A very successful outing took place to Castle Dargan on Monday the 22nd April. It was a Texas Scramble Stableford competition. Six teams of four players took part. It was an extremely close competition with only a two point difference between the highest and lowest scoring team. The overall winning team members were: Leo Mulvey; Leo Kavanagh; Dermot McNamara and Francie Foley with a score of 45 points. In second place also with 45 points was Pat Gannon; Kevin O’Rourke; Joe Keville and Dermot Monaghan. Third place was won by Tommy Mulvey; Chris Lowe; Damien Duignan and Seamus Sheeran with 44 points. The overall winner last Thursday was Leo Mulvey with a score of 39 points. Category one winner was Gerry Emmett with a score of 35 points. Category two was won by Charlie Farrell with 36 points and Category three was won by Gerard Fitzgerald with 31 points. The front nine was won by Michael Comerton with 18 points and the back nine was won by Robbie Donaldson with 18 points, golf as usual next Thursday.

This year at Carrick on Shannon Golf Club we saw the inaugural hosting of the OBN Open Series. Sponsored by OBN Financial Services. (Paul O’Brien) We are elevating 5 independent weekly competitions as qualifying events for The OBN Grand Final on Saturday the 7th of September. We are also making all 5 Open competitions for non-Carrick on Shannon golf club Members. Entry fee: Member €10, Non-Member: €35 (per competition) The 5 events are: The Curamach Strings Comp 18th-19th of May The Neary Accountant’s Comp 25th-26th of May The Kieran Pharmacy Comp: 15th-16th of June The Di Vino Restaurant Comp: 6th – 7th of July Cryan’s Hotel Comp: 24th-25th of August Points will be allocated from each of the above competitions as follows: 1st position: 25 points. 2nd position: 20 points. 3rd position: 18 Points 4th position: 17 Points 5th Position: 16 Points 6th to 10th position: 15 Points 11th to 20th position: 10 Points 21st to 30th position: 5 Points The top 40 players across the 5 competitions will qualify for the OBN Grand Final on the 7th of September 2024. Grand Final qualifiers must have played in a minimum of 3 of the above 5 competitions. *(*Non-Carrick on Shannon golf club members need only have played in 2 but needs the same points to qualify) The OBN Grand Final (Stableford Competition, White Markers) with ranking based on the position players qualified in as follows. Qualifiers 1 to 5 will start with +3 stableford points. Qualifiers 6 to 10 will start with +2 stableford points Qualifiers 11 to 25 will start with +1 stableford points Qualifiers 26 to 40 will start with 0 stableford points. Prizes and further information to follow. [image: image.png]

Club Lotto Congrats to Helen O’Malley who was the lucky winner of this week’s lotto worth £375euro.

There was a fantastic turn out and support for the club Ladies Fashion Master Class. Thank you to all who attended. Pictured below are some photos taken on the Night. [image: image.png] [image: image.png] [image: image.png]

The Ladies are having an information evening next Wednesday 24th April at 7pm in the golf club for ladies interested in the get into golf programme. All are welcome.

The overall winner last Thursday was Gerry Emmett with a score of 37 points. Category one winner was Frank McGrath with 34 points, Category two was won by Michael Duignan with 34 points and Category three was won by Seamus Sheeran with 31 points. The front nine was won by Pascal McGuire with 18 points and the back nine was won by Robbie Donaldson with 16 points, golf as usual next Thursday

The overall winner on Thursday 28th March was Damien Duignan with a score of 21 points. Michael Keville came second with 20 points and third place was won by Gerry Emmett with 20 points. Last Thursday’s competition was played over the old nine twice and the overall winner was our Captain Pascal McGuire with a score of 42 points. Category 1 winner was Pat Gannon with 38 points, Category 2 was won by Damien Duignan with 40 points and Michael Duignan won Category 3 with a score of 35 points. The front nine was won by Robbie Donaldson with 21 points and Tommy Mulvey won the back nine with 20 points. Our first outing of the season will be on Monday the 15th April to Castle Dargan with the first tee at 9.40am, this will be a 4 man scramble. We look forward to a good number of players in attendance on the day. Golf as usual nexxt Thursday.

With the time changing and the last few days of dry weather, we can finally turn our minds to sunnier, dryer days ahead. Carrick on Shannon Junior Golf are making some changes this year to their junior programme. There will be two registration and information evenings for the parents of the junior golfers. It is mandatory that one parent attend one of the evenings for your child to partake in the programme. We look forward to seeing you all on either Monday the 27th or Thursday the 30th of May (7pm each night) in the club house. Junior Lessons start Monday 10th of June. [image: image.png]

Congrats to Patrica Carney who was the lucky winner of this week’s lotto worth £2800euro.

Best wishes to Dylan Beirne who makes his debut at 7.40am on Good Friday in the West of Ireland Championship in Rosses Point. The West is one of the most prestigious Amateur championships in the country which includes past winners of Padraig Harrington and Rory McIlroy!!! Anyone who knows Dylan knows the time and effort he puts into his game and this hard work is coming to fruition after qualifying for such an event. Wishing Dylan all the very best from all in Carrick Golf Club.