14th December 2025 Men's Club Notes

 

Men's Club AGM 2025

The 2025 Men's AGM was held in the clubhouse on Tuesday 9th of November. A large crowd was in attendance where the outgoing Captain Mr Patrick Ryan handed the reins to incoming Captain Mr Daniel Connery. The new committee was elected with the following positions being allocated:

Games Secretary- Michael O Brien,

Secretary – Michael O Halloran,

Assistant Secretary – Sean Cummins,

Handicap Secretary – Joey O Dwyer,

Treasurer – John Traynor and

PRO – Gerry Kelly.

We wish Captain Daniel and Vice Captain John Traynor the best of luck for the year.

 

Best of luck to our Captain For 2026, Daniel Connery, who has been a member of the club for over twenty years and has been to the forefront of Junior golf and a member of various committees,  it is a fitting tribute to his dedication that he was chosen to be Captain, following on the family tradition where his mother Evelyn Connery recently held the office of Lady President.

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Upcoming events: Christmas Golf 2025

Sunday 28th December: 4 Person Scramble for members.
Our main event over the Christmas period is a Club Scramble on Sunday 28th of December. We hope to see a large crowd on the day where new members will take the opportunity to meet existing members from the men's and ladies clubs in what will be a very sociable event. The entry fee is €15 which includes the competition entry fee and Soup and Sandwiches afterwards (prepared by our Caterers, the O'Rawe family). It will be a shotgun start at 11am. Please come in early (from 10 to 10.30 for registration) so that you are assigned to a team of four, and meet your team members before the start. There will be a prize presentation immediately afterwards, so why not come along and join in the fun!

 

New Year's Day Thurs 1st January2026: Open 3 Person Team competition. There will be main prizes plus a mixed team and Ladies Team Prize. Entry Fee is €6 for members and €20 for Visitors. All participants must have a current GUI Handicap Index. The timesheet runs until 2pm approximately and contact Darragh in the Pro shop if you are interested in playing but don't have a team. Prizes for this competition will be presented at a later date.

 

Senior Citizens’ Party - Sunday January 4th at 1pm, bus will be collecting attendees from the following locations, Dundrum Drive 12:30, Fire station 12:40 & The Plan, Limerick road at 12:50, just make sure names are in to the community centre.

There is a fundraising Raffle for the day - Buy a line for €5 at the clubhouse bar/restaurant.

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As the year comes to a close, we are continuing with our Winter Sweeps.

Our most recent winner was Kilfinane man, Mike McCarthy showing a return to the form that brought him two Captains Prizes in recent years with a fine score of 32 points for thirteen holes.The four category winners were also Limerick men so well done all.

Our Tuesday Sweep was also a Kilfinane triumph where Pat Sheehy followed his Club Matchplay title this year with an amazing 35 points. Pat was chased home by a duo of Kilfinane men, so on this occasion Pat can claim the bragging rights!

 

Saturday 13th December: Overall winner Mike McCarthy 32 pts (11)

Cat 1 James O Brien 28pts (03)

Cat 2 Christy Devine 29 pts (07)

Cat 3 Pa McGrath 30 (16)

Cat 4 Brian Deegan 28 (16) 

 

Tuesday 2nd December : Winter Sweep 13 Hole competition

1st. Pat Sheehy (11) 35 pts

2nd. Bernard O' Shaughnessy (16) 31 pts 

3rd. Pat O'Shaughnessy (14) 31 pts

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Men's club Golfer Of The Year 2025: This competition was kindly sponsored by Matt Ryan of Ryan Auctioneers, Tipperary Town. Congratulations to Philip Ryan who won this year's title, having had a great year, reaching the club match play final and having numerous victories during the year. He represented the club on various teams and of course had the distinction of having a hole in one on the 15th.

 

Course Information: The course is withstanding the wet weather brilliantly thanks to the great work done by Eddie Ryan and his team, we hope to have fifteen holes open during the Christmas period with either 10 or 13 holes assigned for competitions, this will be weather dependent. Members are reminded to take care of the course with regard to the 3 Rs, especially the greens. [For those of us not in the know, the 3 R's align to Replace divots, Repair pitch marks and Rake bunkers] The course has been incredibly busy over the last few months so let's all take the time to keep it in the condition we have become accustomed to.

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Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th November 2025 : Winter Sweep 13 Hole competition

Overall Winner Shane Moloney (9) 33 pts

Cat 1. James O 'Brien (4) 30 pts

Cat 2. Sean Jackson (10) 32 pts

Cat 3. David Charles (11) 32 pts

Cat 4. Seamus Ryan (15) 32 pts 

 

 Tuesday 24th November : Winter Sweep 13 hole competition

1st. Pa McGrath (12) 36 pts

2nd. Fergal Lonergan (9) 34 pts

3rd. Eugene O'Sullivan (18) 33 pts

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