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  

 
 
 

 

 

 

August 22nd- Captains Prize.

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.

 
July 19th- The Alan Hines Trophy.
 
 
The winner.  Carol Cribbin.   37 pts. H/C. 33
 
Runner-Up.   Zoe Murphy.     34 pts. H/C. 34
 
3rd Place.     Sarah Lappin.   32 pts. H/C 30. 
 
 
Front 9:       Joe Cull
Back 9:        Tom Fitzpatrick
 
 
Cat 1:         John Bennett.               
Cat 2:         Frank Kelly
 
 
NTP: Men.   Tom Duffy
NTP: Women. N/A
 
 
Longest Drive-Men.           Larry Quinn/Kevin Monks
Longest Drive-Women.      Carol Cribbin.
 
 
Next Outing: Larry Quinn’s Captains Day 22nd  August.
                   Playing for The Fulmar Cup
 
We will be dining in Howth Golf Club later that evening where the Prizegiving will take place. Looking forward to a record attendance for our Captains Day.

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.