CONGRATULATIONS to Club President Victor Nesbitt on winning the Captain's Prize.
Ladies Section Recent Results:
Elizabeth Murphy perpetual trophy 18 Hole Stroke:
- 1st M. Clancy 65 (b9)
- 2nd M. Hopkins 65
- Best Gross C. McEnroe 78
Cathleen Gallagher Perpetual Trophy
18 Hole Stroke
- 1st B. Daly 67 (b9)
- 2nd P. Hutchinson 67
- Best Gross Lady Captain P. Clarke 89
Upcoming Fixtures:
11-08-2016 Captain Mr Gary Corcoran's Prize to the Ladies - 18 Hole Stroke GOY
18-08-2016 Lady Captain Pauline Clarke's Day - 18 Hole Stroke GOY & Medal.
Please put your name down to play on sheet in the clubhouse.
Next Open Day 25th August.
July 31st: Can a Captain win his own Captains Prize? We will have to have a special meeting of the committee to scour the rule book, however the Captain is peaking at the right time of the year and also has been consistent all year. Someone break his 5 iron. 1st: Captain Gary Corcoran, Category 1: Liam Brady, Category 2: Mattie Cahill, Category 3: Sean Sheridan. Well done all.
August 7th: This months medal was fiercely competitive as usual but the proud winner of a new shiny medal is Thomas Boyle with a score of 64. Congratulations Thomas. Category 1 winner: P. Callaghan, Category 2 winner: D. Sheckelton, Category 3 winner: P. Brady. Well done all.
Mid Week Warriors: Despite the snow on the roofs their is always fire in the hearths of our mid week warriors as they compete with gusto for their weekly prizes. July 26th: 1st. Lorraine O'Brien, Sheila Courtney, Vincent Lee, Frank Fahy. August 2nd. 1st Isobel Davidson, Pat Fitzpatrick, Barney O'Reilly and Vincent Lee. Well done guys.
Upcoming Captains Prize: All the members and committees of Virginia Golf Club would like to wish our Captain, Gary Corcoran all the best in his upcoming Captains Prize.
Mens Results July 24th:
In a world that seems to be increasingly going mad, the halcyon shore line of Lough Ramor allows its members drive up its leaf canopied drive way and forget the trials and tribulations outside the gates. Now we still might encounter trials and tribulations on the course but in the larger scheme of things, there irrelevant, and the enjoyment that this game and the social golf club were members of, is reward in itself. Still however there are even greater winners every week and this weeks tour de force in the yellow jerseys were the pairing of Liam Brady and Pat Connell with 46pts only pipping the pairing of Alan Rock and Viv Connell on a count back. Well done all.
PLEASE NOTE the timesheet for the Captains prize is now in the clubhouse and get your name down early as this is the one that everyone wants to win. Over the years the good, the great and the plain lucky have seen their name in lights and this year it could be you. Can the PRO come last (actually last) 3 years running? Only time will tell.
Mid Week Warriors: As the great Morton Shaevitz says, "You may be on the back nine of life but its good to finish strong!" thankfully in Virginia we only have 9 holes so this is irrelevant for our senior golfers. Last weeks worthy winners were, 1st Olivia Monaghan, Pat Murphy, Mike Brown 57.9. 2nd Kitty Cogan, Eva Williams, Gerry Eagleton, Frank Fahy 61.0.
July 17th: In a weekend that saw the Dubs saunter to another Leinster title, another Dublin giant strode across the competition to see himself at the top of the tree at the end of this weekends play. This man was our competitions secretary James O'Brien. Methodical in technique and all things competition, James would have reveled in the regulatory accounting needed to separate the pack this week with himself beating Patrick Connell and the venerable Captain Gary Corcoran by a count back. Well Done James, peaking at a good time of the year.
MID WEEK WARRIORS: Our Seniors continue to dominate the flora and fauna of our course with more extensive coverage than Japanese knot weed. Unlike that pesky invader their presence and skill gives hope to all us duffers in the club that there is always time to improve and this game does not view age as a boundary to success. The last two scrambles have been won by the following teams: July 5 - 1st P. Hutchinson, P. Fitzpatrick, L. Cotter, N. Maguire 61.1, 2nd E Williams, S. Galligan, P.McCullough, F. O'Reilly 61.5. July 13 - 1st B. O'Reilly, J. Clarke, P. Fitzpatrick 58.4, 2nd E Davidson, P McCullough, P. Curran 62.7. Well done as always to all competitors.
Results of Lady President's Mrs Bernie Flynn's day.
1st M. Keating 68
2nd E. Williams 69
Best Gross A. Galligan 86
3rd. J. McGuinness 68
4th. C. Denning 68
Cat 0-23 M.Donohoe 71
Cat 24-31 M. Halligan 73
Cat 32-36 M. Hopkins 70
Past President's Prize H. O'Reilly 72
Committee Prize M. Gillick 72
Best Front 9 L. Hunt 33
Best Back 9 M. McCabe 34
Nearest the Pin R. McHugh
Longest Drive A. Galligan
9 Hole Competition
1st E. Reynolds
2nd A. Kinsella
Men's 9 Hole Competition
1st F. Fahy
2nd T. Boyle
Best Gross P. Murphy
Congratulations to all the winners, and to our lady President Bernie on a great day and evening.
