Donegal Ladies Golf Club

Donegal Golf Club - Lady Presidents Day. Front Row; Winner Crona O’Reilly, Lady President Maureen McKean, Dianne Doherty, Ann McGlynn. Back Row; Margaret Gillespie, Marian Ward, Anna Colhoun, Prue Hamilton, Olivia Turner, Mary Bonner, Mary McLaughlin, Cecily Britton, Marie Cassidy, Lady Captain Dorothy Woods adn Mary Walsh.

14th August - 2007 Sponsor: Leaf boutique Donegal Town
45 ladies competed in this competition for the Leaf sponsored prizes. Phil Mundy who was the stalwart of the Challenge Cup team returned a score of 36pts to win by 1 shot from the Vice Captain Anna Colhoun and Kathleen Fox.
1st Phil Mundy (33) 36pts, 2nd Anna Colhoun (20) 35pts BOT, 3rd Kathleen Fox (20) 35pts, 4th Audrey Johnston (36) 32pts BOT, 5th Marie Cassidy (33) 32pts, 6th Ann McGlynn (23) 32pts, Gross Dorothy Woods (12) 92, 36 Handicap Margaret Gillespie 27pts, 1st 9 Mary Farragaher (26) 17pts, 2nd 9 Eilish Duffy (33) 18pts BOT, ‘2’s Anna Colhoun & Mary Walsh on the 5th,
15th August - Sponsor: James Likely
Our Mini Open Week started on Wednesday 15th August and 35 Ladies played in the James Likely sponsored competition. Caatherine Harvey who has reduced her handicap by 9 shots this year was the winner by 4 shots with 36pts. Ann O’Neill was runner up with 32pts and a visitor Therese Kennedy was in 3rd place with 31pts.
1st Catherine Harvey (26) 36pts, 2nd Ann O’ Neill (34) 32pts, 3rd Therese Kennedy (15) 31pts, 4th Kathleen Fox (20) 31pts, 5th Geraldine Gorman (27) 30pts,
16th August - Sponsor: Foodland Cash & Carry
This fourball better ball competition attracted 40 players with 13 of them visitors. The winners on this occasion were all locals with Lady Captain Dorothy Woods and Ruby Trimble returning the winning score of 40pts. With 38pts Bernie Treacy & Doreen Browne were 2nd and Norma Mullooly and Bernie Finn were 3rd with the same score.
1st Dorothy Woods (12) and Ruby Trimble (17) 40pts, 2nd Bernie Treacy (17) & Doreen Browne (21) 38pts BOT, 3rd Norma Mullooly(9) & Bernie Finn (17) 38pts, 4th Helen O’Shea(17) & Anna Colhoun(15) 35pts BOT,
Sandhouse Hotel are sponsors on the 28th August. Club Mixed continues on the24th August with running draws from 6pm.
29th July - 3 Ball aggregate
Doreen Browne(20) Mary Talbot(18) & Ursula Miller(21) 32pts
5th August - Sponsor: White Hotel Group
28 ladies competed for this sought after prize and Moya Hand with a score of 36pts was the winner, closely followed by Marian Ward on 34 pts with Mary Talbot in 3rd place on 33pts.
1st Moya Hand (23) 36pts, 2nd Marian Ward (26) 34pts, 3rd Mary Talbot (18) 33pts, 4th Dianne Doherty (24) 32pts, Gross Dorothy Woods (12) 94
1st 9 Mary McLaughlin (20)19pts, 2nd 9 Maeve Corry (23) 20pts, 9 hole competition Phil Mundy (33) 18pts, ‘2’ Dorothy Woods on the 5th.
8th August - Senior Ladies
1st Eilish duffy 19pts BOT, 2nd Celine McBrearty 19pts, 3rd Phil Mundy 17pts
7th August - Captains Prize (Mr Eugene McLaughlin) to the Ladies
The last of the Ladies 4 Major competitions was played on Tuesday with 62 ladies competiting on the day. With tricky greens the scoring was not high but Ursula Miller returned the best score with 76 nett. Our Lady Captain Dorothy Woods was runner up with 77 nett and Mary Farragher was 3rd also with 77 nett.
1st Ursula Miller (21) 76nett, 2nd Dorothy Woods (12) 77 nett BOT, 3rd Mary Farragher (26) 77 nett, 4th Mary Talbot (18) 78 nett, 5th Dianne Doherty (24) 79 nettBOT, 6th Mary McLaughlin (20) 79nett, 7th Kathleen Fox (20) 79 nett, 36 Handicap Margaret Gillespie 84 nett
1st 9 Marie McGarvey (19) 35 1/2 nett, 2nd 9 Beatrice Lawless (28) 38, ‘2’s Bernie Finn, Geraldine Gorman and Mary Talbot at the 5th. Dianne Doherty on the 13th.
Club Matchplay - The final of the club matchplay took place recently. After 18 holes Dianne Doherty and Geraldine Gorman were all square and had to return another day to complete the match. Geraldine was the eventual winner in a closely contested match.
8th August
The ladies hosted a surprise celebration in honour of Mrs Dee Crossans 88th birthday. A golf inspired iced cake and champagne were the order of the day and Mrs Crossan was delighted with the surprise and pleased to see so many of her golfing friends there to celebrate with her.
10th August
Club Mixed Foursomes - 10 couples took part and the next one is on the 24th August.
1st Audrey Johnston and Cecil Fairman 32 3/4, 2nd Margaret Buckley and Brendan Reck 39 1/4 BOT

