Gold Coast Golf Club Notes 22^nd  October 2018:

Winter League 2018/2019

Our Winter League is starting on Saturday 27^th next

This year we’ll have 7 teams competing made up of 13 men and 1 lady

Teams as follows, team captains at the top:

We presently have all teams filled with a few names on the standby list should substitutes be required. To allow a little more time to compile scores before the weekly notes on a Monday, the 1^st week will start on Saturday 27^th October-Sunday 28^th October & Monday 29^th October to Friday 2^nd November

The final or 15^th week will finish on Friday 8^th February,2019 after which the match play rounds will commence.

As last year, the 10 best cards to count from 11 out of 14 players, which can be played any day of the week and as many times as you want. As history dictates, the teams and players who play the most rounds generally come out on top…so the moral of the story is the more you play the better chance you have!!

Entry fee is once again €25 which all goes to the prizes and the daily competition fee is €7 for the first 10 rounds and €5 thereafter.

To date we haven’t secured a sponsor for this year’s League as the Premium Butcher are bowing out this year. For the last number of years the Premium Butcher/Dawn Meats have being invaluable sponsors to the Winter League and our club and members are hugely appreciative of their contributions in the past and wish to thank them sincerely for supporting past Winter leagues.

As mentioned last week, the Ladies club run only a 10 hole winter league but to facilitate ladies who would like to play 18 holes over the winter (in addition to their 10 holes WL), each of our teams includes one lady member also. The same rules applies as the men, best 10 cards etc . In the match play section the ladies would play each other. This means that this year we’ll have 7 teams of 14, giving us 98 participants, the highest in a good few years. In an age of merging Golfing Unions between the GUI & ILGU we see this a step forward in bringing our already close Mens & Ladies clubs that bit closer again.

The full rules on display in the kiosk

Men’s Club AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the Men’s Club will be held on Monday 5^th November at 8.00 p.m. at Goldcoast Golf Hotel.

This year due to a number of retirees we have a number of positions vacant.

All club members are encouraged to think about getting people to fill these positions. If anyone would like to contact the Kiosk, more information can be given regarding the vacant positions. A little work is required but we feel the benefits of being involved and having a say in the running of the club far outweigh the costs of affording a little time to the club. The nomination sheet is posted in the kiosk.

Last Presentation of the Year

We have our last Presentation of the year before our AGM, on November 5^th at 8pm

The following are asked to attend:

Gareth Taylor Cup-John Hallinan

Half Sub-Joe Curran

Sept Medal-Michael Lenihan

August Medal-Derek Power

Turkey & Hams:

Last Sunday week saw our first Turkey & Ham competitions get under way and we will be giving out Turkeys and hams from now on until Winter League gets underway .They will be presented around three days before Christmas.

Fixtures:

Tuesday: 23^rd  October: Open Seniors, Ladies & Gents 50+

Friday 26^th October: Open 18 holes Singles.

Saturday 27^th Oct – Sunday 28^th Oct : Rd 1 Winter League

Monday 29^th Oct  –Friday 2^nd Nov : Rd 1 Winter League

Tuesday 30^th  October: Open Seniors, Ladies & Gents 50+

Saturday 3^rd Nov- Sunday 4^th October: Round 2 Winter League

Results:

Tuesday 16^th  October: Open Seniors, CSS Gents 36 pts

1^st: Gerry O’Callaghan(24) 38 pts

2^nd: Frank Mulvihill(21) 37pts.

Friday 19^th October: Open 18 Hole Singles, CSS 36pts

1^st John Flynn(8) 39pts

Saturday 20^th October: Club 18 Hole Singles, CSS 37pts

1^st Seanie Lenihan (6) 40pts

Gross: Tom White(6) 33pts

Sunday 21^st  October,18 holes 3 man Rumble

1^st: Geoff Collins(18),David Halllinan(15),John Enright (10) 67pts

2^nd: Michael Lenihan(2),David O’Connor(6),Brian O’Connor(9) 64pts

LADIES NOTES           

Fixtures:

10 hole on-going
Dalton jewellers 2 card 13h comp, commences 15^th Oct , runs until 16^th Dec 2018

9 Hole on-going for beginners

Winter League kindly sponsored by the Moorings
The Winter League ,started last week with 8 “fragrant” teams finalised, with 4 rounds being played before Christmas and 4 after.

Ladies AGM

The Ladies club AGM will be held on Friday 2^nd November.

Coastal Alliance:
Dates for your diary for the 2018/2019 Coastal Alliance are as follows:
November 1st – Dunmore East
December 6th – West Waterford
March 7th – Tramore
April 4th – Dungarvan
To Register for year: E15.00, Green Fees: E10. For more details contact Breda Conway, new members welcome.

Beginners
A 9 hole beginners on-going competition has been set up for the ladies and would encourage them to get out there and enjoy the golf.