Upcoming Fixtures
21st July - 18 Hole V Par (3 cats)
22ndJuly- Open Mixed Scramble @ 6.45
28th July- Elizabeth Murphy Perpetual Trophy 18 Hole Stroke Gross and GOY
Kindly sponsored by the M. Murphy and family.
Congratulations to Lady President Bernie Flynn on a wonderful day & evening yesterday. Huge congratulations to Margo Keating on winning 1st Prize and indeed to all the other prize-winners on the day. Lovely to see some newcomers in the prizes as well as a few familiar faces :-) Should you have any other photos which you wish to share, please email them to me at vgcsecretary@gmail.com & I'd be happy to share them.
CONGRATULATIONS to Virginia Golf Club Intermediate Team who WON the Hilton Shield yesterday. A fantastic result for Captain Mary Halligan and her team. Well done to all involved. Wishing our Junior Team all the very best of luck today. Good luck also to our Senior Team next Monday.
Recent Results:
Granard Foursomes:
1st Lady Captain P.Clarke and A. Fox 67
2nd H. O’Reilly and M. Bowles 67.5
9 Hole Comp Winner: E. Reynolds 17pts
Up coming Fixtures
14th July Lady President Bernie Flynn’s prize (Timesheet posted in clubhouse) GOY and Medal
21st July 18 Hole V Par 3 Cats.
22nd July Open Mixed Scramble @ 6.45pm
Best wishes to our Lady President Bernie Flynn on her big day Thursday, good luck to all and hopefully the sun shines.
Well done to all our ladies teams who competed in the 2nd round of The Hilton Shield this week. The ladies on our Junior, Intermediate & Senior teams won every one of their singles match-play matches. Quite an incredible achievement! They now face their opponents in the coming weeks for the final round of away match play matches. Wishing the teams and their Captains all the very best in the final round. Let's bring The Hilton Shield home to Virginia!
Virginia ladies hosted the Hilton Shield last Monday & Tuesday and congratulations are due to all teams (Junior, Intermediate & Senior) who qualified to continue on to the match-play rounds. We wish all ladies the very best of luck in their matches this week & hopefully Virginia will bring home the coveted shield.
WOMEN'S GOLF DAY is a GLOBAL event where women and girls can experience golf for the first time. It is being hosted at golf courses all around the world on the same day June 7, 2016. Virginia Golf Club is leading Irish Golf Clubs in this regard, being one of the first 6 Golf Clubs in Ireland to register an event. PLEASE SHARE & encourage any women who are interested in trying golf to come along to this sociable evening. **We will have golf clubs for those who need them**
Mens Results:
Last Sunday The sun split the stones as the members split the fairways with regard to their golfing prowess. Congratulations to all who took part this weekend but as usual there can only be one winner and that was Gerry Phibbs Congratulations Gerry. Division prizes were won by:
Div 1 Ray Foley
Div 2 Roy Steenson
Div 3 Brendan Clarke
It's great to see the new names up on the winners board and long may it continue all Summer.
Mid Week Wrinkly Warriors
The level of golf has improved dramtically in the last couple of weeks with the return of our Seniors for their midweek competitions. These competitions under the supervision of Finbarr O'Reilly are a great success and a wonderful testimony to his organisational skills and motivational techniques to get such great numbers in attendance. The latest outing saw the team of Maura Tierney, Marua Hopkins, Peter Curran and Canice Hogan in first place pipping the team of ANgela O'Dwyer, Brian O'Brien, Pat Fitzpatrick and Finbarr himself. Well done all.
Congratulations to the winners of our Ladies Open Day last Thursday 5th May. Linda Gill & Martina Briody brought in the wonderful score of 59!!! Well done ladies :-) In 2nd place with 62.5 were Maureen Donohoe & Anne Tully. Well done to all who participated and came along to the presentation evening.
Results of the Ria Kenny Memorial Salver Competition, held on Thursday 21st April, are as follows:
Category 1:
1st Marie Gillick 33pts
Category 2:
1st Veronica Donnellan 38pts
2nd Ann Fox 37pts
The Breffni Shield was started in Cavan by the late Dorrie Smyth, a low handicap golfer who had a genuine interest in promoting social golf. It was then confined to the Cavan area but after the war it was decided to open it to many clubs. This lasted for 20 years but then the format was changed to allow the qualifying round be held at all home clubs and the final to be held at clubs in rotation which is the present format. The winners of this year's qualifying round at Virginia Golf Club were Bernadette Daly & Maureen Donohoe with a score of 68. In 2nd place were Pauline Clarke & Martina Briody with a score of 68.5. Best of luck to the winners when they represent Virginia Golf Club in Greenore Golf Club on 16th May.
We are almost half way through the Ladies Spring League now. Well done to all the winners so far, here are the results for Week 3:
Individual Winners: 1st Mary Hopkins & 2nd Anne Tully
Team Results: 1st Team E & 2nd Team C
There was a great turn out last Thursday for Week 1 of the Ladies Spring League. Results were as follows: 1st Aoife Galligan, 2nd Maureen Donohoe. Well done to Team B and Team E who respectively brought in the top 2 scores.
This week sees the start of the Ladies Spring League. This is a popular event every year, with plenty of friendly rivalry along the way. Enjoy your golf ladies!
