The Gents Lynch cup was played last weekend and the top 32 qualified for match play. Congrats to all the winners. 1st Cathal Dowd 45pts. 2nd Leo Noone 3rd Niall Loftus 40pts. The following are the first round draws to be played by the 9th of June. Cathal Dowd v Sean Bohan. David Clarke v Niall Keaney. Anthony Noone v John Coffey. Gerry Emmett v Niall Hanley. Noel McKenna v Garry Hartigan. Paul Reid v Kevin Sheeran. Hugh Bracken v Alan Ffrench. Keith Tighe v Gerry Beirne. Leo Noone v Declan Reilly. Austin McDermott. V Robert Donaldson. Charlie Boyle v Kevin Ward. Declan Loftus v Gerard McDermott. Niall Loftus v Oliver Curran. Frank Duffy v Frank McGrath. Kevin O’Rourke v Philip Martin. Albert Hogg v Eoin Gibney.

Over 120 players from both Ladies and Gents took part in the Damien Murphy Memorial Cup Last weekend. Congrats to all the winners. The Following are the results. In the Ladies section 1st Dympna Butler 45pts. 2nd Phil Emmett 37pts Gross Ann Keenan 31pts. 3rd Monica Shannon 36pts. In the Gents section 1st Colm Meath Griffin 45pts 2nd Damien Quigley 43pts. Gross Lee McKillen 40pts. 3rd Eoin Gibney 42pts.

It is with great sadness, we announce the passing of Kevin Doherty, Cootehall, Boyle, Co. Roscommon (former Solicitor and Leitrim County Registrar) May 3rd 2024. Peacefully, in the tender care of the staff of Sligo University Hospital, following a brief illness. Kevin is predeceased by his parents James and Maureen and his dear brother Seán. Kevin will be sadly missed by his adoring and devoted wife Jacinta (Jessie), his loving brother Colm (Gort), and sisters Ann (Neary), Maria (Joyce) (Ballinrobe), and Philomena (Mena), also by his sisters-in-law Maura and Rita, brothers-in-law Donal Neary, John Joyce and Kevin Connolly. Kevin was adored by his many nephews, nieces, grandnephews, grandnieces, cousins and by his many great neighbours and friends. Kevin was a lifelong member of our golf club and very popular with all of the members. We extend our deepest sympathy to his wife Jacinta (Jessie) Trustee of the club and to all of Kevin’s Family. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

The overall winner on Thursday the 2nd of May was Michael Comerton with a score of 35 points. Category one winner was Gerry Emmett with a score of 34 points. Category two was won by Damien Duignan with 32 points and Category three was won by Donal Collins with 31 points. The front nine was won byTommy Kenoy with 16 points and the back nine was won by Michael Keville with 22 points. Last Thursday’s overall winner was Robbie Donaldson with a score of 38 points. Category one was won by Leo Mulvey with 35 points. Category two was won by Kevin O’Rourke with 38 points and Category three was won by Seamus Mulhern with 34 points. The front nine was won by Chris Lowe with 19 points and the back nine was won by Michael Keville with 19 points. Golf as usual next Thursday.

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Congrats to our very popular member Barry Donnellan who is a very good supporter of our club on winning our first 50/50 draw of £510euro. As you can see this is a huge difference in the weekly winner of £30 euro in the lotto draw. Pictured is Barry with club captains Anne Cox and Paul Reid and vice captain Hugh Gralton.

