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Malahide Golf Club Newsletter - PaGe 1

the competition has been running for many years over 8 weeks during the summer holidays and involves 16 clubs from North dublin, City and County.

all of the outstanding golfers produced in the area over the past number of years have played in this competition as juveniles. this year’s irish amateur open Champion, Gavin Moynihan participated in this event for 3 years. Prior to that Niall Kearney and eoin arthurs, both of whom have and continue to have distinguished golfing careers, represented their clubs in the competition.

the format of the fingal Junior team trophy is 18 holes stableford with four players representing their club each week with the total of the best three cards determining the team score and ultimately their finishing position

in that week. in addition to the main competition, there are individual net and gross prizes each week. the upper handicap limit is 24 with no lower limit.

the Malahide boys had an outstanding campaign, winning on the first day in Portmarnock and the final day in beaverstown with two 2nd place and three 3rd place finishes in between to clinch the title. Corrstown finished in second place overall with Clontarf in third position.

in total, 14 boys represented Malahide over the 8 weeks of the competition as follows;

Andrew Conlon Ciaran Conway Sean Costello Karl Kennedy Jamie Kennedy Marco Lupo Daniel Murphy Conor Murray AJ McCabe Sam Nolan Fintan O’Connor Paul O’Sullivan Philip Rusk Conor Sutton

our strategy was to give as many boys as possible experience of interclub competitive golf while planning around holidays, which was sometimes an issue. all played their part along the way.

special mention has to be made of daniel Murphy who won two of the individual weekly net prizes, firstly in skerries with 47 points and then in royal dublin with 40 points. other notable performances included Karl Kennedy who won the individual net prize on the final day in beaverstown with 44pts and Conor sutton who won the individual gross on the same day with 38pts gross. these were some of the outstanding rounds but there were many others and every one of the 14 boys made significant contributions to the overall team success.

two of our leading players in the club namely Conor sutton and andrew Conlon played towards the latter stages of the event when we were nervously defending the substantial lead that we had built up in the earlier rounds. both these lads showed great commitment to the club at a time when they were preparing for the leinster finals of the irish senior Cup in which they performed superbly.

Malahide had one previous win in the history of this competition and that was back in 2009. Many congratulations to all on this great achievement.

Donal Hughes Team Manager.

Magazine - September 2012

FINGAL JUNIOR TEAM

TROPHY

COURSE REPORT /

CLUBS

TIP FROM THE PRO

RULE OF GOLF ETIQUETTE

JUVENILE NEWS

OTHER NEWS / SOCIAL NEWS

PHOTO GALLERY

AD / MENU FOR CATERERS

TEAM MANAGER DONAL HUGHES, DANIEL MURPHY, CONOR SUTTON, JAMIE KENNEDY, KARL KENNEDY AND CAPTAIN FRED MORAN

MALAHIDE WIN JUVENILE PENNANT

Malahide Juvenile boys won the Fingal Junior Team Trophy and associated pennant in August this year. The achievement was marked on the night of the President’s Prize in the club when Captain Fred Moran presented plaques to the members of the winning team.


the summer has been one of the wettest on record but has only caused minimum disruption by way of course closure. the ladies Captains Prize qualifying round was affected and unfortunately it had to be abandoned.

the wet ground made golf very difficult with little or no run on the ball. this resulted in lower stableford scores.

the good condition of the course throughout the summer months is thanks mainly to our Course superintendant, Colm and his staff. in spite of horrific weather conditions they pulled out all the stops to ensure that a successful Philip walton Pro-am took place in June 2012.

the wet weather and lack of sunlight is the main reason that moss has appeared on some greens. treatment for this condition will take place in september 2012.

autumn hollow coring of the greens has begun and the yellow course is already completed with the greens recovering rapidly. the blue and red courses will be hollow cored later this month.

the bunkers have been badly affected by the wet weather with rain washing sand from the faces of some and making the sand very compact in others. there have been many reports of the non-raking of bunkers by members and visitors after use. Non-raked bunkers are very unfair to fellow golfers and provide a wrong impression of the course to visitors.

the continued distribution of divot mix on the fairways by members is evident and is of great benefit to the golf course.

the over hanging branch, a feature of the 1st red fairway, has been removed for safety reasons.

Liam Morgan Course Convenor

COURSE REPORT

6TH HOLE RED COURSE. PHOTO TAKEN BY MALAHIDE CAMERA CLUB.