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Captain’s Day Results
The Child of Prague definitely came through for Eugene as Sunday turned out to be an excellent day for golf. Many thought that playing from the orange markers and in a stableford competition would produce massive scores, but despite one or two 43 pts the course was still a challenge for most. The winner of the Ladies 9 hole competition was Adrienne Anderson with 21pts. Ursula Miller was the delighted winner of the Captain’s Prize to the Ladies. The Junior Winner was Aidan Faulkner and Ray Parfitt, Captain of Eniskillen G.C, won the Visitors Prize. The best Past-Captain was W.J. Johnston and the Team Captains prize was secured by Michael Treacy. Sean Diver, Club Secretary won the committee prize. Matthew Shovelin made the line-up on the 1st nine with 21pts while Frank Shovelin covered the back nine with 22pts A weeks practice with his new Titleist driver ensured Paddy Woods a share of the spoils in 5th and just ahead of him in 4th Tom Morrow, both with 41pts .E.J. O’Connor for once not winnig the Captain’s Prize had to settle for the gross with 39pts. Rising star Mark Gurren shot 43pts for 2nd and on a rare visit to the course Shane Timoney did the same for 3rd . In the absence of the winner , Gary O’Byrne with 42pts Club President Joe Gillespie accepted the prize while Shane spoke elequently and honestly, thanking Eugene for the prizes, the day and for his work for Donegal G.C. down the years. Congratulations to Eugene and to all the winners.
1 Gary o'Byrne 42pts, 2 Mark Gurren 43pts (junior), 3 Shane Timoney 43pts, 4 Tom Morrow 41pts, 5 Paddy Woods 41pts
1st nine Matt Shovelin 21pts, 2nd nine Frank Shovelin 22pts, Past Captain Billy Johnston, Team Captain Michael Treacy, Committee Sean Diver, Youth Aidan Faulkner, Visitor Ray Parfitt
Open Days
August 15th Singles Stableford sponsored by James Likely & Co Ltd, August 16th 4 Ball Betterball Stableford sponsored by Foodland cash & Carry, August 17th Singles Stableford sponsored by AIB Bank, August 18th Singles Stroke sponsored by David Robinson PGA, Sunday 19th Single Stableford sponsored by Supervalue. Presentation of Prizes for the Open Days on Friday Night. Prize winners should make every effort to attend