Ladies, thank you to all who played in our Lady Captain’s Scramble last Wednesday morning. Results : 1st Gabrielle Madsen, Terri Gray & Helen Feely 27 nett on count back. 2nd Noeleen Moffatt, Helen Lavin & Ailbhe Crane 27 nett. 3rd Ann Keenan, Jenny Bruen & Anne Guckian 29 nett. Prizes were presented after Lady Captain’s buffet on Sunday night. We thank Frances on a very successful and enjoyable weekend and thank her for her kindness and generosity.

32nd draw winner on the 20th of July Marc “Birdie” McShera Drumshanbo £540 euros. Thanks to everyone for your continued support.

The club would like to thank our club captain for the success of his captain’s week. Hugh has held various positions in the club over the past years. The club would also like to thank the restaurant and office staff and the course staff for all their excellent work. The results of the week’s competitions are as follows. Ladies Wednesday scramble 29 nett was a popular score and was the result for all 3 winning teams. Results on count back as follows: 1st Monica Shannon, Claire Tiernan & Helen Lavin. 2nd Ann Keenan, Molly Daly & Breda Wynne. 3rd Carmel Stritch, Anne Guckian & Teresa Kenoy.The gents get into golf scramble results congrats to the winning team of Gerry Garvey Pat Gannon Paddy Leinhan and Owen Sweetman. In The senior section the results are as follows. Overall Winner Michael Keville 42pts. Category Winners Cat 1 Gerry Emmett 38pts. Cat 2 Paddy Dillon 41pts. Cat 3 Michael Delorey 39pts. Nine Winners F9 Jimmy Deane 21pts. B9 Chris Lowe 20pts. The visitor’s prize was won by Tony McManus from Roscommon. A huge congrats to the winner of captains prize from Leitrim village Mick Blake with an excellent score of 61nett. Division 1 winner Padraig Mc Sheara 69net. 2nd in division 1 Damian Quigley 69nett. Division 2 winner Gerry Emmett 69. 2nd in Division 2 Austin McDermott 70nett. Division 3 winner Steve Doherty 70nett 2nd Division 3 Jimmy Deane 72nett. Gross winner Paul Roche 75 gross. Front 9 winner Paul Kelleher . Back 9 winner Ivan Keaney. Past Captain winner Noel McDermott 72nett.Junior winners 1st Ben O’Connor 66nett. Fergal McGloin 67nett. In The ladies section 1st Terrie Gray 63nett. 2nd Gabrielle Madsen 69nett. Gross Ann Keenan. 86 3rd Jenny Bruen 69nett. Congrats to all the winners.

The club is holding the annual golf classic over the August bank holiday weekend. 4 person Team 2 scores to count on 1 to 17 holes all 4 scores to count on the 18th. Longest drive closest to the pin yellow ball competition. Please ensure you support and bring your golfing friends from other clubs.

The Results of the Maher Cup is as follows: Congrats to the winner Delores Mulvey with an excellent score of 41pts. 2nd Patricia O’ Hara 39pts. (B9) Gross Geraldine Farry 25pts. 3rd Mary Molloy 39pts. Congrats to all the winners.

Last Monday the Seniors held their 2nd outing to Claremorris which was a great success. Thanks to all the members who travelled. The results of the scramble were as follows. 1st with an excellent score of 48pts. Albert Hogg. Mick Foley. Sean Martin Seamus Sweeney 2nd with a score of 43pts. John Moffatt Damien Duignan Sean Gilmartin Gerry Fitzgerald.
3rd 42pts. Tommy Mulvey Michael Delorey Seamus Mulhern Dermot Conlon. Wk 27 Thurs 10 July 2025. Overall Winner Mick Blake 44pts. Category Winners. Cat 1 Tommy Mulvey 40pts. Cat 2 Sean McMonagle 40pts. Cat 3 Declan Loftus 34pts. Nine Winners F9 Leo Kavanagh 20pts. B9 Seamus Seeeney 20pts.

The second round of OBN series is fast approaching the weekend of the 12-13 of July. It is generously sponsored by Taylor cleaning services. The Taylor Cleaning Competition” it’s an open stableford competition, off both the white and green tees. It’s open to entry for 3 days Friday to Sunday (to attract as many visitors as possible) there will be 7 prizes including gross and category prizes. There will be a separate entry and prize pot for players to be on the 17th green in one shot (everyone who enters this and holds the 17th green will receive their % of the prize pot) Taylor cleaning is putting up €1,000 in sponsorship and we are very grateful for this amazing support. Loads of visitor bonus points to be had this week guys.

So the first of the 2025 OBN series qualifiers is complete. The Curamach strings event has been a great success. At this point the club wants to say a big thank you to David, Noel and Mark McDermott for putting up €1,000 in sponsorship for this event. Also want to thank them for creating the unique format that captured everyone’s attention. There were 50 teams (100 players) 16 of the players were visitors. This far exceeds the numbers in any of the qualifiers last year and gives the organisers of the series great encouragement that the whole idea is working. The Results of the first round are as follows. 1st with an excellent score was Niall Hanley & Devin Hanley 48pts (B6) 2nd with also an excellent score was Father and Son Team of Paul O’Brien & Adam O’Brien 48pts (B6) 3rd with also an excellent score was Garreth McDaid &; Enda Henry 48pts. 4th Seamus Sheeran & Jason Loftus 46pts. 5th Tommy Aherne & Kevin Cusack 45pts.The following Players entered the 2’s competition in the curamach strings competition and shared a 300 euro pot Leo Noone Cathal Dowd Mick Blake John Hardiman Keith Tighe Damien Quigley Hugh Gralton Michael Gallagher Alan Ffrench Philip Martin. Congrats to all the winners.

31st draw winner on the 5th of July Damian Duignan Cortober 530 euros. Thanks to everyone for your continued support.

Wk 27 Thurs 03 July 2025. Hugh Gralton’s Captain Prize. Overall Winner Michael Keville 42pts. Category Winners Cat 1 Gerry Emmett 38pts. Cat 2 Paddy Dillon 41pts. Cat 3 Michael Delorey 39pts. Nine Winners F9 Jimmy Deane 21pts. B9 Chris Lowe 20pts.