Castle Tidings
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Castle Golf Club
August/September 2015
Welcome to the August/September issue of Castle Tidings.
Dear Members
With Autumn upon us we leave behind a wonderful Summer
of golf on what is undoubtedly one the of the best Parkland
courses in Ireland. Our warmest congratulations to our Lady
Golfer of the Year Suzanne Elliott with the Men's Golfer of
the Year to be announced at The Captains Dinner and to the
various winners of the Club Matchplay Finals. On the team
front the last few weeks have been very exciting with a
wonderful haul of 5 Pennants. Our Ladies had a fantastic
win to retain the Bloom Trophy after a thrilling and
exhausting Sunday afternoon in Castle. The Ladies Senior
Foursomes are the AIG All Ireland Champions having
beaten Mallow in the AIG Ladies Cups and Shields National
Finals on Friday 25th September in Knightsbrook. On the
men's front there was success in the Straffan Cup in a rain sodden K Club while warm
sunshine rained down on Clontarf as Castle won the Barton Cup for the first time since
1941. We offer a warm thanks to the players, managers and supporters of all teamsnot just the victors - who represented the Club this year.
There was a very busy social calendar over the past few months and the highlight was
a memorable evening to mark Club Professional David Kinsella's 50 years with the
club.
Happy Golfing,
Captain Derry & Lady Captain Margaret.
Captain's (Derry Byrne) Prize Week
It was certainly a Captain's week to remember when Captain Derry launched
proceedings with the Valley Cup on the Thursday. It only took young Adam McEvoy 11
shots to complete the course and grab the first Silver of the week.
Thursday also saw the big day for the Good Companions.
Friday morning saw the scurry of players making it to the first tee in hopeful expectation
of making a good qualifying score in very pleasing weather conditions.
Shane Taggart (9) - 39pts with Brian O'Meara (21) - 37 Pts and Noel Hughes (18) - 37
Pts, set the pace as 38% of the field achieved 30 pts or better.
There were 19 two's including an eagle from Greg Dilger on the 12 th.
Day 2 of the qualifying had to wait until Sunday due to the Barton Cup final first leg
and players were treated to a day of wet conditions.
However this poor weather did not deter the keen competitors with many great scores
being achieved.
Jim Mulready (0) with a gross 66 and 40 points had Harry Gleeson and Peadar Walsh
in Ladbrokes corner making frantic calls to Paddy Power to see if they could complete
a merger before pay out day. Richard Sheehan (7) - 39 Points, Brian Kane Jnr (7) - 38
points and Barry Keely (18) - 38 points were his closest rivals while a host of players
rested on 37 points including Ross Kinsella (4), Colm Gleeson (16), Dermot O'Dwyer
(22), Nigel Lynch (7) and John Barron (9).
Jim Mulready topped his great round off with a hole in one on the 3 rd.
A week of sleepless night's lay ahead for the anxious Top 30.
Captain Derry with Lady Captain Margaret, Vice-Captain Paul and David Kinsella enjoying some champagne
during Captain's week.
On Monday the club hosted an Open Senior's event with EJ Bourke (11) coming through
victorious. Our Club President, Ronan Murphy finished second with 39 points.
Captain Derry was not going to be out done during his week finishing with a great score
of
37
points.
On Tuesday, the ladies gathered in their numbers to compete for the Captain's prize
and in the final furlong it took the last six holes to separate the winners with Suzanne
Elliot
winning
from
Sarah
Harkin
with
both
achieving
41
Points.
Wednesday saw the club hosting the open invitation and it was hugely successful with
184 competitors taking part. The team consisting of Cathal O'Leary, Mark Keating,
Cormac Egan and Paul Hennessy proved too strong for the rest of the field.
The course was in marvellous condition on Saturday for the Captain's Prize final day
and the top 150 golfers arrived full to the brim with enthusiasm and colour.
Most scores of 27 had made the cut from the qualifying rounds when the axe finally
dropped.
William McAuliffe and Karl Devenney had the screen in focus for the hot scoring
expected from the Top 30 with an enthusiastic bunch of juvenile members volunteering
to be the message senders. Well done to all!
