The 16 hole competition on Wednesday 22nd was won by Lady President Geraldine Coughlan (21) with 29 pts, 2nd was Beth Dunne (17) with 27 pts and 3rd was Mary Rohan (24) also with 27 pts. The competition was sponsored by Mary Allen. The competitiion this week is alo over 16 holes. We will be back to 18 hole competitions next week.

RESULTS – Club Stableford 26/3/2023: 1^st Overall – Robert Ryan (22) 45pts, 1^st Cat 1 – Tommy Digan (5) 36pts, 1^st Cat 2 – Danny O’Connor (13) 36pts, 1^st Cat 3 – Vinny McCormack (18) 40pts, 1^st Cat 4 – Thomas Kerrigan (24) 37pts, Ladies 1^st – Ella Grennan (13) 44pts.  

13 Hole Weekly Stableford 26/3/2023: 1^st Sam Moran (21) 31pts.

Andy Dunne, Padraig Keenan & Martin Horan enjoyed a round together on Friday. 

UPCOMING COMPETITIONS – The Nick Linnane & Co. Thursday Opens are back on March 30^th and then next weekend we have the Adrian Kennedy Memorial and of course the running 13 holes competition can be played any day.

2023 GOLFER OF THE YEAR – There are already 101 players with GOTY points and the latest is Billy McKnight who picked up a point at the weekend. Tommy Digan is our new leader on 95pts with Sam Moran 91pts, Eoin Ryan 90pts, Robert Ryan 80pts and Andy Dunne 77pts among the early pacesetters.

COURSE CORNER – The course is in great shape despite the miserable weather so please continue to look after the bunkers, divots and pitch marks.

MIDLANDS INTERMEDIATE ALLIANCE - The final outing for this year was the Captains Prize in Mullingar GC and the prizewinners were – 1^st Overall – Paul Murphy (Mullingar) 41pts, Cat 1 – Tony Dunne 39pts, Richie Allen 37pts, George Lovell 37pts, Ray Donoghue 37pts, Cat 2 – Aidan Cassidy 40pts, Thomas Kerrigan 37pts, Ken Lovell 37pts, Oran Dunne 36pts.

Ger Coughlan in Alliance action at Mullingar

Regards,  

Andy Dunne 

Moate Golf Club 

Hon. Secretary & P.R.O 

Despite the inclement weaather in the early part of the day there was a very good entry in the annual White Elephant Competition on St Patrick's Day. The winners were 1st Grainne Costello, 2nd Carmel Cackey and 3rd Marianne Young. Though all who attended the presentation went home with a prize.

The ladies weekly competitions start back Wednesday 22nd with a 16 hole competition sponsored by Mary Allen.

Shane Tone, Robert Ryan, Kevin Lynam, Michael O'Leary and George Garvey all teeing off on Sunday in the Winter League Final. 

RESULTS – Seery’s Cash & Carry Weekend Stableford 19/3/2023: 1^st Overall – Sam Moran (21) 44pts, 1^st Cat 1 – Colm Farrell (8) 34pts, 1^st Cat 2 – Michael Kelly (9) 40pts, 1^st Cat 3 – David Delaney (15) 37pts, 1^st Cat 4 – Philip Dully (25) 39pts, Ladies 1^st – Beth Dunne (17) 36pts.  

13 Hole Weekly Stableford 19/3/2023: 1^st Eddie Nally (22) 34pts, 2^nd Sam Moran (21) 30pts, Ladies 1^st – Joan Molloy (16) 24pts.

St. Patrick’s Day Club Stableford 17/3/2023: 1^st Noel Dunne (22) 34pts, 2^nd Ray Donoghue (12) 41pts, 3^rd Tommy Digan (5) 40pts.

Rory Minagh & Paddy Coyne watch on as Sean Egan putts on 17. 

UPCOMING COMPETITIONS – Next weekend we have an 18 hole club stableford and the running 13 holes can be played any day.

2023 SEERY’S CASH & CARRY WINTER LEAGUE – 69 finalists took to the course on Sunday morning and despite a bright sunny start to the day our Winter League final soon lived up to its name. The winners of the Callaway Mavrik drivers with a combined score of 108pts are Micheal Kelly, Derek Milton & Philip Dully so congratulations to them and the other prize winning teams. We really appreciate the sponsorship over many years from Seery’s Cash & Carry and we’ll organise the presentation in a couple of weeks. The full table will be posted to the website so all involved can see where their team finished.

