A list of the GUI Inter-Club Competitions that Dunfanaghy Golf Club is competing in this year can be viewed in the 'About Us' section or by clicking here

Although the forecast at the weekend was for rain, in Dunfanaghy we had clear blue skies and very little wind - more like a good summer day than mid-January in Donegal.
We still have 6” placing on the fairways at present with no dropping off into the semi rough as the course is still in fine shape with the warm conditions.
 On Saturday we ran a new competition for Dunfanaghy Golf Club which was the “yellow ball” competition where each team is given a marked yellow ball and it is then played as a 4BBB format with the players taking turns to play the yellow ball.
With the calm weather the scoring was superb and 86 points walked away with the prize on the day.
Sunday was another great day and especially for our past Secretary, Cairns Witherow, who got his first “hole in one” on the 9th hole. Cairns followed this up with a super score of 42 points for his round as well.
Dunfanaghy's  Gaeltacht team were away to Rosapenna on Saturday but the result was not good for Dunfanaghy at all. Playing the Sandy Hills course in Rosapenna was more than the team could manage.
Food is still being served at weekends in the club house and Chef Paddy is busy as usual cooking up some culinary delights for us all.
Next week is the start of the Six Nation Rugby. The one and only Paul Smyth has managed to get a Big Screen and Projector organised to enable viewing in style in the clubhouse. Paul is hoping to have things sorted for next weekend.
 
Sunday 29th January
Club Single Stableford

1st           Daniel McColgan              41pts BOT
2nd         Cairns Witherow              41pts
Gross     Shane Greer                       30 gross pts
3rd          John McCosker                 40pts
Cat         Cyril Robinson                   37pts
 
Cairns Witherow Hole in One on 9th

Saturday 28th January
 4BBB Yellow Ball

1st           S Hanlon, Pat Bonner, T Robb, M Dunn   86pts

 
Wednesday 25th  January
Open Stableford

1st           Hugh Coll             34pts BOT
2nd          Joe Terry              34pts

Apologies to everyone for the omission of the results of the Gents Open Seniors on Monday 16th January. The results can now be viewed below in Week ending 22nd January results. 

Another Amazing weekend of weather in Dunfanaghy, a bit cold and frosty to start the day off (photos below), but it didn’t take long for the scoring to start heating up and it was a close finish on all three days with only a few points difference between the top three positions.

Sunday 22nd January
Gents Single Stableford

1st         Bill McCallion         43 pts
2nd       Derek Porter           41 pts  BOT
Gross   Daniel McColgan    35 pts
3rd       Collan Keegan          41 pts  BOT
Cat.     Connie Ferry             38 pts  BOT

1st 9     Cyril Robinson          21 pts  BOT
2nd 9   Tim Ryan                    22 pts

Saturday 21st January
Open Single Stableford

1st        Peter Smyth           42 pts
2nd      Oisin Friel              41 pts   BOT
Gross   Niall Carroll          34 pts
3rd       Kevin McBride      41 pts   BOT
Cat.      Kevin Ward            40 pts

1st 9     Charles Roarty  Jnr   21 pts   
2nd 9   Mark Maguire            22 pts
                                        CSS  37 pts

Wednesday 18th January
Open Stableford

1st      Seamus McCauley       42 pts
2nd    Seamus Clerkin           38 pts   BOT
Gross  Paul O'Reilly               31 pts
3rd     Martin Leonard           38 pts   BOT
Cat     John McGettigan         38 pts
                                         CSS  37 pts 

Monday 16th  January
Gents Open Seniors Stableford

1st     Hugh Coll                       40 pts  BOT
2nd   Ivan Stewart (B/S)         40 pts
3rd    Hugh Temple (B/S)       38 pts  BOT
4th    Jimmy Keenan               38 pts

1st 9   Conal McAbhaird (L/K)   20 pts
2nd 9 PJ McGowan (B/S)            20 pts
                                              CSS 37pts

What a glorious weekend of weather in Dunfanaghy this weekend. We escaped the worst of the frost and enjoyed the best of the sunshine as the photos below testify to. How many of the lucky golfers enjoying the sunshine you can identify?

