Drumlish / Ballinamuck Golf Society

Sunday May 21st

We returned to the very windy Moyvalley for our May outing and had a great turnout of 23 player, despite the tough conditions there were plenty of great scores.  The winning score on the day with an excellent 35 pts was Michael McHugh, 2nd place with 33pts and sitting top of the table was Martin Calliney, 3rd was Mick Joyce with 31pts , Nearest the Pin was Sean Crowe, well done to all. Average score for the day was 25 pts.
Thank you to Sean & Eddie Crowe who sponsored the prizes on the day.
Our next outing takes place at Standhill golf club on Sunday June 25th @ 11am.

Sunday April 23rd

This month we were back at Glasson Golf club and its excellent new practice facilities, while the greens might have been on the slow side the scoring certainly wasn’t. The winning score on the day was a huge 40 pts with Dermot McCrann flying back especially from holidays to put the rest of us to shame! 2nd place with a score that would win most outings was Martin Calliney with a great score of 35pts and 3rd was Mick McHugh with 33pts(after a 4 way count back) , Nearest the Pin was Brendan Larkin, well done to all.
Thank you to Michael Joyce & Brian Duffy who sponsored the prizes on the day.
Our next outing takes place at Moyvalley Golf Club  on Sunday May 21st @ 10.40am. 

Sunday April 2nd

We returned to the fabulous Headfort New Golf course in Kells for our 3rd outing of the year. We were blessed with a magnificent summers day and the course was is immaculate condition. 
Winner on the day was Barry Maxwell with an excellent scores of 28pts off 6, 2nd was Ciaran Lennon also with an excellent score of 28pts, 3rd was Neil Brady with 27pts and Nearest the Pin was Michael Gallagher, well done to all.
Thank you to Sean & Ciaran Lennon who sponsored the prizes on the day.
Our next outing takes place at Glasson Golf Club  on Sunday April 23rd @ 10.30am. 

Saturday March 4th

We attended Athlone Golf Club for our 2nd outing of the year. We had another great turnout of 20 golfers. 
Winner on the day was Tony Lennon with an excellent scores of 36pts, 2nd was Mick McHugh with 32pts, 3rd was Mick Joyce with 27pts and Nearest the Pin was Mick Kenny, well done to all.
Thank you to Seamus Gallagher (Gallaghers Bar Drumlish) who sponsored the prizes on the day and provided food afterwards at the presentation in his Bar afterwards.
Our next outing takes place at Headfort Golf Club  on Sunday April @ 9.20am. 

Sunday January 29th

Our 1st outing of the 2017 season took place today in Esker Hills. It was a tough day for golf due to the weather but was enjoyed by all and as always there were some great scores. 
Winner on the day was John Garvey with an excellent scores of 35pts, 2nd was Anthony Kane with 32pts, 3rd was Aidan McKenna with 31pts and Nearest the Pin was Michael Gallagher, well done to all.
Thank you to Brendan Larkin who sponsored the prizes on the day, presentation will take place at our next outing.
Our next outing takes place at Athlone Golf Club  on Saturday March 4th @ 10am. Sponsor that day is Gallagher’s Bar Drumlish and presentation will take directly afterwards in Gallaghers Bar – please make an effort to attend and support the sponsor.

Saturday October 29th

Our final outing of 2016 was held at our home course of Longford Golf Club. 19 players turned out to enjoy the great day and despite the greens been recently sanded the course was in great condition. The standard of golf was very high and the best score of the day was shot by Mick McHugh with a great score of 39 points (his practice round last week obviously paid off). Nearest the Pin was won by Sean Lennon, while most players club of choice for the hole was a wedge, Sean opted for the putter and ran the ball 90m along the ground,through the leaves, all the way to the hole….rolling out nicely to 11 foot from the hole…..genius!!  
The Player of the Year went down to the wire and with the current leader Chris Pryce taking holidays at the worst possible time it proved costly as a few players made late charges to knock him off top spot. The player who timed his charge perfectly was Oliver Donoghoe who shot 34pts to take top spot and the crown of Player of the Year 2016. Also a late charge by Neil Brady with 37pts was just short by one point. Ian Reilly who was up at the top of the leader board most of the year just came up short with 26pts to finish 3rd overall.
Thanks very much to Cathal Reilly who again sponsored the prizes and fed us all afterwards,  well done to all who made the effort to attend the presentation in Reilly’s Bar Drumlish yesterday afternoon.
We will be having our Xmas party/Presentation night and AGM in December. Dates to be advised in the coming weeks.

