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County Sligo Golf Club Breaking Points 13/08/2020
Captain’s Message Members and Friends Sunday 9th August was the last day of a brilliant week of golf in the Club- Open Week 2020. Open Week has always been of great importance to County Sligo and this year, in 2020, record numbers of golfers played and this brought a great atmosphere back to the Club. The origin of Open Week dates back to 1906 when the idea of inviting visitors and friends to Rosses Point and play the course was devised. This tradition has continued and this year, the Club welcomed almost 1,900 entries- including 500 visitors. To extend our warm welcome to visitors and friends, our Captains, President, Vice Captains, Past Captains, committee members and members “togged” out in their green club jumpers and greeted golfers on the 1st tee. The work and commitment of our committees; members and staff is paramount to the success of Open Week particularly our competition secretaries, Pat Mc Daniel and Oonagh Mc Dermott who worked tirelessly during the week. Thanks to all. Well done to Mark Millar and his team for the excellent presentation and condition of the links which received many compliments throughout the week. Certainly, carrying sandbags, filling divots and repairing pitch marks throughout the year plays its part in keeping our Course in such condition and this is encouraged of members. Congratulations to all the winners and a word of acknowledgment to our Open Week sponsors - we appreciate and thank them for their support particularly in a year of such change for all businesses. All five men’s teams have played their first matches with the Junior Cup team; the Jimmy Bruen team and Senior Cup team though to the next round. The Junior Cup team play Castledargan this Saturday at 4 p.m. Best of luck guys-please come out to support. Congrats to the boys u16 team who came joint 4th in the Inter Club competition last week and best of luck to the boys u18 team who play in Boyle on 21st August. After a 5 month postponement - the final of Wehrly’s Winter League is on this Sunday 16th August. At last!. A special competition on the day has been included for new members. A reminder of the change in meal and presentation format. Many pairings will be vying for the Trophy presented in memory of the late Ken Cunningham. Golfers -don’t forget to keep an eye out for the golfer of the year competitions coming up- something to aim towards. Saturday 15th August is Lady Captain, Edel’s day and I wish herself, Dermot and the family the very best on her day. Have a fantastic day, Edel. Regards, John Mc Hugh Captain CSGC
Lady Captain’s Day
Best wishes to Lady Captain
Edel McDermott who hosts her
Lady Captain’s Day this
Saturday
15th August 2020
Cup Winners During Open Week 2020
Cecil Ewing Trophy
This trophy was presented to the Club in 1975 by Ann
Bradshaw and her brother Tom in memory of their
late Dad and renowned golfer, Cecil Ewing. The
trophy was played for on Sunday 2nd August with 185
entries and sponsored by EJ Menswear.
Winner - Sebastian Vogt with a score of 66 nett.
Sebastian Vogt- winner of Cecil Ewing Trophy played on Sunday 2nd Aug
sponsored by EJMenswear score 66 nett
Coombe Cup
This is the oldest Club Cup which was presented to
CSCG in 1896 – 2 years after the Club’s formation- by
George Coombe who laid out the original nine- hole
course. This singles V par competition with 198 entries
on Wednesday 5th August was sponsored by
Compupac IT,
Sean Power - winner of Coombe Cup played on Wed 5th Aug sponsored by
Compupac IT with a score of 7 Up Winner- Sean Power on a score of 7 up.
Cup Winners During Open Week 2020
O’ Connor Cup
This Cup was presented to the Club in 1932 by
Gerald O’ Connor from Roscommon, runner up in the
1932 and 1933 West of Ireland Championships. The
competition on Friday 7th August was sponsored by
Knox Sligo with 185 entries.
Winner- John Nugent with 41 points (B9) John Nugent winner of The O'Connor Cup played on Friday 7th
Aug sponsored by Knox Sligo with a score of 41 pts
Soden Cup
The Cup is in memory of the late Joe Soden and was
presented by the Soden family to the Club in 1995.
Sponsored by Gilroy Gannon, 93 pairs played in the
fourball betterball competition on Saturday 8th
August.
