News for 2008
21. 24th July 2008 Farewell to the "Old Clubhouse"
Attention members-On Saturday 2nd of August at 5pm a 9 hole shotgun competition will take place to mark the occasion of the impending closure of the old clubhouse.Light refreshments will be served afterwards.
The time sheet for this competition will be released today 24th July at 12pm.Adult members only.
Management Committee 2008
20. 24th July 2008 Friday Night 9 hole semi open invitational
Members can invite their friends along for a friendly game of golf on Fridays from 5.40pm to 7pm.The cost is €5 per person, format singles and ILGU/GUI handicaps are NOT necessary. The competition is over 18's only and there is no need to book a slot just come along with your friends and enjoy!
19. 16th July 2008 John Duff - retirement
The club competition starter, John Duff, retired from his duties on Sunday 13th July. The club thanks him for the excellent service he provided over the years and wishes him a happy retirement. Captain Des Hickey has invited John to carry out the starter role for one last time on Captain's Day 26th July.
18. 6 July 2008 Captain's Qualifiers
The qualifying stage took place on Saturday 5th July and Sunday 6th July.
238 male competitors played over the weekend - 89 (37%) on Saturday, 149 (63%) on Sunday.
120 male players have qualified - 44 (37%) from Saturday's competition and 76 (63%) from Sunday's competition.
Listed below are the 120 men who have qualified for the final day in score ascending order.
1. If you qualified please place book your name on the electronic time sheet (within the allocated time frame), which will be released for bookings on Thursday 10th July at 12 noon.
2. Qualifiers who have not placed their name on the time sheet by Thursday 17th July will be removed from the competition and replaced by the next qualifier(s).
3. If you qualified but are unable to play please contact the Competitions Secretary. It is important that this is done immediately to allow replacement qualifier(s) to compete.
4. Men Qualifiers play within the allocated time-frame (shown on the timesheet) 07:18 - 11:39 and ladies from 11.48 - 12.24.
6. The format for the Final Day competition will be Singles Strokes (White tees - Men),(Red tees -Ladies).
7. The Captain's guests will play from 12:33 onwards in a competition separate to the main competition.
Tony Dolan
Competitions Secretary - Men’s Club
6 July 2008
SATURDAY QUALIFIERS
1 ANTHONY MAHER 44
2 MICK HEARTY 41
3 ALAN DALY 38
4 GARY McCORMACK 38
5 NOEL MORRISSEY 37
6 FRANK AHERNE 37
7 TERRY O MAHONY 37
8 TOMMY PERKINS 37
9 KEVIN DOOLEY 36
10 DEREK REILLY 36
11 BRENDAN LYNCH 36
12 MICHAEL WALSH 36
13 DERMOT RYAN 36
14 GERRY GLYNN 36
15 JOSEPH SWAINE 36
16 NIALL HICKEY 36
17 ALAN BLACK 35
18 MICHAEL TUCK 35
19 EDWARD SHERIDAN 35
20 BRENDAN COWAN 35
21 GERARD MURPHY 34
22 JOSEPH WALSH 34