MGC Fore Magazine 2012 Produced by Laura Mahony Edited by Tommy RuskCommunications and Website Convenors. Artwork & Print by Paul O’Connor – Custodian Consultancy


art autumn classes and lectures will commence on thursday 20th september 2012. our tutor is Catherine lawlor. there will be a visit to the Chester beatty library in dublin Castle on the 11th october 2012 to view an exhibition of Paintings on loan from the National Gallery. admission is free followed by an ‘early bird’ in the trocadero restaurant.the annual art exhibition will take place from 9th to 11th November this year.anyone interested in joining the art Club should contact anne feeney, Chairperson, ann roche, honorary treasurer on 8460654 or ann o’sullivan, honorary secretary on 8461664.

Ann O’ Sullivan

the Malahide Golf Club singers were back in full rehearsals in early august and we were delighted to be asked to entertain for our President donal’s night on the saturday 25th august. it was a lovely evening with dinner, presentations to the winners of the Presidents Prize to both the ladies and Men. team manager donal hughes and our Juvenile boys, winners of the Juvenile boys fingal league, presented a delighted Captain fred with his first pennant of the year!the choir was in fine voice and Musical director Jenny, who travelled back from a wedding in west Cork that day, sang a beautiful rendition with backing vocals from the choir of ‘up to the Mountain’. she was highly complimented.our next performance will be in the ‘Mill theatre’ in dundrum on the 15th september 2012 with Jenny. we will perform four songs and are very excited to be venturing out of our comfort zone of Malahide.we will soon be rehearsing our new repertoire for the Christmas dinner in december.

Club Theatre

Club theatre is coming to Malahide Golf club for two nights only friday 2nd and saturday 3rd November 2012.with a mix of drama, comedy, and music it promises to be a wonderful night’s entertainment.look out for posters in the club

Colette Moran

the bridge Club started back on Monday 3rd of september with a jovial wine and cheese reception followed by bridge. it was great to welcome back all our bridge friends, who all looked so well after our sunny summer!!!the evening was started with a minutes silence for the late elma Kelly, a valued member of our club, may she rest in peace.in the course of the evening we celebrated the birthday of lil Cassidy (four score and ten). what a wonderful lady. if that was not enough we also marked a special wedding anniversary of frank and Claire Coogan, which they celebrated in august.thursday Morning bridge will resume on the 4th october at 10am/12.00pm. this is to facilitate improvers and those returning to bridge after an absence, we would be delighted to see you all there.lastly, on behalf of all members and especially this year’s committee, i would like to thank last year’s Captain Michael walsh for all his hard work and especially for drawing up a blue print on the workings of the bridge Club. he did a superb job. thank you Michael.wishing you all a happy and enjoyable year

Elizabeth O’Brien

the ladies are back enjoying their tuesday night poker and would welcome new players. all you have to do is just turn up at 8.00 pm on any tuesday. Mixed Poker will resume again on thursday 6th september at 8.30pm, and everyone is welcome.

Helen Doyle & Tom O’Loughlin ( 086 2517686)

snooker will resume again in January 2013.

we would really welcome new blood to our snooker team and, with such a large membership, there must be some hidden talent within our ranks.

if anyone is interested in becoming involved and is free on Monday nights, please contact tommy rusk on 085-1740777 or alan reilly on 087-2346059.

Tommy Rusk

senior golf proved to be very popular and we had a large attendance of ladies over 55 years. there is a ladies senior’s golf competition every thursday Morning from 9.15- 11.15 am. booking opens online on the previous thursday evenings at 6pm. all ladies of 55 years and over are welcome to play in this very popular competition.

Anne O’Neill

CLUBS

THE ART GROUP MALAHIDE GOLF CLUB SINGER & CHOIR

THE BRIDGE CLUB

THE POKER CLUB

THE SNOOKER CLUB

LADIES SENIOR GOLF


TIP FROM THE PRO JOHN MURRAY

PUTTING

every shot in golf starts with the proper approach. here you will see i am behind the ball getting an image of the Putt.

having got your line, you now line up the ball to your target using the line on the golf ball.

the next thing you do is line up the putter to the target.

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the ball position is played from a putter length from your left heel.

Your stance is slightly wider than your shoulders.

the posture is very important, your left eye should be directly above the ball, as you can see in this photo.

the putting stroke is controlled by your shoulders (there should be no wrist action involved). the putter swings back and through the ball making sure you accelerate the putter towards the hole.

in this photo, you can see the grip with both the thumbs on the center of the putter shaft, using very light grip pressure.

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RULE OF GOLF ETIQUETTE

SLOW PLAY

Pace of Play

Slow play detracts from the enjoyment of the game for many players.

there is a responsibility, therefore, on all players and administrators to ensure that golf is played at a good pace, and a pace appropriate to the course being played. for ‘normal’ golf, it is important for administrators to set targets for round times. there is not a ‘one size fits all’ model for round times, but it is important that the targets are achievable without being too soft.

two-ball rounds should take no more than 3 hours 10 minutes; three-balls should take no more than 3 hours 30 minutes, and four-balls no more than 3 hours 50 minutes.

if slow play has become an issue at your club, course or resort then strong and decisive action should be taken to resolve the problem. and as a general rule, try to keep up with the group in front!

