PORTSALON Golf Club stalwart Tony Kingston enjoyed his first ever hole-in-one on Saturday.
Tony aced the second hole on the Old Tom Morris Links at Rosapenna on Saturday.
Picture: Tony Kingston with Paddy Sheridan and Cathal Toland.
Tony has only been golfing for 49 years, so he wasn’t playing out of turn!
With his confidence up, he then won the Sunday Members in Portsalon with a superb score of 45 points – a fine start to 2020.
Development Draw
Congratulations to Séana McCarron, Lisfannon, Fahan, Co Donegal who was the winner of the first prize in the Portsalon Golf Club Development Draw on Saturday night.
She is now the proud owner of a 2020 Hyundai Tucson; happy and safe motoring to you, Séana.
Thanks to each and every person that bought a ticket for the draw and also special thanks to those members that sold tickets and worked hard to ensure the success of the draw for the future of their golf club.
Portsalon AGM 2020
The Portsalon Golf Club AGM will take place in the Clubhouse at 8pm on this Friday 10th January.
The 2019 accounts have been emailed to all members and printed versions are available in the golf shop if any member wishes to get one.
Captain’s Drive-In
This Sunday 12th January is the Captain’s Drive-In for Stephen Connolly.
The format is a scramble with shotgun start at 10.30am. Please enter names on the timesheet as normal and draw for partners will take place on Sunday morning.
Festive Results
A hectic Christmas and New Year period saw plenty of golfing action with full results attached below.
Friday 27th December 2-Ball Scramble
Winners: Paddy Sheridan, Cathal Toland 68.7
Runners-Up: Noel Nicholl, Sarah Nicholl 69.1
Third: Marty McDermott, Kieran O Neill 69.3
Saturday 28th December Open Singles
Winner: Dan Curran (17) – 38 pts BOT
Runner-up: Stuart Nicholl (19) – 38 pts
Gross: Joel McNeilly (7) – 29 gross pts
Sunday Members 29th December
Winner: Clive Davison (10) – 42 pts
Runner-up: Kevin McFadden (20) – 40 pts
Gross: Pascal Cullen (6) – 32 gross pts
Third: Craig Appleby (11) – 38 pts
Monday 30th December 4-Ball Champagne Scramble
Winners: Ronan McClafferty, Niall McClafferty, Stephen McLaughlin, Damian McClafferty -102 Pts BOT
Runner-up: Brendan Roache, Colm McConigley Ducky Callaghan, Eamon McConigley – 102 Pts BOT
Third: Billy Walsh, Davitt Walsh, Paul McDaid, Liam Walsh – 101 Pts
Wednesday January 1st Open Singles
Winner: Dermot Boyce (16) – 41 pts
Runner-up: Cathal Toland (12) – 40 pts
Gross: Pauric Dunleavy (6) – 34 gross pts
Third: Tony Kingston (14) – 40 pts
Lady: Sarah Nicholl (16) – 38 pts
Saturday 4th January Members
Winner: Kieran O’Neill (12) – 39 pts BOT
Runner-up: Mark Howard (7) – 39 pts BOT
Gross: Seamus Patton (6) – 33 gross pts
Third: Patrick McDevitt (13) – 39 pts
Sunday Members 5th January
Winner: Tony Kingston (14) – 45 pts
Runner-up: Hugh McGinley (19) – 42 pts BOT
Gross: Eamonn ‘Beck’ McConigley (6) – 34 gross pts
Third: Denis Friel (19) – 42 pts
LADIES SECTION
Ladies AGM
The AGM of the Ladies Branch will take place this Saturday 11th January at 2pm in the clubhouse.
Sunday Members Results – 5th January
Winner: Deirdre O’Toole (14) – 37 pts
Runner-up: Sarah Nicholl (16) – 35 pts
December Monthly
Winner: Mary Barrett (18) – 74 pts BOT
Runner-up: Deirdre O’Toole (14) – 74 pts
