Club Notes 9.10.26
Oct 09, 2026
The St Brendans College 1 team of Fionn McMonagle (centre), Lucas Uchytil (left) and Fionn O'Callaghan (right) that won September's Munster Secondary Schools event pictured with Pitch & Putt Ireland Vice President Anthony Malone at the presentation of prizes for the event at the National Finals in Lakeside, Templemore last Thursday.
Club Matchplay:
All done now for our 2026 Club Matchplay (sponsored by Murphy's Bar). Our
thanks to all those who took part over the last two months as we had two rather
different deciders last Saturday. Our Championship decider was all about the
brilliance of Nathan Cronin's pitching as he defeated Denis Duggan 8&7 in
our Championship decider which can be seen in the live stream available on the
Club’s Facebook Page. Nathan makes up for last year's runners-up finish rather
like his dad did between the 2016 and 2017 deciders a decade ago as a father
and son double is rather unique for this competition. The Plate Final was where
the real drama was on the day however as James Foley and Declan Kelly battled
to and fro until the last hole with James sinking a long range birdie putt to
win 1up on last. James has won the Championship and Plate now in both events as
one thing that is also confirmed with our Club Matchplay conclusion is that
Denis Duggan is our 2026 Club Player of the Year award winner with his run to
the Championship decider. He can't be caught now by anyone ahead of the final
event for POTY, the Christmas Hamper on Sunday October 18th. Congratulations to
Denis on this consolation from Saturday's events. We look forward to presenting
Nathan, James and Denis along with the other prizewinners from this event at
our end of year gathering in Murphy's itself in December. Date TBC.
National Secondary Schools Event:
While St Brendans
College's four-year reign as National Secondary Schools champions came to an
end last Thursday in Lakeside with a fourth place finish overall, the two
Fionn's and Lucas were both presented with the Willie Parker Memorial Cup for
the Munster Secondary Schools win in St Stephens the previous week. Fionn
McMonagle was presented with the Best Individual score for the Munster also as
the second St Brendans team (Team 3) finished 12th overall on the
day. Our thanks to St Brendans once again for facilitating our members taking
part in this event again as we once more thank Killarney CC and ISK for
entering teams as well this year.
Sunday Draws:
Two Ball Betterball
First Nett: Ger Casey & Gerard O'Brien 37½
Gross: Denis Duggan & James Foley 48 (B9)
Second Nett: Denis Duggan & Dan Kiely 38.
National Scotch Foursomes:
Our Best Wishes to club members who
are taking part in both the Mixed and Non-Mixed events in Tralee this weekend
as we also wish Tralee well with their hosting of the event.
Christmas Hamper:
This event will take place on the weekend of October 18th. Further information to follow next week.