How administrators can minimise round times:

• Donotoverloadthecoursebyusingshortstartingintervals. when play is in two- balls, at least eight minutes should be allowed between groups and in three or four balls, at least 10 minutes should be given.

• Ifpossible,incorporatestarter’sgapsthroughoutthecourse of the day to allow for clearance of any delays that have arisen.

• Theroughfordailyplayshouldbeofsuchalengthsoastoavoid numerous lost balls.

• Holelocationsfordailyplayshouldnotbetoosevereandneither should the green speeds.

• Adviseplayersofthetimethatshouldbetakentoplaythecourse and remind them of their obligations with regards to pace of play, i.e. keep up with the group in front and allow quicker groups to pass through.

How players can minimise round times:

• Beawareofyourpositionwithregardtothegroupinfrontand keep up with that group.

• Ifyoufeelthatyourgroupislosingground,telltheotherplayers in your group

• Ifyourgroupisbehind,trytocatchup.

• Ifyouloseaclearholeandaredelayingthegroupbehind,or if there is no group in front of you and you are delaying the group behind, invite the group behind to play through.

• Bereadytoplayyourshot.Whileexercisingdueconsideration for other players in your group, put your glove on, check your yardage, pick your club and line up your putt while others are playing.

• Atthegreen,speedupyourexitbypositioningyourbagson the way to the next tee.

• Moveoffthegreenassoonasallplayersinyourgrouphave holed out and mark scorecards at or on the way to the next tee.

• Playaprovisionalballifyourballmaybelostoutsideahazard or out of bounds.

In Summary in order to Keep Pace:

• Keepupwiththegroupinfront.

• Ifyouloseahole,callthegroup

behindthrough.

• PlayaProvisionalBall.

• Limitpracticeswingstoone.

• Bereadytoplayyourshotwhenit’syourturn.

• PositionyourbagsonthewaytothenextTee.

• Pickyourlineofputtwhileothersareputting.

• LeavethegreenpromptlyandMarkthecard

afteryouTeeoffifit’syourhonour.


JUVENILE NEWS

JUVENILE BOYS NEWSafter a busy summer of competition, the Juvenile boys had a successful year with a superb win in the fingal league and the report of this great success can be found on the cover page of the magazine. the boys also reached the quarter finals of the leinster under 15 Championships where, despite a great performance on the day, lost a very close battle 3-2 to balbriggan. throughout this competition we used a total of 10 players, which shows our strength in depth in one of the most important age groups for the future of the Club. the players involved were daniel Murphy, Karl Kennedy, sam Nolan, Jamie Kennedy, brian whelan, aJ McCabe, robert byrne, harry doyle, Ciaran Conway, and evan Gaffney. a special thanks goes to Colin sheils and leo Connolly who managed this team. Colin and leo are not long out of the Juvenile section themselves and did a fantastic job with our under 15s in their first attempt at management. it is a credit to them that they were willing to give up their time for the Club given their college and work commitments.

we held all our major competitions over the summer months including the Juvenile Captain Paul o’sullivan’s Prize which was won by stephen bradley, our President donal lennon’s Prize won by daniel Murphy and our Captain fred Moran’s Prize to the Juveniles which was won by robert byrne. Congratulations to all the winners throughout the summer; the only

disappointing aspect was being the low turnout for competitions with only an average of 50 out of 120 Juveniles participating. we expect a significant improvement in these numbers in the coming year.

in august we held the Juvenile Pro-am for the second year and this was again a great success and enjoyed by all the Juveniles. sixteen teams took part in the regional Qualifying round and two Malahide teams made it through to the final to be held in st helen’s bay in september. the winning team on the day was Paul o sullivan, Conor Murray and scott Porter (all Malahide) and sam Nolan, Matt Nolan and alex Mannion (Malahide) also qualified. well done to the qualifiers and the very best of luck in the final. a special thanks to John and Michelle Murray for all their help in organising this event.

throughout the summer the Gui held the 4 Provincial boys Championships along with the irish boys Championships and this year we had three Juveniles competing in these Championships namely Conor sutton, andrew Conlon and Philip smith. when you consider the handicap required to qualify for these events is normally 5 or less, to have three representatives is fantastic for the future of Malahide GC. Conor had great success in the Connacht boys finishing runner-up, which was a great achievement. andrew had a great run in Connacht, Munster and leinster making the cut in all 3 events and finishing well up the field. what is great for Malahide golf club is the fact that we have players not only taking part in these

Championships but also competing for the major prizes and i have no doubt that these three players along with some new players from Malahide will get very close to victory next year. it is also excellent for the Juvenile section of the Club that Conor, andrew and Philip played a big role in this years senior cup team that reached the leinster semi-final where the eventual winners, Castle Golf Club, narrowly beat them.

as the season comes to an end, the Juvenile Match play is at the quarterfinal stages with the final being played on the 6th of october along with all the other club finals. a reminder to all Juveniles that competitions will be held during the mid-term break in November and our Juvenile Captain’s dinner takes place on december 27th. Please make every effort to support these events.