23 MARTIN LANDY 33
24 EUGENE INGLE 33
25 DANIEL KIRWAN 33
26 WILLIAM ROONEY 33
27 FINBAR KELLIHER 33
28 BERNARD CARR 33
29 ANDY CARPENTER 32
30 TOW BOWLER 32
31 ALAN GROOME 32
32 MARTIN MURRAY 32
33 ANTHONY ARCHBOLD 32
34 KIERAN HARVEY 32
35 SHANE GUILDEA 32
36 BRIAN MORGAN 32
37 PATRICK KELLY 31
38 PATRICK LAMBE 31
39 DAVID COWAN 31
40 EUGENE ROWNAN 31
41 PAUL COMPELLI 31
42 MICHAEL MOCKLER 30
43 DANIEL BUCKLEY 30
44 BRENDAN HUNT 30
SUNDAY QUALIFIERS
1 PAUL SLOAN 41
2 PAT McCORMACK 40
3 KIERAN CAMPBELL 40
4 DAVID GEARY 40
5 TONY DOLAN 39
6 BRENDAN SHERIDAN 39
7 STEPHEN KIERNAN 39
8 DAVID NOLAN 39
9 DERMOT TIMMINS 38
10 VINCENT O’ DONOGHUE 38
11 DESMOND O’ CONNOR 38
12 TONY SWAN 38
13 FRANK BYRNE 37
14 EOGHAN MATEER 37
15 DECLAN NUGENT 37
16 CHRIS STACEY 37
17 JAMES F. KELLY 37
18 MARK WELDRICK 37
19 JASON O’ TOOLE 37
20 PAT McEVOY 37
21 LIAM AHERNE CLARKE 37
22 LIAM HOGAN 37
23 MICHAEL O’ FLAHERTY 36
24 PAUL CORBALLY 36
25 GARRY O’ CONNNOR 36
26 ALAN ROSSITER 36
27 CONOR McCARTHY 36
28 BOBBY GEOGHEGAN 36
29 DECLAN McDONNELL 36
30 DANIEL O’ CONNOR JNR 35
31 OLIVER HAND 35
32 MICK BREW 35
33 FRANK KANE 35
34 ANTHONY McGRATH 35
35 JAMES O’ CONNOR 35
36 LIAM HEMPENSTALL 35
37 JOHN PIDGEON 35
38 MICHAEL CAWLEY 35
39 HARRY KELLY 35
40 JOSEPH LAVIN 35
41 RAY ARCHBOLD 35
42 ANDY CARLTON 34
43 ANTHONY MONGEY 34
44 PATRICK CAFFREY 34
45 WILLIAM O’ CONNOR 34
46 PAUL POWER 34
47 GERARD DARMODY 34
48 ANTHONY PIGGOTT 34
49 PHILIP SHERIDAN 34
50 JAMES GRACE 34
51 JOHN FORTE 34
52 DAVID O’ SHAUGHNESSY 34
53 CIARAN O’ NEILL 33
54 PATRICK MURPHY 33
55 HILARY CHAMBERS 33
56 GREG DARMODY 33
57 PATRICK ROONEY 33
58 MARK GIRVIN 33
59 GEORGE O ‘ CONNOR 33
60 DAVID COUGHLAN 33
61 WILLIE KANE 33
62 DES CONNOLLY 33
63 MARK MONAHAN 33
64 PETER DALY 33
65 DERMOT O’ KEEFFE 33
66 ROBBIE SHORTALL 33
67 JACK STACEY 33
68 TREVOR ROGERS 32
69 KEITH SHORT 32
70 BERNARD DUNNE 32
71 JOSEPH GAYNOR 32
72 DAVID O’ FLANAGAN 32
73 VINNIE BRENNAN 32
74 STEPHEN GIRVIN 32
75 DAMIEN MOLONEY 32
76 AUSTIN SAMMON 32
17. 26th June 2008 Lady Captain's Day 12th July 2008
The time sheet for the Lady Captain's Day will be open for bookings from today 25th June 2008 at 12pm.
15. 9th June President's qualifiers
The qualifying stage took place on Saturday 7th June and Sunday 8th June.
259 male competitors played over the weekend - 125 (48%) on Saturday, 134 (52%) on Sunday.
120 players have qualified - 58 (48%) from Saturday's competition and 62 (52%) from Sunday's competition.
The document in the mens competitions area on the website shows the 120 (male) players who have qualified for the Final Day in score ascending order. All who scored 33 points and one who scored 32 points on Saturday qualified. All who scored 34 points and a number of players who scored 33 points on Sunday qualified. A count back was applied to determine best 33pt scores from Sunday¡¦s qualifier.
