Michael Flynn, playing off 12, won the Wednesday Open with a super round of 40pts that included a brilliant back nine that saw him par eight of the homeward holes. He had covered the front nine in 17pts thanks to a four-point birdie three at the third and a three -point par at the first. Flynn began the back nine with three successive three-point pars and had two more at the 16th and 18th as he came home in 23pts for his 40pts total.
A visitor from Spa Golf Club in County Down, EJ McConnell (24) also shot 40pts but was edged out by that back nine performance from Flynn although he did have the consolation of winning Division 3.
Joe McGeown (13) with 38pts won Division 1 while Mark Coan (22) won Division 2 with the same total. Gross Recognition went to Joseph Laverty whose 34pts was booked ended by birdies at the opening and closing holes as well the sixth and 12th.
Wednesday, July 22 - Open Singles Stableford – Overall: Michael Flynn (12) 40pts (Last Nine). Division 1: Joe McGeown (13) 38pts. Division 2: Mark Coan (22) 38pts. Division 3: E J McConnell (24, Spa) 40pts. Gross Recognition: Joseph Laverty 34pts (Last Nine)
 

​Frank Keyes was a popular winner of the Jubilee Cup as he rolled back the years and took Route 66 to win by one shot Neil O’Mara (23).
Playing off 31 he shot 97 gross for a nett 67 that included excellent pars at the par five seventh, the par three 17th and the par four 18th as he went out in 49 gross and came home in 48 gross.
Those two pars on the final two holes proved vital for Keyes in edging out O’Mara for the top prize as O’Mara finished with two bogeys after a round that included four pars and a birdie four at the sixth as the 23 handicapper went around in 90 gross for a nett 67.
O’Mara took Division 3 by two shots from Gerry Byrne (22) while Ciaran Sheridan (7) took Division 1 on countback from Niall Martin (7) after both had shot 69 gross.
Ciaran Daly (14) won Division 2 with 68 nett which was one better than Declan Muckian (15) while the gross prize went to Caolan Rafferty whose four under par round of 68 featured four successive birdies from the 12th to 15th as well as birdies at the seventh and the 18th where he drove the final green from the tee.
The Jubilee Cup run in conjunction with the 3Ts Charity event and thanks are extended to all the players who entered.
Sunday, July 18 and 19 – Jubilee Cup & 3Ts – Overall: Francis G Keyes (31) 66. Division1: Ciaran Sheridan (7) 69 (Last Nine), Niall Martin (7) 69. Division 2: Ciaran Daly (14) 68, Declan Muckian (15) 69. Division 3: Neil O'Mara (23) 67, Gerry Byrne (22) 69. Gross3 Prize: Caolan Rafferty 68.

The Wednesday Open was won by Damian English (12) with a score of 44pts that was compiled with the help of a four-point birdie at the 10th and 14 pars.  
Gregory McCaughey (8) won Division 1 with 40pts while Pat O’Hanlon (19) with 37pts won Division 2 and Patrick Boland (32) with 41pts was the Division 3 winner.
Emmet McCabe Savage took his second gross recognition of the week with 34pts which included a second successive eagle at the 10th as well as birdies at the 12th and 15th and nine pars.
Wednesday, July 15 - Open Singles Stableford – Overall: Damian English 44 pts (12). Division 1: Gregory McCaughey (8) 40pts. Division 2: Pat O'Hanlon (19) 37pts. Division 3: Patrick Boland (32) 41pts. Gross Recognition: Emmet McCabe Savage 34pts.

Paolo Codiano (12) won the Singles Stableford competition played on Sunday, July 12 with a super score of 45pts which was four better than the score of runner-up Danny O’Brien (29).
Three pars and a birdie saw him amass 14pts over the opening six holes with the three-point birdie coming at the index 17 par five sixth hole. He bettered that over the next six holes with a haul of 15pts thanks to a four-point birdie at the par five 10th and two three-point pars to reach 32pts with six holes to go.
The accelerator remained firmly to the floor all the way to the finish line as he racked up 16pts thanks to five pars and a four-point birdie three at the difficult par four 16th.
Emmet McCabe (4) recorded the best gross score of 35pts with a round that included an eagle three at the par five 10th and birdies at the seventh, ninth, and 12th.  He also won Division 1 with 39pts from Paul Murphy (3).
Division 2 was won by Richard Smyth (15) who shot 40pts, one better than Tommy Renaghan (17) while Paul Matthews (37) shot 41pts to win Division 3 by one point from Noel McGuinness (24).
Sunday, July 12 – Singles Stableford – Overall: Paolo Cordiano (12) 45pts, Danny O'Brien (29) 41pts. Division 1: Emmet McCabe-Savage (4) 39pts, Paul Murphy (3) 38pts. Division 2: Richard Smyth (15) 40pts, Tommy Renaghan (17) 39pts (Last Nine). Division 3: Paul Matthews (37) 41pts, Noel McGuinness (24) 40pts. Gross Recognition: Emmet McCabe Savage 35pts.

