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.

Thank you to all who played in our Captain’s Hugh Gralton Scramble Last Wednesday Morning. 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. Prizes were presented at 8pm on Saturday evening Last. Thank you to Hugh for a lovely day.

The Club would like to wish our Captain Hugh Gralton the very best of luck this week with his Captains Prize. Hugh has been a very hard working member of the club for many years and has held various officer positions in the Club. The week starts on Wednesday with the Ladies Scramble also on Wednesday we have Captains prize to beginners. On Thursday we have the Captains Prize to the Seniors. Then on Friday and Saturday we have the Main Prize with Presentation of prizes on Saturday Night at 8.00pm. Good Luck Hugh.

Last weekend our Senior cup team was playing in the Senior Cup. Our team played very well and were unlucky not to have reached the next stage. The Team were as follows. Team Captain John Coffey. David McDermott. Dylan Beirne Patrick Martin Aaron Gibney.Nathan Flynn. The Club would like to thank the team captain and team for their effort.

The seniors are all very saddened to have lost 2 very popular members of the seniors. The Death occurred of member Noel Beirne 5 Errill Shannon Court Carrick-on-Shannon recently. Noel is survived by his wife Stephanie. Son Garry Daughter Tracey. Daughter in Law Donna. Son in Law Niall. Grandchildren Dillion, Mia and Amy. The Death has also occurred of Tom Crowe Summerhill Carrick-on-Shannon. Tom is survived by his wife Kathleen. Daughters Fionnuala Arlene Karina Clodagh Alison and Kathy. Sons Thomas John Barry David and Brian.His 28 Grandchildren. Brothers, Barney, George, Oliver, Declan, and Brendan. Sisters Kathleen and Teresa His Daughters in Laws Sons in Law.Brothers in Law Sisters in Law. Both Noel and Tom were very popular members of Carrick Golf Club. We would like to extend our deepest sympathy to both Families. May they rest in peace. The Seniors next outing is on Monday 7 th of July to Claremorris Golf Club the first tee is at 11.00am. Result. Wk 26 Thurs 26 June 2025. Overall Winner a hugh congrats to Seamus Sweeney 42pts. Category Winners Cat 1 Albert Hogg 41pts. Cat 2 Michael Gallagher 41pts. Cat 3 Ken Moran 32pts.Nine Winners F9 Sean McMonagle 21pts. B9 Seamus Mulhern 18pts.