On Friday 19 May 172 Golfers participated in the final Event of the 150 Celebrations. Milltown GC was the location for 43 teams of 4 starting in two phases. The first 20 teams enjoyed a good Breakfast from 7am in the Club prior to their shotgun start at 8.15am. On completion of their round they were joined for lunch by the 23 teams which participated in the afternoon with a 2.15pm start. The Weather Gods looked clemently and a rain free and temperate day was enjoyed by all.
Dinner and Prize Presentation took place at 8pm and an excellent meal and wines were enjoyed by all. The Milltown Captain and member of the Event Organising Committee, Brian Woods, welcomed all participants to the Milltown. President, Michael Dawson, was fulsome in his thanks to Eddie O’Connor and his team at Supernode for his very generous sponsorship of the Event and acknowledged with sincere thanks the Organising Committee of Conor Smyth, John Dawson, Brian Woods, Gav Lee and Barry Nestor. The formal side of the evening’s proceedings were brought to a close by an outstanding Charity Auction of a signed Ireland Triple Crown and Grand Slam Jersey which was bid and secured by a most generous John Gleeson for €4,500. The Jersey had been donated by Colleen Farrell and was presented to John Gleeson by Collen’s husband and Rugby Coach of some repute, Andy Farrell.
The Golf Day brought the curtain down on what has been an outstanding season of celebratory events and saw the completion of book recording the history of the Club’s first 150 years.
Golf Prize are detailed below with first prize on an excellent score being won by the Hopkins Ward Estate Agents Team of Ian Hopkins, Ricky Geraghty, Dave Tunney and Adam Curry with an outstanding score of 98 points.
Prizes
1st with 98 Points – Hopkins Ward Estate Agents
Ian Hopkins, Ricky Geraghty, Dave Tunney, Adam Curry
2nd with 93 Points – Rhino
Barry Brennan, Alex McEvoy, Simon Ensor, James Thornton
3rd with 91 Points – Team Garry
Tony Garry, Noel Shannon, Kevin O’Malley, Kieran Garry
4th with 88 Points – ATC
Ciaran O’Reilly, Brian Bolger, David Bruton, Declan O’Reilly
5th with 87 Points – O’Connor, Sutton Cronin
Paul Healy, Conor Harrington, Gavin Mullins, Mark Hogan
6th with 87 Points – Team Kearney
Michael Kearney, Mick Bollard, John Kearney, Mark Dawson
7th with 85 Points – Supernode Eddie O’Connor
Ben Culligan, Frank Frisby, Padraig McElwain, Kevin O’Sullivan
Front 9 with 46 points – DigitalWell
Ross Murray, Barry Nestor, Gavin Lee, John Crowley
Back 9 with 45 Points – Team Shaw
Derry Shaw, JP McDowell, Hugh Millar, Seamus Brady
Nearest the pin on 4th Hole – Anne Dawson
Nearest the pin on 12th Hole – Conor Harrington
Nearest the pin in Two on the 9th Hole – John Delaney
Longest Drive for the Ladies on the 10th – Sarah Hackett
Longest Drive for the Men on the 10th Hole – Conor Jameson