​Caolan Rafferty added another championship to his impressive golfing CV when he was part of the Ireland team that won the European Amateur Team Championship last week in Estonia. It was the first time since 2008 that Ireland had claimed the continental crown.
The Dundalk golfer was joined on the Ireland team by Baltray’s Stuart Grehan and Gavin Tiernan as the two Louth golf clubs supplied three of the six man Irish team.
“It is an unbelievable feeling,” said Rafferty. “Winning as a team is always that little sweeter and especially when it is an event like the European Teams.”
What made it even more remarkable was that Ireland named the same team that had finished fourth in Killarney last year and Rafferty felt that bond and experience helped this year.
“We are a good bunch. We got bad breaks last year in the tight matches and felt we could have won that too. Going into this year we were very confident especially with all the lads playing well.”
The 16 teams played a two round qualifying competition before being split into two groups of eight for the matchplay stages with the top eight playing off for the European title.
At the end of the first round Ireland found themselves in eighth place and in danger of not making the top flight. Their concern was compounded by a weather report according to Rafferty.
“We all knew we need to do better in the second round. We set a goal to finish in the top because there was word that the competition could be reduced due to bad weather and instead of a top eight it would be a top four so we had a little extra motivation to get there.”
Rafferty, who had shot 75 in the opening round, went six shots better in the second round with a three under par 69 as Ireland jumped four places to fourth behind Finland, Netherlands and France.
Their reward was a match against England in the quarter-final and Ireland needed no motivation having lost to the English in bronze medal match at last year’s Championship in Killarney.
Rafferty partnered Malone’s Matt McClean in the opening foursomes match and they had an impressive 3&2 win over Sebastian Cave and Lewy Hayward as Ireland beat England 3.5 to 1.5 to reach the last four for the second successive year.
“Matt is a great foursomes partner. Our games are very similar and we play quite a bit of golf together. It’s always nice to get one over the old enemy,” said Rafferty.
They faced holders Italy for a place in the final and while Rafferty and McClean were beaten by one hole by Francesco Petrangeli and Biagio Andrea Gagliardi, Ireland ran out 4-3 winners to book a place in the final against host Estonia.
“We had a cracking match against the Italians. We were five under for the round and had only one bogey so to end up being beaten after that you just have to take your hat off and congratulate the Italian lads. It was great to get over the line in the singles in the afternoon as Italy are always a tough opponent. Beating them filled us with a lot of confidence even though we all believed we would win this week,” said Rafferty.
Playing the hosts for a European title was never going to be easy and the local crowd ensured it was an intimidating atmosphere but the Irish team drew on their vast experience with Rafferty and McClean leading from the front as they beat Kevin Christopher Jegers and Markus Varjun 4&3 to get Ireland’s first point on the board.
“We were extremely solid again and didn’t give anything away at all. We are a dream foursomes pairing,” said Rafferty who was then selected for the afternoon singles where he faced Mattius Varjun.
Ireland were leading 3-2 as the matches involving Rafferty and Thomas Higgins headed into sudden death and it went to 3-3 went Rafferty lost on second tie hole.
“A poor tee shot on the 20th put me under pressure and I missed a par putt from 16 feet. Unfortunately that gave him the chance to win and it took it from 15 feet to win. I found it almost impossible to watch Tom’s match as I had just lost and felt I had lost us the tournament. Tom also hit it into the water on the 20th and we all felt the game was over but he held a great putt for par and shifted all the pressure back onto the Estonian which in the end proved too much.”
That win by Higgins gave Ireland a 4-3 win and their first European title since 2008 when Shane Lowry was part of a team that retained a title won the previous year by an Ireland team containing Rory McIlroy.
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A birdie for four points on the last hole saw Eddie McArdle (17) win the Wednesday Open Singles Stableford competition by one point from Neal McKell (3).
Five three point pars on the front nine at the first, second, sixth, seventh and ninth helped McArdle to reach 23pts by the turn and set the platform for his victory. Three-pointers weren’t as plentiful down the back nine but he did manage to par the 11th and 15th before that vital birdie three at the par four 18th.
He came home in 19pts for an overall total of 42pts and edged out MacKell who had nines of 22pts and 19pts for a total of 41pts.
MacKell’s 41pts included five birdies at the fourth, seventh, ninth, 10th and 12th and his gross score of two under par 38pts was the best of the day.   
MacKell also won Division 1 while Ross Kehoe (12) shot 40pts to win Division 2 and Tony Hanna (25) took Division 3 with 38pts.
Wednesday, July 8 - Open Singles Stableford – Eddie McArdle (17) 42pts. Division 1: Neal Mackell (3) 41pts. Division 2: Ross Kehoe (12) 40pts. Division 3: Tony Hanna (25) 38pts. Gross Recognition Neal Mackell 38pts.