Results on the day as follows:
1st Place: Mick McHugh 39 Pts
2nd Place: Neil Brady 37 Pts
3rd Place: Enda McHugh 36 Pts
Nearest the Pin: Sean Lennon

Sunday September 25th

We made our annual trip to the Slieve Russell for our penultimate outing of 2016. Despite all the recent rain the course was in great condition, as always. The players at the top of the leader board found it tough going but that wasn’t the case for the winner on the day Mick Joyce who shot an excellent 35 points. I’m sure the fact he wasn’t been chased round the course by the Course Ranger helped unlike the rest of us! In 2nd place with 32 points was Neil Brady and 3rd went to Eddie Crowe who had a very impressive 30 points. Today we also competed for the Danny Toole Memorial trophy and well done to Mick Joyce who also won this. Thank you very much to Danny Toole who presented this perpetual trophy to the society and also to Peter & Margaret Dillon (Dillons Bar Ballinamuck) who provided the much needed post round food and sponsored the prizes on the day.
The Player of the Year table continues to tighten up and now up to 7 players have a real chance of taking the Player of the Year 2016 title at our last outing in Longford on October 29th.
Results on the day as follows:
1st Place: Mick Joyce 35 Pts
2nd Place: Neil Brady 32 Pts
3rd Place: Eddie Crowe 30 Pts
Nearest the Pin: Sean Crowe
** Reminder that anyone interested in travelling to Portugal next year needs to have a €250 paid to Neil Brady before the end of October.

On Friday September 9th we headed to Naas for Captain John Crowe’s weekend away. In attendance was John Crowe, Eddie Connolly, Brian Massey, Martin Calliney, Sean Crowe, Tony Lennon, Michael McHugh, Aidan McKenna, Darren Quinn, Brendan Larkin and Neil Brady. We stayed in Naas town and played Palmerstown House on Friday and Heritage Killenard on Saturday.

Day 1 we played the fabulous Palmerstown House which proved a real challenge in probably the worst wind and rain we have ever played. Nevertheless there were decent scores, all things considered. The winner on day 1 was Neil Brady with a very very hard worked 28 pts, 2nd was Aidan McKenna with 27pts and nearest the pin was John Crowe.

Day 2 thankfully brought a welcome improvement to the weather with glorious sunshine and a blue sky. The Heritage is a wonderful course and provided a real challenge even in the good conditions. The winner on day 2 was Mick Mc Hugh with a title winning score of 35pts, 2nd was John Crowe with 32pts which off 4 was definitely the round of the weekend. Nearest the pin was Brendan Larkin.

Overall the Captain’s prizes results were as follows:
1st: Mick McHugh
2nd: Neil Brady
3rd: Tony Lennon

Well done to everyone who traveled and a great weekend was had by all. A big thank you to John Crowe who sponsored this years Captain’s prizes, these will be presented at our annual presentation night at our Christmas party in December.
Hope to see you all next year when it’s the turn of our incoming captain Aidan McKenna.

Saturday August 27th

For our August outing we returned to Glasson Golf Club, the course was in superb condition. Congrats to James Finn who shot the stand out score of the day of 37 points and had his first win in the society. In 2nd place was Barry Maxwell with 31 points and 3rd place went to Sean Crowe with 30 points.  Regarding the Player of the Year table…. it looking like it is squeaky bum time and is going to go down to the wire!!
Results on the day as follows:
1st Place: James Finn 37 Pts
2nd Place: Barry Maxwell 31 Pts
3rd Place: Sean Crowe 30 Pts
Nearest the Pin: John Crowe
Hope to see you all at our next outing in the Slieve Russell on Sunday September 25th at 9am, which will also be for the Danny Toole Memorial Trophy.

Sunday July 24th

On Sunday we made the society’s first trip to Castleknock Golf Club, with great scoring overall. Congrats to Brian Duffy who was the winner on the day hitting a very impressive score 38 points, he was closely followed by Aidan McKenna in 2nd place with 36 points and 3rd place went to Bertie Mimnagh with 33 points. It would appear that the pressure is starting to get to the lads at the top of the Player of the Year table…. could be a close finish yet!!
Results on the day as follows:
1st Place: Brian Duffy 38 Pts
2nd Place: Aidan McKenna 36 Pts
3rd Place: Bertie Mimnagh 33 Pts
Nearest the Pin: James Finn
Hope to see you all at our next outing in Glasson on Saturday August 27th at 10am.