Golf classic a success

The Ballyhooly GAA Annual Golf Classic was held last Friday, 24th June in Fermoy Golf Club. The lucky 12 teams who played on the eve of the event enjoyed balmy Irish weather, while the teams that played on Friday braved mixed elements throughout.

In his post golf presentations, Pa Leahy, Ballyhooly GAA Club Chairman thanked Fermoy Golf Club President and all officials for the use of their excellent facilities and all those present in the golf club for the presentation of prizes. Pa extended his gratitude to the organising committee for their tremendous work in co-ordinating the event and he thanked the event sponsors Tim O’Mahony & Sons Heating and Plumbing, who have sponsored the event previously and without whose support the event would not be possible.

Pad O’Mahony thanked the Ballyhooly GAA organising committee and the Fermoy Golf Club for a well-run event, which he was very pleased to support. Pa presented Pad with a bottle of Ballyhooly Blue Ribbon Irish Whiskey kindly donated by Lucinda from St Patrick’s Distillery as a token of Ballyhooly GAA’s appreciation to the main sponsor. The attention of the night then turned to the presentation of prizes. Well done to all the winners

Longest Drive: Stephen Bennett. Nearest the Pin: Paul Hickey.

Non GUI: 1st McCarthy Insurance, 2nd Nash Plumbing, 3rd Darragh Reilly, 4th Tommy Sheehan.

GUI winners: 1st Ronayne’s Funeral Home (collected by Pat Sweeney), 2nd Dermot O’Leary Agri, 3rd Stephen Bennett team, 4th Kieran McCarthy team, 5th O’Shea Consultants team, 6th Shinnick’s Bar team, 7th Pat McGrath team, 8th Noel Crowley team, 9th Jim Dowling team, 10th Donie Magner team.

All participants were presented with prizes on the night, all of which were generously donated by our many sponsors.

This year included an extra prize of a draw for all golfers with a 2 night stay in the Inishowen Gateway Hotel, Donegal which was won by Stephen Donnelly and Keith Kearney.

Once golfer prizes were presented, the raffle prizes were drawn. This raffle was very well supported prior to the event, and on the day by the many golfers, yielding an amazing €3,420. The raffle prize winners were:

1st prize: 2 night stay in Jurys Inn, won by Will Leahy. 2nd prize: €150 Hanna’s voucher, won by Emer Quane. 3rd prize: Calor Gas BBQ , won by Annette Barnes. 4th prize: €50 Cafe Ed voucher, won by Dr Sura Aldeen.

The evening concluded with some spot prizes, won by Sadhbh Leahy (Spillane’s Butchers), Dani Aldeen (Medical Kit, Duffy’s Pharmacy, Castletownroche), Jake Leahy (APC Physiotherapy voucher), Alan Dorgan (Tipperary Gin)

A huge thank you to all our generous sponsors of teams, tee boxes, prizes, all of which are on display at Ballyhooly GAA pitch and on our social media. Sincere thanks to Brendan McCarthy for his excellent administration of the participating teams and golfers over the 2 days and thanks to Pad Tobin for erecting and removing our golf classic signs in challenging weather conditions. Ballyhooly GAA are already looking forward to next year’s golf classic.

CLUB LOTTO

There was no winner of the lotto jackpot last Monday, June 27th in the Roundy House bar. The lotto jackpot is not €5,600, the next draw in Grindel’s. Monday’s lucky dip winners of €20 each were: Big thank you to all who support the club lotto in buying and selling tickets. Lorcan Burke, Niamh Magner, Dee Buckley, Ann Marie O’Connell, Johnny Cahill.

CLUB SPONSORS Ballyhooly Homes Ltd and Quintas.