Conall O’Callaghan (18) and Sam Malone (7) combined to win the Open Fourball Betterball as Open Week came to an end on Sunday, July 5.
They shot 49pts to beat Paolo Cordiano and Niall Martin by two points with Conor Marron and Stephen Lynch a further two points back in third place after shooting 45pts.
O’Callaghan and Malone had 12 holes where they scored three points  with O’Callaghan, the high handicapper, contributing six of them.
After scrambling for one point at the first they got into the groove on third with their first three pointer courtesy of a par from O’Callaghan and Malone got his first three pointer of the day with a par at the next.
Four successive three pointers from the sixth saw them turn in 23pts and they began the back nine with another three pointer from Malone at the 10th.
More three pointers followed at the 12th,  14th and 15th before Malone birdied the long par four 16th for four points. O’Callaghan then stepped up with two closing three point pars at 17 and 18 as they came home in 26pts for an overall total of 49pts.
A birdie for four points on the last hole saw Eddie McArdle (17) win the Wednesday Open Singles Stableford competition by one point from Neal McKell (3).
Sunday, July 5 – Gallagher Insurance Open Fourball Betterball Stableford - Conall O’Callaghan & Sam Malone 49pts, Paolo Cordiano & Niall Martin 47pts, Conor Marron & Stephen Lynch 45pts.
Sunday, July 5 – Gallagher Insurance Open Mixed Scotch Foursomes - Anne & Gerry Murray (18) 65, Nora & Pat Donaghy (27) 68, Katie Rowland & James Murphy (10) 68.

Open Week 2026 Results
 
Saturday, June 27 - Building Information Junior Scratch Cup - Overall: Conor Murphy 74 (Last Nine), Andrew Coburn 74, Richard Newell 75, Gary McMahon (Warrenpoint) 76, Clem Walshe 77 (Last Six). Best Nett: Diarmuid Dunne (Laytown & Bettystown)
 
Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28 – KMR Open Singles Stroke – Overall: Danny O'Brien (13) 66, Luca Craig-Hay (26) 67. Division 1 (up to 11.6): Ross Kehoe (12) 70, Turlach King (11) 72 (Last Nine). Division 2 (11.7 to 16.4): Patrick Donaghy (18) 69, Emmet Cronin (16) 70. Division 3 (16.5 to 54.0): David Brennan (21) 69 (Last Nine), John Oakes (23) 69. Gross: Gerard Brennan 77.
 
Monday, June 29 - Ladies Seniors Open Singles Stableford – Overall: Martina Byrne (40) 40pts, Sineerat Sutin (33) 38pts (Last Nine).
 
Monday, June 29 - Gents Seniors Open Singles Stableford – Overall: Oliver McGrath (35, Concra Wood) 44pts. Division 1 (Up to 18.5): Kevin Henry (17) 38pts. Division 2 (18.6 to 23.4): Brendan Cleary (25) 40pts. Division 3 (23.5 to 54.0): Eugene Hanratty (28) 41pts.

Saturday, June 27 and Tuesday, June 30 – Ladies Open Singles Stableford – Overall: Amanda Reenan (27) 39pts. Division 1: Mary Cathy (17) 35pts, Pauline Campbell (12) 34pts. Division 2: Joan Corrigan (25) 36pts, Judy McDonough (23) 34pts on countback. Division 3: Una Connolly (34) 37pts, Mary Connor (34) 35pts. Division 4: Yvonne Bagnall (39) 33pts. Nine Holes: Wendy Williamson (15) 20pts.

Wednesday, July 1 – Moran CCTV Oriel Cup Singles Stroke – Overall: Mark Thornton (30) 64, David Tippins (23) 67. Division 1 (Up to 9.5): Andrew Coburn (6) 69 (Last Nine), Gerard Carroll (8) 69. Division 2 (9.6 to 17.5): Gerard O'Keeffe (15) 69 (Last Nine), Gerry Mulligan (19) 69. Division 3 (17.6 to 54.0): Derek Mulligan (22) 67, David Rogers (28) 71 (Last Nine). Gross: Ken Norton 74.

