Carrick Golf Club

Playing golf is only one of the reasons people join golf clubs, another big reason to join a golf club is to socialise and make friends. Wither you qualified to play in the grand final or not we are inviting all member (and their partners) to attend the prize presentation in the Golf Club and the After Party in the Tipsy Tailor. Even if its only for a non-alcoholic drink stick your head in and say hello, you will be very welcome.

PRESS RELEASE

O.B.N Series
Next Saturday is not only the OBN Series Grand Final, it is also the
Presentation of the Prizes from the six Qualifiers. The sponsorship of these qualifiers is at a level way above what is the norm at our club or indeed any other club. We know it won’t suit everyone but we ask that a large number of members of our Men's Club turn up for the prize giving to show our appreciation for the 6 qualifier sponsors. If you have a prize to collect make sure you are there or have someone to represent you at the presentation as the club will not take responsibility for minding prizes.

Gents Cottage Sponsored Results.
The club would like to thank Sham from the cottage Restaurant in
Jamestown for his sponsorship of last weekend’s competition.
The resultsare as follows.
1st Lee McKillen 44pts. (B9)
2nd Kevin Ward 44pts.
Gross: Dylan Beirne. 38pts.
3rd Jim King 43pts.

Ladies Results.

Thank you to everyone who played in the scramble last Wednesday.
Winners as follows
1st Lorna Baker, Anne Guckian and Trisha Doherty 29nett on count back.
2nd Ann Keenan, Josephine Wilton and Caroline Moran 29 nett. Well done, Ladies.
We will have no Scramble next
Wednesday Sept. 2nd. Will be back in action on the 9th. Sep.
The
Membership voucher for the ladies was played last weekend. Congrats to the winner Autumn Wood with an excellent score of 54pts.

Seniors Results.
Results Wk 35 Thurs 27 Aug 2026 Overall Winner Paddy Duffy 44pts.
Category Winners Cat. 1 John Moffatt 42pts. Cat 2. Michael Duignan 42pts.
Cat 3 Shay O’Connor 40pts.
Nine Winners F9 Kevin Glancy 22pts.
B9 Robbie Donaldson 23pts.

50/50 Draw Results.
61st draw winner on the 30th of August held in Carrick on Shannon golf club winner of 600 euros is Ciaran Reynolds the Butcher Carrick on Shannon . Thanks to everyone for your continued support.

Hi Everyone,
We have a very special evening at the club next Thursday evening @ 6pm . Aoife Kelly is a Galway lady who moved to Dubai. She only took up golf 5 years ago and with hard work and dedication she is now one of the top amateurs in the country playing off a Handicap of +1.6 Aoife is coming to give a talk and a golf clinic. Its particularly aimed at our young Junior girls and to any ladies who are thinking of taking up golf or who have recently taken it up. It’s a great opportunity to hear about Aoife’s Golf Journey and get some tips. (it’s a free event)

Up to know I haven't had a chance to say much about the OBN Series Order of Merit. but the Name Mckenna has lead the way the whole way during this years qualifiers. but it wasn't the Mckenna we all expected to top the table. Congrats to Tadgh Mckenna (visitor) who stormed into first position pulling back a 20 point difference and beating his father Noel on a count back. The Mckenna stock will be hard bought in the Auction on the 4th.

PRESS RELEASE

Connacht Shield Results.
Congrats to our Connacht Shield Team who had a good win over
Strandhill. The team were as follows Captain John Coffey.
Home: Niall Keaney and Cathal Dowd won on 18. Niall Loftus and Padraig McShera won on 18.
Away: Aaron Gibney and Keith Tighe Lost on 18.
Alan Ffrench & Alan Forde halved match.
Last weekend the team lost 3/1 to Tubbercurry.
The team were as follows Home: Alan Ffrench and
Alan Forde. Niall Keaney and Paul O’Brien. Away: Niall Loftus and
Padraic McShera, Damien Quigley and Cathal Dowd. Thanks to Captain John and Team for their effort.

