Carlow: President's (Eileen Brennan) Prize to Ladies - 18 Hole Singles Stroke, played Sunday, July 18: 1st Angela O'Shea (15); 74 Nett (Last 9); 2nd Tara O'Neill (31); 74 Nett (Back 9) 3rd Pat McArdle (26); 74 Nett; Gross Catherine Delaney (9); 87 Gross; 4th Leigh Bolger (12); 75 Nett; 5th Mary Farrell (25); 76 Nett (Last 9); 6th Marian Doyle (27); 76 Nett; 7th Ann Doyle (17); 76 Nett

8th Dara McHugh-Honnen (16); 76 Nett; 9th Áine Foley (17); 76 Nett; 10th Mary Dillon (18); 76 Nett; CSS: 76

Men's 9 Hole Team of 3 Stableford, played Sunday, July 18: 1st D. Murphy (16), Niall Healy (17), & J. Fanning (20); 26 Pts; 2nd E. Lacey (16), D. Lambe (17) & M. Lacey (12); 25 Pts (19 Last 6)

3rd J. Bolger (19), C. Bolger (10) & Jamie Bolger (13); 25 Pts 18 Last 6)

Men's Open Seniors played on Wednesday, July 21:O verall Winner Oliver Pender (19), Carlow; 41 Pts; Winner Cat A Martin Byrne (27), Athy; 37 Pts; Winner Cat B Brendan Laffan (9), Carlow; 39 Pts (Back 9); Winner Cat C Tom Furness (16), Beech Park; 33 Pts; Best Gross Gerard Heffernan (10), Beech Park; 29 Pts; CSS: 36 Pts.

Mount Wolseley

Captains Prize Qualifier: Gregory Brophy, 24th July 2010

Leading Qualifiers: 1st Luke Bremingham HC 13 68; 2nd Aiden Kehoe HC 21 68; 3rd Conor Carroll HC 12 69; 4th John Bailey HC 16 69; 5th Jimmy Gorman HC 12 69; 6th Anthony Kenny HC 14 70

Final Day on Sunday 1st Aug 2010. Prizegiving in The Clubhouse at 9.30

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Captain's (Pierce Brennans' ) Prize: 1st Declan Roberts (9) 127nett; 2nd Jamie Dunne (13) 130nett; 3rd John Dunne (13) 131nett; Gross John Joyce (3) 147; 4th Brendan Kiernan (12) 132nett; 5th Ke in Halligan (10) 136nett; 6th Pat Leahy (22) 136nett; Junior 2 David Gorman (8) 140nett; Past Captain Louis Cosgra e (13) 140nett; Day Prize-Fri. Pierce Healy (11) 68; Sat. Johnny Murphy (12) 67

Laidies 3 Person Scramble 1st B Byrne (13); K Mitchell (17) 65 points; J Byrne (30); 2nd B Nolan (23); H Jordan (17) 65 3/5 points; M Collins (14)

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The pinnacle of any club golfer's year is the Captain's Prize and for the Captain it is also the high point of his year in office. Robert McHugh has been an outstanding member of the club for many years, how gratifying then that we had a great turnout for his much sought after prize.

Leaders from the qualifying round were Billy Byrne with a score of 66, Ned Cremin on 68, Hugh Doyle and Martin Donegan Jnr. on 69 with a host of players on 70. Sunday morning's weather was o ercast and ery humid, play started at 10.30 with the final groups teeing off at 2 pm. The early marker was set by dark horse Colm Cooney posting 143. veteran of many Captain's Prizes Tony Doran playing off a handicap of 7 threw in a 142. Then it was the turn of our President Jim Byrne following up his previous score of 70 with a magnificent 68. While all this was happening Fergal Doogue posted the round of the day with a 74 gross playing off 4. Raymond Danne holed a great putt on 18 for birdie to post 139. Billy Byrne leader from the first day got a ery tricky putt on 18 for a 72 to go with his 66-we have a play off! Jim Byrne on 138, Billy Byrne on 138!

The captain wished both players well and set them on their way for a sudden death play off to play 12, 13 and 18. A great crowd followed the two ball, witnessing steady golf in a ner e racking experience for both players and supporters, with Jim just pipping Billy on the last. A quick look through the history books sees Jim as the first sitting president to win the Captain's Prize in our club! A nice piece of history for Gentleman Jim.

On Sunday night a huge crowd joined Robert and his family for the presentation of prizes. In his Captain's address Robert welcomed his sister Geraldine, remembered his late father Joe and thanked his beautiful wife Paula and family for their support. He gave special thanks to the course staff for the magnificent condition of the course, not alone this weekend, but for the whole year. He thanked Richard Lynch for all his hard work as competition secretary and Owen Cooney for his great work in doing the leaderboard for the last 22 years! He ga e special mention to our PRO Brendan Doogue (who I might add is on holidays!) for the extremely hard work he has done in promoting the Club and who has also been the architect behind our ery successful open weeks over the past two years! Our ice Captain Fran Quaid and his team were given special credit for the extensive work they have done in and around the clubhouse. He also thanked our catering and bar team for their quality, service, and efficiency.

Results of Captain's Prize: Winner: Jim Byrne (18) 138 (on play-off); Runner up: Billy Byrne (15) 138; Third: Raymond Danne (7) 139; First Gross: Fergal Doogue (4) 152; Fourth: Tony Doran (7) 142; Fifth: Colm Cooney (10) 143; Second Gross: John Doran Jnr. (3) 153; Class 1 0-9: Niall Doogue (8) 144; Class 2 10-13: Martin Donegan Jnr. (12) 143; Class 3 14-18: Joe Fagan (14) 146; Class 4 19: Alan Worth (19) 144; 1st 18 Nett: Ned Cremin (10) 68; 2nd 18 Nett: Brian Brennan (6) 72; Front 9 Day 2: Michael Lynch (17) 35.5; Back 9 Day 2: John McCormack (15) 34.5; Past Captain's: John Glynn (10) 146; Over 55 yrs: Ke in Carey (13) 14

Next weekend is the turn of the ladies and we wish Lady Captain Olivia the very best for her big day. (word has it that Olivia is busy planning for the weekend) The first round of the Lady Captain Prize takes place on Thursday with the final round on Saturday afternoon from 1pm. Hopefully the sun will shine and the best of luck to all the ladies taking part.

There is an open ladies and gents singles on Saturday morning 31st July from 7am to 12.30 and on Sunday 1st August all day. Why not take this opportunity to come play, and enjoy a great parkland course with panoramic iews of the Wicklow Mountains. Entry €10 for members and €15 for visitors.

Captain's Plate (Non Qualifiers): First: Richard Lynch 38pts Second: James D'arcy 35pts; Third: Ken Browne 35pts

Tuesday Open Singles: David Whelan (6) 38pts; Martin Donegan Jnr. (11) 38pts; Dennis Patterson (5) 37 pts

Balto Wednesday-Team of 4: (14) 65 pts; John Kearns, Michael Farrell, Richard Ka anagh, John Cadde

Dates for Juvenile Diary: Wed July 28th @ 9.30 am; Wed Aug. 4th @ 9.30 am; Mon Aug 9th President Jim Byrne's Prize; Mon Aug 16th @ 9.30 am; Mon Aug 23rd Captain Robert McHugh's Prize to Juvenile

Open Singles every Tuesday, Entry €12. Wednesday at 5.50pm BALTO 14. Timesheets are a ailable for these e ents in the Clubhouse or contact the office from 10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday on 059 6481350. Full catering is a ailable.