Ladies Committee 2025

     Captain              Noreen Curry

Vice Captain             Aileen Coughlan

Hon Secretary           Breda Phelan

Hon Treasurer           Majella Deevy

Handicap Secretary         Margaret Furlong

Competition  Secretary            Patricia Doheny

                    PRO.                    Patricia Brennan

    Ex Officio                  Anne Breen.

Ann Doyle. Caroline Conway. Catherine Campion. Catrina Meagher.

16th Mar. Last Monday, the 10th the Midland Alliance was hosted by Castlecomer . It was the Captains Prize Day and Patricia Doheny, Captain of the alliance, hosted a very successful outing. Comer ladies featured
1st   Ellen Phelan     24 pts hc18
2nd    Bessie Brophy    23pts hc12
3rd   Helen Dunne     22pts hc18
5th Monica Kelly   20pts   ph18
SENIOR Alliance
In Callan featured
Emer Foley   gross winner
Helen Murphy    3rd 27pts    pH 13
CASTLECOMER ALLIANCE in Cill Dara featured in the Captains Prize…
2nd   Majella Deevey    24pts PH 39
3rd   Marie Kenna      23pts PH43
4TH   Aileen Coughlan    23 pts PH37
6TH    Nor Kinsella   22pts PH 34.
Well done to all.
WINTER League has now concluded .The SPRING MATCHPLAY LEAGUE will commence over 11 holes. Lamb 11 hole competition continues and 18 hole competition commencing this week.
Lady Captain Noreen Curry chaired a very productive committee meeting on Tuesday 11th.
The Nurses and Midwives annual golf outing is on 9th May in Castlecomer and booking online will open on 18 th March.
Early booking is advised .

3rd March.
The Silver Alliance outing to Rathdowney on Thursday last brought great results for our ladies as follows
Ist Jo Costigan 30pts
2nd Breda Phelan 30pts
3rd Emma Walsh 27pts
Winter League continues and lamb competition 10 holes.

The event of the week was the Captains Drive in. Congrats to Lady Captain Noreen and President Delia on marking the beginning of our golf year in style. Full report is under News.

23rd Feb. The winter League is entering its final week.Lamb competition in progress.
CAPTAINS DRIVE IN.
Next Sundays drive in is highly anticipated by all our golfers .Sending best wishes to Captains Michael Buggy Noreen Curry and John Joe Buggy for the day .President Delia will join with the captains on the day in marking the start of the golfing year.We hope the sun will shine on the day.
UPCOMING EVENTS
10TH March
The ladies of the Midland Alliance will play in the Captains Prize .Captain of the alliance Patricia Doheny will host the final outing of the season
THE NURSES ALL IRELAND ALLIANCE
Our club will host nurses from all the country on 9th May.Captain of the Nurses Alliance Jo Costigan is currently setting up a committee to oversee this major event .More on this to follow.

16th Feb.

Last Mon10th was busy with 3 Winter alliance outings for our ladies with several featuring in the prizes
SOUTH EAST ALLIANCE …The Presidents Prize in Borris featured in 5th place Theresa Manning with31pts
CASTLECOMER ALLIANCE in Abbeyleix featured 3ladies
3rd Aileen Coughlan 15pts
5thMarie Kenna14pts
6th Rita Breen 14pts
Congrats ladies.

Midland Alliance in Mountrath was well attended by our ladies.
WINTER LEAGUE is in its final month with all team members encouraged to
play.
Lamb Competition continues.
The Ladies Committee 2nd meeting was held on 11th Feb. A busy agenda was chaired by LC Noreen Curry and was very productive. It will be a busy year of activities in the club. As we celebrate 50 years in Drumgoole the ladies are certain to play their part in this important year for our club.

3rd Feb.    Lamb no 1
1st Helen Murphy (10)22pts
2nd Helen Hennessy(35)21pts
The winter league 2nd round is now complete and teams are close in the top 3. It’s all to play for in the next round. All team members are encouraged to play as often as possible and as the weather allows. It’s 10 holes now for February.

19th Jan 2025. The first meeting of the new ladies committee2025 was held Mon the 13th in the clubhouse with lady Captain Noreen Curry in the chair. LC Noreen in her opening address thanked her committee for their commitment to the ladies club for the year ahead. She welcome all returning and new members and pledged to make every effort in her year ahead as Lady Captain to ensure it is a great one on and off the course. The long agenda was steered smoothly by LC Noreen in a very timely fashion.
Competition News

Congratulations to Jo Costigan on featuring in the Silver Alliance in Esker Hills last Thursday.

Course under snow Jan.2025

12th Jan 2025

Turkey No 2
1st Joan Brennan26pts
2ndMargaret O Keeffe25pts(b3)
TurkeyNo 3
1stMaria Downey25pts
2nd Eileen Gunner20pts
President Delia won the Birdie Pot.
Well done to all the winners.
Looking forward to a great year of golf ahead.
Lady Captain Noreen Curry will chair the first meeting of the year this Monday.

7th Jan. 2025. Nollaig na Mban Lunch
LC Noreen Curry hosted a very enjoyable lunch on Saturday 4th Jan.31 ladies joined her for festive camaraderie and fun in the foxglade clubhouse restaurant. LC Noreen organised and ran a raffle proceeds of which will go to the club.Winner of first prize was Helen H Murphy and congrats to her and all the ladies who won prizes. It was a most enjoyable and sociable event.
Winter League and Lamb Competition in progress.

22nd Dec.

Christmas Disco
A great fun filled event took place on Saturday in the club.Organised by incoming captain Michael Buggy and his team and several ladies in festive dress were there to chaperone a well run event.
76 children enjoyed lively dancing to the disco sounds of Maurice Shortall(jr) who gave his services for free.

The ladies will have lunch on Jan 4th to celebrate Nollaig Na Mban. Lady Captain Noreen is busy  co-ordinating the menu with chef Lucasz. Happy Christmas .

15th Dec. The joint AGM took place in the clubhouse on Thursday13th.It was a well attended meeting and Chairperson Sean Scanlon gave his last address to the members as he retires after 3 years of outstanding service. We wish him Well and thank him for his hard work and dedication. Our best wishes to Liam Mooney as he takes up the role as Chairperson of the BOM. Thanks to our outgoing President Austin Kelly for his dedicated service to our club.

Matchplay Winner HCap 0-21.9 Hannah Kelly

Lady Captain Anne Breen with incoming Captain Noreen Curry