Ger Doyle Wins Captains Prize 2008 !






Malloca's Fine Food 18 hole Strokeplay Thursday 19th June
Winner: Patrick Sheridan 41nett
2nd: Mark Foley 41 nett
3rd. Mervyn Cooney 43nett
Gross. Shane Redmond 48.



Result from Tuesday 13th May.
Winner: Liam Sheridan 41nett
2nd: Mark Rossiter 41nett
3rd: Mark Foley 43nett
4th: M. Atavar 46nett
Gross: Kieron Morrissey 51
The Club wish to acknowledge the generous sponsorship of Tuesday's Competition by Johnston Mooney & O'Brien and their local agent John Barron 



The National Matchplay Qualifying Rounds which are being played this week have served up some top class pitch and putt.
Martin O'Neill has continued his fine early season form and has made it to the last four, he defeated Mervyn Cooney 7&6 on Tuesday night, and tonight beat the up and coming youngster Alan Franklin by 5&4 in a birdie blitzed semi-final.
In the final he will meet Club Captain Shane Redmond, Shane defeated Liam Sheridan on Tuesday and saw off the tenacious John Freeman by 5&4 this evening, Shane has not produced his usual high standard of play so far this season, but surely the prospect of playing the inform Martin O'Neill for a place in the last 64 should bring out the best in him.

In the other half of the draw Jim Foley defeated newcomer Ger Doyle on Tuesday,and tonight he defeated Kieron Morrissey in an exciting match which went down to the last hole. Jim showed no ill effects from taking a year out from the game in 2007, and played some fantastic pitch and putt, to see off the consistent Kieron Morrissey. Kieron failed to produce his usual excellent putting stats. and went down by 2 holes. Foley will meet Michael O'Neill in Thursday's final, and while O'Neill is playing very well at present it i hard to look past Foley making it to the last 64.

Leinster Strokeplay Qualifiers.
Senior: Martin O'Neill.
Inter: Liam Sheridan 
Junior: Jonathan Freeman, John Freeman.
We wish them every success in the Finals at St. Bridgets




Result from Wednesday 30th April.
Winner: Alan Franklin 40nett
2nd: Christopher Donaghy 41nett
Gross: Martin O'Neill 49.


Result from Wednesday 23rd. April
Winner: Mark Foley   42nett
2nd: Christopher Donaghy 42nett
Gross: Martin O'Neill 49


Result from Sunday 16th March.
Winner: Jonathan Freeman    43nett
2nd:      Shane Redmond         44nett
Gross:   Martin O' Neill            47

Mark Rossiter won the first Competition of 2008 when he won the event held in conjunction with the Captains drive in on Sunday March 9th.
The Competition was played in cold blustery conditions and it was a solid performance from Mark who is playing in the adult ranks for the first time this year.
Winner: Mark Rossiter       45 nett
2nd:      Darren O' Brien    46 nett
Gross:   Martin O' Neill       51

Next Competition Sunday March 16th at 2pm

The Club Annual General meeting was held on Monday 11th February, the following Officers and Committee were elected for 2008.
Captain: Shane Redmond
Vice- Captain: Ger Franklin
Chairman: Aidan O' Brien
Vice- Chairman: Michael O'Neill
Secretary: Jason Murphy
Treasurer: Mervyn Cooney
P.R.O.: Aidan Whelan
Committee: Martin O'Neill, John Freeman, Paddy Kennedy, Billy Hudson.
Junior Officers: Martin O'Neill, Shane Redmond, Michael O'Neill

Captains Drive in Sunday 2nd March at 2.30pm

Membership Fee's for 2008.

Adult Fee. €100.00
Student Fee. €65.00
Junior Fee. €50.00
Active Retirement Members (special category fee) €70.00
All fees are fixed for 2008 and 2009 seasons.
Club Competitions entry fee: €7.00

Green Fees. €10.00 per day



WORLD INTERCLUB LEAGUE FINAL ROUND RESULTS.

Irish club St Patricks has won the third World Interclub League Championship, winning all five matches they played and setting the competition alight with a blaze of records in a stunning debut season.
But when they came to setting records the Irish club did not have it all to themselves with new entrant P&P Kardinge from Holland also adapting quickly to the competition and finishing a strong 2nd with Catalan club Sant Cebria a close third.

In the Championship division, so hot was the competition this year that seven of the lowest ten team scores ever were set this year. St Patricks lowered the world record to an amazing 179 when they defeated Sant Cebria in Round 2, and they now own the lowest three team scores with P&P Kardinge grabbing two of the next three lowest scores.

St Patricks player, John O'Rourke, set a world record for an individual in this competition with a 43 back in September, but four other players came in with 44's to see seven new entries in the top ten all time individual scores list.
Not to be outdone, Dutch pair Jenno Wolters and Niels Tiggelaar smashed the world record for pairs in September with an astonishing 40, three strokes lower than the previous record.

Three new World records for this competition were set in 2007, and a total of 15 new national marks were set for competition in WIL.

Final placings in the Champions Division were...
1st - St Patricks (Ireland), 2nd - P&P Kardinge (Holland), 3rd - Sant Cebria (Catalonia), 4th - Canberra International (Australia), 5th - Corinda ( Australia), 6th - Southern Cross (Australia).

