Ireland's Eye Golf Society 2024
IEGS Officers
President: John Massey
Captain: Larry Quinn
Vice Captain: Geraldine Eickholt
Secretary: Joe Grant (0879673911)
Treasurer: Zoe Murphy
Programme for 2024
| Thursday April 18th | Skerries Golf Club | |
| Thursday May 23rd | Deerpark Golf Club | Team Event |
| Friday June 21st | Balcarrick Golf Club | |
| Friday July 19th | Clontarf Golf Club | |
| Thursday August 22nd | Howth Golf Club | Captains Prize |
| Thursday September 3rd | Match vs NYC Golf Society | in Dun Laoghaire |
| Thursday October 3rd | Sutton Golf Club | President's Day |
| Thursday November 14th | IEGS Annual Dinner | Howth Yacht Club |
IEGS 2024 - Photo Gallery
October 3rd- Presidents Day.
We had a great turnout for our Presidents Day which was held in Sutton Golf Club on Thursday 3rd October. John really picked the right day and the weather could not have been better.
We had 33 players in all and the winner of the magnificent Claret Jug was John Garvey.
Results
Winner John Garvey H/C 28. 37 pts
Runner-up Berchmans Gannon H/C 16. 36 pts
3rd Place Roddy Cooper H/C 23. 35 pts
Front 9 Nuala O Connell
Back 9 Niall O Leary
Cat 1 John Massey
Cat 2 Sarah Lappin
Cat 3 Mary Fitzpatrick
NTP Men John McDonnell
NTP Ladies Carol Cribbin
Longest Drive Men Niall O Leary
Longest Drive Ladies Mary Fitzpatrick
The following dinner and prize giving was also well attended, with 46 participants. Dinner in Sutton Golf Club was excellent and enjoyed by all.
The prizes were presented by our President John and Captain Larry.
On the occasion, a donation to Howth RNLI was presented by John Massey on behalf of Ireland's Eye Golf Club.
Our next meeting will be our annual dinner November in Howth Yacht Club.
Our Captains day was held in Howth Golf Club. We had a great number of players, 39 in all, and there were some fantastic scores.
The weather was in our favour, probably due to Eileen Lappin putting The Child of Prague out for the night.
The Winner. Frank Kelly Playing handicap 29. 44pts
Runner up. Michael O Conner Playing handicap 21. 38pts
3rd. John Massey Playing handicap 18. 36pts
4th. Paul Cullen Playing handicap 13. 34pts
Front 9. Gillian Guinness
Back 9. Bernadine Jennings
Category 1. Dave Galavan
Category 2. Tom Fitzpatrick
Category 3. Tom Duffy
Longest Drive. Ladies: Gillian Guinness
Men: Paul Cullen
Captain Larry was joined by Pauline and his family for dinner. Also The President of Howth Golf Club Brenda Flynn and our society President John Massey
We had a great attendance for dinner and prize giving. The prizes were presented by Captain Larry and Pauline.
Unfortunately The winner Frank Kelly was unable to attend. The next day he had a very special presentation by Captain Larry as the photo shows.
Congratulations to all the winners. Our next outing is IEGS vs NYC. 3rd September.
Timesheet will open early August.
June 21 - Balcarrick Golf Club
We had a great attendance with 37 members playing and 2guest players.
Beautiful sunshine to start us all off, but then came the rain ☔️
Some of us got away very lightly. But it didn’t deter the prize winners.
First prize Joe Grant.
Second Dudley Hudson
Third. Frank Flood
Front nine. Bernadine Jennings
Back nine. John Bennett
Cat 1. Dave Galavan
Cat 2. Nuala O Connell
Cat 3. Eileen Lappin
NTP. Men Paul Cullen
NTP Women. Geraldine Eickholt
Longest drive Men. Paul Cullen
Longest drive Women. Kathleen Harbison
Being Mid Summers Night in the Rain. !!!!!!!!!! We had a Pimms reception in the Lighthouse attended by a record number of members and quests. Also Prize Giving Dinner afterwards
Our President, John Massey and Captain, Larry Quinn, were in attendance.
The prizes were awarded by our Captain, Larry Quinn.
Thanks to Zoe for all our money matters. Also Geraldine for arranging the food.
Our next outing is 19th July Clontarf Golf Club. 18hole and a 9 hole (Alt ) stableford competition. Also free entry to a Putting Competition.
May 23 - Deer Park Lighthouse Team Event
Our second outing of the year was held in Deerpark.
Having a few weeks of sunshine - we returned to cold and windy conditions. Nevertheless the completion was enjoyed by all. We had 6 teams all named after a Lighthouse.
The Prize Giving Dinner was held in HYC. We had 33 members dining. It was presided over by our President. John Massey and Captain Larry Quinn who presented the prizes
- 1st. Mary Beddy. Kathleen Harbison. Dudley Hudson. Paul Cullen.
- 2nd. Deirdre McCarthy. Larry Quinn. Joe Grant.
- 3rd. Zoe Murphy. Nuala O Connell. John McDonnell. Gunter Eickholt
Special thanks to Sarah Lappin for braving the cold to see all the teams on their way. Also to Geraldine Eickholt for arranging the food.
Our next outing is Balcarrick on 21st June.
April 18 - Skerries
We had our first outing of the year on 18th April in Skerries Golf Club.
There was a good turnout of 32 players and we enjoyed very pleasant weather.
The course was in good condition considering all the rain we have had this past few weeks.
The Prize Giving Dinner afterwards in HYC, with 27 members in attendance, was presided over by Our Society Captain Larry Quinn who presented the prizes.
The winners were:
- Winner. Dudley Hudson 34 pts. (38)
- Runner up. Joe Grant. 33 pts. (26)
- 3rd. John McDonnald
- Front 9. Tom Fitzpatrick
- Back 9. Gillian Guinness
- Cat 1. Will Murray
- Cat 2. David Yeomans
- Cat 3. Frank Kelly
- NTP. Dudley Hudson
- Longest drive. Men. Will Murray
- Longest drive Ladies. Gillian Guinness
A warm welcome to three new players: Kevin Monks, Will Murray, David Yeomans.
Also welcome back to Gillian Guinness and Mossy Shanahan.
Our next outing is Thursday 23rd May in Deerpark Golf Club.