Large number for scramble despite weather.

The fine summer weather brought out the best in the ladies when they played on Tuesday 25^th August in the 18-hole stableford competition kindly sponsored by Valencia Nursing Home. A great round of golf by Laura Dempsey (8) ensured her of first play with a great score of 42 pts. In 2^nd play Jenny King (6) with 37 pts (back 9), Gross: Nicky King (5) 30 gross pts, 3^rd Marie Dunphy (22) 37 pts, 4^th Julie McCarthy (16) 37 pts, Snr Lady: Maeve McCauley (19) 36 pts. In the club house that night Triona Hogan came to present the prizes to the winners.
Due to course sanding next Tuesday, the alternative day for ladies is Thursday 3^rd September. This is an 18-hole stableford competition kindly sponsored by O’Brien’s Sandwich Bar. Please note that from 1^st September all the ladies morning competitions will be draws. The draw times are 9am, 9.30am, 10am and 10.30am with afternoon times available on the time sheet.
For all the 36 handicappers who qualified for the Gill Leo Trophy, the second round must be played by 7^th September. The competition sheet is posted in the ladies locker room.
Both the Junior team and Intermediate Cup teams competed in the Midlands and District finals which was held in Mountrath on Sunday 30^th August. Both teams were up against Moate.
Enniscorthys' Junior Cup teams were victors again in a repeat of AA Midland finals in Carlow last year, this time over Moate. Connie Doyle sunk a six-foot putt on the 18th to give Enniscorthy a 3&2 win. Enniscorthy will now meet the Western district in the quarterfinals at Royal Tara golf club on Wednesday 23rd September.
There was a second win on the day for Enniscorthy in their Intermediate Cup beating Moate. As in the Junior Cup, the matches were played out in very heavy rain at times. Enniscorthy will play the Western district in semi finals at Royal Tara on Thursday 24th September. Well done all!
A call to all past captains - Friday 4^th September is past captain’s day in Enniscorthy Golf Club. Please contact the Office for details.
Several competitions and events were cancelled during last week as the rain held the course hostage. Among those was the junior captains’ prize of Graham Donohoe that will be re-scheduled for a later time. The mid week competition was yet again adversely affected and also postponed. Though the Northern part of the County experience most of the heaviest rain on Friday, Enniscorthy was spared and the Niall Mellon Classic went ahead as scheduled. Saturday saw a full time sheet as many tried to make the best of the break in the monsoon and the clubhouse was buzzing with activity.
The Club sponsored weekend open scramble results (strokes 1/10^th handicap);
1^st: James Buckley (3), John Buckley (8) Alan Buckley (12) and Mark Higgins (6) 55.1,
2^nd: Pat Doran (17), Ernesto Di Fiore (22), Martin Brophy (21) and W. Rackard (4) 56.6,
3^rd: Maurice Donohoe (3), Jack Sheridan (16), Tommy Kehoe (14) and Michael Pierce (19) 56.8. Members are reminded that not turning up for a competition, especially a team or four-ball event, may incur a two week suspension with the names of those failing to cross off within an appropriate time having their names also placed on the notice board.
Gowran Park and Lucan battle out this year's final in the FBD Barton Cup next Saturday the 5th of September taking the cup from Enniscorthy.


Weather permitting, we hope to play the Ned Hogan Tool Hire midweek competition this evening (Wednesday) and Enniscorthy Electrical Wholesale will sponsor this coming weekends gents fourball followed by a ladies fourball on Sunday sponsored by Kiltrea Bridge Potteries and we thank our sponsors. We welcome Dermot Coffey and the Three Ships Golf Society back again and we wish all a very enjoyable days golfing.
Niall Mellon Township Golf Classic deemed a Great Success.
Organisers of the Niall Mellon Classic held at Enniscorthy Golf Club last Friday were overwhelmed by the level of support and enthusiasm of the golfers taking part considering the type of weather experienced prior to the event. During the presentation of the prizes on Friday night in the clubhouse, Nick Power thanked all those who took part in the four person scramble classic in making it such a success. Spectacular arrays of prizes were on display among them were enlarged framed images of the course and clubhouse tastefully presented by Sean Long from Xpress-art. In first place were this years Captain Mr. Declan Lyons (10), Martin Sludds (5), Dan Jordan (9) and Hon. Sec. John Cullen (11) with 57.5 with a combined 1/10 handicap of 3.5. In second place was the team of Marie Dunphy (22), Nancy Dunphy (18), Margaret Mooney (8) and Laura Dempsey (7) with 60.5 with combined 1/10 handicap of 5.5 while in third place were N Sheehan (15), Sean O’Leary (17), Dan Byrne (18) and Michael Dee (14) with 60.6 on a combined 1/10 handicap of 6.4. Fourth place was taken by the team of J. Wynne (16), Jimmy Kenny (18), Pat Quinn (21) and Des Kehoe (8) with 60.7 and in fifth position was the team of Tommy Cooper (14), Tom Roche (16), Maurice Power (9) and Neville Tector (12) wit 60.9. First place non-GUI category went to B. Brophy (12), D. Brophy (7), P. Lamissy (12) and R. Dempsey (12) with 60.7 while second place non-GUI went to Paddy O’Connor (12), Patsy Doyle (12), Aiden O’Brien (12) and Tom O’Brien (12) with 63.2. Nick thanked all the sponsors who gave so generously to this most worthy of causes and all who assisted on the day.
The Niall Mellon Township Trust was established in 2002 with the aim of providing quality social housing for the impoverished communities in the townships of South Africa. In the trusts first year they completed 150 homes, over the following six years they had completed 11,000 homes in total, 5,000 were built in 2008.
The success of the trust has been possible because of the generosity and support received from our Volunteers, the general public, and the Irish and South African governments. Each year the trust brings Irish Volunteers to South Africa to participate in a week long "Building Blitz". In 2008, 2,000 Volunteers travelled from 13 countries to take part in the Building Blitz while during that week an incredible 253 homes were built. This brings to a total of 5,000 volunteers who have participated in the building blitzes to date. The next "Blitz" will take place this November from the 6^th to the 14^th but if you're not ready to commit in November why not sign up for Spring 2010? All details on line on their website at www.irishtownship.com/htm/blitz_week.htm