The competition on Wednesday last was the Elvery Trophy which was sponsored by St Brigid's Credit Union. The winnere were 1st Sinead Hall (18) 67 nett, 2nd Mary Allen (29)70 nett, 3rd Kay Gantley (37)72 nettm Cat 1 Hiab Nikkit (11) 73 nett, Cat 2 Eleanor Fitzpatrick (22) 72 nett Cat 3 Theresa Cleary (36) 74 nett and Cat 4 Eileen Fagan (42) 73 nett.

The Ladies competition may be played on Thursday instead of Wednesday this week due to work on the course.

 The Fun Friday Scramble continues on Friday.

MATCH PLAY UPDATES - 10/08/2026

MIXED FOURSOMES / SHAY MURTAGH PRECAST CLUB MATCHPLAY / SCOTCH FOURSOMES. 

Wow! What a fantastic weekend we have just had for our Scratch Cups. Entries exceeded expectations with 233 from at least 67 clubs from various locations. As you will see from the results below 3 of the 4 cups on offer are staying at home in Moate with the Minor SC heading to Birr for the year. Our sincere thanks to everyone who entered and all our sponsors too.

We had some visitors from Tralee GC this week and coincidentally we had some very impressed visitors TO Tralee GC this week! 

RESULTS – 09/08/2026:

Reynolds Commercial Renault – Senior Scratch Cup: 1^st Gross – Michael Lynch Jnr. (2) 70, 2^nd Gross – Jamal Sabir (0) 70. 1st Nett - Denis O’Meara (Birr GC) (3) 72, 2^nd Nett – Martin Fleming (3) 72.

Syncom Group UK – Junior Scratch Cup: 1^st Gross – Martin Hogan (5) 74, 2^nd Gross – Conor Healy 1 (New Forest) (4) 75. 1st Nett – Daniel Spring (Tralee GC) (9) 70, 2^nd Nett – Darragh Deegan (5) 71.

ICare Brokers - Intermediate Scratch Cup: 1^st Gross – Nathan Dolan (10) 77, 2^nd Gross – Gary Dolan (14) 78. 1st Nett – Sean Weldon (18) 66, 2^nd Nett – Neil Robbins (13) 68.

D&B Fitted Furniture - Minor Scratch Cup: 1^st Gross – Brendan Stapleton (Birr GC) (21) 85, 2^nd Gross – Bernard Browne (22) 85. 1st Nett – Gabriel Buckley (21) 64, 2^nd Nett – Enda Claffey (21) 69.

13 Hole Fortnightly (12) 09/08/2026: 1^st Claire Varley (29) 34pts, 2^nd Andy Dunne (17) 29pts.

JM Thursday Open (Stableford) 06/08/2026: 1^st James Dolan (3) 42pts, 2^nd Sam Moran (9) 42pts, Gross – Gary Colgan (4) 36pts, 3^rd Paul Lyons (18) 41pts.  

FUTURE COMPETITIONS – Next weekend we have the Val Reynolds Memorial and this is an open stableford so get your mates over as the course is in great condition. As usual the latest JM Thursday Open qualifier is on the 13th and the thirteenth fortnightly 13 hole of 2026 runs 10^th to 23^rd August.    

COURSE CORNER –We are getting some of our bumpy connecting laneways upgraded this week so the 7^th, 8^th & 9^th will be unavailable to us on Tuesday & Wednesday of this week. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause but it’s a worthwhile project that will enable us to present part of the club in a good light going forward. Thanks a million to Noel Mulligans volunteers group who continue to devote a lot of time to the course assisting the green keepers. Keep up the good work, it is much appreciated. It is vital that everyone remembers to repair divots and pitchmarks as well as ensuring the bunkers are raked every time you frequent them.

