Ladies: The President’s (Marie McManus) Prize to the ladies took place over two days last week, Tuesday and Sunday, and the full result is as follows: Winner: Yvonne Waldron 145, 2nd Margaret Brennan 145. Gross Deirdre Judge 157, 3rd Laarnie Beattie 147, 5th Rosemary O’Brien 149, 6th Joan O’Gara 149. First 18 Sinead Healy 73, Second 18 Carmel Walker 71. Over 36 handicap Margaruite Farrell, Senior Ladies Bernadette Maher. 2’s: Deirdre Judge (x 2), Sinead Benedetti, Una Clay, Joan O’Gara.
Men: Weekend competition kindly sponsored by Hannon’s Hotel: Overall winner Jamie Granahan 39pts, Cat 1 Cathal Dinan 37pts, Cat 2 Darren Beatty 38 pts, Cat 3 Frank Beatty 35pts. Gross Jack Sharkey 33pts
Senior Women: Winner: Patricia Finneran 21pts, 2nd Phil McDonnell 19pts, 3rd Cliona Baker 18pts, 4th Maura Quigley 18pts, 5th Margaret Egan 18pts.
Senior Men: Winner Tom Farrell 35 pts, Cat 1 Michael Sharkey 35pts, Cat 2 Michael Dolan 30pts, Cat 3 Jim Grogan 28 pts, Cat 4 Nicky Scanlon 34 pts. Deuces: Matt Farrell (2), Jim Grogan, Michael Sharkey, Pauric Dervan. New Committee as follows: Chairman JT Finn, Secretary Ollie Dempsey, Treasurer Kieran Madden, and also Bob McCormack and John Cunningham. Thanks to Michael Dolan for all his work as Treasurer over the years.
Inter-Club: Well done to the ladies Mary McKenna team who defeated Castlebar last week. No luck for our Junior Cup team defeated by Tuam on Friday evening last. The Fred Perry team defeated Dunmore on Saturday in a play-off so well done to all involved. The Barton Shield team defend their Connacht title this coming weekend at Galway Golf Club. Roscommon will tee off at 12.30pm and 12.40pm on Saturday in the qualifying section. We wish the team the best of luck.
Olivia Costello: Our international star Olivia Costello finished third in the Irish Women’s Amateur Open at Newlands Golf Club at the weekend. She was three shots behind the winner Louise Landgraff of France. She ended her tournament on level par overall and it was another magnificent performance from Olivia against a top class field with many of the top European players in the field.
Mary Smith RIP: The club extends it’s sympathy to the family of the late Mary Smyth who was Lady Captain of the club in 1990. She was an excellent teacher over many decades at the Convent of Mercy secondary school and a popular character involved in many organisations in the local area including Roscommon Golf Club. May she rest in peace.