Gents 3 T’S Golf Tournament Qualifier.
The winner will represent Carrick-on-Shannon Golf Club in the 3Ts
National Final, joining the Men’s Captain, Lady Captain and Ladies’
Competition winner who was Ann Louise Bohan. as our four-person club team. The final will be played at either Mount Juliet Estate or The K Club Palmer North Course. All entry fees go directly to 3Ts and their su***de prevention activities.
The Gents Results are as follows. 1st James Conners 43pts.
2nd Kevin Gilboy 41pts. Gross Charlie Boyle 35pts. 3 rd Shane
Kelly 41pts.

O.B.N Series
The results of the 5 th O.B.N. Series Kindly Sponsored by Kevin Ward from Wynne’s Bar Boyle are as follows.
Category 1 Handicap 1- 10 Niall Loftus 39pts 200euro.
Category 2 Handicap 10-17 Pat Gannon 47pts. 200euro.
Category 3 Handicap 17- 23 Sam Boyle 43pts. 200euro.
Category 4 Handicap 23 to 44 Frank Mulvey 44pts.
Gross Winner Daniel Egan.
Visitor Winner Dermot McDermott.
Well done to all who played.

CORA Systems Competition.

To say Philip, his family and CORA are amazing supporters of the Golf club is one of the biggest understatements we will ever make. I’m not sure the OBN Series would even exist without the support and leadership shown by the Martin Family in recent years. All we can say is thank you for all you have done and continue to do.

There were actually 179 players in this weekend record breaking competition. These figures are a fantastic indication of the current trajectory of Carrick on Shannon Golf Club. The product on offer continues to improve and word is spreading.
Scoring was amazing and there were some truly impressive
rounds of golf played. When the gun was to their heads some players stood up and were counted big time, on the other hand, some lads wilted like cut meadow on a sunny day.
Here are the full results of the competition at the weekend.
Cat 1 0-10 Damien Quigley
Cat 2 11- 16 Devin Hanley
Cat 3 17 -20 Sam Boyle
Cat 4 21 – 26 John Reynolds.
Cat5 27+ David Lawlor
Gross Winner David McDermott.
The planned schedule for the Grand Final on the 5th of September.
The plan is to have all players at the course from about 10.30am (tea/coffee, Scones etc) players collect their goodie bags and score cards.
Shotgun start @12 noon in 3 balls.
Play is expected to finish at 4.30ish, food for the 42 players @
4.45pm, Presentation of all the prizes from all the qualifiers and the
Grand Final @ 5.30pm. Back to the Tipsy Tailor Bar for the after party at 7.30 to 8pm. if anything changes, we will let ye know.

Ladies Scramble Results.
Ladies thank you all who played in scramble. The winning team with 27 nett was Ann Keenan, Geraldine Conlon and Mary Maguire... well done Ladies
Play in Pink 9-hole scramble results. 1st Noeleen Moffatt, Mary
Blake and Trisha Doherty 30 net.
2nd Mary O’Rourke, Helen Lavin and Patricia Fitzgerald 32net.
3rd Eithne McGuire Kathleen Martin and Mary Maguire 34nett.

Play in Pink Results.
What a fantastic week of golf in support of NBCRI with a wonderful
turnout in all competitions-about 200 in all. Sadly we have not
prizes for all but I'm sure our visitors enjoyed playing our course as we all did.
The best dressed lady was won by style icon: Marie Laydon. In The
Gents Section Paddy Duffy was the winner.
The 9-hole winners were-1st Mena Doherty, 2nd Veronica Sheeran and 3rd Mary Layden.
The 18-hole winner with a wonderful 42 points was Carmel Stritch, 2nd Mary Blake and visitors prize goes to Dun Laoghaire with Liz Hogan bringing in a great score.
In the Gents section 1st Tony Woodhead 44pts (B9)
2nd John Charles 44pts. Visitor Pat McHugh 38pts.

Seniors Results.
Thanks to all the Seniors who travelled to the Slieve Russell.
The Resultswere as follows. 1st Michael Kelly, Paddy Duffy, Mick Blake & Paddy Dillon 46pts. (B9)
2nd Damien Duignan, Dermot Conlon, Michael Duignan & Gerry
Garvey 46pts.
3rd Robbie Donaldson, Kevin O’Rourke, Barry Donnellan &
Pat Gannon Kilmore. 44pts.
Our overnight outing this year is to Kells Co Meath on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th of September. 2 rounds of Golf
at Headford Old and New Golf course, Bed and Breakfast & Evening Meal.

