Team Honda motor into early lead in winter league

The Precision Cables Ireland Winter League 2026 has kicked off with 10 teams of seven players each taking part. The best four scores each week will count towards the team’s overall total for each of the six rounds. If a team has less than four players playing on any given week they will be awarded a nominal 22pts for each player they are short. This year’s theme for the team names will be makes of cars.
After the first week, which was played over the last weekend in November, there are only eight points separating the top and bottom teams and the early leaders are Team Honda on 118pts. Alan Uzell with 34pts was their top scorer with Anthony Tuite chipping in with 30pts. John Morrison and Oliver McGinnity were their other two scorers.
They lead by one point from Team Hyundai for whom team captain Gerard Carroll was top scorer with 32pts while Team Peugeot’s Jim Dwyer, with 36pts, had the best individual score as he helped his team into third place on 116pts alongside Team Mercedes.
The teams are:
TOYOTA: Peter Rogers (Captain), Peter Moran, Eamonn McEneany, Ed Lawrence, Gerard Daly, Gerry Campbell, Michael Byrne.
HYUNDAI: Gerard Carroll (Captain), Cathal Connolly, Gerry McDermott, Gordon Corry, John Farrell, Johann Steenvorden, Noel McGuinness.
HONDA: Ciaran Traynor (Captain), Frank Byrne, Anthony Tuite, John Morrison, Alan Uzell, Martin Mc Donnell, Oliver Mc Ginnity.    
AUDI: Barry Cunningham (Captain), Sean Hession, Richard Smyth, Dessie Ward, Martin Byrne, Colm Coburn, Benny O'Shaughnessy.
BMW: Ed Rogers (Captain), Fergus O'Callaghan, Gerry O'Keeffe, Anthony McCrave, Conor Byrne, Ciaran Corbett, Tommy Lennon.
FIAT: Billy Cairns (Captain), Trevor Giff, Stephen Murphy, Danny Gallagher, Michael Begley, Michael Hamilton, Sean Ward.
MERCEDES: Mark Cumiskey (Captain), David Cairns, David Kelly, Tommy Renaghan, John McCann, Barry Rafferty, Larry Hanratty.
TESLA: Brendan Keane (Captain), Brian Gaughran, Kenneth Cairns, Peter Cunningham, Edmund Sheridan, Aidan Gaughran, Alan Wilson.
PEUGEOT: Michael Coburn (Captain), Jim Dwyer, Derek Teather, Ollie Reilly, David Brennan, Michael Noone, Colm McCourt.
KIA: Gerry Molloy (Captain), Denis Cunningham, Laurance O'Hanlon, Charlie Monaghan, Gerry Byrne, Brendan Tinnelly, David Corrigan.
A 14 hole singles stableford competition is played each weekend in conjunction with the Winter League and the opening round saw Jim Dwyer (9) and Gregory McCaughey (7) shoot the best scores as they shared the top spots In Division One with 36pts each. Dwyer, with the better back nine, took first place from McCaughey who has just returned from the Deaflympics in Japan where he finished best of the Irish in 28th place.
In Division 2 Declan Muckian (12) needed a last six countback to edge Peter Moran (11) after both had tied on 33pts while in Division 3 Graham Purcell (14) with 35pts had one point to spare over Alan Uzell (14). John McEneaney (20) also had a one point winning margin in Division 4 as he edged out Paul Martin (17).
Precision Cables Ireland Winter League 2026 (After Week 1): 118pts – Honda. 117pts – Hyundai. 116pts – Peugeot, Mercedes. 115- Audi. 114 – Toyota. 112pts – Kia. 111pts – BMW, Fiat. 110pts – Telsa.
Precision Cables Ireland Winter League 2026 14 Hole Singles Stableford – Division 1: Jim Dwyer (9) 36pts, Gregory McCaughey (7) 36pts. Division 2: Declan Muckian (12) 33pts, Peter Moran Jnr (11) 33pts. Division 3:  Graham Purcell (14) 35pts, Alan Uzell (14) 34pts. Division 4: John McEneaney (20) 34pts, Paul Martin (17) 33pts.