It was nip and tuck all afternoon with various players creeping up the leader board with
pars and birdies only to fall back down again as bogey's damaged the card. A truly epic
performance from Jim Mulready on the day with a gross 69 and 37 points saw Jim finally
take the victory parade down the 18th fairway as he won Captain Derry's prize.A great
evening was had by all and as the presentation of prizes flowed it became very clear to
all that Jim Mulready was a most popular winner on the day.
Mother & Daughter 2015
The Mothers and Daughter Trophy is retained at Castle Golf Club
The 7th All Ireland Mother & Daughter Foursomes Open competition got underway in
Castle Golf Club on Monday 17th August 2015.
A glorious day weather wise helped to get the shotgun started promptly. It was great
to see so many familiar pairings from previous years and we were delighted to
welcome all the new mothers and daughters to Castle. The weather obviously
contributed to the great scores.
This year we welcomed CPL, the global provider of recruitment, staffing and
outsourcing services as our main sponsor. The competition is also supported by
Medipharm who provided the most wonderful skin care hampers which were
presented to all winners.
We had over 100 competitors from 20 clubs from all over Ireland.
Our lady captain, Margaret McConville gave us a wonderful quote from Oscar Wilde
which reminded us of how we are shaped by our mothers: "Most women become their Mothers, that is their tragedy..... No Man does, that is
his........."
Castle Golf Club is also the home of the prestigious All Ireland Father and Son
competition which attracts over 500 competitors and is now in its 54th year.
The full results from the day were:
1st
Joanne Smyth (12) & Ellen Smyth (30) Castle GC
40 pts
2nd
Margaret Brennan (26) & Claire Brennan (13) Castle GC
38pts
3rd
Biddy Butler (21) Courtown GC & Susan Butler (19) Milltown GC 37pts
Front 9 Kerry Cahill (20) & Joan Cahill (11) Laytown Bettystown GC
23pts
Back 9 Helen Kinsella (21) & Susie Kinsella (36) Castle GC
19 pts
Pictured above:
Colin Galligan - Medipharm, Ellen & Joanne Smyth - Winners,
Margaret McConville - Lady Captain Castle Golf Club.
GUI NEWS
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Straffan Cup glory for Philip Murphy & Martin Keane and his squad against
Kilcock in the K Club.
Narrow loss for Duggan Cup team against Nenagh in the final held in
Edenderry GC
Darragh Smith captures Wicklow Boys Title
A very successful Club Championship Finals Day was held on 13th September
with Dan Holland winning the Club Championship by beating Peter McKeever in
a keenly contested and friendly final. All other results are available by clicking
here with photographs available from the day available by clicking here.
Annual Ryder Cup match against Grange GC as selected from Golfer of the
Year took place in Grange Golf Club on 19th September, Grange GC won on
the day 16 points to 8, this is the first time in the 3 years that the event has
taken place that there has been an outright winner.
Past Pupils Cup is scheduled for 9th October - click here for details.
Congratulations to Jack Walsh who was part of the victorious Castle Senior Cup
team in 2012, who won his second Senior Cup medal with his Maynooth
University team mates recently at the All Ireland Finals held in Carton House.
Barton Cup
Castle's Barton Cup squad take the Barton
Cup title in a great match with
Clontarf. Click here for a full report of the
2nd leg of a momentous final. Manager of
the Month for Richard Lenehan and Liam
Reynolds, a fantastic campaign.
Alex Gleeson wins Irish Youths title
Alex Gleeson having beaten fellow Castle club mate
Dan Holland in the Quarter Finals of the Irish Close
in the battle of the Titans, unfortunately went down
2 and 1 to Masserenes's former Irish Youth winner,
Tiernan McLarnon in the final. Alex bounced back
from this defeat to win the Irish Youths Title and is
now ranked 222nd in World Amateur Rankings
while he stands as 66th best amateur golfer in
Europe.
Alex also made a dream debut for the Irish Senior Team in the Home Internationals
played at Royal Portrush making an enormous
contribution to Ireland's successful attempt to retain the
Home International Title.
He won both his singles matches against Wales Jack
Davidson winning 3 and 2 and against the highly
experienced former professional and Scottish Champion
Barry Hume (Scotland) winning 5 and 4.
Jim Kavanagh hits the Big Time!
Jim Kavanagh emerged victorious in the Willie Holley
Trophy with a marvellous score of 43 points to snatch
victory from the chasing field.
Barton Cup
Conor Bourke receives the Barton Cup from Captain Derry
Byrne
David Hughes turns Professional !