PHILIP SMITH WON THE BOB MC ADOO JUNIOR SCRATCH CUP

WITH A SCORE OF 71

JUVENILE CAPTAIN’S DAY: SCOTT PORTER, CONOR MURRAY, JUVENILE BOY’S CAPTAIN

PAUL O’SULLIVAN & GAVIN PURCELL.

JUVENILE CAPTAIN’S DAY: CIARAN CONWAY,JAMIE KENNEDY, DANIEL

MURPHY & BRIAN WHELAN.

ANDREW CONLON WON THE VICE CAPTAIN BILL’S PRIzE WITH A SCORE

OF 43 PTS AND HE WAS RUNNER UP IN THE PRESIDENT DONAL’S PRIzE


JUVENILE NEWS

JUVENILE GIRLS NEWSthe Juvenile Girls did very well this year coming 4th in the fingal league after a slow start they battled well and some of the girls had great scores. orla Mc Kiernan had a great score of 45 points in sutton in one of the fingal league games. she lost an impressive number of shots this year and is now playing off a handicap of 23. eleven of our girls from cadets and Juveniles took part in an ilGu day in hollywood lakes in 6, 9, and 18 hole competitions and all went home happy with prizes for all. Niamh Purcell, our Girl’s Juvenile captain had a good turnout for her day and a lot of the same girls enjoyed our lady Captains liz’s day with Niamh Purcell winning on the day.

FULL FINGAL JUNIOR TEAM: (NOT IN ORDER) CIARAN CONWAY, ANDREW

CONLON, SEAN COSTELLO, KARL KENNEDY, JAMIE KENNEDY, MARCO

LUPO, DANIEL MURPHY, CONOR MURRAY, AJ MCCABE, SAM NOLAN,

FINTAN O’CONNOR, PAUL O’SULLIVAN, PHILIP RUSK, CONOR SUTTON WITH TEAM MANAGER DONAL HUGHES.

LAUREN ROCK, KATIE SMITH, JUVENILE GIRL’S CAPTAIN NIAMH PURCELL, LADY CAPTAIN LIz,

SARAH BOYLE AND RACHEL GALLAGHER.

SARAH BOYLE AND LAUREN ROCK AT HOLLYWOOD LAKES.

JUVENILE CAPTAIN’S DAY: JUVENILE GIRL’S CAPTAIN NIAMH PURCELL, LYNDSEY KEANE,

HANNAH MAHONY AND KATIE SMITH.

CADET ERIN ROCK (MIDDLE IN PINK STRIPE) CAME 1ST IN A 6 HOLE SCRAMBLE AT HOLLYWOOD LAKES WITH TWO GIRLS FROM OTHER CLUBS.

MALAHIDE WIN JUVENILE PENNANTMalahide Juvenile boys won the fingal Junior team trophy and associated pennant in august this year. (Refer to Front page)

Juvenile Convenors Girls - Mary rock 087 2987528 Boys - darragh smith 0868381772 Cadets - Gerry Purcell 0876357019

Juvenile Committee


Tuesday 18th September - final Medal Presentation (ladies) for the august and september Medal. Guns and roses presentation will also take place on the night.

Saturday 6th October - Club finals Presentation

Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd November - an exciting Night of Club theatre (the Choir will perform excerpts from a variety of ‘plays and music’ on each night)

Friday 9th - Sunday 11th November - art exhibition

Tuesday 13th November - announcement of sadie’s incoming Vice-Captain plus Guess who? Competition.

Saturday 17th November - Captain’s (frederick Moran) dinner

Tuesday 20th November - Christmas Canapés demonstration by anna McGrath and wine evening in aid of st.Vincent de Paul.

Saturday 24th November - lady Captain’s (liz lillis) dinner

Tuesday 11th December - Christmas lunch with Presentation of hampers and Christmas Carols.