2023 GOLFER OF THE YEAR – No surprise to see weekend winner Sam Moran at the top of the table after 3 events on 79pts, Andy Dunne is happy in 2^nd just 2pts behind after 3 successive top 40 finishes and Eoin Ryan is tied with Gerry Jordan for 3^rd on 70pts. There are now 84 players with GOTY points and the highest new entry is Kevin Lynam with 36pts.  

MOATE ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE - The Moate Parade was a fantastic occasion for the town and we were delighted to be involved. Mike Hiney & I represented the club and maybe next year we’ll get a few more to join us!

COURSE CORNER – Fair play to the course team for having the place in great condition for the Winter League Final despite the wet weather for chunks of the past few days. We will now revert to yellow tees at least until the end of March. Please continue to look after the bunkers, divots and pitch marks. While we have ordered some more sand bags it is important that people return them to the stand so they can be used more rather than spending the whole week in your boot.

MIDLANDS INTERMEDIATE ALLIANCE - The final outing for this year is the Captains Prize which will be held in Mullingar GC next Sunday. If you haven’t booked a spot already please contact Paddy on 085 248 5177 as the timesheet is filling up fast. All outstanding prizes will also be available at this event.

ANDY’S ARCHIVE – Just time for a little one this week from the Irish Press dated 28/8/1941. “J. Nangle, the local professional, will partner Harry Bradshaw, Irish professional champion, at Tullamore on Sunday against Paddy Mahon and Eddie Hackett in a Red Cross exhibition match.” Joe Nangle later became pro at Moate for a couple of years.

More Seery's Cash & Carry Winter League Final action - Mike Hiney, Joe Creggy & Rory Minagh

Not ideal golfing weather! 

RESULTS – A.B. Oil – V Par 12/3/2023: 1^st Overall - Robert Ryan (22) 8 up, 1^st Cat 1 – Rory Minagh (6) 6 up, 1^st Cat 2 – Declan Murphy (11) 5 up, 1^st Cat 3 – Eoin Ryan (15) 7 up, 1^st Cat 4 – Sam Moran (21) 8 up, Ladies 1^st – Mary Horan (24) 3 down.

13 Hole Stableford 12/3/2023: 1^st Rory Minagh (6) 29pts, 2^nd Eamon Coughlan (10) 28pts, Ladies 1^st – Beth Dunne (17) 24pts.

But things loooked a lot better on Sunday - 

UPCOMING COMPETITIONS – Next weekend we have an 18 hole club stableford running in conjunction with the Seery’s Cash & Carry Winter League Final. As the 18 hole competitions are back our running 13 holes will continue but have reverted to 1^st, 2^nd & 1^st Ladies (unless a high number of entries dictate more prizes) and there are no minus points for wins or places.

2023 SEERY’S CASH & CARRY WINTER LEAGUE – Andy Dunne & Brendan Stanley still lead the way heading into the final few days of qualifying. Last cards will be taken on Wednesday 15^th March. Right now due to ties 69 players (lowest 131pts) would qualify for the final so it’s an anxious wait for a few in the 60’s and even early 70’s to see if they make it. 98 players returned the minimum 5 cards or more with 121 entered overall. The final will take place on Sunday March 19^th and the draw will be published Wednesday night. If anyone is unable to play in the final please notify Andy (086 0556336) so a replacement can be promoted.

2023 GOLFER OF THE YEAR – Another table that Padraig Keenan has updated for us and after 2 competitions Gerry Jordan has sprinted into a lead on 70pts with Andy Dunne 63pts and Michael O’Leary 54pts making up the top 3. There are already 70 players with GOTY points.

MOATE ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE  - We are delighted to be participating in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Moate this year and if anyone wants to join us in promoting the club and being involved in an important event for the town you will be more than welcome. 

COURSE CORNER – Everyone is raving about how good our course is looking and playing just now but it’s important to remember that it doesn’t happen by accident. Tom and his team put a lot of effort in and expect all members and visitors to play their part by sticking to the three R’s - Replacing and or sanding divots, Repairing pitchmarks and Raking bunkers as a minimum.  

ANDY’S ARCHIVE – This week we have an item from a long time ago and a long distance. Found in the New Zealand Tablet dated 3/8/1905 was this item on Canon Kearney who was on our inaugural golf club committee in 1900.

“The Very Rev. Canon Kearney, Moate, celebrated the golden jubilee of his ordination on June 12. He was born at Ballinahown over eighty years ago, and was ordained by the late Dr. Higgins in June, 1855. He has been parish priest of Moate for nearly forty years, and is greatly esteemed by all classes. The priests of the diocese of Meath joined those of the diocese of Ardagh in doing honor to the venerable Canon. He was entertained by them at a banquet. His parishioners presented him with a cheque for one hundred guineas. The nuns and children of the Convent of Mercy also presented him with tokens of their affection.”