David Hughes receives the Professional Prize from David
Kinsella with Captain Derry Byrne.
Thomas Harte makes it lucky 13
A great couple of weeks golf for juvenile Thomas Harte
who won the best nett score (a fabulous 41 points) in
Leinster Under 13 Series Final held in Castle, secured a
valuable point with his partner Peter McKeever in the 2nd
leg of the Barton Cup final and added the Juvenile
Matchplay title to his cabinet on Club Championship Finals
day, well done Thomas.
Adam McEvoy wins Valley Cup !
Adam McEvoy won the Valley Cup in great style, which
launched Derry's Byrne Captain's week.
Practice makes perfect for David Cosgrove !
David Cosgrove dedicated his recent win in the Millennium
Trophy to his Mum and Dad and the hours of practice he has
put in following the inspiration taken from Padraig
Harrington's recent surge in form - a lesson to us all - Practice
pays off!
Shane Lowry Wins WGC Bridgestone Invitational
At Firestone
Shane Lowry held off the challenge of three major champions to claim the biggest
victory of his career in brilliant fashion at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
Shane carded a flawless final round of 66 at Firestone Country Club to finish 11 under
par, two shots ahead of double Masters champion Bubba Watson, with Justin Rose
and Jim Furyk another two shots back.
"It's hard to believe but I played good today," Shane said after his round. "I felt quite
nervous out there towards the end but made a lot of good decisions, hit the ball well
and got a bit of luck as well which was nice. It's great to be able to pull something off.
I was doubting myself a little this year, things haven't being going my way but when
you come out the other end it's always nice. I played as good a golf as I've ever
played the last four days," he added.
Shane jumped to number 19 in the world after his first PGA Tour victory.
Onward and Upwards for Shane! - he has no shortage of supporters in Castle Golf
Club
ILGU NEWS ............... TEAMS
Tuesday 25 August saw a full time sheet of eager golfers
playing in the last major of the year- Captain Derry's Prize
to the ladies. Suzanne Elliott was victorious on the day
with a great score 41 points. Suzanne, who lost 7 shots
this year, went on to win Golfer of the year which was a
great achievement as she had a hand injury early in the
year and only got back to golf in late April. Sarah Harkin (also 41points) who was
runner up on the day was also runner up in the Lady Captains prize in June.
Castle Ladies Teams have had the best year in a long time in ILGU competitions. The
Senior Foursomes and Junior Foursomes teams played in the East Leinster final in
Blackbush on Saturday 30 August. A special word of thanks to Siobhan McCarthy
overall Team Manager and coordinator, managers Avril Haughton and Claire
O'Donoghue of Senior Foursomes, Anne Thornton and Therese O'Brien of Junior
Foursomes for all the time and work they have put into organising the teams .
Unfortunately the Junior Foursomes were narrowly beaten.
Senior Foursomes
The Ladies Senior Foursomes are the AIG All Ireland
Champions having beaten Mallow in the AIG Ladies
Cups and Shields National Final on Friday 25th
September in Knightsbrook. They were successful
against Roscommon in the quarter final on Wednesday
and against Enniscorthy in the semi final on Thursday
24th, in all they had 3 days of superb golf.
Bloom Trophy
Our passage to the Bloom Trophy 2015 was nothing but
nail biting and exciting.
The first round against Stackstown was very good with three good wins at home and
followed up with a comfortable win away. That is where the 'comfortable' ends!
The next round was against Newlands and we won one match in Newlands away. On
the return match we lost one match and won two coming from behind! Donna Reddy
and Catriona Mooney had to go up the 19 th where Catriona Mooney had a par to win
the match.
On we went and met Milltown, with our first leg at home. We won the three matches
in the lashings of rain and two of them on the 18th. We then went to Milltown looking
for a rainless day but not to be. It was appalling weather and never stopped raining
for 6 hours. We subsequently lost the three matches and had to go up the 19th. Donna
Reddy and Anna Mellotte were the last match alive so off we went again. After halving
the first playoff hole we headed for the second! Donna Reddy won the match with a
par and a marvelous downhill 15 foot putt. We were really not letting this Trophy out
of our hands easily!
Elm Park for the final 1st leg and the sun shone. We came away with a half from
there, a little perturbed but all to play for as we knew we could win three at home.