Saturday 15th December - Christmas dinner dance

Monday 31st December - New Years eve Gala dinner dance

All the results from both days are available in the Members Area of the website.

the daily Mail all ireland foursomes semi-finals and finals took place on Monday 10th september at Carton house Golf Course. linda Newman Matthews and anne ryan were representing MGC. they had a fantastic semi – final win in the morning to get through to the all ireland final in the afternoon. they were paired against mother and daughter, sheila (30) and aoife lowry (3) from tipperary Golf Club. the golf was nip & tuck all the way but unfortunately linda and anne lost on the 17th hole. they played wonderful golf and we want to congratulate them on their great achievement and dedication for getting to the all ireland final. there were 4 pairings of ladies and 4 pairings of Men from the 4 provinces represented. well-done girls!!!

our open week ran from 4th to the 10th august inclusive and proved to be a great success yet again. all the results from open week can be viewed in the News section of the website.

against all odds the annual Philip walton Pro am in aid of the st. francis hospice went ahead on friday 8th June, despite appalling weather conditions. Praise must be given to all the teams and Golf Professionals who took part.

similarly to Colm Murphy, our Course superintendent, and his team who performed miracles to keep the course open, i am sure they would be delighted never to see a squeegee brush again!

a total of €13,000 was raised for the hospice so full credit to eamonn o’reilly and his organizing Committee who were meticulous and full of energy over the past months, making the event yet another huge success.

Pro brendan McGovern from headford Golf Club won the PGa prize with Peter Jones as runner up.

The Winning Amateur Team was the ‘Heineken / Gibney’s Team’ with Barry Gibney, Thomas Gibney & Tony Carly.

The Runners Up were: Claire Irwin, Annette Molloy & Gary Irwin.

Third place went to Austin McCabe, AJ McCabe, and Jim Killeen.

the MeGGs will be commencing back on wednesday 3rd october for their President’s (frank Coogan) Prize, followed on wednesday 10th october by their Captain’s (Mr. J. rice) Prize.

the MeGGs annual lunch will also take place on wednesday 10th october at 4pm.

Bill Lowe’s Vice Captain’s Day

Playing off a handicap of 5, andrew Conlon, one of our upcoming stars won the Vice Captain (bill lowe’s) Prize with a superb score of 43 points. the competition was held on saturday 16th June and andrew won by 3 shots from Gary Mahood. darragh smith won the gross prize with 33 points.

Sadie Burke’s Vice Captain’s Day

irene Magee won the ladies Vice Captain (sadie burke’s) Prize with a great score of 41 points playing off a handicap of 16. the competition took place on 26th May and tracy Corbett took the runner-up spot with lily owens winning the gross prize.

OTHER NEWS

DATES FOR THE DIARY

OPEN WEEK

PHILIP WALTON PRO-AM

MEGGS

DAILY MAIL ALL IRELAND FOURSOMES

VICE CAPTAINS DAYS


susan and brian Carroll from bray Golf Club won the annual all ireland Mother and son foursomes held in Malahide Golf Club on sunday 17th June with a superb score of 68 net. our own Mena ahearne and her son Philip, now representing black bush, were runners-up on a score of 71 net. Mary and Philip hyland from howth Golf Club won the gross prize.

sean breen won Captain frederick Moran’s Prize on saturday 7th July 2012 with an outstanding score of 81 stableford points pushing Michael lawler into the runner-up spot with 78 points. in an incredible duel in the sun, sean, leader from the first round with 41 points, kept his nerve throughout despite being put under enormous pressure by Michael who has won this competition on a number of previous occasions. the day was an astounding success and nobody more than our Captain fred deserved the glorious weather that we experienced on the day and the throngs of people on the balcony basking in the sun to watch the final stages made for a really special occasion.

the Midsummer Madness barbeque turned out to be a wonderful evening with a packed timesheet on all three courses despite the terrible weather conditions. over 168 played golf and just short of 200 ate at the barbeque. our thanks to all our members and their guests, to Colin in the Pro shop, frederick hanrahan and his ensemble for providing the music and to roumany and Gad who kept the barbeque going until 10.30 despite all the rain.

unfortunately, Malahide were beaten in the uden Cup final recently. trailing 4.5 to 2.5 from the away leg the team did all they could to turn the tie around but were eventually well beaten in the end by an excellent Corrstown team. Congratulations to team Managers Joe o’Neill and eamonn o’reilly and all the team members on their great run in getting to the final.

Congratulations to Pauline and rachel duddy who won the Mother & daughter foursomes open in august in the Castle Golf Course with a score of 34 points.

Congratulations to Chris and stephen ryan who won the recent father and son open at headfort Golf Club (old Course) with a score of 65.

Maureen McCabe won the ladies (liz lillis’s) Captains Prize on saturday 14th July with a magnificent score of 39 points with lily owens taking second place with 38 points. alison taylor won the gross prize on a day when 147 ladies turned out in an effort to try to win liz’s prize. unfortunately the qualifying round on the previous week had to be abandoned due to unfavourable weather conditions but, on the positive side, this made for a very exciting final day and it proved just that with such a thrilling finish. Congratulations to Maureen and all the winners on what proved to be a great day.