GOLF IRELAND – JUNIOR ALL IRELANDS  –We are thrilled to be hosting the Junior All Ireland Finals this year so the course is going to be taken over by Irelands brightest young golfers 17^th to 19^th August. We require some volunteers to help with car parking, bunker raking, ball spotting and scoring as well as some other jobs we will no doubt realise we need bodies for. If you haven’t already, please let me know on 086 055 6336 if you can spare a few hours on any of the three days ahead.  

GOTY 2026 – The Captains Prize, Mick Glennon Memorial and the Dinny White GOTY points have been submitted to the Statistics Dept. and are now on the website. The Scratch Cups will be added by next weekend as there is a bit of maths and spreadsheets involved for me to sort out the top 40 across all 4 cups. In the meantime Gearoid Lynam’s lead has been trimmed back quite a bit by George Garvey who is now 86pts nearer than he was at the last update. PJ McCormack is 3^rd on 348 with Kieran Claffey and Rory Minagh 4^th & 5^th respectively. 213 players have points and there is a random shout out to Donal Brennan and Cathal Byrne who are T185 with 23pts apiece.

Continuing our series of funny tree pics, this week Keith Murphy rues hitting that driver just a little bit too well! 

JM THURSDAY OPEN 2026 – Table held over due to extra time spent on the four Scratch Cups this weekend.  

MATCHPLAYS UPDATE –The Shay Murtagh Precast Concrete Club Matchplay, Scotch Foursomes and Mixed Foursomes will be refreshed and added to the website tomorrow. If I can - there just aren’t enough hours in the day! Members shouldn’t be using the excuse that another match is behind and then let their match drag on too. Please ensure your rounds are finished by the specified dates and please forward results to Andy Dunne (086 055 6336). Remember that both sides of the draw have equal responsibility to get the game played so unless you want it to come to a coin toss or double elimination, get the match organised.

FUN FRIDAY SCRAMBLE – Winners last week were Anne Healy, Martin Hogan & Kay Gantley with Mary Horan, Mary Egan & Eddie Nally in 2^nd. Timesheet has been booked in for 6pm on Friday 14^th August. Draw takes place just beforehand.

Some action shots from across the weekend. 

Regards,  

Andy Dunne 

Moate Golf Club 

Hon. Secretary & P.R.O 

Photos courtesy of Martin Horan, Declan Murphy, Mike Hiney & Andy Dunne

A change of date has been made for Anne Healy's Lady Presidents Prize. The original date of Saturday 29th August is cancelled. The competition will now take place the privious weekend 21st - 23rd August. in conjunction with President Willie Smith's Prize. Ladies may play on Friday from 2pm to 5.30pm, Satturday from 7.30am to 5pm and on Sunday there will be a draw at 12md and 1pm. The presentation will be in the clubhouse on Sunday evening.

The competition on Wednesday last was sponsored by Marion Fogarty and Ann Magee. The winners were 1st Mary Allen (31) 45 pts, Cat 1 Joan Molloy (12) 39 pts, Cat 2 Mary Egan (27) 39 pts, Cat 3 Maura Igoe (29) 44 pt and Cat 4 Caroline Cunniffe (43) 41 pts.

The July running competition was sponsored by Grainne Costello. The winners were 1st Carmel Foxe (28) 67 pts, 2nd Caroline Farrell (13) 58 pts and 3rd Anne Healy (32) 57 pts.

Just a quick heads up regarding the upcoming Presidents Prizes for Anne Healy & Willie Smith (21st -23rd August 2026). Following consultation with all parties involved it has been agreed to run them over the same weekend. For Ladies & Gents tee times are 2-5.30pm Friday, 7.30 am-5pm Saturday and then on Sunday 23rd the men have 7.30 am to 11.50 am while the ladies have requested draws at 12 & 1. There will be no playoff for either event and the presentation dinner will be held in the clubhouse on the Sunday evening.

Dermot Kenny was in a tricky spot on the 13th today! 