Winners- Darragh Loftus & Joe Hussey on 45 points.
Darragh Loftus &Joe Hussey winners of Soden Cup played on Sat 8th
Aug sponsored by Gilroy Gannon on score of 45 pts.
Shane Filan, winner of Connolly Motor Group sponsored
single stableford on Monday 3rd Aug pictured with sponsor
Ian Craddock.
Father & son winners, Neil & Alan Gaynor, of the scotch
foursomes on Thurs 6th Aug sponsored by Austies
Restaurant.
Open Week Winners
Winners of Champagne Scramble on Sat 1st Aug- Sean Doyle; Tom Feely; Pat
Lyons & Capt John Mc Hugh pictured with Louis Walsh of Ulster Bank,sponsor
Open Week Competition Results
Saturday 1st August: 18 Holes Champagne Scramble – Sponsored by Ulster Bank
1st S.Doyle, T.Feely, P.Lyons, 2nd TJ.Ford, D.O'Hara, P.Woulfe, 3rd G.O'Brien, N.O'Brien, E.Cregg,
J.McHugh 93 Pts C.O'Gara 92 Pts E.O'Brien 91 Pts
Sunday 2nd August: 18 Holes Stroke – Sponsored by EJ Menswear
1st S.Vogt (17) 66 2nd J.Creed Jnr (18) 68 (B9) 3rd S.Power (9) 68
4th C.Mulholland (6) 69 5th N.Burgess (10) 70 (B9) 6th T.O'Hara (5) 70
Monday 3rd August: 18 Holes Stableford – Sponsored by Connolly Motor Group
1st S.Filan (15) 39 Pts (B3) 2nd F.Farrell (8) 39 Pts (B3) 3rd S.Treacy (9) 39 Pts
4th R.Murphy (17) 38 Pts (B9) 5th R.O'Keeffe (7) 38 Pts (B9) 6th S.McGinty (23) 37 Pts
Gross R.O'Connor (0) 34 Pts (B6)
Wednesday 5th August: 18 Holes V Par – Sponsored by Compupac IT
1st S.Power (20) 7up 2nd S.Underwood (1) 4up (B9) 3rd K.O'Mahony (8) 4up (B9)
4th M.Keane (15) 4up 5th K.Stead (13) 3up (B6) 6th D.O'Brien (5) 3up (B9)
Gross S.Heavey (2) 3up (B6)
Open Week Competition Results
Thursday 6th August: 18 Holes Scotch Foursomes – Sponsored by Austies Restaurant
1st A.Gaynor & N.Gaynor 40 Pts (B9) 2nd H.Arnold & A.Bowens 40 Pts 3rd I.Hodgson & M.McNamara 39 Pts
4th K.Flanagan & S.Filan 38 Pts (B3)
Friday 7th August: 18 Holes Stableford – Sponsored by Knox
1st J.Nugent (11) 41 Pts (B9) 2nd J.McHugh(11) 41 Pts 3rd N.Burgess (9) 40 Pts
4th S.Tynan (5) 39 Pts (B9) 5th N.Davitt (17) 39 Pts 6th E.McGrellis (23) 38 Pts (B9)
Gross S.Flanagan (+2) 35 Pts (B6)
Saturday 8th August: 18 Holes Fourball Betterball – Sponsored by Gilroy Gannon
1st D.Loftus (13) & J.Hussey(22) 45 Pts 2nd E.Carty (11) & G.McTiernan (20) 44 3rd A.Kennedy (10) & R.O'Driscoll (16)
Pts (B6) 43 Pts (B9)
4th K.Flanagan(5) & P.Woodhouse 5th N.Dunne (9) & D.Dunne (1) 42 Pts
(5) 43 Pts
Sunday 9th August: 18 Holes Stableford – Sponsored by Contax Automation
1st J.Flanagan (4) 40 Pts 2nd T.O'Hara (4) 39 Pts (B9) 3rd J.McSharry (14) 39 Pts
4th A.D.McCarthy (4) 38 Pts 5th S.Rooney (6) 37 Pts (B3) 6th N.Dunne (9) 37 Pts (B6)
Links Report
Both courses continue to play well despite the ongoing heavy traffic. Open week was the busiest to date and it was nice to hear the
complementary comments about how the course was presented and playing. From the outset I want to sincerely thank the many
members who took part in the divoting evening prior to open week. I am convinced that this great work contributed to the enjoyment of
all.
