O’Connor (27) 33pts.

Sat 25^th (Holmpatrick Cup) 1^st Mossie Walsh (14) & Maurice Cliffe (23) 45pts, 2^nd Maurice terry (13) & Michael O’Mahony (17) 44pts (B9), 3^rd John McElroy (7) & Pat Frisby (12) 44pts.

Sun 26^th (McCarthy Cup) 1^st AJ Hayes (6) 69, 2^nd Peter Finnegan (14) 71, Gross Kevin Stack (1) 73, 3^rd Frank O’Donoghue (4) 72.

LADIES RESULTS

Tues 21^st 1^st Mary Buckley (30) 38pts, 2^nd Joanne Fitzgerald (18) 36pts.

24/25^th (Kindly sponsored by Maurice Kiely Domestic Appliance Repair) 1^st Sarah Moynihan (9) 41pts, 2^nd Bridget Ahearne (16) 38pts, 3^rd Bernie Lynch (27) 36pts.

GENTS FIXTURES

Wed 29^th May Captains Scramble, Thurs 30^th Open Gents 18H Singles S/F, Fri 31^st Captains Prize, Sat 1^st June Captains Prize, Sun 2^nd Captains Prize, Mon 3^rd Open 18H Champagne Scramble.

LADIES FIXTURES

Tues 28^th Ladies 18H Stroke GOY (Sponsored by Helen’s Lingerie) 9H Qualifier, Wed 29^th Captains Scramble, Fri 30^th Captains Prize, Sat 1^st Captains Prize, Mon 3^rd Open 18H Champagne Scramble, Tues 4^th Open Ladies 18H Singles S/F (Sponsored by Lavinia’s Boutique).

JUNIOR GOLF NEWS

We were thrilled to see two of our Junior golfers winning first prize in our Gents and Ladies competitions over the weekend!! AJ Hayes took 1^st in the McCarthy Cup, congratulations to AJ who had an excellent game. Sarah Moynihan took 1^st in the Ladies Singles competitions and we are all delighted for her. Fantastic results from two excellent junior golfers.

We had no junior lessons last Saturday due to the bad weather but are back this weekend at 3pm. Lessons are open to all and are €5 for the hour. Any members who wish to help out with junior lessons on Saturdays and have a free hour from 3-4pm please contact David Hayes.

If your child would like to join as a junior member, please contact the office as we have great joining rates of €70 for ages 6 – 12 and €100 for ages 13 -18 (plus €7 Golf Ireland Levy). Please email office@dungarvangolfclub.com for an application form. Children will have great fun at Dungarvan Golf Club, learn to play golf, make new friends and develop life skills. A reminder to our Junior members, that subscriptions for 2024 are due for payment.

LAUNCH OF LOTTO 6

If you purchase the annual €90.00 ticket for Lotto 6 on or before this Friday 31^st May 2024 you will be eligible for a draw for the following:
1. Chamber voucher for €100.00 2. A free extra annual €90.00 lotto ticket 3. A meal for two at Dungarvan Golf Club. Tickets can be purchased online or in the office.

YOUNGONES

Our Youngones enjoyed great weather for last weeks competition with 1^st Pat Flanagan (25) 17pts, 2^nd Mary Buckley (20) 17pts. Our next competition is not until 5^th June, we have the Captains Scramble this weekend and wish Captain Liam the very best for his weekend.

60.COM

We had our second 60.com outing of 2024 in Cahir Golf Club on Wednesday 22nd May And as usual we had a full timesheet. The rain on the previous night had been quite heavy which caused the course to be playing extremely long. This caused the scores to be generally lower than we would normally expect.  The results were:

1^st Jack Elstead 39pts, 2^nd Tim Browne 33pts, 3^rd Patrick Cumiskey 33pts, 4^th Paudie Flynn 32pts, 5^th Walter Cullinane 32pts, 6^th Pat McCarthy 31pts, 7^th Stephen Lynch 30pts,8^th Tom O’Callaghan 30pts, 9^th Pat Power 30pts, 10^th PJ Kindregan 30pts,

If you’re interested in social golf, and are over 60 years of age, and would like to join us just put your name on our timesheet any Wednesday.

FUN FRIDAY FOURSOMES
The new format for our foursomes proved very successful last Friday with a large turnout. We now tee-off at 9am with a shotgun start and play the back nine. It was more sociable with everyone finishing together and gathering for the ‘coffee and chat’. Scoring was very close and the course was in great shape.
First: Adrian O’ Driscoll and Margaret Lake 40
Second:  Les Ford and Ellen Power 41
Well done everyone and thanks for your continued support. We are not back again until Fri Jun 7. This Friday morning the course is closed in preparation for the Captain’s prize. We wish our hardworking Captain Liam Hansbury the best of luck from the Fun Friday crew.

GET INTO GOLF 2024
On Tuesday evening David Hayes completed his part of the Get into Golf programme and he is very pleased with the progress our new golfers have made. Hopefully in the Autumn we will run refresher lessons for them to top up their golfing knowledge. Next week they will be accompanied out on the course by our club members. We are looking forward to working with them.

LOTTO RESULTS
We had our weekly Lotto 6 draw on Friday, 24th May. This was Week 2 of 52. The numbers drawn were 3,11,18 and 20. The Jackpot was won!! Congratulations to Sinead Conroy who won our €2,300 jackpot!  The jackpot is now €2,000 for the next draw. The next draw will take place on Friday 31^st May at 3.30pm. Thank you to everyone who supports our Lotto. All funds raised are used to develop our course.

THURSDAY CARDS RESULTS

Results from Thurs 23^rd May: Joint 1^st Tom Daly & Gina Quinlan, Jim Kiersey & Colm Bannon, Last 5 Theresa Hayes & Vincent Hayes, Lucky Table Pat Curran & Billy Weldon, Last table jack Cosgrave and James Tobin.

DUNGARVAN GOLF TRIANGLE

The Dungarvan Golf Triangle is excellent value for money and very popular every summer with golfers visiting Dungarvan. The rate is €84pp to play Dungarvan, Gold Coast and West Waterford Golf Clubs. For bookings, please call us on 058-43310.

PRO SHOP

Our Pro Shop is full of all your golf equipment needs. There is lots of wonderful Centenary Crested golf clothing and gear on sale. Contact our Pro David Hayes if interested in Golf Lessons on 058-44707.

OFFICE HOURS

Our office hours are Monday – Friday from 8.30am – 4.30pm.  Tel: 058-43310 or email us at office@dungarvangolfclub.com with any enquiries you might have. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and our website www.dungarvangolfclub.com