The Autumn programme took place last week over 3 days on the 30th, 31st August and 1st September. The weather was excellent and allowed a clear run at the operations. However, Murphy’s law kicked in and a drive belt went on one of the machines and a greens mower also broke down on the first day, resulting in some lost time. The programme consisted of the following operations.
Aeration
Scarifying – a contractor hired with the appropriate machine to carry out this operation. Approx. 15 tons of material was removed in this process.
Pot planting - solid tine machine punched holes in the greens.
Over seeding – fescue mix
Sanding – this involved spreading and brushing in the sand. Approx. 35 tons of sand applied in this process.
The greens were cut on Wed (7th) and Thur (8th) and will be cut and rolled on Fri (9th). With the recent welcome rain and continuing warm weather, the putting surfaces should be back to normal in about 2 weeks.
Some fairways have been severely burned but most of these should recover quickly, given the recent rain. Some areas will not recover and will need reseeding.
Winter programme – The Green’s Committee have discussed priorities for the Winter programme, and this will be finalised next week with Ben Moore.
Paddy Cooney
Course Convenor
9 Sept 2022
GOLF CLUB TRADE IN EVENT
We are delighted to welcome golfclub4cash to Howth Golf Club for our first ever club trade in event.
The event will take place on Thursday September 15th from 2pm to 5pm and allows members to trade in their old/unwanted golf clubs for shop credit.
A golfclubs4cash representative will be in the club on the day to give valuations on your clubs which will then be credited to your shop account.
For more information contact us in the shop at 018323055 Ext 2
Men's Golf Club News
Men's Monday Nighters
Mens Monday Nighters
As the Monday Nighters prepare for hibernation, 38 players experienced a mixture of conditions with the wind again a dominant factor. Jim Fitzgerald came in with a magnificent 24 points to put clear daylight between himself and Ray O’ Hanlon in second on 21 points. Ronan Barry was a further 3 points back on 18 with Eddie Walsh nicking fourth on 17 points despite his cut for a previous win.
Joe Brightling, not to be outdone by his playing partner Jim, birdied the 8th as did Aidan Canny with both winning €19.
1st Jim Fitzgerald - 24 points €40
2nd Ray O’ Hanlon – 21 points €30
3rd Ronan Barry – 18 points €20
4th Eddie Walsh - 17 points (19-2 prev) (L6) €10
All prizes will be credited to your shop accounts gents.
The top 15 in the league are presented below and this reflects the great scoring consistency that we’ve seen during the season. There’s nothing to separate Michael O’Neill and Joe Brightling at the top of the table with 3 scheduled competitions left! Some players outside the top 15 are still short of the minimum 12 returns so there is still time for you to improve your league position. The final league positions will be revealed at the Annual Dinner on Saturday 1st October. Details of the Final’s Day competition & dinner will be advised next week.
Position
Total
Returns
Average
JT1
Michael
O'Neill
224
12
18.67
JT1
Joe
Brightling
224
12
18.67
3
Ray
O'Hanlon
216
12
18.00
4
Mark
Meyler
212
12
17.67
5
Jim
Clune
206
12
17.17
6
Vincent
Moore
203
12
16.92
7
Muiris
Heron
202
12
16.83
8
Colm
Gormley
200
12
16.67
9
Colm
O'Conaill
198
12
16.50
10
Camillus
Dooley
196
12
16.33
11
Richard
Dunne
195
12
16.25
12
Hugh
Grennan
194
12
16.17
13
Tim Alan
McDonnell
193
12
16.08
14
Martin
Mullen
191
12
15.92
15
Michael
O'Connor
189
12
15.75
See you all next Monday 12th September.
Brian O’ Connor & Colm Gormley
Convenors
_______________________________________________
Tuesday Night 06-Sep-2022
Nightly Sponsors John Clancy & Michael O'Connor
You know you are entering the business end of the season when the nights are closing in and the weather becoming a bit more inclement and the big names come out to play. Rory did it last week but this week it was the convenors who came to scoop up the prizes. Pat Meade got over the disappointment of seeing his playing partner grabbing a 2 to take the class B prize.
The timesheet for Tuesdays final day on Saturday 24th September with a shot gun start and barbecue / prize giving afterwards will open on Thursday 15th.
Just a note on housekeeping, could we remind everyone to ensure their scores are entered on the Ireland Clubs system as the main competition is handicap qualifying and all scores must be returned. Please add your exact, course & playing handicap to your card.
Twos 4 winners €21 each
Herbert, Jack
O'Riordan, Kevin
Keogh, Eoai
Carton, Colm
1st
Keogh, Eoai
20 pts L6
€ 40
2nd
Moore, Frank
20 pts
€ 30
Class B
Meade, Patrick
18 pts L3
€ 30
3rd
Carton, Colm
18 pts L6
€ 25
4th
McLoughlin, Shane
18 pts L3
€ 20
5th
O'Connor, Michael
17 pts L6
€ 15
Are final Tuesday Night and & Major (Corr Optical Championship) is on Tuesday 20th September and we have a spot for 2 Nightly Sponsors.
Nightly Sponsors next Tuesday 13th September Anthony (Tony) Wright & David Spain
Eoai & Colm
Lady Captain’s News
9th September
Congratulations to our Fingal Seniors Ladies team who have battled valiantly all summer and have now reached the final. Well done to the team who endured the wind to beat The Island GC in the semi final – Alice Kissane, Agnes Buckley, Nuala O Connell, Helen Webster, Jacyntha Cooke, Anne Kelly, Carol Scott and Geraldine McGuire.
Like all teams, success is built on the strength of the panel and the manager. Congratulations to all who have participated for Howth in the Fingal Seniors this year and to Mary Geraghty who has managed the team to get to the final. We all eagerly await hearing who the opposition will be in the final. I hope that as many of you as possible will be out to support our Howth Ladies in the final.
Good luck to all in the Michael Hannigan Shield on Saturday and to those of you who have qualified to play in the Club Cup Final on Sunday. Let’s hope the weather is kind.
Ex Officio, Mary Tynan will host her prize giving evening, next Tuesday 13th Sept at 7:30pm for the winners of Trophies and Medals from 2020 and 2021. ( this prize giving was unable to take place during Covid 19 ). We hope to see you all there.
Monday Nighters.
As we head into the autumn, we have another first time winner of our Monday Nighters, Aoife Dunne who won on a count back from Maura Dillon. I would like to thank Maura for all her work with the Monday Nighters over the summer.
Lady Captain Gillian
Juniors
Pictured on the second day of the Shay Smith Trophy at Clontarf Golf Club last Sunday afternoon where Howth finished middle of the field in the two day Annual scramble event. A great performance by Howth girls at their first such event for the club. Well done to all involved and thanks to our Lady Captain Gillian and Vice Captain Helen for their support on the day.
Juniors
Junior Boys
The Junior Matchplay
championship is taking
shape.
The semifinals are:
Bear Dummer V Conor White
Billy Canny V Jack Clune.
The Matchplay for the yellow
tees has the winner of Matt
Canny v Fionn Trimble
meeting Michael MacCanna
in the Final.
Best of luck to all.
Fingal League team are presenting the Captain/ Club with trophy and pennant on this Sunday afternoon.
First Music Circle on
Wednesday, October, 12th
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For those of you who don't follow our social media pages, which I strongly recommend you do,
below are some of the measures we are taking to prepare for reopening, hopefully soon, also there are some nice course visuals.
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