On September the 6th, the final leg of our journey to the Bloom Trophy 2015 the sun
did not shine but at least it was not raining. We won two of our matches and the last
match came back from 4 down to half the match on the 18th. It was a heroic effort by
Blanaid Nally and Catriona Mooney. On the 19th (again) Blanaid Nally played the hole
perfectly and had a tap in to win the Trophy again.
Congratulations to the whole panel who each contributed a huge amount to a great
win to retain the Bloom Trophy.
A special word of thanks to managers Edwina Jennings and Nicola Doyle for all their
hard work which resulted in Castle retaining the Bloom Trophy for 2015.
Juvenile News
The juvenile members' fun day, the highlight of their season, took place on Sunday,
August 30th, to coincide with O'Meara Cup and Mary Walsh Trophy competitions. The
timesheet ran from early morning to accommodate the many boys and girls wishing
to play, and a separate competition in the Valley for beginners and improvers. And
then the fun really started in the Valley with bouncing castle, longest drive, nearest
the pin, snacks and ice cream. The weather was kind and a great day was had by all.
The winner of the O'Meara Cup this year was Padraig Johnson and the winner of Mary
Walsh Trophy was Aoife Leavy. Also announced at the prize ceremony were golfers of
the year Adam McEvoy and Roisin Caffrey. The winners of the Captain's prize to the
Juveniles were also called out again - Eoghan Fitzpatrick and Ciara Leavy. The
incoming Captains for 2016 are Rob Moran and Emily McCarthy were also announced.
Early last month Castle girls were to the fore at the Newlands Girls Trophy
event taking the top four places. Congratulations to Emily McCarthy
(pictured) on being the overall winner on a score of 45 pts, runner-up Ellen
Smyth on 41pts, 3rd place went to Aoife Leavy on 38 pts and 4th place to
Ciara Leavy on 37 pts.
Elsewhere in August Darragh Smith won the Wicklow Boys competition in Greystones
GC. Darragh posted a four round total of 289 to secure the title ahead of a large field
of competitors drawn mainly from Wicklow and Dublin clubs. Darragh has been
selected to represent Leinster in an international boys match in the UK during
September. Other noteworthy performances were Thomas Harte tied 7th in Munster
Under 14 Boys plus tied 3rd in Leinster Under 13 Series and Tommy Smyth 20th in
Irish Under 16 Boys. And finally, Robert Browne recently shot a course record of 61
gross in Lahinch beating his own previous record of 62!
In inter-club competitions Castle is leading the Elm Park Trophy league standings in
both boys and girls division; the final round of competition will take place in midSeptember. And in the Dick Walsh Trophy, Castle played Milltown in one of the semifinals but unfortunately lost; the final takes place in Castle on Sunday, September
27th. And, of course, a number of boys and girls continue to represent the Club in
senior competitions e.g. Ruth Keating, Donal McAuliffe, Thomas Harte, Tommy Smyth,
Jack P. Walsh, Barry Fitzpatrick to name a few.
The Castle U15 boys' team was drawn away to Kilkenny GC in the Leinster final in
early August. In yet another away match in their long summer campaign the team
was unfortunately defeated by a strong Kilkenny team in a closely fought match. But
the experience this summer will stand to them for another shot at the trophy next
summer. Well done to the panel who played so well to get to the final: Jack P Walsh;
Tommy Smyth (Captain), Adam McEvoy, Lee Barron, Thomas Harte, Dylan Smyth,
Hugo O'Malley and James Quinn.
As you all know our 'travelling pro' Shane Lowry won the Bridgestone
Invitational WGC event in August. But did you know that his real fans
are in Castle GC, not his home club at Esker Hills? Here he is pictured
recently with some of our girls on our practice fairway. Well done,
Shane, on a great 2015 so far. Keep up the good work.
Respect for the golf course and its environment is an important value
to encourage amongst all our members. One morning in August our
course superintendent Paul Fitzgerald kindly offered to show juveniles
how the course is maintained at such a high standard and
demonstrated how they could do their bit to help. The session was
great fun for all who attended.
Pavilion News
A comprehensive win overall for Castle Pavilion members
against Grange, over 20 pavilion players participated and
won both home and away matches.
