Girls Interprovincials Wednesday 18th & Thursday 19th August
Roscommon Golf Club wish to welcome the ILGU, competitors and friends to the annual Girls Interprovincial Championships which take place on the 18th and 19th of August. We wish everyone a most enjoyable time at our course and wish all the competitors the best of luck in the tournament. Special mention to our Junior Members, Aisling Hill, Blaithin O'Brien, April Timothy and Orla Quinn who will be part of the Connaught Team.
Open Days
The very popular Friday Open Days have commenced once again. This is an Open Stableford competition for Men and Women every Friday and entry fee is €5 for Members and €15 for Visitors.
Junior Captain's Drive-In
The Junior Captain's (Aisling Hill & Simon Cuttle) Drive-In takes place this Saturday 27th at 2pm. The drive in will be followed by a 9 hole scramble (for Juniors), the time sheet is on the Men's notice board. Come along to support the two Captains and bring your friends to this fun event !.
President's Prize gets underway
The draw for the Presidents Prize took place last night (Sunday21st), in the clubhouse. A number of interesting matches were drawn and we wish everyone the very best of luck for this great competition. The club are running a book for the duration of the competition and if you have a fancied player, contact Brian Keenan to place your bet. The preliminary round has to be played by 4th April and the first round by 22nd April.
Drive-In starts the season off in style
The traditional start to the season got underway on Sunday 28th Feb at 2.00 p.m.. Three cracking drives soared down the first fairway as Captains Rosemary and Brian and President Jim showed us their skill under pressure!. We wish them and their committees the very best for the year.
Sports Partnership Award for Marina
Club Hon. Secretary, Marina Dolan is to receive the Golf Award for her services to golf from Roscommon Sports Partnership Board this week. Marina has been the club Hon. Secretary for the past number of years and has given many, many long hours of her time to keep the club ticking over.Marina is very deserving of this award are we are delighted and proud of her achievement, and we wish her every good luck for the future.
Michael Elected Chair of Connacht Branch
Michael Connaughton, Roscommon G.C. member was elected as Chairman of the Connacht Branch of the G.U.I. at their recent A.G.M . Michael first joined the Connacht Branch in 1997 and has served on various committees since then. In 2005/6 he was Hon. Treasurer and in 2007/8 he served as Hon. Secretary. Michael follows a unique tradition held by Roscommon G.C. as Club Members the late Tom Rogers and more recently Tom Grealy both served as Chairman and both also went on to serve as President of the G.U.I. Alongside Michael on the Connacht Branch is fellow club member Cathal McConn who holds the role of Junior Convenor and club member Kevin Henry is on the Competitions Committee. We wish Michael heartiest congratulations on his election and every good wish for his term of office.