Some areas of rough were cut back to facilitate speed of
play. This is not normally the time of year to cut back rough
as it can have the effect of thickening the undergrowth
which is not what is wanted. However the changing
weather conditions this year accelerated growth in some
areas. The normal rough management programme will
resume in the early winter.
Most areas that were damaged during the early year
drought have now recovered. This was achieved with a
combination of seeding and fertilising. We have a small
amount of fairy-ring and in recent weeks an outbreak of
mushroom growth in certain areas. Both of these intruders
will disappear in the coming weeks.
Divoting evening organised by Terry Brady, Links Chairman, before Open Week - great
to see new members Ken & Gerry lending a hand
Links Report A number of target pins have been put on the putting and chipping greens with a foam insert in the cup to prevent the ball from dropping. Not perfect but an improvement I think. Our 3rd green is still struggling a bit but it is improving in terms of surface quality, maybe less so in appearance. Recently the less refined poa grass was dominating which left the surface looking poor. The poa has been sprayed in recent days and this will provide opportunity for the fescue grasses to take over. Overseeding and fertilising will speed up the process. This is in line with our agronomists recommendations. Pitch-marks on the greens continue to be a challenge and I ask everyone to repair at least 2 pitch-marks on every green. It only takes a few seconds and the resulting benefit is immeasurable. And don’t forget to take a divot bag. Enjoy your golf. Terry Brady. Links chairman.
Team News
Pierce Purcell team captained by Aidan Doyle
CSGC v Carrick on Shannon was played on 26th July. Unfortunately lost to a
strong Carrrick team.
2 matches at home- Denis O' Sullivan & Gerry O'Grady; Joe Keyes & Tom
Horkan.
3 away matches- Kieran Staed & Dave O' Hara ; Terry Farrelly & Fergus Flynn
; Shane Flaherty & Conor Jordan.
Pierce Purcell Team members Gerald O'Grady, Denis O'Sullivan Team
vice captain Niall Gaynor, Tom Horkan & Joe Keyes who played
Jack O'Sullivan team captained by Donal Cronin against Carrick On Shannon on Sunday last
Hard luck lads losing the deciding away match in Enniscrone on the 21st
hole .
Team- 3 home matches and 2 away - Michael Barrett & Kieran
O’Brien; Aidan Doyle & Tom Horkan ;Gerry Fox & Peter McDonnell;Tony
Hallissy & Gerry Casey ;Sean Fenton & Naoise Davitt
Jimmy Bruen team captained by Simon Rooney
The team played on 1st August with a victory over Strandhill.
Team -Eddie Fitzpatrick & Fergal Lynch;Gerry Fox & Peter McDonnell ;Rory
Mullan & Sean Clifford ;Tony Hallissy & Danny Cronin ;Luke Harrison & Ivan
Aidan Doyle & Tom Horkan before their Jack O Sullivan match at
McLoughlin home
Simon's team now await the winner of Enniscrone and Carrick on Shannon.Team News
Junior Cup captained by Gary Reynolds
A great victory over Carrick on Shannon on Thursday 30th July.
Sean Mc Loughlin; John McDermott and Gerard Sproule
played at home with Danny Cronin and Ray McDaid playing
in Carrick. Next round is against CastleDargan on the 15th
August at 4 pm- 3 matches away and 2 home -please come
out to support.
Senior Cup captained by Kevin Flanagan
Senior Cup had a great win against Strandhill on Sunday 9th
August. Well done to T.J Ford; Alan Gaynor; Ruairi O' Connor;
Thomas Finnegan; Shane Underwood and reserves David
Brady and Steffan O'Hara. They are now through to the
Provincial Semi final in Athlone on Sunday 27th September.