RESULTS – Dinny White Competition 02/08/2026: 1^st Overall – Kit Gillivan (19) 43pts, 1^st Cat 1 – David Digan (3) 39pts, 1^st Cat 2 – Robert Dolan (11) 40pts, 1^st Cat 3 – David Mullen Snr. (14) 38pts, 1^st Cat 4 – Ollie Seery (20) 39pts, 1^st Ladies – *Sinead Hall (18) 42pts, Front 9 – *Nicky Grennan (23) 22pts, Back 9 – Sean Bohan (15) 23pts.

*Correction

Michael & Sinead Power on the 16th. 

JM Thursday Open (Stableford) 30/07/2026: 1^st Ernest Cleary – Athlone (16) 41pts, 2^nd Kieran Claffey (9) 40pts, Gross – Michael Lynch Jnr.  (1) 36pts, 3^rd Anthony Browne - Mountbellew (19) 39pts.  

FUTURE COMPETITIONS – Next weekend we have the Scratch Cups sponsored by Reynolds Commercial Renault (Senior – Max 2.4), Syncom Group UK (Junior 2.5 – 8.0), Planalife Insurances (Intermediate 8.1 – 17.0) and D&B Fitted Furniture (Minor 17.1- 28.0). Anyone over 28.0 can play in the Minor SC but will be scored off 28.0 hc index. As usual the JM Thursday Open is on the 6th and the twelfth fortnightly 13 hole of 2026 runs to August 9^th.   

COURSE CORNER –Thanks a million to Noel Mulligans volunteers group who continue to devote a lot of time to the course assisting the hard working green keepers. Keep up the good work, it is much appreciated. It is vital that everyone remembers to repair divots and pitchmarks as well as ensuring the bunkers are raked every time you frequent them.

Plenty of berries on the Rowan trees. 

GOTY 2026 – The Captains Prize, Mick Glennon Memorial and the Dinny White GOTY points have been submitted to the Statistics Dept. and will be on the website in due course.

JM THURSDAY OPEN 2026 – Gearoid Lynam leads on 124pts with Nathan Dolan closing the gap to just 2pts and Kieran Claffey is now 3^rd with 119pts. Leading Lady Joan Molloy has 116pts and is 5th. We have had 303 entrants from at least 47 clubs. Remember your best 3 scores count and the top 21 plus ties qualify for the final.  111pts remains the minimum required – for now.

MATCHPLAYS UPDATE –The Shay Murtagh Precast Concrete Club Matchplay, Scotch Foursomes and Mixed Foursomes will be refreshed and added to the website in the next day or two. Members shouldn’t be using the excuse that another match is behind and then let their match drag on too. Please ensure your rounds are finished by the specified dates and please forward results to Andy Dunne (086 055 6336). Remember that both sides of the draw have equal responsibility to get the game played so unless you want it to come to a coin toss or double elimination, get the match organised.

FUN FRIDAY SCRAMBLE – A great turnout of 24 golfers last week saw first place go to Martina Grehan, Loreto Boland & Colm Farrell on 42.0 with Mary Horan, Delores McCormack & Dom Fitzpatrick just .9 behind. Timesheet has been booked in for 6pm on Friday 7^th August. Draw takes place just beforehand.

Regards,  

Andy Dunne 

Moate Golf Club 

Hon. Secretary & P.R.O 

(Photos courtesy of Andy Dunne & Ger Coughlan) 

The competition on Wednesday last was sponsored by Aideen Jordan and Mary Carolan. Twinnes were 1st Sinead Power (22) 42 pts, Cat 1 Loreto Boland (17) 36 pts, Cat 2 Eleanor Fitzpatrick (23) 41 pts, Cat 3 Theresa Cleaary (36) 40 pts and Cat 4 Marian Mullen (51) 34pts. 

Well done to Beth Dunne (17) 69 net and Kathy Conlon (25) 75 net who were 1st and 2nd in the ladies section of the Mick Glennon Memorial competition at the weekend.