Result. Wk 33 Thurs 13th Aug 2026
Overall Winner Pat Gannon 43pts.
Category Winners:
Cat 1 Frank McGrath 41pts.
Cat 2 Paddy Dillon 40pts.
Cat 3 Sean Gilmartin 41pts.
Nine Winners F9 Michael Duignan 22pts. B9 Eamon Costello 22pts.

Result . Wk 34 Thurs 20th Aug 2026
Play in Pink Overall Winner Tony Woodhead 47pts.
Category Winners:
Cat 1 Sean McMonagle 42pts.
Cat 2 Joe Keville 37pts.
Cat 3 Francie Foley 41pts.
Nine Winners F9 Seamus Mulhern 21pts. B9
Michael Delorey 22pts.

The full itinerary for the OBN Series Grand Final. In two weeks time

Well done to all who played in this weekends record breaking CORA Systems Competition. To say Philip, his family and CORA are amazing supporters of the Golf club is one of the biggest understatements I will ever make. I’m not sure the OBN Series would even exist without the support and leadership shown by the Martin Family in recent years. All I/we can say is thank you for all you have done and continue to do.
There was actually 179 players in this week’s competition (2 more than previously announced). These figures are a fantastic indication of the current trajectory of Carrick on Shannon Golf Club. The product on offer continues to improve and word is spreading.
Scoring was amazing and there were some truly impressive rounds of golf played. When the gun was to their heads some players stood up and were counted big time. on the other hand some lads wilted like cut meadow on a sunny day. Here are the full results of the competition at the weekend (report to follow)

Young Devin Hanley produced the round of his life, shooting a four-over-par 74 — ten shots better than his 14 handicap!

As we speak, a DNA test has been ordered to determine whose son he really is, as genetics alone can’t explain this form.

Devin loves his golf and has applied himself brilliantly, so I’m delighted for ya. I’m actually even more delighted that you’ve been cut four shots — it might give the rest of us a chance in the Grand Final!

Well done, Devin — our Category 2 winner.

In second place, and undoubtedly the hardest-done man in Ireland this week, was big-hitting Ben Guckian — not to be confused with his father, Brendan, who is short enough off the tee!

Ben also produced the round of his life, scoring 43 points. He had the worst luck in the world to find himself in the same category as Devin.

Don’t worry, Ben — you’ll have loads of time for golf in a few weeks when the championship group stages are over! A great score. Well done.

The old saying, “Middling hurlers make good golfers,” certainly proved true for our third-place finisher, Damien Quigley, who also scored 43 points.

Quigley shot a level-par 70 off his seven handicap. To be honest, his brother-in-law Stephen was of the opinion that he was struggling off seven and would be more comfortable with a double-figure handicap — but what would he know?

Anyone know how Elphin got on this weekend?

Great shooting, Damien. It was a superb round of golf and secured the Category 1 prize.

Fourth place was taken by John Reynolds with 41 points. John is a true gentleman, and I used to do a lot of business with him back in the day when he was in Bank of Ireland.

John has sneaked into the Grand Final by virtue of being our Category 4 winner. Well done, John.

In fifth place was visitor Tadhg McKenna, son of multimillionaire, Private Jet owner, block layer Noel.

Tadhg has enjoyed a fantastic OBN Series, playing some great golf, and is this year’s “Gerry King”-type visitor. Well done, Tadhg.

In 6th with a great score of 40 points and category winner for the second week in a row is Sam Boyle. Sam another young golfer is having a great golfing summer. If your fathers hair is anything to go by you didn’t need to dye yours, you just need to wait a few years. Well done Sam serious shooting. (Category 3 winner)

If Gross winner David McDermott fell out of a window at the moment, he’d go straight up!

Not only did he win the Captain’s Prize after climbing something like 15 positions, but he also scuffed it around on Saturday to shoot a gross 69 — while carrying Fiachra Neary on his back — as all the other low men filled the togs.

Clutch!

See you on the 5th of September.

Our Category 5 winner was David Lawlor. David — husband of Autumn in the office/shop — shot a great round of 39 points and claimed the final place in the Grand Final.

Well done, David. See ya on the 5th!

To everyone else who scored points, well done.

To the rest of ye — tough luck!