competitions round-up

MEN'S SECTION
 Carl Stewart won the PGA Tankard over the Easter weekend when he produced a superb round of golf in windy conditions to edge out Gerry McDermott by one point.
Playing off nine, Stewart went out in 22pts thanks to a three-point birdie at the ninth, three-point pars at the third, fourth and eighth and two-point pars at the second, fifth and sixth. He came home in 21pts as he secured another three-point birdie at the 17th and also had three-point pars at the 11th, 12th and 16th and two-point pars at the 10th, 13th and 14th.
That left him on 43pts which was enough in the end as his nearest challenger, McDermott (15), came up one point short with a round that included nine consecutive pars from the sixth hole to the 14th.
Gerry O’Keefe (10) shot 39pts to win Category 1 by one point from Ross Quigley (10) while the in-form Padraig Fallon (16) shot 41pts to edge out Malcolm Drake (16) in Category 2. Category 3 saw Ciaran Corbett (26) takes the honours with 40pts to Andrew Shekleton (22) 39pts.
Caolan Rafferty recorded the best gross score over the two days of competition as he shot an eight under par 64 which consisted of an eagle at the par five sixth and seven birdies. His only bogey was a five at the 15th. That gave him a gross score of 44pts but, playing off plus six, he ended up with a nett score of 38pts.
Saturday, April 8 and Sunday, April 9 - PGA Tankard Singles Stableford – Overall: Carl Stewart (9) 43pts, Gerry McDermott (15) 42pts. Category 1: Gerard O'Keeffe (10) 39pts, Ross Quigley (10) 38pts. Category 2: Padraig Fallon (16) 41pts, Malcolm Drake (16) 40pts. Category 3: Ciaran Corbett (26) 40pts, Andrew Shekleton (22) 39pts. Gross Recognition: Caolan Rafferty 44pts
Monday, April 10 – Mixed Scotch Foursomes - A Reenan (35) & P Hassett (14) 69.5.

LADIES SECTION
Anne Murray was the leading scorer in the 18 Hole Stableford competition sponsored by New Faces Beauty Salon which was played on Saturday, April 8, and Tuesday, April 11.
Anne, who is no stranger to the winners’ enclosure recently, returned another superb score as she carded 41 points to claim the Division 2 top spot.
Siobhan Rogers was the Division 1 winner with 36 points and Sylvia McKenna was the Division 3 winner with 36 points.
Presentation of prizes took place in the Clubhouse on Tuesday evening. Sinead Hiney, from New Faces, was in attendance to present the lovely prizes. Many thanks to New Faces for their continued sponsorship and very well done to all prize winners.
Prizes were also presented for the Winter/Spring round robin matchplay tournament, very kindly sponsored by D’lish Catering. Over 65 ladies competed in this very popular competition, with Sally McDonnell and Mary Meegan emerging as the overall winners. Very well done to the winners and many thanks to D’lish for their sponsorship of the event.
Saturday April 8th & Tuesday April 11th - Ladies 18 Hole Stableford -  Sponsored by New Faces - Division 1: Siobhan Rogers (19) 36pts, Judy McDonough (21) 34pts, Mary Sinton     (20) 33pts. Division 2: Anne Murray   (26) 41pts, Geraldine Blackmore (27) 32pts, Grainne Mullins (23) 31pts. Division 3: Sylvia McKenna (51) 36pts, Grainne Gallagher (33) 35pts, Joanne Lynch (40) 32pts. 9 Hole Competition: Lucy Greenan 15pts.

Prize-winners in the Singles Stableford competition which was sponsored by New Faces. Standing (from left): Geraldine Blackmore, Grainne Gallagher, Sylvia McKenna, Siobhan Rogers, Joanne Lynch. Seated (from left): Sinead Hiney of New Faces, Lady Captain Briege Renaghan, Anne Murray.

Sally Mc Donnell (left), winner of the Winter/Spring Round Robin Matchplay Tournament which was played at Dundalk Golf Club, pictured with tournament organiser Mary Carthy and Alan Watters of D’lish Catering who sponsored the event.