On theursday last Lady Captian Kay Gantley, Captain Martin Ryan and members of the ladies committee presented a cheque, the proceeds of the Play in Pink competition to Monica Lynch from Play in Pink.

Congratulations to anyone with Mayo connections after their amazing All Ireland Football final triumph over Kerry. Commiserations to anyone with Kerry affiliations and of course Galways staunchest supporter George Garvey who will have a tough few months getting over this. Go easy on him. 

Sunday action - Shane Nugent on the 11th / Colm Farrell / Paul Fogarty / Mary Horan / Willie Colgan & Kevin Fogarty / Sean Egan

RESULTS – Mick Glennon Memorial (Strokeplay) 26/07/2026: 1^st Kevin Duffy (25) 64 nett, 2^nd Dermot Kenny (30) 66 nett, Gross – Martin Fleming (3) 72, 3^rd Denis Cronin (14) 66 nett, Seniors – Michael Gantley (25) 67 nett, 1^st Ladies – Beth Dunne (17) 69 nett, 2^nd Ladies – Kathy Conlon (25) 75 nett, Front 9 – Bernard Browne (26) 29.0 nett, Back 9 – Terry Coughlan (19) 32.5 nett.

13h Fortnightly (11) Stableford 26/07/2026: 1^st Martin Horan (18) 29pts.

JM Thursday Open (Stableford) 23/07/2026: 1^st Anne Connolly - Gort (18) 42pts, 2^nd Sean Weldon (17) 42pts, Gross – Adrian Hiney (+2) 40pts, 3^rd Robert Duffy – Galway Bay (15) 41pts.  

FUTURE COMPETITIONS – Next weekend we have the Dinny White Comp. (white / stableford) with the JM Thursday Open on the 23rd and the twelfth fortnightly 13 hole of 2026 which runs July 27^th to August 9^th.   

COURSE CORNER –Thanks a million to Noel Mulligans volunteers group who continue to devote a lot of time to the course assisting the hard working green keepers. Keep up the good work, it is much appreciated. It is vital that everyone remembers to repair divots and pitchmarks as well as ensuring the bunkers are raked every time you frequent them.

GOTY 2026 – The Captains Prize and Mick Glennon Memorial GOTY points have been submitted to the Statistics Dept. and will be on the website in due course.

JM THURSDAY OPEN 2026 – Gearoid Lynam leads on 124pts with Tommy Weir next on 118pts and Nathan Dolan another point behind in 3^rd.  Leading Lady Joan Molloy has 116pts and is now up to 4th. We have had 288 entrants recording points from at least 44 clubs. Remember your best 3 scores count and the top 21 plus ties qualify for the final. At the moment 111pts  is the minimum required.

MATCHPLAYS UPDATE –The Shay Murtagh Precast Concrete singles matches need some texts tomorrow to get people moving. This and the Scotch and Mixed Foursomes have been refreshed and added to the website. Members shouldn’t be using the excuse that another match is behind and then let their match drag on too. Please ensure your rounds are finished by the specified dates and please forward results to Andy Dunne (086 055 6336). Remember that both sides of the draw have equal responsibility to get the game played so unless you want it to come to a coin toss or double elimination, get the match organised.

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TUESDAY CLUB  RESULTS  - 21^st July 2026 – Overall 1^st Finn Martin 39pts, Cat 1 Paul Connellan 35pts, Cat 2 Ollie Seery 38pts, Cat 3 Paddy Muldoon 39pts.

FUN FRIDAY SCRAMBLE – A great turnout last week saw the honours go to Oonagh Jordan, Dolores McCormack & Michael Gantley with Caroline Farrell, Anne Casey & Gary Colgan as runners up. Timesheet has been booked in for 6pm on Friday 31st July. Draw takes place just beforehand.

This visitor kindly posed for a while before scampering off. 

