Mannan Castle Golf Club news

Mannan Castle Opens

Open Summer Series Week 8 15th/16th August - The winner this week was Anthony McNamee with a brilliant score of 40pts. A visitor to Mannan, Anthony had no difficulty, shooting a superb 24pts on the back nine. In second place and losing on the count back was Darren Hughes on 40pts. James Hand finished in third place with 36pts.

Open Summer Series Week 8 15th/16th August - 1st Anthony McNamee (Visitor) (PH.20) – 40pts c/b; 2nd Darren Hughes (PH.21) – 40pts; 3rd James Hand (PH.18) – 36pts.

Mannan Castle Men

Steven McMahon was the overall winner of the Stableford competition this weekend. Steven shot a great 40pts with 22pts on the back nine. Division 1 was won by Paudie McEneaney with a score of 32pts.

Thomas Doherty won Division 2 on a score of 37pts. Division 3 was won by Seamus Shanahan on a score of 39pts, and John Murray won Division 4 with a score of 39pts.

Weekend Singles Stableford 17th/18th August 2024 - Overall Winner - Stephen McMahon (PH.28) – 40pts. Division 1: 1st Paudie McEneaney (PH.4) – 32pts; Division 2: 1st Thomas Doherty (PH.15) – 37pts; Division 3: 1st - Seamus Shanahan (PH.21) – 39pts; Division 4: 1st - John Murray (PH.25) – 39pts.

August Medal 17th/18th August - It was three tied at the top for our medal this month, with a count back needed to determine 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

Liam Morrissey was the victor this time with a brilliant score of 66nett. Liam made the captain’s playoff just a few weeks ago and has continued his good form.

Fresh from his third place in the captains prize, Darren Campbell has also continued his fine form, shooting a nett 66 this weekend to finish second.

Third place went the way of Fionnan Cassidy also on nett 66. Fionnan had an eagle and two birdies on his round. The gross prize went to Mark Lambe with a 74.

August Medal 17th/18th August - 1st Liam Morrissey (PH.18) - 66 nett c/b; 2nd - Darren Campbell (PH.14) - 66 nett c/b; Gross- Mark Lambe (PH.0) – 74; 3rd - Fionnan Cassidy (PH,8) - 66 nett.

Mannan Castle Seniors

In the final seniors competition before Seniors Captain Denis Murphy's Prize day a large turnout of golfers sought to sharpen their game ahead of the big day. Testing weather conditions kept the scores in check and there were no runaway winners in the categories.

Gerry Corbally managed to record the best score of the day in winning category 4 with 26 points. for the 13 holes. He played steady golf with only one hole where he failed to score.

In Category 1 seniors stalwart Jimmy McMahon made a welcome return to the winners enclosure with 25 points. Again steady golf was the order of the day with Jimmy scoring on every hole.

It was a different matter in Category 2 where Joe Mullen had a more erratic round but still carded 25 points to win the category. Two no scores and two one points were offset by five three pointers.

In Category 3 Peter Burns was the winner with 24 points. Despite a bit of a wobble in the middle of his round an excellent 14 points for his last six holes ensured victory.

Senior 13 Hole Competition Tuesday 20th August - Category 1: Jimmy McMahon (17) 25pts, Category 2: Joe Mullen (21) 25pts, Category 3: Peter Burns (23) 24pts, Category 4: Gerry Corbally (28) 26pts.

Mannan Castle Ladies

Lady Captain’s Day - The winner of the 2024 Lady Captain's Prize at Mannan Castle Golf Club is Margaret Crawley. Margaret was out in the last group of the day, playing in a two ball following three balls, a recipe for disaster for many, but not for this level headed golfer.

Margaret played extremely steady golf parring four holes, recording 39pts despite not scoring on two holes on the back nine. This year's Captain's Prize was a one day event, contested over 18 holes.

There were many beautiful prizes awarded for a variety of categories, but first prize was literally a work of art, a beautiful painting of our signature 3rd hole by renowned local artist Kate Beagan.

In second place was a new member Pauline Jones who wasn’t eligible to win first prize, but Pauline scored a whooping 43 points, playing off 46. Hopefully this win will give Pauline the push she needs to play more weekly competitions.

Best gross of the day was our lowest handicapper Louise Hanratty, who inspires us all. In third place was a lady who strikes the ball further than most, Noreen Murphy. Congratulations to all our prize winners, it was great to see so many of our new golfers playing and taking home prizes.

Lady Captain Carol McMahon’s Day – 17th August 2024 - 1st Margaret Crawley (28) 39pts, 2nd Pauline Jones (46) 43pts, Best Gross Louise Hanratty (4) 25 gross pts, 3rd Noreen Murphy (30) 38pts. 

Cat 1 (0 – 25) Kitty Sharkey (22)38pts; Cat 2 (25.1 – 35) Cepta Maddick (26) 36pts; Cat 3 (35.1 – 54) Pauline Byrne (52) 38pts.

Past Captains Prize - Denise McGuinness (23) 37pts - Committee/Team Captains Prize - Brianan Kingham (20) 36pts; Back Nine - Lynda Rouiller (42) 21pts; Front Nine - Helena Connolly (29) 21pts.

Amen Corner (Holes 11, 12 & 13) Siobhan Hand 9pts - Secret Hole (Hole 8 ) Aine Fitzmaurice (draw given several golfers had the same score). Nearest the pin – 17th hole Kitty Sharkey 11 ft 3 inches. Visitor: Dick Bourke 34pts. 9 Hole: Katie Gilmore (20)13pts.

Get into Golf – 6 hole - 1st Place: Bernie McMahon 42 gross; 2nd Place: Sharon Maguire & Lorraine Lynch 50 gross.

Lady Captain Carol thanked her committee, her family and friends and there was no doubt she enjoyed her day which included afternoon tea in the Cashel Room, where she greeted guests. Out on the course, golfers were able to enjoy an ice cream treat at the turn.

The lovely evening meal buffet was prepared and served by Michelle and her team at The Scullery and the tables were dressed by the Parlour Event in a slightly retro theme.

Of course, the Lady Captain loves to dance, and she rounded off the evening dancing the night away with husband Jimmy and the other ladies to the music by Paddy Byrne from The Last Word.

Weekly Competition

In this week's Women's competition, scoring was difficult on a day of unusually challenging conditions for August. However, Geraldine Finnegan managed to bring some of her best golf, in particular going very strong in the middle of the round. 

Six pars, including a couple of the par 5's, pushed her final total to 35 points to win with some room to spare.

Rita O'Loughlin recovered from a couple of blips on the front nine to finish strongly on the back nine to take second place on countback from Cepta Maddick who made every hole count with both finishing with 33 points.

Reflecting the tricky conditions, just two birdies on par 3's recorded in the field but an excellent birdie on the 14th too. Congratulations to all the winners and everyone who took part.

Many thanks to this week's kind sponsor KKN Transport, a local transport company providing global logistics solutions. https://www.kkn-solutions.com/

Women’s 18 Hole Stableford sponsored by KKN Transport -21st August - 1st Geraldine Finnegan (21) 35 pts; 2nd Rita O'Loughlin (22) 33 pts c/b; 3rd Cepta Maddick (26) 33 pts c/b. Monday 9 hole competition (9 hole H'cap) - Winner: Denise McGuinness (11) 20 pts.