[image: image.png] Congrats to Alan Ffrench who had his 7th hole in one on the 10 Green During a recent Lynch Cup Match. Well done Alan.

Result Wk. 37 Thurs 10 Sept 2026 Overall Winner Pat Gannon Kilmore 44pts. Category Winners Cat 1 Frank McGrath 35pts. Cat 2 Seamus Mulhern 36pts. Cat 3 Eamon Costello 35pts. Nine Winners F9 Pat Gannon 19pts. B9 Sean McMonagle 18pts.

The following is an update of the golfer of the year with still a few competitions left to play. In the Ladies Gross player of the year. 1st Ann Keenan 105pts. 2nd Phil Emmett. 74pts. 3rd Siobhan Talbot 66pts. Ladies Golfer of the year. 1st Mary King 59pts. 2nd Mary Molloy 44pts. Joint 3rd Frances Molloy and Phil McWeeney 40pts. In the Gents Seniors Section Joint 1st Francie Foley and Shay O’Connor 381pts. Joint 2nd Seamus Mulhern and Tony Woodhead 372pts. In the Gents Gross golfer of the year 1st Niall Keaney 40pts. 2nd Daniel Egan 38pts. 3rd Charlie Boyle 38pts. And in Gents Golfer of the year 1st Mark McShera 45pts. 2nd Kevin Gilboy 27pts. 3rd Niall Keaney 26pts.

The members and management of Carrick on Shannon Golf Club would like to pass on our best wishes to Thomas Higgins who has just turned pro and is playing in this week’s Irish Open. Thomas is a member of Roscommon Golf Club. It’s also great to see Carrick on Shannon based Company Cora Systems as a sponsor on his bag. Cora are fantastic supporters of the whole community. Good Luck Thomas. [image: image.png]

We had a very special evening last Thursday evening 3rd of sep @ 6pm . Aoife Kelly is a Galway lady who moved to Dubai. She only took up golf 5 years ago and with hard work and dedication she is now one of the top amateurs in the country playing off a Handicap of +1.6 Aoife gave a talk and a golf clinic. It was particularly aimed at our young Junior girls and to any ladies who were thinking of taking up golf or who have recently taken it up. It was a great opportunity to hear about Aoife’s Golf Journey and get some tips. Thanks again Aoife.
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Saturday saw our club’s third OBN Series Grand Final. The weather was very kind to us. We got the best day of the entire week, with no rain and practically no wind—apart from a slight warm breeze. A few thank-yous need to be acknowledged: Thanks to Barry and everyone who helped him erect the signage around the new first tee box beside the clubhouse. Also as always Kevin and the on course team had the place looking amazing. Thanks to Frank Duffy for having all the scorecards ready and ensuring the driving-range bays were fully stocked with free balls. Thanks to the members who hadn’t qualified but still came out to help set up the tents, tables, mascot costumes and everything else Thanks to the OBN Financial employees who came in on their day off to help and to Carmel Taylor, who helped all day with the tea, coffee and meal. and Murrin O Boyle who gave us great help throughout the day. A special thank-you to my wife, Deborah, and our children, Adam, Erin and Conor, for all the work you put in both before and during the event. Thank you all! As organiser and sponsor, there is always a fear that this might be the year it doesn’t work or that people will become bored with the format. Thankfully, it appears we got away with it for another year! The feedback was very positive, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. We got down to the golf at 12 noon—thanks to Fiachra Neary for providing the shotgun start. I started on the second tee, and we had a bit of a wait. When it finally came time to play, I was surprised by how nervous I felt taking that first tee shot. I later learned, after chatting to the lads, that I wasn’t the only one! Only three players bettered their handicaps on the day, which was surprising considering the conditions and the course were perfect. It’s amazing how one small change to the course can make such a difference. There was a huge amount of talk about the first tee shot and, if reports are correct, it took its toll on several scorecards. Our winner, Mark McShera, told me he had been worrying about that shot the whole way around. All in all, it added greatly to the sense of occasion, so I’m very happy with it. I’m not going to say any more about golf, other than to congratulate our prize winners—Mark, Leo, Sam, Jim and Tom. Well done to you all! I have one final thank-you for everyone who came out to the Tipsy Tailor for the after-party. It was mighty fun and a great opportunity to chat with everyone who had played. Fair play as well to the lads who won big in the auction—you were buying drinks to beat the band! I’m not going to say too much about the auction, as I’m still not entirely sure everything we’re doing there is fully legal, so the less said, the better! But fair play to you all for getting stuck into it the way you did. if I have forgotten to thank anyone it was not my intention. Congratulations Mark, I played with you on Saturday and you were annoyingly good 😜. Your tee shots were down the middle every time. your putting was aggressive like only a young lad could be. It was probably the worst score you could have had. You are our 3rd OBN Series Champion, Enjoy. [image: image.png]

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Pictured is a group of Ladies with our Lady Captain Monica Shannon with a cheque for £2910.00 raised in Play in pink. Well done to all. [image: image.png]

The 61st draw winner on the 30th of August held in Carrick on Shannon golf club winner of 600 euros is Ciaran Reynolds the Butcher Carrick on Shannon . Thanks to everyone for your continued support.

Thank you to everyone who played in the scramble last Wednesday. Winners as follows 1st Lorna Baker, Anne Guckian and Trisha Doherty 29nett on count back. 2nd Ann Keenan, Josephine Wilton and Caroline Moran 29 nett. Well done, Ladies. We will have no Scramble next Wednesday Sept 1st. Will be back in action on the 9th. Sep. The Membership voucher for the ladies was played last weekend. Congrats to the winner Autumn Wood with an excellent score of 54 pts.

The club would like to thank Sham from the cottage Restaurant in Jamestown for his sponsorship of last weekend’s competition. The results are as follows. 1st Lee McKillen 44pts. (B9) 2ND Kevin Ward 44pts. Gross Dylan Beirne. 38pts. 3rd Jim King 43pts.