Regards,  

Andy Dunne 

Moate Golf Club 

Hon. Secretary & P.R.O 

Photos supplied by Andy Dunne & Martin Horan

The Ladies Open Day on Sunday was a huge success with players from across the country playing. The competition was generously sponsored by Boutique Clodagh Athlone. Esther Hynds (39) with a great score of 44 pts was the winner, 2^nd Veronica Colgan (13) 42 pts, 3^rd Anne Healy (30) 41 pts, Cat 1 Pearse Corbett (19) 38 pts, Cat 2 Mary Egan (28) 39 pts, Cat 3 Theresa Cleary (36) 40 pts, Cat 4 Carmel Mackey (48) 40 pts, Visitor Jane Colclough (Barna) (30) 36 pts, Nearest the pin Sinead Power and Longest Drive Myah Kelly. Thanks to all who supported the day.

Congratulations to Captain Martin Ryan on a very successful Captains Prize Dy and congratulations also to the Willie Colgan winner of the Captains prize.

The competition on Wednesday last was sponsored by Marie Dolan and Marie O’Donaghue. The winners were 1^st Mary Allen (32) 41 pts. Cat 1 Pearse Corbett (19) 37 pts, Cat 2 Eleanor Fitzpatrick (24) 40 pts, Cat 3 Marie Dolan (29) 39 pts and Cat 4 Carmel Mackey (49) 37 pts.

The Fun Scramble continues on Friday next.

74 golfers set off early on Saturday seeking glory in Martin Ryan’s Captains Prize Final and after 18 holes in glorious sunshine, 21 of those rehydrated themselves, recharged their batteries and set off for another 9 holes that evening. After an exciting 45 holes in total popular member Willie Colgan emerged victorious with a great score of 176 nett. Of all the Colgans connected to the club Willie had great joy in telling the audience at the presentation that he is the first of them to win a Captains Prize. Congratulations to Willie and all the other prizewinners and massive thanks to everyone who took part. In his speech Captain Martin also thanked all those who helped in so many ways over the last 2 weeks and praised the caterers and the condition of the course. There was a special mention too for Alex Adamson who had a superb hole in one while playing for the Junior Prize off the blue tees on the 1^st hole (par 4). Quite an achievement!

Willie Colgan - 2026 Captains Prize Winner

RESULTS – Martin Ryan’s Captains Prize Final (45h Strokeplay) 18/07/2026: 1^st Overall – Willie Colgan (18) 176 nett, 2^nd – Alan Tyrrell (9) 177.5 nett, Gross – Michael Lynch Jnr. (2) 190 gross, 3^rd – Sean G. Connell (19) 182.5 nett, 4^th Joe Ennis (19) 183.5 nett, 5^th – Padraig Muldoon (13) 184.5 nett, Leading Qualifier (18h) – Tommy Digan (7) 67 nett, Leading Qualifier (36h) – Joe Healy (21) 142 nett, Veterans – Gerry Jordan (19) 185 nett, Distance – Enda Claffey (26) 147 nett, Past Captains – George Garvey (13) 186.5 nett, Ladies 13 hole – 1^st Theresa Cleary (36) 31pts, Myah Kelly (20) 31pts, Juniors – 1^st Alex Adamson (20) 147 nett, 2^nd Darragh Deegan (6) 148 nett.  

CAPTAINS PRIZE PHOTO GALLERY - Just a few - the rest will be added to the July album on our Facebook page. 

JM Thursday Open (Stableford) 16/07/2026: 1^st Mark Moran (24) 43pts, 2^nd Mark Dolan (11) 43pts, 3^rd Gearoid Lynam (19) 43pts.  

FUTURE COMPETITIONS – The ever popular Mick Glennon Memorial is on next weekend with the JM Thursday Open on 23rd and the eleventh 2026 fortnightly 13 hole which runs to Sunday 26^th. 