1 If you qualified please place book your name on the electronic time sheet (within the allocated time frame) which will be released for bookings on Thursday 12th June at 12 noon.
2 Qualifiers who have not placed their name on the time-sheet by Thursday 19th June will be removed from the competition and replaced by the next qualifier(s).
3 If you qualified but are unable to play please contact the Competitions Secretary. It is important that this is done immediately to allow the replacement qualifier(s) to compete.
4 Men Qualifiers can only play within the allocated time-frame (clearly shown on the timesheet) 08:03 - 12:24 and ladies from 12.33 - 13.09. There will be no exceptions made to this rule. Any qualifier who plays outside this time frame will be disqualified from the competition.
5 An earlier timeslot (07:00 - 07:54) provides an opportunity for non qualifiers to play. However a separate competition will not be run for this group of players.
6 The format for the Final Day competition will be Singles Strokes (White tees (Men) Red tees (Ladies).
7 The President's guests will play from 13:18 - 14:39 in a stableford competition separate to the main competition.
Tony Dolan
Competitions Secretary - Mens Club
8th June 2007
12. 22 May 2008 3T's Charity Event
A total of €1,150 was raised from last Saturday's charity event. The money raised funds the 3T's Awareness Campaign for action, intervention and prevention of suicide in our society.
The Lady winner, Val Ormrod and Men winner Kevin Fox will play as a team with the Lady Captain and Club Professional in the provincial qualifier at St. Margaret's G.C. later this year.
Many thanks to all members who supported the event.
Captain Des Hickey & Lady Captain Sharon Dolan
11. 22 May 2008 Electronic Timesheet
Competition time sheets will close for bookings at 9 p.m on the day before the competition. You may still enter the competitions by contacting or attending the club on the morning of the competition and availing of any space on the timesheet that becomes available.
If your name is entered on the time sheet within the time allocated for the day's competition you are deemed to have entered the competition of that day. If you fail to fulfil your place on the competition time sheet without any reasonable explanation you will be deemed a “No Show” and will subsequently be sanctioned by the Men/Ladies Club Committee. For a first offence, for one week, you will not have access to electronic time sheet booking. You may still enter competitions by attending the club on the morning of the competition and availing of any space on the timesheet that becomes available. Subsequent offences will result in suspension from competitions and from accessing electronic time sheet booking for a specified period of time.
Each player is accountable for a time sheet booking under his/her name. Members should not make time sheet bookings for other players without checking that they will be able to fulfil their place on the competition time sheet.
Tony Dolan
Competitions Secretary – Mens Club
10. May 2008 Hollywood Lakes New Chef
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself, Matt Farrelly to the Club.
I am now 17 years a qualified chef, having travelled around the world to extend my knowledge in all aspects of the catering industry. I am an Award winning Chef having worked in 5* Hotels and Top Class Restaurants in Dublin.
I look forward to the challenge of providing top quality food and service to the members and visitors of Hollywood Lakes Golf Club.
I have put some sample menus on the web site to give you an insight in to what is available to you, but should you have an specific requirements e.g. 50th Birthday Party, Christenings etc please contact my wife Helena Farrelly @ 085 7329592 and we would be glad to accommodate you.
Kind Regards,
Matt Farrelly
9. 28th April 2008 Ladies club fundraiser
A great (dry) day was had by all at the 1st ladies club fundraiser. On behalf of the ladies committee I would like to thank all those who supported the day including the prize sponsors, Ballygowan.Special thanks to Elaine Spillane who did a great job organizing the event.A total amount of €2810 has been raised for the ladies club funds and will be used in the general day to day running of the ladies club.21 teams took part and the results are as follows;
1st.J.Warren,J.McAuley,A.McCann,E.Sweeney.(90)c/b
2nd.M.Duignan,A.Sammon,G.McCormack,S.Crowe (90)
3rd.Capt.D.Hickey,P.Caulfield,M.Curran,J.O'Brien.(89)
Nearest the pin.P.Caulfield (mens).A.Bradley (Ladies)
Longest Drive.C.Lynch (mens).L.Capt.S.Dolan (ladies).