Mens Played on saturday 25th august, Jim Killeen won the President (donal lennon’s) prize to the Men with a great score of 40 stableford points. Playing off a handicap of 9, Jim beat andrew Conlon, now playing off 2 into the runner-up spot. Paul o’Connor won the gross prize with 35 points while Noel Cullen claimed 3rd prize with 38 points.

Ladies on the previous saturday 18th august, Kate fleming was the victor in the President’s Prize to the ladies taking the title on a score of 38 points. it was Kate’s 21 points on the back 9 that proved decisive as she took the top prize ahead of runner-up Noreen farrell, who also had 38 points. Norma Murphy won the gross prize on the day.

the fingal ladies seniors team won their semi-final match against balcarrick and now go on to contest the final against skerries in donabate Golf Club on thursday 27th september. Congratulations to team Managers Joan doyle, Mary Gallagher and all team members on their achievements so far and the very best of luck in the final.

the Guns and roses presentation will take place on tuesday 18th september. this will be the same night as the monthly presentation. anne ryan who beat Yvonne Murray in the final won the “Malahide rose’. the Guns trophy goes to Pauline Clancy who beat lily owens in the final.

OTHER NEWS

CAPTAIN (FRED MORAN’S) PRIzE

MIDSUMMER MADNESS BARBEQUE

UDEN CUPCONGRATULATIONS

LADIES FINGAL SENIORS TEAM

GUNS & ROSES COMPETITION

LADY CAPTAIN (LIz LILLIS’S) PRIzE

PRESIDENT (DONAL LENNON’S) PRIzE TO THE

MEN AND LADIES

ALL IRELAND MOTHER AND SON FOURSOMES

(SPONSORED BY KELLOGS NUTRIGRAIN)


OTHER NEWS

SENIOR CUP

Malahide’s Senior Cup Journey started in June at Royal Dublin Golf Club. Our first round match was against St Anne’s and after a slow start we eventually won 4-1. The next round we played was against Howth again winning by a 4-1 margin which set up a difficult tie against Skerries who had beaten both The Island and the hosts Royal Dublin in their previous 2 matches. the team of Conor sutton, Colin shiels, Gavin o’Connor, Philip smith and Paul o’Connor found themselves in a difficult situation with 4 holes to play. at this stage we had lost Conor’s match, had won Gavin ‘s game and we were 1 up in Paul’s match. however, as Colin was 4 down with 4 to play and Philip was 2 down with 4 to play we looked like we were going to lose out. but then came the fight-back. this was typical of all the players involved in this team. firstly Colin won 15 and 16 with birdies and when Philip won 15 with a par and 16 with a birdie the whole match had turned. Colin went on to win 17 and 18 with 2 brilliant pars’ to bring his match down 19, which was such a boost to the other matches. Philip made par on 17 and 18 to win 1up, which was a great performance for a young man in his first senior Cup. while all this was going on Paul’s match had gone back to all square after 17. with the match now 2-1 in Malahide’s favour Colin was now playing the 20th as Paul came up 18 with a super drive and iron followed by 2 great putts to secure Malahide’s place in the leinster Quarter-final for the first time in over 10 years. the leinster finals would take place over the week-end of saturday 18th and sunday 19th of august in hermitage Golf Club

and a lot of golf had been played since royal dublin. after a summer of fantastic golf, young andrew Conlon came through to claim his place on the team for the Quarter-final match against ardee Golf Club. andrew joined Conor, Gavin, Philip and Paul and what a debut he experienced. Playing at number 2 in his first senior Cup match he was up against eugene smith who had played for leinster in this year’s interprovincial Championships and had also reached the semi-final of the south of ireland. however, this didn’t faze the 16 year old at all as he powered his way to a 5&4 victory, an outstanding performance. having lost match 4 (Philip), it was 1-1 with Gavin all flat playing 18 only to lose out to a birdie and when Paul closed out his match by 2 holes it was left to another young player Conor sutton to try to get us the leinster semi-final. Conor had a tough match going 1 up playing the last but lost the 18th hole resulting in the tie going to extra holes. after 19 and 20 were halved in par, Conor lost his drive to the right on the 21st hole and, with his opponent in good shape, faced a difficult second shot from behind the trees. Conor decided to rely on his now famous short game, chipped out and duly got up and down from 80 yards to halve the hole and send the match down the 22nd hole. under extreme pressure Conor hit the par 3 green but was left with a tricky 2 putt on lightning- fast greens to win his match, but true to form he stepped up to the mark and sunk a slippery down-hill three-footer to bring Malahide to their first senior Cup semi-final in years. we now faced the Castle and david Mooney was brought in to replace Philip. we had a slow start in the match and by the time we had reached the 13th hole Gavin and andrew were both 4 down, david 3 down, Conor 2 down and ‘Mr. Consistency’ Paul 1 up.