BRITISH OPEN FANTASY GOLF –The winner of our British Open Fantasy Golf competition (subject to final check of entries) was Marian Keenan on -32 and for the record her team was Tommy Fleetwood (-7), Sam Burns (-8), Shane Lowry (-2), Patrick Reed (E), Adam Scott (-5) and of course the Open Champion Ryan Fox (-10). The ‘PDC Dream Team’ was 2^nd on -29 and Kieran Hynes takes 3^rd with -26. Well done all and thanks to everyone who supported this fun fundraiser. A special mention to Padraig Keenan for all the technical back up and hard work in making this a success, and yes he will have to listen to his wife mentioning her superior golfing knowledge for a few years…..

INTERCLUB 2026 – Our Jimmy Bruen sides great run this year came to an end on Sunday in the Leinster Central semi-final v Killeen. Hard luck to all concerned.

COURSE CORNER –Thanks a million to Noel Mulligans volunteers group who continue to devote a lot of time to the course. Keep up the good work, it is much appreciated. It is vital that everyone remembers to repair divots and pitchmarks as well as ensuring the bunkers are raked every time you frequent them.

Great to see the little flags back on the course and the big flags back out front. 

GOTY 2026 – The Captains Prize points take a little longer to calculate and will be added in next weekend.    

JM THURSDAY OPEN 2026 –It has taken a long time but Gearoid Lynam is the new leader on 124pts with Tommy Weir next on 118pts and Nathan Dolan another point behind in 3^rd.  Leading Lady Joan Molloy has 113pts in 7th. We have now had 261 entrants recording points from at least 42 clubs. Remember your best 3 scores count and the top 21 plus ties qualify for the final. At the moment 109 is the minimum required so we have 25 in the frame but still a long way to go. The 2026 table is now up to date on the website.

MATCHPLAYS UPDATE – Update held over due to being busy administrating for the Captains Prize and popping over to Royal Birkdale for a couple of days during the week. Please ensure your rounds are finished by the specified dates and please forward results to Andy Dunne (086 055 6336). Stragglers have been notified and I’m assured plans are in progress. Remember that both sides of the draw have equal responsibility to get the game played so unless you want it to come to a coin toss or double elimination, get the match organised.

FUN FRIDAY SCRAMBLE – Anne Casey, Eleanor Fitzpatrick and Michael Gantley came out on top last week with Patricia McCormack, Dom Fitzpatrick and AN Other in second place. (I wasn’t given the 3^rd name). Timesheet has been booked in for 6pm on Friday 24^th July. Draw takes place just beforehand.

Regards,  

Andy Dunne 

Moate Golf Club 

Hon. Secretary & P.R.O 

Draw was made at Mens Committee Meeting this evening. 

Rd 1 - Deadline - Sunday 2nd August

(A) LIAM GALVIN V ADRIAN HINEY 

(B) PADDY LYNAM V TOMMY WEIR

(C) LUKE TOOHER V MARTIN HOGAN 

Quarter Finals - Deadline -  Sunday 23rd August

1 BERT BURKE V WINNER C

2 ADAM TURLEY V WINNER B

3 STEPHEN ROE V WINNER A

4 MICHAEL POWER V PJ MCCORMACK

The Kathleen Kelly Memorial Competition held on Wednesday 7^th last was sponsored by Liam Galvin and Anna O’Brien. There was some excellent scoring on the day due in part to the beautiful weather. The winners were 1^st Carmel Foxe (28) 66 net, 2^nd Eleanor Fitzpatrick (24) 68 net, 3^rd Sinead Power (24) 70 net, Cat 1 Marie Keane (20) 71 net, Cat 2 Anne Magee (28) 71 net, Cat 3 Marie Dolan (29) 71 net and Cat 4 Carmel Mackey (49) 73 net.

The ladies club wish Captain Martin Ryan a very successful and enjoyable Captain’s Prize Day on Saturday next. Congratulations also on the great turnout for the qualifying weekend. Best of luck to all who qualified for the final day.

There is a LADIES OPEN DAY on Sunday 19^th next. Booking on the BRS. Entry €10 for members and €25 for visitors. The last tee time is 3.50pm.