Desmond Malone held off the challenge of Captain Ultan Herr to win the latest round in the Cathedral Finance Autumn Singles Series over the first weekend of October.
The 26-handicapper produced a round made up of two and three point returns as he went out in 21pts and came home in 23pts. He had a four point return for a par at the difficult par-four 15th while there were three-point gains at the third, sixth, eighth, 10th, 13th and 16th.
After shooting 19pts on the front nine, Captain Ultan, playing off 16, was two over par gross down the back nine but just came up short despite collecting 43pts. He had a four-point birdie on 10 and six three-point pars from the turn but ultimately it was the one-point returns from a double bogey five at the 13th and a bogey five at short 14th that ultimately cost him.
 Paul Murphy (4), Conor McGowan (17) and Eamonn Arthur (23) were the three divisional winners while Murphy with 38pts recorded the best gross score.
Saturday, 5 October and Sunday, 6 October - Cathedral Financial Autumn Series Singles Stableford – Overall: Desmond Malone (26) 44pts, Ultan Herr 1(16) 43pts. Division 1: Paul Murphy (4) 41pts, Niall Boyle (10) 38pts. Division 2: Conor McGowan (17) 37/21pts. Paschal Keenan (16) 37/20pts. Division 3: Eamonn Arthur (23) 40/22pts, David McDonnell (20) 40/19pts. Gross: Paul Murphy 38pts.

The McKenna Man Open Singles Stableford on October 2 kicked off the new month and saw Brendan McElarney (33) beat Patrick Boland (32) on countback to take the overall prize.
After going out in 17pts McElarney shot 20pts down the back nine, picking up 10pts over the final four holes for a total of 37pts. Boland also had 37pts but lost on countback as his back nine total was  19pts and he also wasn’t helped by a blank on the par three fifth. Boland had to settle for winning Division 3 while Liam cGailey (12) and Martin McDonnell (18) took Division 1 and 2 respectively. Joseph Laverty with 33pts had the best gross score.
Wednesday, 2 October - McKenna Man Open Singles Stableford – Overall: Brendan McElarney (33) 37pts/20. Division 1: Liam McGailey (12) 35pts. Division 2: Martin McDonnell (18) 35pts. Division 3: Patrick Boland (32) 37/19pts. Gross: Joseph Laverty 33pts.