The fixtures for 2017 are now available to view on the members page. Apologies for the delay in publishing.
 click here to go straight to the fixtures.

Results for Monday 16th January  Seniors' Open

1st Rose Gavaghan (28)                    36 pts BOT
 2nd Dolores Devaney (13) (BS)      36 pts
 3rd Marion Keating (19)   (LK)        35 pts
 1st 9 Cathleen Boyle 19 pts
2nd 9 Ann Sweeney (BS) 20 pts
 css 36 pts.

Our next ladies' open is the Links on 7th February, book on line or ring the club house.
Club competitions continue as usual, 14 holes mid week and 18 holes each
Saturday, all still counting as we are still on the fairways.

Sunday 15th January
 Monthly Medal
1st           Aidan (Bubba) Fox   (19)           41 Pts
2nd         Michael Kelly            (13)           39 Pts
Gross    John Hanna                 (6)           29 Gross Pts
3rd          Collan Keegan          (13)           37 Pts
Cat.         Paddy Hegarty          (22)          35 Pts
                                                                               Css 67

Saturday 14th January
 Open 4BBB.
1st           A Boreland,  O McAviney  (Letterkenny)      44 Pts
2nd          T Griffin, R Griffin              (B/S)                     44 Pts Bot
3rd           P Smyth, A Murray            (Dunfanaghy)       44 Pts Bot
 

 A Happy New Year to all our members and supporters.  Thank you for
supporting our competitions and we hope to see you all again this
year.  There is a very complimentary article by Fionn Davenport, Lonely
Planet and Irish Times Travel journalist about Dunfanaghy Golf Course on the ILGU
Website.   
Click here to view.   

You will also find it on the Dunfanaghy Golf Club Face Book  page.  

Results for Tuesday  3rd January Open

 1st Vera Kearney LK (19) 30 pts, BOT
 2nd Gerarda Arnold (25) 30 pts, BOT
Gross -  Marion O'Sullivan LK (11)
 3rd Grace McFadden (35) 30 pts BOT
1st   9  Sadie Marie Curran (24) 21 pts,
2nd  9 Bried McLaughlin LK (35) 17 pts,
CSS 33.  A very blustery day by all accounts.

Our next open is the Seniors' next Monday 16th January, and then the
February Links on 7th February, book online or phone the club house.

Our Golfing Year started well with all the officers doing themselves
proud.  Good luck for a successful and enjoyable year to Lady Captain
Nora, Lady President Doreen, Mr Captain Sean and Mr President Keith. 
The usual 4 person scramble took place after the drive in and great
scores were returned, the winners having a score of 55.1.  Teresa Jackson was on 
the team finishing second  and Deborah Moore and Mary Lafferty featured in the team finishing third.

 Sunday  8th January
Gents Club Stableford
  1st  John McGlynn    44Pts
  2nd  Gerard Harkin    41Pts
Gross  Paul O'Reilly    30 Gross Pts

Saturday  7th January
Captains' Drive-In Scramble
  1st  Andy Murray/Colin Higgs/James McCorkell/Peter Ganley          55.1
  2nd  Ken Armstrong/Cornie McMullan/Cairns Witherow/Teresa Jackson  56.2
  3rd  Brendan Kelly/ Joe Terry/Deborah Moore/ Mary Lafferty          56.3

Wednesday  4th January
Open Single Stableford
1st    Greg Sullivan    17    Letterkenny    38pts
2nd    Eddie Sullivan    18    C/B        37pts
Gross    Hugh Gallchoir    5    G'Dore        29Gross Pts
3rd    David Moore    13    Dunfanaghy    13    37pts
Cat    Paddy Hegarty    22    Dunfanaghy    22    36pts
                    Css 67