St Patrick’s Day Trophy

JOE Shallow finished top of the class in the Society’s competition, which was sponsored by Rayden Engineering, at Ruddington Grange where 64 members and their guests were entertained by our captain Eugene Murphy.

Shallow battled to 32 points in the cold windy conditions to take the trophy and £60 voucher for first prize.

Eamonn Gavigan won Division 1 with 31 points, John Carolan Division 2 with the same score and Margaret Gallagher Division 3 with 30 points 

Ian Lockwood won the guests’ prize with a score of 34 points.

The prizes were presented by our captain Eugene Murphy and the sponsor Richard Hayden

St Patrick’s Day Open

The Erewash Valley pairing of R Summerfield and S Hallam battled their way to victory in the St Patrick’s Day Open at Ruddington Grange.

They carded 43 points in the tough conditions to pip Nick Harvey and Andrew Kavanagh by one point. The Ruddington pair, C Adkin and P Russell, finished third on a countback.

The nearest the pin prizes was won by M Hoskins (12th) and W Tunney (18th). 

2019 Golf Tour – Monaghan

Irish Tour to Monaghan (Apr 28-May 3)

Another successful Irish tour though five members fancied a detour and arrived six hours later than the main party.

Staying at the Nuremore Hotel in County Monaghan, the Society played Nuremore on Monday, Concra Wood on Tuesday and Dundalk on the Wednesday before finishing the four-day competition back at Nuremore on the Thursday.

The competition was dominated by Liam Connolly and Dave Bennett with Connolly coming out on top over the last 18 holes