Deerpark Diary. Carlow Golf Club s Monthly Newsletter Issue 10: 7 th December The Captains Dinners

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1 Deerpark Diary Carlow Golf Club s Monthly Newsletter Issue 10: 7 th December 2015 The Captains Dinners In this issue: The Captain s Dinner Thos and his team celebrate at the end of a great year News Flash! Nuns run amok at the Lady Captain s Dinner Above: Ber Shelley and Michael Hennessy with Captain Thos, enjoying the Captain s Dinner on the 21 st of November. Below Lady Captain Ann Doyle and her committee pictured at the Lady Captain s Dinner on the 14 th of November. Catwalk Glamour Photos from The Ladies Team-of- Three Event and After-Party Fashion Show Changes at the Top We congratulate and welcome the new Captains and officers for 2016 Girls on Film St Leo s girls win the Carlow Oscar Club Notices Santa s coming to Carlow White elephants at large Andy s winter bargains Deerpark Diary: Page 1 of 14

2 A Night to Remember at Captain Thos Hennessy s Dinner Above (L-R) Pat Finn (GUI), Thos and Barry Doyle. Below (L-R) Teddy Brophy, Dermot O Driscoll and Tony Geoghan. By all accounts the men's Captain s Dinner was a thoroughly enjoyable night. Our caterers James and Eilis provided a very adventurous menu which included a Wild Game Terrine Starter and a Gin and Tonic Sorbet. Willie O'Rourke joked that it was the first time he had seen men eating G&T with a spoon. Thos was delighted that his father and brothers as well as his friends Steve Moore and Andy Pendry from Edinburgh were all able to join him on this special evening. The GUI was represented by Mr Joe McNamara Hon. Secretary of the Leinster Branch. Joe congratulated Thos and his committee on a great year. He complimented Carlow GC on the course and on its commitment to hosting GUI events over the years and he also praised the club s participation in GUI team events. The MC for the evening was John Barry who brought wit and humour to his introductions. Mr Peter Webster from Portmarknock GC presented a beautiful picture of his dad to the club and informed the gathering of his dad's love for Carlow GC. Des Carberry regaled the guests with his store of stories about Carlow GC. The toasts were proposed by President Richard Smyth; Hon. Officer, Mike Maher and Vice-Captain, Willie O'Rourke. John L Brennan presented the Monthly Medal Winners with their prizes and presented the Gold Medal to Oliver Pender he was over the moon and gave a great acceptance speech. Craig Bolger playing off 1 (.5) won Player of the Year and also entertained those present with a lovely few words. The highlight of the evening was a speech by Captain Thos which was from the heart with a hint of pride, gratefulness, humour and sincerity. We hear that Thos received a standing ovation and many congratulations from those present. After the meal there was a fantastic buzz in the bar with Paul Hennessy singing a few songs to get the party started. Thanks to Tom and the bar staff who looked after the guests so well and to everyone who worked so hard to make the evening a success. Deerpark Diary: Page 2 of 14

3 (L-R): John Fitzpatrick, Captain Thos Hennessy, Michael Kirwan and Tom Hennessy, pictured at the Captain s Dinner Meanwhile at the Lady Captain s Dinner Lady Captain Ann Doyle s Dinner was a wonderful finale to a great Captaincy by Ann. The delicious meal prepared by the catering team was a promising prelude to the fun to follow. After the meal Hon. Secretary Mary Farrell proposed a toast to the ILGU and Rosemary Tully who was wearing both her ILGU hat and her Carlow Golf Club hat on the night responded to the toast on behalf of the ILGU Leinster District. In her speech Rosemary expressed the ILGU s vision for ladies golf and highlighted that golf boasts more women players in Ireland than any other sport. After the meal Lady Captain Ann presented the Gold Medal to Agnes O Neill (below right) and the Golfer of the Year award to Ann-Maria Kelly (below left). On the pages 4-6 there are some photos of members enjoying the Lady Captain s Dinner and on page 7-8 you ll find some shocking photos taken when a group of lady members with strange habits infiltrated the dinner! Deerpark Diary: Page 3 of 14

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7 Swing out Sisters Forget all you ve ever learned about poverty, chastity and obedience. Our girls were having none of it when they came out of the cloisters, dusted down their habits and performed a polished song and dance routine to the delight of the guests at the Lady Captain s dinner. It wasn t like that this when we were at school! Deerpark Diary: Page 7 of 14

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9 People on the Move Congratulations to Theresa Keenan on her appointment as Carlow Golf Club President for Congratulations also to Carmel Roche who has been appointed as a Trustee of the Golf Club. Both ladies are honoured to have been appointed to these vital roles and we know that they will do a thoroughly professional job for the club. Carmel also has achieved the distinguished honour of being the first lady member of Carlow Golf Club to be appointed to a Trustee role. Willie O'Rourke is pictured here (right) addressing the Men's Club AGM after his election as Captain for Outgoing President Richard Smyth and outgoing Captain Thos Hennessy are pictured below wishing Captain Willie O' Rourke the very best in his new position. Pictured below is our smiling incoming Lady Captain Maggie Ruth with outgoing Lady Captain Ann Doyle and Trustee Barry Doyle. Deerpark Diary: Page 9 of 14