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This weekend the Gents Lynch cup Qualifier Sat 11th sun 12th May 18 Hole Stableford White Tees Only £10 euro entry. Top 32 to Qualify for matchplay.
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As we are now in “full swing” in the golfing season, I wanted to update you on a few important and exciting initiatives and events that are happening in Carrick on Shannon Golf Club. *Clubhouse Revamp* As you will have seen extensive works have now been completed in the clubhouse so that our premises are compliant with all fire safety regulations. This was important as the fire safety officer of Roscommon County Council mandated it before he would recommend the renewal of our license. I’m pleased to say that he has done so now, and the court has approved our license renewal. Huge credit and thanks go to Jim King for project managing all of these works to completion. I think you will agree that the clubhouse is looking well now. *Driving Range* You will have seen extensive damage to the poles and netting in our driving range after a recent storm. I’m pleased to advise that we have placed an order with a contractor to complete new poles and netting around much of the driving range. This work is expected to be completed in the coming weeks. There may be a period where we will have to close the driving range to complete these works. This will prove to be a great and worthwhile investment. *Course Drainage Works* The club has applied for a Sports Capital Grant to complete some drainage works on the course. There is no update on the approval of these grants as yet. However, we are hopeful that some initial works may commence soon. The extent of this work will be linked to grant funding obviously. *Murphy Cup.* Last weekend was one of our highest participation rates in a long time in one of our competitions. It was a great weekend with a great buzz around the club and it really kicked off the golfing calendar for real. Well done to Dympna Butler and Colm (Meath) Griffin who won the ladies and gents competitions. *OBN Series.* You will have seen communications about an exciting series of competitions coming up, the “OBN Series”. We are grateful to OBN Financial Services for their kind sponsorship of this. This will be aligned with five of our weekly competitions and is an open golf series with a grand final taking place on 7th September. There are great prizes to be won for this series, so please take part. *50/50 Draw* A reminder that a new and exciting 50/50 draw commences this coming Friday 8th May and will continue on a fortnightly basis. This is an opportunity to win some good cash prizes. You can sign up to this by setting up a fortnightly standing order, of €5.00 to the club’s bank account. You will then be entered into each draw. The club bank details are; Carrick on Shannon Golf Club * A.I.B. Bank Carrick-on-Shannon BIC: AIBLIE2D IBAN: IE81 AIBK 93706104034624. *You can alternatively enter each of the 26 draws for the full year by paying a cash total of €130.00 in one of the envelopes in the club house with your details on it. We obviously are encouraging all members to join this and indeed your family, friends and work colleagues. *Annual Club Classic 2024* The annual club classic is a key fundraiser for the club to help us to continually invest in the course and to showcase our golf club to non members. This will take place over the June Bank Holiday weekend. I’m pleased to say that the Landmark Hotel have kindly agreed to be the main sponsor for this year’s classic once again. We urge all members to arrange to put in a team with non members in this year’s event. Please arrange to book early on the timesheet with your planned team and time. *The Lynch Cup* This weekend one of our key competition qualifiers takes place, the Lynch Cup. Again, we encourage everyone to take part in this and to book your slot on the timesheet. Let’s get another great weekend of participation going again. *Club Annual Membership 2024.* It is great to be able to advise that once again, we have experienced a year on year increase in our total membership. We are “bucking the trend” of many golf clubs. Thanks to most members who have paid their annual fees or have signed up to a payment plan. We have a cut off date of May 14th 2024 whereby all outstanding fees must be paid. At that point we will have to disable non paid members, as we are obliged to pay the required Golf Ireland Affiliation Fees. These can be easily paid online. There will also be a presence in the office again, this coming weekend to facilitate payments. *Closing Comments* I hope that you find this information helpful. I know that after a long winter we are all looking forward to a wonderful year of golf ahead. I wish you all the best for 2024.

The following are the results of the Gents Club Fourball which was held last weekend. 1st Kevin McDermott & Steven Daly 46pts. 2nd Eoin Gibney & Paul Keaney 45pts. 3rd Jim King Adrian Beirne 44pts. The following is the draw for the 1st round of the fourball which must be played before 31st of may 2024. Kevin McDermott & Steven Daly v Declan Loftus & Colm Loftus. Eamon Masterson & Frank McGrath v Albert Hogg & Chris Lowe. Niall Loftus & Jimmy Egan v Leo Mulvey & Robert Donaldson. Desmond Murphy & Tadhg McKenna v Tommy Ahern & Shane Loftus. Eoin Gibney & Paul Keaney v Noel McKenna & Lee McKillen. Stephen Sheerin & Damien Quigley v David McDermott & Fiachra Neary. Jim King & Adrian Beirne v Ryan Duffy Duignan & Garry Hartigan. Philip Martin & John Coffey v Niall Keaney & Tom McGuinness. Good Luck to all the players in the 1st Round.

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The parent committee of the golf club has agreed to cease our current club lotto and to move to a new 50/50 draw. A dedicated 50/50 committee has been established to set this up and to oversee the same. This will be an exciting opportunity to significantly increase the prize money to the winners and eliminate the club costs paid to our current lotto third-party providers. The key principles of the draw are as follows. Each draw will take place fortnightly. Ideally, people would pay fortnightly through a bank standing order. However, there will also be envelopes in certain locations for one-off entries. A minimum entry of €5.00 per person each fortnight. However, there is no limit on the number of entries that you may wish to make for each draw. We encourage all members to sign up for the new 50/50 draw. The more that is in…the more you can win! It is intended that the first 50/50 draw will take place on Friday, 10th May. Those set up at that stage by standing order will enter the first draw automatically. You can, of course, join at any stage after that, but we would encourage you to get in from the start. To sign up by standing order, of €5.00 per fortnight, the following are the Golf Club bank details; Account Name: Carrick on Shannon Golf Club. IBAN: IE81 AIBK 9370 6104 0346 24 BIC: AIBKIE2D So please sign up and ask a family member or a friend. And remember, “It could be you”!