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.

What a fantastic week of golf in support of NCBRI with a wonderful turnout in all competitions-about 200 between all. Sadly we have no prizes for all but I’m sure our visitors enjoyed playing our course as we all did. The best dressed lady was won by style icon: Marie Laydon. In The Gents Section Paddy Duffy was the winner. The 9-hole winners were-1st Mena Doherty, 2nd Veronica Sheeran and 3rd Mary Layden. The 18-hole winner with a wonderful 42 points was Carmel Stritch, 2nd Mary Blake and visitors prize goes to Dun Laoghaire with Liz Hogan bringing in a huge 43 points. In the Gents section 1st Tony Woodhead 44pts (B9) 2ND John Charles 44pts. Visitor Pat McHugh 38pts. We’re absolutely delighted to announce that our Play in Pink raised an incredible *€2,910.00!* 🎉👏🩷 A massive thank you to everyone who played, donated, sponsored, volunteered, or helped out in any way. 💕 Your support and generosity helped make this fundraiser a fantastic success! Thank you all! 🥰👏

The results of the 5th O.B.N. Series Kindly Sponsored by Kevin Ward from Wynne’s Bar Boyle are as follows. Category 1 Handicap 1- 10 Niall Loftus 39pts 200euro. Category 2 Handicap 10-17 Pat Gannon 47pts. 200euro. Category 3 Handicap 17- 23 Sam Boyle 43pts. 200euro. Category 4 Handicap 23 to 44 Frank Mulvey 44pts. Gross Winner Daniel Egan. Visitor Winner Dermot McDermott. Well done to all who played in this weekends record breaking CORA Systems Competition. To say Philip, his family and CORA are amazing supporters of the Golf club is one of the biggest understatements we will ever make. I’m not sure the OBN Series would even exist without the support and leadership shown by the Martin Family in recent years. All we can say is thank you for all you have done and continue to do.
There were actually 179 players in this week’s competition. These figures are a fantastic indication of the current trajectory of Carrick on Shannon Golf Club. The product on offer continues to improve and word is spreading. Scoring was amazing and there were some truly impressive rounds of golf played. When the gun was to their heads some players stood up and were counted big time. On the other hand, some lads wilted like cut meadow on a sunny day. Here are the full results of the competition at the weekend. Cat 1 0-10 Damien Quigley Cat 2 11- 16 Devin Hanley Cat 3 17 -20 Sam Boyle Cat 4 21 – 26 John Reynolds. Cat 5 27+ David Lawlor Gross Winner David McDermott. The planned schedule for the Grand Final on the 5th of September. It’s planned to have all players at the course from about 10.30am (tea/coffee, Scones etc) players collect their goodie bags and score cards. Shotgun starts @12 noon in 3 balls. play expected to finish at 4.30ish, food for the 42 players @ 4.45pm, Presentation of all the prizes from all the qualifiers and the Grand Final @ 5.30pm. Back to the Tipsy Tailor Bar for the after party at 7.30 to 8pm. If anything changes, we will let you know.

Thanks to all the Seniors who travelled to the Slieve Russell. The Results were as follows. 1st Michael Kelly Paddy Duffy Mick Blake Paddy Dillon 46pts. (B9) 2nd Damien Duignan Dermot Conlon Michael Duignan Gerry Garvey 46pts. 3rd Robbie Donaldson Kevin O’Rourke Barry Donnellan Pat Gannon Kilmore. 44pts. Our overnight outing this year is to Kells Co Meath on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th of September 2 rounds of Golf at Headford Old and New Golf course Bed and Breakfast Evening Meal. Result. Wk 33 Thurs 13 Aug 2026 Overall Winner Pat Gannon 43pts.
Category Winners Cat 1 Frank McGrath 41pts. Cat 2 Paddy Dillon 40pts. Cat 3 Sean Gilmartin 41pts. Nine Winners F9 Michael Duignan 22pts. B9 Eamon Costello 22pts. Result . Wk 34 Thurs 20 Aug 2026 Play in Pink Overall Winner Tony Woodhead 47pts. Category Winners Cat 1 Sean McMonagle 42pts. Cat 2 Joe Keville 37pts. Cat 3 Francie Foley 41pts. Nine Winners F9 Seamus Mulhern 21pts. B9 Michael Delorey 22pts.

The club would like to wish our very hard-working Captain Frank Duffy the best of luck next weekend. Starting on Wednesday with the Ladies Scramble. Then on Thursday Seniors Then for the Gents section you can play Friday and Saturday with top Qualifiers playing on Sunday with a 9- hole weather dependent playoff on Sunday evening. Followed by Buffett at 8pm with Presentation at 9pm followed by Music. Good Luck Frank.

Congrats to very popular Lady Member Mary Blake who had a hole in one on the 13 th last week.

Our club has a very special moment to celebrate this week. Carrick on Shannon member Patrick Martin is the 2026 U18 Irish Order of Merit Champion. Congratulations Patrick what an achievement and so well deserved. If the quality of golf you played in Carrick a few weeks back is anything to go by it’s only the start of things to come. It’s a great occasion for your parents Philip and Ann Marie and sister Kate also. Your club is delighted and so proud of you