Regards,  

Andy Dunne 

Moate Golf Club 

Hon. Secretary & P.R.O 

Congratulations to Lady Captain Marie Keane and Captain Mike Hiney on an enjoyable and successful  Captains Drive In on Sunday.

The final of the ladies Winter League competition takes place on Sunday 12^th next. Tee times from 12.30pm. All concerned have been notified.

The annual White Elephant competition will be held as usual on St Patrick’s Day. Tee times from 12.30pm to 2.30pm may be booked on line.

The results of the Winter running competition held from the end of December to the end of February were as follows 1^st Veronica Mc Cormack, 2^nd Carmel Mackey, 3^rd Marie Keane, 4^th Grainne Costello, 5^th Betty Behan, 6^thAnn Magee, 7th Marianne Young, 8^th  Joan Molloy, 9^th Mary Horan and 10^th Mary Rohan.

A weekly running competition is being run every week during March

Mike Hiney & Marie Keane 

We had a fantastic turnout of 100 players for the Captains Drive In on Sunday. Marie Keane and Mike Hiney both hit fine strikes off the first tee to officially signal the start of the 2023 season. We wish them the very best of luck and hope they have a great year. Padraig Shine was wondering why he never gets in the weekly notes and now after delivering a top class display of putting for the winning scramble team he gets a special mention. Well done also to all the other prizewinners.

Captain Mike Hiney & Vice Captain Sean Egan /  Martin Horan, Brendan Daly, Ger Coughlan & Carmel Carroll / Joe Creggy, Mary Horan, Sean Egan & Adrian Hiney enjoying their round / Jonathan Crozier, Beth Dunne, Paul Fogarty & Michael O'Leary. 

RESULTS Captains Drive In Scramble 5/3/2023: 1^st Declan Murphy, Dermot McGowan, Padraig Shine, Mary Carolan 55.3, 2^nd Adrian Hiney, Sean Egan, Joe Creggy, Mary Horan 56.5, 3^rd Philip Dalton, Marian Fogarty, Joe Healy, Tom Hanniffy 57.7

18 Hole Club Stableford 4/3/2023: 1^st Overall – George Garvey (9) 40pts, 1^st Cat 1 – Colm Farrell (8) 35pts, 1^st Cat 2 – David Connolly (13) 37pts, 1^st Cat 3 – Tommy Conlon (14) 40pts, 1^st Cat 4 – Michael O’Leary (22) 39pts.

Mike Hiney, Sean Egan & George Garvey tackling the 5th on Saturday. 

13 Hole (Week 7) 4/3/2023: 1st Cat 1 – Bert Burke (4) 24pts. 1^st Cat 2 – John Foster (13) 28pts, 2^nd Cat 2 – George Garvey (9) 28-3=25pts. 1^st Cat 3 – Aidan Lennon (18) 30pts, 2^nd Cat 3 – Gabriel Buckley (14) 30pts. 1^st Cat 4 – Eddie Nally (22) 33-1=32pts, 2^nd Cat 4 – Robert Ryan (22) 32-2=30pts. Ladies 1^st – Carmel Carroll (25) 29pts.

UPCOMING COMPETITIONS – Next weekend is a V-Par competition sponsored by A.B. Oil. The yellow tees will remain in play until the 17^th March at least. The Winter League final will definitely off the whites and a decision will then be taken as to when we come off the front tees. As the 18 hole competitions have now started our weekly running 13 hole will continue but will revert to 1^st, 2^nd & 1^st Ladies with no minus points for wins or places. Winter League qualifiers can be played any day.

Andy Dunne with his lucky Liverpool cap reckons they might hit 7.......and the Lady Captain hits a screamer on the 18th! 

2023 SEERY’S CASH & CARRY WINTER LEAGUE – Andy Dunne joins Brendan Stanley on top of the table on 150pts and sneaks ahead on alphabetical order! Even more interestingly there are now 6 sharing 59th in the table on 132pts. In the event of a tie at the end of qualifying all those level with 60^th place will be in the final. 98 players have now returned the minimum 5 cards or more with 121 entered overall. The final with 20 teams of 3 (top 60) will take place on Sunday March 19^th and the final qualifying day is Wednesday March 15^th.

2023 GOLFER OF THE YEAR – Another table that Padraig Keenan will be updating for us very soon is the 2023 GOTY and the early leader is weekend winner George Garvey. Tommy Conlon, Gerry Jordan, Michael O’Leary and Andy Dunne complete the top 5 after week 1.  

