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Newsletter – June 2018
Club News
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Course
With only 23.6 mm of rainfall, May 2018 has been our driest month since April 2017 (9.2mm). Over the past month
we have had 22 “dry days” where no rainfall was received.
As with most springs here on the East Coast of Ireland, this period has been extremely challenging from a turfgrass
management perspective. 2018 saw a late spring (3 weeks behind 2017 using the Growth Degree day model) in
conjunction with prolonged east winds, rising temperatures of late and high Evapotranspiration loses.
During the past 3 weeks the links has become dry in many places despite trying our best to keep areas hydrated. It
really has been a round the clock experience but with soil surfactants (wetting agents) and accurate watering I
believe we hopefully should have saved many areas from becoming water repellent (Hydrophobic) Once the rainfall
does arrive, we should see a quick change of colour throughout the links and a little less stressed looking turf on the
links.
With the dry conditions, we have unfortunately had a short term temporary buggy ban for the past couple of days.
This is ultimately to protect the fine links grasses on your golf course, which does not like enduring heavy mechanical
traffic in the heat of the afternoon sun, especially in drought conditions. Once the colour goes from the turf, the links
grasses go into a dormant state and are liable to become damaged with cart traffic. This can also be said for course
maintenance traffic- however the team need to transport the equipment necessary for hand watering to various
parts of the links. They are also instructed to drive in the semi roughs only to minimise any possible damage whilst
carrying out their other daily duties such as greens mowing etc.
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Council Corner
Golf Buggies
A new fleet of 8 buggies have been ordered by the Club from Clubcar. These buggies will be fitted with GPS and Geo-
fencing technology. This will give golfers yardage information and a map of the hole but will also allow the Club to
mark off areas on the links that buggies are not allowed to access. This allows us to protect certain sensitive areas
around the links from buggy traffic.
Bye Laws
Council have recently reviewed the Bye Laws and made some minor amendments to them. These are posted on the
Club noticeboard for Members information and a copy will be sent to Members following posting of these Bye Laws
for 7 days.
Halfway House
The starter hut has been moved from its previous location beside tee 1 to a new location beside tee 10 and work has
been completed to convert it into a halfway house where golfers can buy refreshments during their round. Further
work will be carried out in the coming weeks to provide new cladding for the hut and a new and more appropriate
surface will be provided around the hut for golfers to enjoy their refreshments.
General Data Protection Legislation (GDPR)
Members may be aware of the new GDPR legislation that came into effect on 25 May 2018. This relates to your data
and how the Club manages it. The Club policy in relation to this has been posted on the noticeboard and, separate to
this newsletter, a Member information statement will be circulated to you all by email. You will notice at the end of
this newsletter that you have the option to opt out of the receipt of all future newsletters.
Ladies Club
Teams Update:
Congratulations to our Island Senior Ladies, who once again have qualified for the All-Ireland Senior Cup final after a
dramatic finish in Malahide last week. The Finals will be held in August in Belfast at Knock Golf Club. (Not Mayo!!) We
will be calling on Members to make an effort to go and support the Ladies. More about that later.
For information: The Island Golf Club have agreed to host the above East Leinster Senior Cup Qualifier in May
2020.
Congratulations also to our Senior Foursomes Team who qualified for the Leinster Final to be played at Castleknock
on the 30 June.
Our Revive Active Team and the Mary McKenna Trophy teams have both got through to the next round.
Matches Scheduled for June:
Irish Mixed: 5 June v St Anne’s
Revive Active: 10 June v Skerries
Fingal Seniors: 25 June
Again I would ask Members to check the noticeboard in the Ladies locker room for times and venues.
Junior Girls Update:
The Junior Girls 2018 Programme is on the Junior noticeboard in the corridor and in the Ladies Locker Room.
We are looking forward to the Girls Coaching which will be starting on Tuesdays from 6.30pm until 7.30pm.
Coaching with the Pro will focus on the following areas of play:
Tuesday 5th: Full Swing
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Tuesday 12th: Chipping and Bunker
Tuesday 19th. Putting
Tuesday 26th On Course Play
The Junior Girls will be still at school in June, but if any of them have finished their homework, and they are allowed
to stay after coaching, we can play some golf with them.
If you have a daughter or granddaughter who would like to join us, please contact the Office.
Competitions:
On June 7 we have our Pink Day, which is a Ladies Open Fourball. This Open Day is in aid of Breast Cancer Research,
and always enjoys tremendous support. We also have a nine hole competition for the men in the afternoon and we
would ask any available men to play for this very deserving cause.
We hold a ‘BUMPER RAFFLE’ after play and once again we would very much appreciate any members donating
something for same.
Lady Captain’s Day and Dinner:
First day of Lady Captains is on the 28 June.
The Second day and Dinner is on the 7 July.
Just to remind ladies again the reason for change of date for second day, as per email to all Ladies on 7 February,
which read:
“At the Fixtures Meeting last Saturday 3 February, we discovered that the Ladies Senior Foursomes Finals clashed
again this year with the 2nd Lady Captain’s Day. In order to allow the Senior Foursomes Ladies, their Managers and
supporters the opportunity to play in Lady Captain’s second day and attend the Dinner, we have (in conjunction with
the Men’s Club) swapped the present 2nd Lady Captain’s Day (i.e. 30 June) for the following Saturday 7 July, in order
to try and facilitate everybody. This was agreed at a Ladies Committee Meeting.”
Last year we facilitated the Ladies by getting permission for them to play the second round of Lady Captain’s day on
the Friday, but this was not an option this year as Team Managers felt it was too much which resulted in they being
tired, no supporters, and then they rushed back on the Saturday evening for Lady Captain’s Dinner - hence the change.