The World Interclub League "Team of the Year", which honours the best players in the Championship division has been named.
John O'Rourke (St Patricks) has been named Captain as the top ranked singles player for the season, and is joined by Martin O'Neill(St Pats), Keiron Morrissey (St Pats) and Karl Bergh (P&P Kardinge). The pairs players in the Team of the Year are Jenno Wolters and Niels Tiggelaar (P&P Kardinge) and Peter Spelman and Gordon Crane (Corinda). **to qualify for selection, a player must have played at least three rounds in singles, or two rounds with the same partner in pairs.
The lowest singles score in the division was a 43 by John O'Rourke of St Patricks, the lowest pairs score by Jenno Wolters and Niels Tiggelaar of P&P Kardinge.

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Dean Grannell wins captains prize : 
The st patricks pitch and putt club captains prize got underway on friday evening last and club chairman aidan o brien got proceedings underway on the immaculately manicured course.After round one dean grannell was the early clubhouse leader after a stunning round of 39 nett which included a hole in one a the 10th hole.he was closely followed by john o rourke who had a 41 nett and 4 other players who were still in striking distance.
lar freeman john clince tom murphy and michael o neill were all creating good oppurtunities but grannell who was in the second group out had the perfect start to round 2 a par on hole one and his second hole in one on the difficult second hole he was now 22 under through 20 holes!
he played steadily all the way and finished his round with a birdie on the last hole to be clubhouse leader on 81.
despite the best efforts of some of the best pitch and putt the south east has seen for some time the pearse road resident remained on top and had captured the 2007 captains prize on his maiden appearence in the prestigious event.
vice chairman michael(sarge)o neill finished in second place 2 shots behind with john o rourke and alan franklin taking 3rd and 4th place respectively another shot back.
the past captains prize was won by aidan o brien and the gross award was collected by club pro kieron morrissey.
junior winner was owen redmond intermediate liam sheridan senior winner mervyn cooney
18 gross damian hickey 18nett paddy hore and to go with his winnerss prize dean grannell won the hole in one prize.
At the prize giving ceremony club captain martin o neill expressed his gratitude to all who had helped him throughout his tenure he wished incoming captain shane redmond well congratulated prizewinners and reflected on how fortunate enniscorthy was to have such a high quality sporting facility available to all sports enthusiasts

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British Open Winner
Local man Kieron Morrissey made a little piece of history on Sunday last22/07/07.On a wonderful sporting week end when most peoples focus was on the British Open golf championship Enniscorthy man Kieron morrisey was trying to put his own name in the history books when taking part in the amateur equivalent the British open pitch and putt championships.
The event took place on the same day as the final of the Golf championships only in this case the event took place in London instead of Scotland.
Kieron was fortunate enough to receive an invite to play in the event by Britains number one ranked player John Deeble.
In a bid to emulate his sporting hero Padraig Harrington ,Kieron started out on the unfamiliar track with a blistering pace over the first 18 holes and finished the round 5 under par amazingly only one shot off the couse record of 6 under on the "central park "London course.
He startedd out the second round sharing the lead with another british player bill leach hotly followed by Britians number one John Deeble .
Deeble was fired up and started out birdie birdie hole in one birdie to be 5 under par for 4 holes not to be outdone morrisey climbed to meet the challenge and birdied 5 out of the next 8 holes to remain one shot ahead of the London based supremo.After all scores were returned Kieron had the narrowest lead of 1 shot ,steve deeble and anthony o brien were still in the chase  , the rest of the field falling 4 or more shots back.
The day changed and the breeze stiffened to make the final round even more challenging.The field fell away with only half a dozen players making a serious run .Another british player Richard Linen was picking up deuces and astoundingly finished his last round equalling the course record and was leader in the clubhouse on 11 under par .The final pairing of Morrissey and Deeble were the only ones who could take the winners position from him.
Morrisseys chance came on 16 but his birbie opportunity hung on the lip.Deebles chance came on the difficult 18th but his putt went into the hole and lipped out,morrissey also missed his putt which left him in the runners up spot beating John deeble on a countback as they shared the same score.
Richard Linnen was the British champion but Kieron Morrisey had made history by being the only player Playing out of an Irish club to win a prize in the British Open he also picked up the award for the best international player.
At the prize giving ceremony Kieron gave special thanks to the Deeble family who had made the event possible also his sponsor David Wheelock of the Golf shop enniscorthy and looked forward to returning to play the event next year.



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The Committee decided earlier this year to demolish the old Clubhouse dating back to the formation of the Club in 1968, and to replace it with a more member friendly facility.

The new building will incorporate a locker/changing room, a general assembly area for use  during competitions, this will also act as a committee room.
 The Clubhouse will also include an office, which will have all up to date facilities including Internet access.
This new structure added to our existing clubhouse completed in 1994, will allow the Club to cater for the needs not only of the members, but also the many visiting Clubs and Socities who play the course during the season

The new Clubhouse is due for completion on the 5th of June, when completed it will provide members with some of the best clubhouse facilities in the Country.

The estimated cost of the clubhouse extension is approx.€30000. The Club invested €40000 last year installing an irrigation system, and  boundary fencing. This represent's a total investment of €70000 in the last 12 months.

The Clubhouse will be officially opened by Peter Carroll our Club President and longest serving member in mid June.


Kieron Morrissey was recently co-opted as a member of the NEC of the Pitch and Putt Union of Ireland. Kieron is P.R.O. of St Patrick's and a most diligent Registrar of the Carlow/Wexford/Kilkenny Regional Board.