Thursday, July 2 - Flanagan Motors Four Person Team - Winners: Gerry Mulligan (8) Cathal Connolly (12), Ciaran Flanagan (16), Mark Thornton (24) 91/48pts. Runners-up: Eoin Hamill (16), Tim Linch (8), Alan McGeady (16), Chris McGeady (16) 91/45pts. Third Place: Johan Steenvoorden (21), Danny O’Shea (32), John Macguinness (25), Brian McCamley (32) 90pts.

Friday, July 3 – Gift and Art Gallery Ladies Open Two Person Team - 18 Holes: Holly Kehoe & Anna Rowland 44pts (Last Nine), Tina Kirk & Angela Hall 44pts, Olive Jones & Anne McDonnell 43pts.  9 Holes: Mary Hession & Noreen Mullins 23pts.

Saturday, July 4 – Intermediate Scratch Cup sponsored by Ultan and Deborah Herr – Eugene McGuigan (Concra Wood) 78, Patrick Lawless (Greenore) 81 (Last Nine), Cathal Connolly 81, Malcolm Drake 82. Best Nett: Edward Lawrence 67.

Saturday, July 4 – Minor Scratch Cup sponsored by Ultan and Deborah Herr – Aidan Gaughran 89, David McDonnell 91, Ben O’Connor 92 (Last Six), Noel McGuinness 92 (Last Nine). Best Nett: John McLaughlin 70.

Sunday, July 5 – Gallagher Insurance Open Fourball Betterball Stableford - Conall O’Callaghan & Sam Malone 49pts, Paolo Cordiano & Niall Martin 47pts, Conor Marron & Stephen Lynch 45pts.

Sunday, July 5 – Gallagher Insurance Open Mixed Scotch Foursomes - Anne & Gerry Murray (18) 65, Nora & Pat Donaghy (27) 68, Katie Rowland & James Murphy (10) 68.

​The Oriel Cup, sponsored by Moran CCTV, has been running since 1950 and the latest winner is Mark Thornton (30) who shot a nett 64 to win by three shots from David Tippins (23) and Derk Mulligan.
Thornton round was a tale of two nines as he went out in 50 gross for a nett 35 and came home in 44 for a nett 29 and even managed to survive having a 10 at the par five seventh hole.
Tippins took second overall with Mulligan (22) winning Division 3 by four shots from David Rogers (28). Andrew Coburn (6) was the Division 1  winner edging out Gerard Carroll (8) on countback after both had shot 69 nett. Countback was also require to settle Division 2 with Gerry O’Keeffe (15) seeing off Gerry Mulligan (19) after they tied on 69 nett.
The best gross score was the 74 recorded by Ken Norton whose two over par total included birdies at the fourth, fifth, 13th and 18thas he went out in 39 and came in 35. 
​Wednesday, July 1 – Moran CCTV Oriel Cup Singles Stroke – Overall: Mark Thornton (30) 64, David Tippins (23) 67. Division1 (Up to 9.5) Andrew Coburn (6) 69 (Last Nine), Gerard Carroll (8) 69. Division 2 (9.6 to17.5) Gerard O'Keeffe (15) 69 (Last Nine), Gerry Mulligan (19) 69. Division 3 (17.6 to 54.0) Derek Mulligan (22) 67, David Rogers (28) 71 (Last Nine). Gross: Ken Norton 74.

Open Week kicked off with the Junior Scratch sponsored by Building Information and it was won by Conor Murphy on countback from Andrew Coburn after both had tied on two over par.
Murphy opened with two pars but then dropped three shots over the next two holes. He followed that with a run of four pars before finishing the outward nine with a birdie two at the ninth to turn on two over.
Seven consecutive pars on the run for home were halted by a bogey four at par three 17th  byut he bounced back with a birdie at the last to finish with a 74.
That birdie proved to be vital as Coburn also shot 74 but had 37 to Murphy’s 36 over the last nine holes. Coburn had turned in one over par thanks to a birdie at the third and six pars but while a bogey at 13 was cancelled out by a birdie at 14 he bogeyed 17 and, unlike Murphy, could only par the last.
Richard Newell took third place with a 75 with Warrenpoint’s Gary McMahon in fourth after a 76 and the evergreen Clem Walshe fifth after a 77. Diarmuid Dunne of Laytown & Bettystown returned the best nett score.
Saturday, June 27 - Building Information Junior Scratch Cup - Overall: Conor Murphy 74 (Last Nine), Andrew Coburn 74, Richard Newell 75, Gary McMahon (Warrenpoint) 76, Clem Walshe 77 (Last Six). Best Nett: Diarmuid Dunne (Laytown & Bettystown)