Congratulations to the winners of the August 13 hole Pavilion competition
1st
Peter Robbins
30
pts
2nd
David Doran
28
pts
3rd
Greg Magrane
26
pts
4th
Keara Curran
25
pts
5th
James Carberry
25
pts
6th
Stephen Finlan
25
pts
Congratulations to the winners of the September 9 hole Pavilion competition
Men
1st
Jude
O'Loughlin
Ladies
22 pts
Olive McNiff
22 pts
2nd
Liam Curran
22 pts
Fiona McDonagh
16 pts
3rd
Niall O'Leary
17 pts
Veronique O'Leary
15 pts
Reminder dates for your diary Up and Coming events for Pavilions:
Pavilion annual dinner on Saturday 21st November, presentation and results for the
matchplay will be announced. Live entertainment on the evening, members are
welcome to invite guests. Last 9 hole Turkey competition for 2015 is on Sunday 29th
November,the snack bar menu will be available after the competition, all are welcome
to attend the prize giving.
David Kinsella's Golf Day & Par Tee......
David's day started early in the morning with Champagne, Strawberries &
Cream. The sun shone down on the day as the golf began and then shone again on
the winners Sarah Halpin, Michael Neary, Fiona Norris and Leo Norris who had a
fantastic score of 94 points.
Then it was time to "Par-Tee", the hair was done and the finery was adorned (and
that was just the men) all to celebrate one mans achievement of 50 years at
Castle, the one and the only David Kinsella!! The night then began in earnest
when, after a sumptuous meal the Par Tee really got going and what started early on
Saturday morning finished very early on Sunday morning!
Message of thanks from David Kinsella
We would like to thank most sincerely everyone who took part in the day of golf and
night of celebration on 12th September and also to those who could not attend but
sent their best wishes.
Many people were involved in the planning and preparation of the day to whom we
are most grateful. Everyone entered into the spirit of the occasion and made
it night that our family will never forget.
Thank you, once again, for your support and kindness on this occasion and over the
past fifty years.
Rules, Rules, Rules !!!!!
1
In an 18 hole Stableford competition a player omitted the last four holes of the round
and returned a score for 14 holes; he should be disqualified.
False
2
A dropped ball must be re-dropped if it is deflected by the tee peg used to mark the
extent of an area in which the ball is to be dropped.
False
3
A player may mop up casual water on his line of putt.
False
4
A player may stand out of bounds to play a ball within bounds.
True
5
During a stroke play competition a player swings at but misses a wrong ball. He incurs a
one stroke penalty. *
False
6
A player is permitted to mark the position of his ball by placing the toe of his club
behind the ball.
True
7
In match play, the penalty for dropping a ball in an incorrect manner is loss of hole.*
False
8
In a foursomes match, if a player plays when it was her partners turn to play her side
lose the hole.
True
9
A player whose ball is lost may return to the tee to play a provisional ball.*
False
10
A player may only repair a pitch mark if her ball lies on the green.
False
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Question 5. It is a two stroke penalty! The fact that the player
missed the ball is irrelevant. He still made a stroke at a wrong
ball.
Question 7. It is a one stroke penalty not loss of hole.
Question 9. Once the ball is lost and the player returns to the
tee , that new ball is now the ball in play ,not a provisional ball.
Happy Golfing
Anne. ILGU Rules Official..
Visitors from the Good Old USofA
Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club, one of our special reciprocal clubs
visited Castle Golf Club recently in numbers, as 25 of their members
made the trip all the way from California to play in the inaugural match
between the two clubs.
A fantastic day was had and while Castle emerged as the overall victors - the true
winner was the new spirit of friendship developed during the visit.
They went on to play Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, Portstewert and were
unanimous in their comments that Castle Golf Club was Number 1 for their visit.
Please click here to view full gallery
Nine & Dine
The final 9 and Dine of the season took place on Friday 4th bringing a very successful
social golf season to a close. With the weather being dull and overcast the players
were chasing the light as well as their balls. Keep an eye on the diary for the 2016
dates.
Congratulations
We would like to congratulate Gareth Bourke on his recent marriage
to Stephanie.
and to his brother Neil Bourke on his engagement to Lauren Butler
Whilst Frank & Maureen Nolan celebrated 50 years of wedded
bliss.
Upcoming......
Hallowe'en Fireworks & Fancy Dress
The traditional Hallowe'en Fireworks will take place on the evening of Sunday 1st
November with the fancydress competition taking place before the fireworks. Keep an
eye on the website for times and further information.
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