things looked very bleak but then the comeback started again. firstly Gavin won 14 and 15 to go back to 2 down, andrew won 14,15,16 to go 1 down and Conor won 14 to go to 1 down and suddenly it was all to play for again. unfortunately this time we had left ourselves with too much to do and could not turn it around, Gavin losing 2&1, david 4&3 and Conor 2&1 with Paul of course 2 up with 2 to play and andrew with a putt on 19 to win his match. the Castle went on to win the leinster title defeating Portmarnock in the final on sunday.

this was a great performance from a great bunch of lads all of whom have been members of Malahide GC since they were 10 years old, which is something we should be very proud of in today’s golf. i would like to mention Paul o’ Connor for his quiet, reliable performance for the team unbeaten in 5 matches, Gavin o’Connor for his drive and enthusiasm and helping the younger players, alyn hogan and lar Craddock who didn’t play but were there as subs for all the matches, andrew Keating and John Murray my assistant managers, Captain fred Moran for his support throughout the year and all the members who came out to royal dublin and hermitage to support the team. finally a special mention to Colin shiels the young man who kept the whole dream alive with his comeback in royal dublin, and who put the team first in hermitage when he felt he wasn’t playing well enough to feature on the day but he was there at 7.30am to caddie for the player who replaced him andrew Conlon. the fantastic team spirit and ‘Can do’ attitude is what makes this all worthwhile, and hopefully we can now go on and build on this wonderful performance.

Darragh Smith, Team Manager.


ILGU PRIVATE HOMECARE EAST LEINSTER DISTRICT FINALS

OTHER NEWS

our Golf Course, Clubhouse, and environs really looked at their best on sunday, 2nd september when we hosted the ilGu east leinster district finals. the sun shone and it was fantastic to see the balcony and downstairs patio busy with team supporters eating and drinking outdoors.

the day was a huge success and all the visiting Clubs were very complimentary regarding the welcome they received from the time they arrived at the entrance to our Club.

Congratulations to Mary white, our event coordinator and her enthusiastic and committed support team, ladies and men, who through their very professional organisation of the day, made us feel very proud to be Captains of Malahide Golf Club.

our thanks to Colm and his course staff who had the golf course in superb condition for the event.

we thank President donal and the

Management Committee for their support in hosting the day.

thanks also to our General Manager, Mark, office staff, bar staff, bag room, pro shop and cleaning staff. Mark was on site all day sunday.

Catering was a momentous undertaking and Gad and roumany and their team were up to the task and looked after all 12 teams and a large number of supporters to the satisfaction of all. well done. we estimate a footfall of approximately 500 people through the Club on the day.

it is a big sacrifice to give up our Course on a summer sunday to facilitate an event like this but we have always tried to be supportive of the ilGu and the Gui when asked to accommodate major tournaments and we very much appreciate our members continued support for this approach.

Captains Liz and Fred.

ILGU Private Homecare Inter-Club Championships

District Finals Malahide Golf Club 2nd September 2012

Final ResultsMatch Team WinnerSenior Foursomes

Hermitage Hermitage

Elm Park

Junior Cup Grange Dublin City

Dublin City

Intermediate Cup

Dublin City Clontarf

Clontarf

Minor Cup St. Anne’s St. Anne’s

Dun Laoghaire

Challenge Cup Dun Laoghaire Dun Laoghaire

Powerscourt

Junior Foursomes

Craddockstown Glen of The Downs

Glen of The Downs

Garda Michael bolton from Malahide Garda station on traffic duty at the entrance to the club ably assisted by Mary stanley (l) and sile o donovan (trustee).

MGC Helpers: Noreen farrell, bill lowe, Julie allen, Margaret Crean, Gerry o’Connor, John hayes, Caroline doherty, Peggy dempsey, Carol Pitcher, declan sinnott, Micky barrett, Gary Campbell, barbara Kelly, billy farrell, Mary stanley, sile o’donovan, Jean Mc Keown, anne Macken Conway.Photographers: eileen hanrahan and Vera Mahood.

MARY WHITE EVENT COORDINATOR WITH LADY CAPTAIN LIz LILLIS

Jim Killeen won the King’s trophy beating robert shannon and Colin shiels beat George ormsby on the 18th to win the King’s Plate.

John Muldowney beat shaun farrelly to win the duke’s trophy.

