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The Fingal Seniors held their penultimate competition in Balcarrick last Friday, in delightful conditions. Almost all the league clubs were represented and some scintillating golf was played by the 88 competitors.

Howth had won the Gala Day team prize in 2011 and were keen to retain the trophy. However, other clubs had contrary ideas and eventually our grip on the prize was broken by Westmanstown, who produced a magnificent team score of 217pts.( best 6 cards ) to win outright from Balbriggan in second place, with Howth third.

We gained some consolation with Muiris Heron winning Third place in the individual competition with a well crafted 38 pts. The overall singles winner was John Merrigan( Westmanstown ) on 40pts.

The final Fingal Seniors event is The Fingal Mixed Foursomes Competition on Friday 21 Sept. in Balcarrick, where Howth will be well represented and seeking to get our hands on some silverware.

 

John Robinson

Manager( Fingal Seniors Team )

We had  22 player on the 4th of Sept. our final night and the best of the year.

1st—Philip Hyland with a great score of 23 pts off 3 handicap

2nd–Colm Carton——- 22 pts

3rd–Michael O’Hanlon–21pts

4th–Gerry Guinan——- 20pts

Gross–Gerry Barry —–14 pts

After a recount the winner of the golfer of the year was John Costelloe——145 pts

Martin Cleary was a close 2nd with 143 points

Tom Rickard was third with 125 pts but he only played in 6 competitions

There were some “pickieouts” and a round of drinks for those who were present.

The Captain thanked the convenors for continuing  with this traditional competition and hoped that it would go from strength to strength.  He stressed the importance of giving the members an opportunity to play from the white tees.

It is hoped that a meeting with the incoming Captain will be arranged  later in the year to plan for 2013.

Liam Cahill

52 competitors turned out on a beautiful ” Indian Summer’s ” evening and we had a few right cowboys performing their usual antics, however they failed to hit the “twosies” reservation!

First prize presented by : Peter Faherty

Winner : Larry Banks         24pts

2nd.       Eoai Keogh          23pts.(L6)

3rd.        Ronan Murtagh    23pts.

4th.        Tom O’Brien        20pts.(L6)

5th.        Ed. McDonnell     20pts.(L3)

 

John Robinson

Convener Mondaynighters

Monday Nighters’ League table after 3rd September

Pos         First       Last                        Returns                To countTotal    To countAverage

1              George Kearns                  16           15           280         270                          18.00

2              Bernard  Byrne                  18           15           308         267                         17.80

3              Ray         O’Hanlon             16           15           270         260                         17.33

4              Brian      O’Connor             20           15           301         256                        17.07

5              Paddy   Cooney                  14           14           240         240                         17.14

6              Larry      Banks                    16           15           249         237                        15.80

7              Joe         Cremen                 16           15           245         236                        15.73

8              Eoai        Keogh                   18           15           254         234                        15.60

9              Kevin     O’Riordan            18           15           258         230                       15.33

10           Pat         Brady                    14           14           216         216                          15.43

10           Sean      O’Mahony           15           15           216         216                           14.40