Congratulations to Dunfanaghy legend and all round good guy, Daniel Devine who won Nigel Doherty's President's Prize. Congratulations also to our President, Nigel for a wonderful day and thank you for such an array of fabulous prizes.
Full List of President's Day Prize Winners: 1st Daniel Devine (23) 43 Pts 2nd Female Una Diver (39) 41 Pts 2nd Male Seamus McCauley (10) 40 Pts BOT Gross Niall Carroll (-02) 37 Gross Pts 3rd Theresa Farrell (19) 40 Pts 4th Mark Caithness (15) 39 Pts BOT 5th Paul Burton (15) 39 Pts 6th Cathleen Boyle (23) 38Pts BOT 7th Gillian Robinson (21) 38Pts BOT Beginner Prize: Aisling McFadden (50) 33Pts Past Lady President: Margaret Roarty (28) 32Pts Past Men's President: Roger Green (17) 31Pts Ladies Committee: Eilish Walsh (29) 33Pts Men's Committee: Gerald Dalton (10) 36Pts Front 9 Neil Gallagher (23) 25 Pts Back 9 Bill Nixon (20) 22 Pts Ladies Nearest the Pin: Cheryl Chambers Ladies longest Drive: Grace O Neill Men's Nearest The Pin: Mal Johnston Men's longest Drive: Michael Cannon President's Scramble Winners: Jim McLaughlin, Oliver Browne, Nuala Cosgrove & President Nigel Doherty Congratulations to Team Captain Siobhan Bogues and our Ladies Intermediate Foursomes team who advance to the Ulster North Quarter Finals with a 3.5 & 0.5 win over Kilrea on Thursday 30th May. 2 matches were played at home & 2 away, all 4 matches were tightly contested with 2 wins at home & 1 win away. Thank you to the Kilrea ladies for their hospitality & the great spirit in which the matches were played.
Pictured are the Home team of Mary McColgan, Mary Lafferty, Lady Vice Captain Daphne Tease, Margaret Witherow with Lady Captain Eilish Walsh & Team Captain Siobhan Bogues. The Away team of Deirdre Farry, Heather Hamilton, Gillian Robinson, Natalie Cummings & Team Vice Captain Paula Sweet. A very strong turnout for this years Classic, on a beautiful day. Our course is looking and playing very well, so thank you to our greenkeeping staff . Thank you to all of the teams who supported the event and to all of our sponsors. Well done winners some of whom are pictured below.
Prize Winners 1st Ciaran McDermott, Michael Buchanan, Johnny McGrath & Enda McDermott - North West & B/S 96 Pts 2nd Theresa Farrell, Carmel Klein-Kelly, Mary McColgan & Amanda Witherow 94 Pts 3rd Barbara Eakin, Mary Lafferty, Margaret Witherow & Sandra McGinley 93 Pts 4th Fergal Callan, Darragh McMenamin, Keith Shiels & Dessie Shiels 91 Pts 5th Coalan Collum, Paul Ferry, John Murphy & Owen McGee Jnr - Cloughaneely 90 Pts 6th Rosie Agnew, Alayne Treacher, June Nelson & Maggie Logue 89 Pts BOT Gents Nearest the Pin 13th: Neale McCrossan Ladies Nearest the Pin 17th: Deborah Moore Gents Longest Drive 16th: Sean Mullan Ladies Longest Drive 15th: Grace O'Neill Thank you also to everyone who supported our raffle on Saturday. We raised €600 for Relay for Life. Thank you to Victor Byrne of McDonalds Letterkenny for sponsoring some amazing prizes. Raffle Winners Putter: Eilish Walsh Lob wedge: Alayne Treacher Golf watch: Pat Mc Guire Dozen golf balls: Paddy Farry Congratulations to our Ulster Womens Trophy team who had a convincing win over Ballyliffin on Sunday 19th May. We won 4 matches 2 at home and 2 away.
Pictured Home team: Yvonne Armstrong, Janice Doherty, Vice captain Margaret Witherow & Deirdre Farry. Away team: Gillian Robinson, Captain Jill McCorkell, Theresa Farrell & Mary Lafferty. Thank you to Ballyliffin for a great sporting match. Club member, Darcy Hogg heads off to Kent University in the USA in the Autumn. We wish Darcy lots of luck on the next leg of his journey. Before focusing on a summer of golf and competing for more trophies, Darcy is returning the trophies he won last year - The Ulster Boys' U18 Championship and the Ulster U18 Order of Merit. Darcy's name on the Ulster Boys' Trophy joins some illustrious names from the upper echelons of our sport - Harry Diamond, Ricky Elliot (Rory & Brooks caddies) Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy (twice). We hope once Darcy is on the tour and competing for majors that he comes back to see us from time to time!
Congratulations to Team Captain Siobhan Bogues and our Ladies Intermediate Foursomes team who advance to the next round with a 2.5 & 1.5 win over Portstewart on Wednesday 24th April. The sun shone on both courses & it was a beautiful day for golf. 2 matches were played at home & 2 away and all 4 matches were tightly contested. Thank you to the ladies from Portstewart who played the competition in great spirit and sportsmanship.
Pictured are the away team of Heather Hamilton, Natalie Cummings, Team Captain Siobhan Bogues, Gillian Robinson & June T Nelson & the home team of Margaret Witherow, Lady Vice Captain Daphne Tease, Mary McColgan & Mary Lafferty. Paul McGinley and Joe Bedford from Paul McGinley Design, https://paulmcginleydesign.com/ yesterday, shared with members their vision for the future of Dunfanaghy Golf Club. Paul and Joe walked the fairways with members on a very breezy and sometimes wet afternoon to bring to life for members their plans for the redesign of some of the holes at the eastern end of the course.
Later in the evening, Paul presented to a packed club house and many more members on Zoom. This resulted in a resounding endorsement from members for all of Paul's plans. We look forward to the next steps on this exciting journey. We would all like to express our immense gratitude to Paul and Joe for all their incredible efforts and their generosity. Watch this space! Ryder Cup Captain and great friend of Dunfanaghy Golf Club, Paul McGinley took time out of his busy schedule to meet with the club's young golfers. Paul presented the winner of the Paul McGinley Cup, Lucas Wood with his trophy. Paul also chatted to the young golfers and kindly posed for some photos, making it a memorable day for our juniors and their parents. We cannot thank Paul enough for taking such an interest in the future of our club.
Thursday 2nd November 2023 saw the final of the mixed doubles - Paul Smyth & Pauline Smyth vs Mary Lafferty & Brendan McGrath; the match was played in blazing sunshine & lightening fast greens. Early holes were exchanged and it was clear that this match was going all the way. Team Smyths dropped it a gear with a run of 5 pars from the 7th to the 12th to move them 3 up in the match up. They thought it was all over!!!! BUT...
Mary & Ohhh ahh McGrath did not panic and needed a Win on the 18th to force a play off. Great drive from Mary and a solid iron from Ohhh ahh gave a tap in par with Paul having a 15 foot putt to win the title. Putt was missed. Play off holes required. Both teams had great drives down the first, and the Smyths lipped out for par handing the title to Mary Lafferty & Ohhh ahh McGrath. Amazing match and played in great spirit. Congratulations to all who participated in the competition and to the green keepers who have the course in fantastic condition. Apparently celebrations went late into the night as champagne was sprayed by the winning team in the car park to the sound of chants from the watching crowd of 'We are the champions'. Click here to see a full list of results for the Mixed Double Competition. |