Lady Captain Sharon.
8. 23/4/2008 scramble results
Scramble sponsored by Captain Des Hickey
1st.L.President Ann Horan,Marie Duignan,Anto Maher (29.11)
2nd.Mary Courtney,Joe Warren,Frank Dowley (29.22)
3rd.Marian Archbold,John Warren,John McAuley.(32.11)
7. 23rd April 2008 Scramble Results
The 1st scramble held on 16th April was sponsored by Brian'O Toole and the results were as follows;
1st.L.V.Capt Ciara Doyle,Tony Dolan,John McAuley.
2nd.L.C.Sharon Dolan,Brian O'Toole,Capt Des Hickey
3rd.Marie Duignan,Seamus Kelly,Paddy Maher.
6. 13 April 2008 Pre-scramble quiz
The pre-scramble quiz took place on Wednesday 9th April and was a great success due in no small part to the following people; quiz master Colm Connell and his assistants Pauline and Tracy Connell, sponsors Jackie Reid and ticket seller extraordinaire Mary Courtney. Thanks also to all those who gave a spot prize and to all those who supported the quiz and raffle. A great night was had by all!The results - after a tie break round - are as follows;
1st The Bandits!-Ray and Marian Archbold and Elaine and Domo Spillane.
2nd The Teachers!-Maeve & Mick Brew and quests.
3rd The Teachers Eile!-L.Vice Captain Ciara & Gavin Doyle,Dermot Brangan & Finbar Kelleher.
The list of raffle prizewinners who still have to collect a prize in the office is posted on the notice board.
The scramble starts Wednesday 16th and will run each week untill 3rd September. Cost is €5 for golf and bonus ball.
Lady Captain Sharon.
5. 8th April Midweek Scrambles
The mixed scramble tees off on Wednesday 16th April from 5pm so come along to our Pre-scramble Quiz on Wednesday 9th in Hollywood Lakes and book your slot for next week.If you would like to sponsor a scramble night for €60 speak to Deirdre Murtagh and she will gladly pencil you in!
Lady Captain, Sharon.
4. 8tth April Ladies Club Tuesday competitions
Ladies, don't forget our Tuesday 18 hole competition will continue to take place every week.Remember to book your slot on the time sheet as the mens open competition takes place on the same day.
Competition Committee 2008
3. 08/04/2008 Ladies Club Fundraiser 28th April 2008
An invitational mixed four person team event will take place on Monday 28th April to raise funds for the Ladies Club!The competition runs from 12pm to 4pm, costs €160 per team and includes a steak dinner. The time-sheet is available for bookings now!You can also sponsor and name a hole on the day for €50.Prizes on the day sponsored by Ballygowan.Your support would be greatly appreciated.
Lady Captain,Sharon.
2. Feb 10th 2008 Junior Golf Club Membership
Places in the Junior Club for boys and girls are now available to member's children that have reached the age of 10 years.
Members wishing to enrol their children for the 2008 season should complete a membership application form in full and leave it in the office including payment.
The costs which cover membership, coaching and insurance are as follows;
Cadets and beavers 10 to 13 years is €118.
Juveniles up to 18 years €168.
Intermediates up to 23 years €291 including GUI levy.
There are also some spaces available to children of non-members, the same fees apply.
Membership will remain open until March 31st.
Club gear:
Club sweatshirts and polo neck shirts are available in all sizes, the pair will cost €28 or €15 each. It is compulsory that all juniors wear club clothing when playing in Hollywood Lakes.
Paddy Maher
Chairman Junior Club.
1. Feb 10 2008 Constitution
Following the 2007 AGMs, the updated Constitution and Rules document is now available to view in the member's section of the website,
Regards,
Constitution Committee
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