INTERCLUB COMPETITIONS - The interclub competitions are just around the corner already and our first round fixtures can be seen on the Golf Ireland website. We have regional ties involving Esker Hills, Tullamore, Mullingar and Birr to name a few. The full fixtures will be put on display soon and we will have a sign-up sheet in the Mens Locker room. Anyone interested in playing on a team should put their name on it. Putting your name up doesn’t guarantee selection but at least team managers will be aware of your interest and you will be considered. There are a lot of teams covering all handicap ranges so don’t be shy.

MOATE ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE  - We are delighted to be participating in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Moate this year and if anyone wants to join us in promoting the club and being involved in an important event for the town you will be more than welcome. 

COURSE CORNER – Everyone is raving about how good our course is looking and playing just now but it’s important to remember that it doesn’t happen by accident. Tom and his team put a lot of effort in and expect all members and visitors to play their part by sticking to the three R’s - Replacing and or sanding divots, Repairing pitchmarks and Raking bunkers as a minimum.  

Not an ideal lie thanks to someone not bothering to use the rake provided. 

MIDLAND INTERMEDIATE ALLIANCE – The next outing is in Moyvalley GC on Sunday 12^th March with tee times from 10.45 – 12.45. For further details contact Paddy on 085 2485177 or Ciaran on 086 8053203.

ANDY’S ARCHIVE – An item from a Westmeath Independent dated 15/10/2011. “Despite the wintry weather on Sunday there was a great turnout for the Ladies Christmas Hamper sponsored by Terry Coughlan. The winners were 1^st V. Coughlan (20) 40pts, 2^nd Theresa Cleary (26) 38pts, 3^rd Carmel Carroll (20) 35pts, Cat 1 Beth Dunne (15) 32pts and Cat 2 Betty Behan (24) 33pts.”

Regards,  

Andy Dunne 

Moate Golf Club 

Hon. Secretary & P.R.O 

Photos courtesy of Martin Horan, Mike Hiney & Andy Dunne

Photos - Andy Dunne, Sean Dunne, & Mike Hiney. 

Our latest course feature by the 5th green. Work in progress......

and the finished article......

RESULTS 13 Hole (Week 6) 26/2/2023: 1st Cat 1 – Tommy Digan (5) 28-1=27pts, 2^nd Cat 1 Mick Power (6) 28-1=27pts. 1^st Cat 2 – Terry Coughlan (13) 31pts, 2^nd Cat 2 – Brendan Daly (11) 28-1=27pts. 1^st Cat 3 – Gerry Jordan (17) 31pts, 2^nd Cat 3 – Tommy Conlon (14) 30pts. 1^st Cat 4 – Sean Bohan (20) 34-1=33pts, 2^nd Cat 4 – Michael O’Leary (22) 30pts. Ladies 1^st – Carmel Foxe (28) 33pts.

Ella Grennan checking out what clubs are in the bag! 

UPCOMING COMPETITIONS – Week 7 of our weekly Club 13 hole competitions will run to Saturday 4^th March with the first 18 hole competition will see us back to the white tees on Saturday. Winter League qualifiers can be played any day. The Captains Drive In scramble for Mike Hiney & Marie Keane will take place on Sunday March 5^th with registration by 10.30am for an 11am shotgun start. The sign-up sheet is in the shop. The tee / team draw will be published on the website on Friday night so get your name in as quick as you can.

Captain Mike Hiney with his work crew! 

2023 SEERY’S CASH & CARRY WINTER LEAGUE – Brendan Stanley retains top spot with 150pts. 97 players have now returned the minimum 5 cards or more with 120 entered overall. The final with 20 teams of 3 (top 60) will take place on Sunday March 19^th and the final qualifying day is Wednesday March 15^th.

Eamonn and Ella Grennan on the 13th green, Dermot McGowan teeing off at the 13th. 

MOATE ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE  - We are delighted to be participating in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Moate this year and if anyone wants to join us in promoting the club and being involved in an important event for the town you will be more than welcome. 

At the end of the day......

COURSE CORNER – White stakes have been placed marking the out of bounds to the left of the 11^th green where the sleepers have been installed.

ANDY’S ARCHIVE – Just time for one memory this week from the Westmeath Independent dated 23/7/2005. “Next weekend the club hosts the Presidents Prize and President Mr. Jim O’Brien can expect a good turnout to honour his year in office. The usual format applies, with a 9-hole playoff scheduled for Sunday evening. Currently the good weather and the tremendous work being done by Tommy Coughlan and his grounds staff have left the course in superb condition for this eagerly awaited event.”

Regards,  

Andy Dunne 

Moate Golf Club 

Hon. Secretary & P.R.O