10 Promoting Carlow Meet our Amazing Ambassadors Transition Year students from St Leo's Carlow visited the Carlow Golf Club on November 20th as part of a project to make a two minute video promoting Carlow as a tourist and business destination for a competition sponsored by Bank of Ireland. The girls covered a lot of ground around the town and county and they submitted a very good movie. In fact, so good that we are delighted to announce that they won first place in the Bank of Ireland Carlow Business Enterprise Awards. The girls were supervised by their teacher Sean O' Flaherty who must be very proud of their achievement. Thank you for promoting Carlow GC girls, and if you would like to join the club and continue to enjoy and promote golf, there s never been a better time. (Left) St Leo s student Ciara Hennessy enjoys a hot chocolate in Carlow GC after their film shoot on a very cold November 20th. Pictured right are Noel Rea and Tom Mulhall who won the Christmas fourball with 47 points. What was unusual about their score was that Noel holed out his third shot on the 5 th for an eagle with a chip! Tom then eagled the 18 th, holing out a three wood for his third shot in very tricky conditions. Well done guys! A Passion for Fashion Following the Ladies At Home, team- of- three event on the 27 th of October we were treated to a fashion show kindly sponsored by Serena Boutique Carlow and Bramley s Jewellers, Carlow. The compere for the evening was Mary Farrell and our fantastic models Rosemary Tully, Catherine Dempsey, Rose McEvoy, Paula Hughes and Leigh Bolger are featured on the following pages. Wow! Deerpark Diary: Page 10 of 14

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13 Club Notices It s back by popular demand. Carvery lunch, dessert and buffet for only Come on down to the club and join us for live lunchtime jazz sessions on Sunday the 13 th, Thursday the 17 th and Sunday the 20 th of December and munch to the velvety tones of jazz musician Ber Shelly. Santa Claus is coming to Carlow Golf Club The annual Carlow Golf Club party for children and grandchildren of members will be held on Saturday 12 th of December 2015 in the Clubhouse from 2.30 pm to 5.00 pm. There will be party packs, presents, music, dancing and fun and games. The tickets ( 15 per child) are available at the bar and children must be under 8 years of age. As Santa s little helpers have to order the presents from the North Pole, please help the elves by buying your little ones their tickets before Thursday 10 th of December. It s so easy you can even use your swipe card. But hurry when the tickets are gone they re gone! Watch out White Elephants About! The White Elephant is a much anticipated team-of-three event in the Ladies Club golfing diary. It s an opportunity for the members to play the last 9-hole competition of the year and to raise some vital funds for charity. Everyone brings a wrapped prize for the table so everyone gets a prize too. After the winter chill, traditional mulled wine, mince pies and homemade fare is served. There is also a general prize-giving when the winners of recent competitions are presented with their prizes. This year s White Elephant was held on Tuesday the 15 th of December. You re invited! Winter Golf Instruction Programme (1 st of November 15 to 31 st of March 16) Get those mittens on! Resident golf professional Andrew Gilbert is delighted to announce the launch of his Winter Teaching Programme. Get your golf game into great shape for the New Year by taking advantage of Andy s special offer of 3 lessons for the price of 2, and 6 lessons for the price of 4. For further details contact Andrew Gilbert in the Pro Shop or call Deerpark Diary: Page 13 of 14

14 St Lazerian s Coin Round-up You may have seen a large collection bottle on the Club s bar counter in recent days. Now that the state is phasing out the one and two cent coins and rounding up to the nearest five cent, the team at St Lazerian s National School are doing a round-up too. Please help them by putting all your loose coins into the bottle. It s for a really special cause. Condolences Carlow Golf extends deepest sympathies to: Margaret Mc Hugh and the extended Mc Hugh Family on the recent death of Margaret s husband Barry; Bernie Deegan on the death of her sister, Kitty Killoran; Noeleen Kavanagh on the passing of her husband Joe Kavanagh; Carlow Golf Club President Richard Smyth on the passing of his mother Norah Smyth and Pat Murphy and the Murphy family on the recent death of Mary Murphy who was an active member of the Ladies section. May they rest in peace Deerpark Diary there s a new team in town! This is our last time to edit the Deerpark Diary. We started the Diary in 2014 and now, two years and 20 editions later we are proud to hand over our toddler to the new 2016 media team. Goodbye and thanks so much. We re signing off! The Ed s We ve had a lot of fun and we simply couldn t have done it without you, the members. Special thanks to Cepta Burke, Sylvester McGrath, Karl McDonagh and Thos Hennessy for their photos and news items and to everyone who helped Carlow Golf Club to hit the golfing headlines in Please continue to the diary at Newsletter@carlowgolfclub.ie where the new team will be delighted to hear your news. We look forward to an exciting 2016 for Carlow Golf Club and we ll see you out there on the course! The Ed s, John Barry & Jean Cullinane Deerpark Diary: Page 14 of 14