KINGS & DUKES COMPETITION


PHOTO GALLERY

SADIE BURKE’S VICE CAPTAIN’S PRIzE WINNER IRENE MAGEELADY CAPTAIN’S DAY: MARIA FALVEY, SILE O’DONOVAN, LADY CAPTAIN LIz & EILEEN CALLELY.

HOSPICE PRO –AM WINNERS ‘HEINEKEN / GIBNEY’S TEAM’ BARRY GIBNEY, THOMAS GIBNEY & TONY CARLY.

HOSPICE PRO –AM 3RD PRIzE WINNERS, AUSTIN MCCABE, JIM KILLEEN AND AJ MCCABE WITH CAPTAIN FRED & PRO JOHN MURRAY.

MAUREEN MCCABE WON THE LADIES (LIz LILLIS’S) CAPTAINS PRIzE

HOSPICE PRO –AM RUNNERS – UP – CLARE IRWIN, ANNETTE MOLLOY & GARY IRWIN WITH

CAPTAIN FRED & PRO JOHN MURRAY.


PHOTO GALLERY

SEAN BREEN WON CAPTAIN FREDERICK MORAN’S PRIzE

SUSAN AND BRIAN CARROLL FROM BRAY GOLF CLUB WON THE ALL IRELAND MOTHER AND SON FOURSOMES HELD IN MALAHIDE GOLF CLUB IN JUNE 12.

KATE FLEMING WAS THE VICTOR IN THE PRESIDENTS PRIzE TO THE LADIES


PHOTO GALLERY

OPEN WEEK - SOME OF THE PRIzE WINNERS

LAURA MAHONY, LADY CAPTAIN LIz, TOMMY RUSK, SPONSOR PAULA COSTELLO FROM O’FARRELL CLEERE AND CAPTAIN FRED.

OSCAR MOONEY FROM MGC WON THE INTERMEDIATE SCRATCH CUP

LIFE LONG GOLF PALS LIAM HUGHES AND JOHN MURRAY

MICHAEL LENIHAN, DENIS FEENEY, SEAN MAGUIRE, CAPTAIN FRED, OLIVER O’FARRELL & JIM LILLIS

LADY CAPTAIN LIz, FRANK COLLINS, SPONSOR PAULA COSTELLO FROM O’FARRELL CLEERE,

YVONNE COLLINS AND CAPTAIN FRED.


PHOTO GALLERY

GAVIN O’CONNOR AND CIARAN REALE WON THE SENIOR AND JUNIOR SCRATCH CUPS IN SKERRIES IN AUGUST 12.

PICTURED HERE WITH MENA AHEARNE AND CAPTAIN FRED.

ANNE RYAN, LADY CAPTAIN LIz AND LINDA NEWMAN MATTHEWS REPRESENTING MGC IN THE ALL IRELAND FINAL

OF THE DAILY MAIL FOURSOMES IN CARTON HOUSE.

GAVIN O’CONNOR AND AIDAN CARLETON WON THE SENIOR & JUNIOR SCRATCH CUPS IN BEAVERSTOWN IN MAY 2012

YVONNE POWER, YVONNE COLLINS, SPONSOR AINE MC CABE FROM MC CABES PHARMACY,

JENNY BREEN AND LADY CAPTAIN LIz

lil Cassidy, former lady Captain and lady President, continues to socialise regularly in the Club with her golden non golfing friends. lil is 90 years young and recently enjoyed a wonderful celebration with her extended family to celebrate the occasion of her birthday. our best wishes to lil.

LIL CASSIDY

MEMBERS FORTHCOMING SOCIAL EVENTSSaturday 6th October Club Final’s Night

Saturday 15th December Christmas Dinner DanceSaturday 31st December New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner Dance

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STARTERSCarrot and ginger soup served with freshly baked rolls

ORSalad of boston prawns on a bed of mixed leaves, capers and marie rose dip

ORSaute chicken liver and brandy pate served with red onion marmalade and toasted ciabbata

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Main CourseGrilled 8oz sirloin steak with saute onions and mushrooms and cognac and pepper corn sauce (€4.00)

ORBaked stuffed fillet of chicken with buffalo mozzarella, roast red peppers

and served with garlic & basil cream sauceOR

Paupiette of Sole filled with Leek and Potato, served with a Dill and Lemon flavoured Cream SauceOR

Stuffed aubergine with savory basmati rice served with basil and coriander ragoutAll main courses served with cream potatoes, steamed seasonal vegetables and herb

and garlic roast potatoes

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DessertWarm rhubarb crumble served with hot cream anglaise

ORDouble chocolate mousse served with warm Belgium chocolate sauce

ORWarm apple pie served with vanilla ice cream

******Freshly Brewed Tea or Filter Coffee

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