YOUGHAL A4 MARCH 31.qxd - Youghal News

CLAYCASTLE PITCH & PUTT CLUB
The Club's 25th Anniversary celebrations came to a premature
start on Wednesday last when the Club's flag representing the 25
years of the Club being in existence was raised for the first time.
The flag was raised by Margaret O Driscoll, wife of the late Noel
O Driscoll and also by Mossie Swayne, husband of the late Daisy
Swayne. Members of the Club were also present for this flag raising
ceremony. Founded in 1986, the club has grown over the years
to become one of the most active clubs in Youghal and currently
has over 80 members. As a part of the Club celebrating it's 25th
year, the Munster Matchplay Championships will be held here at
Claycastle on the 28th and 29th May 2011. It will be a fantastic
weekend of pitch and putt!
Congratulations to Paudie O Sullivan, Gary O Sullivan and Martin
Keohane who qualified recently for the upcoming Irish Open
which will be held at the Deerpark course in county Kerry in the
coming weeks ahead. Best of luck lads.
The course will be closing on the 2nd of April and will reopen
again 2 weeks later on the 18th of April. The Club matchplay will
be getting under way soon and any member wishing to take part
can enter their name on the form in the clubhouse.
Scratch Cup Last weekend saw the Club's 11th Scratch Cup in
the Clubs 25 year history take place. On the day there were 110
cards played and a big thanks to all who supported the Club. Also
a big thanks to all who helped prepare the course for the big day
and who always have the course in top order and also a major
thanks to all who helped in anyway on the day. Competitors from
Cork, Waterford, Tipperary and Kerry were all present on the day.
Well done to local players Anthony O Loughlin, Martin Keohane
and Gary O Sullivan who qualified in the top twelve for the play
off which got underway at 5:30pm. Congratulations to Dave
Kenefick who played superb pitch and putt as he went home winning
the first prize in the intermediate category.
The winner on the day was Ireland's number one ranked player
John Walsh from Collins pitch and putt club in Cork. John played
fantastically throughout the day and continued his fine form going
into the playoff. John won with a score of 15 under par, a shot
clear of Ireland's fifth ranked player Bryan Delaney from the
E.S.B course in Cork.
The full results are as follows:1st John Walsh (Collins), 2nd Bryan
Delaney (E.S.B.), 3rd Ray Murphy (Templebreedy); Final 18
Anthony O' Loughlin (Claycastle); Best 36 Overall James Cleary
(Hillview); Intermediate - 1st Dave Kenefick (Claycastle), 2nd
Conor Clancy (Fermoy); Junior 1st Kieran Murphy (Deerpark),
2nd John Charles (Cunnigar); Ladies 1st Joan Hyde (Claycastle),
2nd Lily Bulman (Claycastle); Well done to all the prize winners!
Mrs Noel O’Driscoll wife of the late Noel O’Criscoll founder member of club
assisted by Mr. Mossie Swayne husband of the late Daisy Swayne founder raising
the flag.
Members of the Club with Club Flag celebrating 25th year anniversary.
PRESENTATION OF SCRATCH CUP 2011
Presentation of Scratch Cup 2011 - Left to right: Adrian Landers Captain, Thomas
Bulman President, Ray Murphy winner Collins Pitch & Putt Club Cork, Mrs Phil
Mangan Lady Captain & Martin Keohane Chairman.
Youghal Lawn Tennis Club
AGM: Our AGM has been pencilled in for Tuesday 26th April. We
would encourage our members to attend. Some new faces on
Committee would be welcome. A special thank you to the existing
committee for their invaluable work over the last number of years.
Juniors: Absolutely brilliant to see so many juniors back playing.
There was a huge turn out last Saturday. Great credit is due to the
secondary students for helping and assisting the primary members
particularly the newcomers. A special thank you to Leo Lyons
Troy for coming on board. No doubt he will prove a great asset to
the club. Remember Saturday 11am - 1pm is reserved for our juniors.
Membership Fees: Season commences on May 2011 to 30th April
2012. Any newcomers can avail of April Fees. Rates: Family -
€200, Adult €150, Student €60, Junior €50.
Membership Reminder: We would kindly like to remind all players
that membership must be fully paid up to avail of coaching sessions
and use of courts.
New Members: A special welcome to the new members who have
joined. Hope you have a great year.
Spring Doubles: Finally the big day has arrived when we will hold
the final next Thursday of our Ladies and Mens doubles. Fixtrue
List displayed in clubhouse. It would be greatly appreciated if all
players be on time.First round starts promptly at 7.30pm and the
next matches will commence immediately afterwards at approx.
8.15pm. denquiries to John Hunt 087 - 7672136.
Reminder: The next major tournament coming will be in early
May, namely The Emer Casey Mixed Doubles Tournament also
involving juniors.
Junior Results Saturday: Primary Tournament - 1st Nicole Murray
& Alan Flavin, 2nd Clara Keane & Jack O’Brien. Secondary
Tournament - 1st Ciara Connolly & Kyle Leahy, 1st Rhianna
Cooney & Deirdre Kelly, 2nd Caoimhe Clarke & Laura Donoghue
2nd Megan Quirke & Clavin Leahy.