Senior Cup Team on Sunday 9th August 2020
Well done to all and best of luck to the Junior Cup; Jimmy Bruen and Senior Cup teams in the next round.
Niall Stafford
Team Co-OrdinatorMen’s Get into Golf 2020 This year’s Get into Golf started on June 17th We had 20 participants split into two groups due to Covid restrictions. A total of 8 Group lessons took place with David McQuillan. Every lesson featured a part of the golf game including putting, chipping, full swing, driver and bunker play. Everybody made great progress throughout the lessons and I am sure we have a lot of future competition winners in this group. The official golf lessons finished last week. A big “Thank You” to David and all participants for making it such an enjoyable experience. Most participants have joined the club as either Full Members or Bomore Members at this stage. We are going to continue to meet on Wednesday’s @18:30 in Bomore to bring the newly learned skills to the course. We welcome any member to join us to share their own golf experience with our novices. Sebastian Vogt (New Members)
Wehrly Bros. Winter League Final
It is hard to believe that we are all preparing for the 2019/2020 final in the midst of sunshine and high temperatures! 2020 has been a very
unusual year for us all but one of the beneficiaries has been golf.
It has been great to see so many playing golf and certainly the Winter League for 2020/2021 will have many new faces. On the
competitive side everybody is well prepared for this year’s final but the challenges are different than normal. We have the firm ground
and the bounce to deal with as players not normal for a Winter League Final and lots of players have toned their game during our very
successful Open Week. The normal form book is not relevant for this year’s final and the expectation is that it will be an outsider who will
win.
The favourites last March were Barrett/Togher, Whelan/Crawford, Rahilly/Quinn, Feeney/Hallissy but I do not believe that the winners will
come from this group. The performance on big occasions should suit our sponsor and his partner Dermot Mc Dermott, Keyes/Mc
Cormick, Sproule/Reynolds, Feeney/Barnicle , Gray/Flynn who all have a great pedigree and experience to pull it off.
On the Day we will be serving you with Chicken fillet and Beef burgers when you come off the course which will enable you also to have
a wee celebratory drink. The presentation will take place at 7pm and all prize winners should make a big effort to attend.
Finally we would like to thank Tony & Richard Wehrly for their generous sponsorship. Their commitment to the sponsorship was
unwavering despite the challenges business has faced this year. Tony& Richard have been generous in their sponsorship and great
supporters of our Club and we sincerely thank them.
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Good Luck and Enjoy
Gerry McManusWehrly Bros. Winter League Final Draw
Sunday 16th August - Non QualifiersWehrly Bros. Winter League Final Draw
Sunday 16th August - QualifiersMen’s Fixtures
Date Competition Format Sponsor
Saturday 15th August Lady Captain’s Day
Sunday 16th August Winter League Final V Par Wehrly Bros.