Handicap reductions will apply on first day of Lady Captain’s and Members must have five 18 hole single cards in since
the previous July to be eligible to win.
Please check noticeboard in Ladies Locker room for eligibility to win Lady Captain’s Prize.
Friday Night Invitation 9 Hole Competition:
These are in full swing ably run by our President, Mary. Bookings for all Friday nights in operation two weeks in
advance – these nights are great fun and a wonderful opportunity to invite your friends to play The Island.
Men’s Club
June Fixtures *Note change
Saturday 2 Fourball
Sunday 3 Fourball
Monday 4 Fourball > Semi Open Any combination & Mixed
Wednesday 6 Singles
Thursday 7 9 hole ‘Pink Day’ ☺
Saturday 9 Medal & Green Stableford
Sunday 10 Three Man team
Wednesday 13 Fourball
Saturday 16 Captains Qualifier
Sunday 17 Captains Qualifier
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Wednesday 20 Two Man team
Saturday 23 Captain’s Prize
Sunday 24 Fourball
Monday 25 Singles 9 hole
Wednesday 27 Four Ball Invitation
*Saturday 30 Singles PGA tankard
*Saturday 7 July Lady Captain’s Day
☺ Men’s Club ask players to support this worthy cause.
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Captain’s Day:
As can be seen above the main events for June are the two Captain’s Day qualifiers and the Captain’s Day. The
format will be as before with the qualifiers off Green tees - goodie bag on 1st tee and burger available at the 10th
tee. Those qualifying will be proportionate to the entries made each day including the Jimmy Bruen panel totalling
168 players.
On Captain’s Day the shotgun starts will be 8.30am and 2.30 pm where players will indicate a morning or
afternoon preference whence a draw will determine the starting hole for each group. The usual myriads of prizes
are winnable including the car for a hole-in-one on the ninth.
There will be one arrangement change for the Captain’s Day meal which will be served immediately after the
second shotgun finish. The meal will be served at designated tables by waiter service.
Presentation to prize winners will take place at 8.00 pm.
Interclub Golf
TEAM Manager VENUES Date
Junior Cup Mark Fitzpatrick Qualifier in Forest Little 9 June
Jimmy Bruen Shield Tom Kelleher Qualifier in St Anne’s 16 June
Senior Cup Paul Cullen V Hollywood lakes 23 June
Fingal Seniors Fred Plunkett various several
Juniors Willie O'Rourke/ TBC TBC
Gerry Sinnott
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The Island's Metro team fell at the last hurdle in the last match on the 18th green to a birdie to lose our match
against Donabate on a score of 5 - 4. We won two of our matches at home - one notably on the ninth. Andy Nolan,
John Blake, Garrett Bates, Ronan Fitzgerald, Michael Donahue, George Hurley, Captain Denis, Conor McGleenon, Tom
Kelleher, John Killeen and Niall Newman
McDonald Cup team/panel in Clontarf Pat Desmond, Colm Lundy, George Lowe, Les Reilly and Frank Meenaghan
losing 4-1 with two matches ending on 18th.
5Golfer of the Year - Table top
David McCabe 15; Martin Maycock 15; Patrick Coffey 15; Declan O’Sullivan 12; Redmond Morgan 12; Robert Kennedy
12; Ben Hickey 10; Joseph Sheridan 10; Nicholas Smith 10; Ken Lowther 8; Kevin Rodgers 8; Philip O’Connor 8.
Match-Play
The Match-Play draws have been made including the Island Cup and mixed which are posted on the notice boards. We
wish all players good luck and request members to play their matches early to avoid delaying until close to the due date
because of holidays and other commitments.
Teams
Our Uden Cup team went down to Corrstown 3½ -1½
The Irish Mixed advanced to the fourth round beating Balbriggan 3-2.
Our Fred Daly team advanced to the second round beating Dundalk 3-2 while reversing last year’s result.
Juniors please note: competitions will commence on Tuesday 5 June and each Tuesday during summer between 9.00
and 10.00.
We were just three shots shy of qualifying for the Pierce Purcell Shield in Balbriggan in May. Fergus Duddy, Paul Goti,
John Prendergast, Conor Hurley, Henry Collier, Robert Stanley, Captain Denis, Thomas O’Dwyer, Eugene Reilly, Pat
McGee, Gerry Dowdall, Daniel Dowling, Des O’Leary, Paul Donnelly, Mick Kelly and Ron Keane.
6The Barton Shield team advanced in the qualifiers but were beaten by The Royal Dublin by five shots. Fergal Kennedy,
Captain Denis, Colin Fitzpatrick, Jonathan Quinn, Rhys Clarke, Mark Fitzpatrick, Paul Cullen, Alex Crowley, Jack Blake,
Darragh Coleman and Joe Hanney.
Cards
Reminder to all competitors that it is a requirement that they return ALL cards and enter ALL scores the computer as per
the Rules of Competition as posted in the locker room.
Junior Golf
Junior competitions commence on Tuesday 5 June and run from 9.00am-10.00am every Tuesday during the summer.
Men’s Committee 2018
Denis Gaffney (Captain), John Prendergast (Vice Captain), Finbar Gaffney (Honorary Secretary), Dermot Moran
(Honorary Treasurer), Gerry Sinnott (Junior Convenor), Jim Duggan (Competition Secretary), Andy Nolan (Handicap
Secretary), Pat Desmond (Greens Committee) & Ron Keane (Match-Plays).
Correspondence and team photos to
gaffneyfin@gmail.com
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