Saturday 22nd August Centenary Cup Stableford GOY Sligo Park Hotel
Sunday 23rd August Singles Stableford
Saturday 29th August Fourball Betterball Stableford Santry Sports
Sunday 30th August Henderson Cup Stableford GOY Wines Direct
Saturday 5th September Lady President’s Day
Sunday 6th September Harry Colt Cup - Blue tees Stroke GOY
Saturday 12th September Frank Doherty Cup Stableford Homeland
Sunday 13th September Connaught Bar Cup Stableford GOY Hegarty & Armstrong, Solicitors
Saturday 19th September Men’s Captain’s Day GOY
GOY- Golfer of the Year
Many thanks to our sponsors for supporting these events.Ladies Open Week Results
Saturday 1st August 2020 – Open Ladies Champagne Scramble
Position Person Score
1st Michelle McGarraghy (19), Caroline Bradshaw (20), Marie McTernan (20), 90 Pts
Maura Demmel (30)
Monday 3rd August 2020 – Open Ladies Singles Stableford – Sponsor Connolly Motor Group
Position Person Score
1st Lia O'Toole (33) 38 Pts
2nd Kate Armstrong (26) 40 Pts
3rd Katie Dunne (14) 38 Pts (B9)
Visitors Prize Michelle Hughes (16) 35 Pts
CSS: 75; Entries 41
Tuesday 4th August 2020 – Open Ladies Singles Stableford – Brian Mullins Insurance Brokers
Position Person Score
1st Emma K Flanagan (25) 33 Pts
2nd Alice Flanagan (31) 32 Pts
3rd Edel O' Reilly (18) 31 Pts (B9)
Front Nine Niamh Fitzpatrick (24) 19 Pts (B6)
Back Nine Sinead Benedetti (2) 16 Pts
Junior Prize Ella Rose Feeney (18) 33 Pts
CSS: 78 (Reduction Only); Entries 67Ladies Open Week Results
Thursday 6th August 2020 – Scotch Foursomes – Sponsor Valerie Booker
Position Person Score
1st Collette Armstrong (23), Kate Armstrong (24) 40 Pts
2nd Elayne McDermott (12), Gwen McDermott (41) 39 Pts
3rd Siobhan Flanagan (35), Grainne McDermott (41) 35 Pts
Friday 7h August 2020 – Open Ladies Singles Stableford – Sponsor Clayton Hotel
Position Person Score
1st Valerie Booker (26) 35 Pts (B9)
2nd Kate Armstrong (Juvenile) (24) 45 Pts
3rd Zoe Dunne (Juvenile) (12) 35 Pts
Visitors Prize Ann Russell (19) 31 Pts
Back Nine Mary McLoughlin (37) 20 Pts
Front Nine Michelle McGarraghy (19) 19 Pts
CSS: 76Eithne Mc Sharry & Rosie Mullan, Winners of the Soden Cup on Saturday 8th August
Junior Boy’s Golf Report The junior golf is reaching the business end of the season. Junior open week commenced on Monday the 10th August with a series of four competitions on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. These include a stroke play, a v-par and stableford competitions and also a scotch foursomes event on the Thursday. This is for our 18-hole golfers of the white tees and is always a popular week. We always run this event immediately after our main open week which many of our 18-hole boys also participate in. This is also seeing a cluster of boys events taking place around the country which were delayed and postponed due to Covid-19. The Irish Boys took place earlier this week in Thurles and Sean McLoughlin put in an excellent performance making the cut after two days for the final round and Sean has a further two years at this age level so this was a great achievement. Tom Flanagan, Niall McDermott and Cormac Feeney also competed in this event. The Munster under 16s took place on Wednesday the 12th August and this was played in Roscrea Golf Club and three of our junior members took part. Jack Flanagan put in an excellent performance to finish on 5 over par, Aidan Brady was a further shot back and Luke Harrison shot 11 over par in this one day event. The Connacht close events are also taking place with our under 13s playing on the 12th August in Tuam Golf Club and the older boys taking part in Tuam Golf Club on the 13th August. The Connacht Close is often the highlight of the golfing calendar and in previous years there were qualifiers at regional level for this event, however, due to Covid-19 the younger of the 13 players only had a main final of the event this year. Our match play events continue to unfold with a series of excellent matches taking place in both the Godsell and the Blackwell match play competitions. These will be culminating in finals over the coming weeks. We set a date of Sunday the 6th September as the date for our junior boys and girls captains day in Bomore. This is always a popular day and we are sure our junior boys captain Niall McDermott will have an excellent day, there will also be a bar-b-que which will be managed in a Covid friendly way. Our summer Wednesday competitions have gone extremely well this year and our junior boys continue to use the Ireland Club thumb sign-in system and logging of scores which is proving very effective. The last of our Wednesday competitions take place next week. On behalf of the entire junior programme I would like to continue to extend my gratitude to the members of the club for their support and generosity with the timesheet management of the Bomore area during the busy summer months. This has helped us run a very effective and popular programme for our junior boys. Shane Flanagan Junior Convenor
Boys U 16 team with their captain John Clifford who were joint 4th in the Inter Club competition played in Strandhill last Tuesday
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