NEW ROSS

March 7, singles: 1, Dermot Kavanagh (8), 39 points; 2, Robert Whelan (14), 37 points; 3, Ger Whittle (12), 36 points; gross, Seamus O'Leary (9), 28 points; Cat. 1, Seamus Ryan (9), 35 points; Cat. 2, Alan Furness, (11), 36 points; Cat. 3, Jimmy Walsh (19), 35 points.

ROSSLARE ALLIANCE

A beautiful spring morning awaited another large entry in the Rosslare Alliance recently. As per usual, the back tees and fast greens tested the competitors but Gary Collins, one of the Fred Daly All-Ireland winning team for the past two years, played a flawless round which included five birdies and no dropped shots.

First gross, Gary Collins (Rosslare), 41 points; second gross, Glen Robinson (St. Helen's), 38 points; first nett, Peter Jones (Coollattin), 38 points; second nett, Liam McNamara (Rosslare), 38 points; team: Glen Robinson, Gary Collins, Graham Robinson, Paul Phillips.

The final outing for this season will be on Monday next, March 22. Phone 053-9132032 for the timesheet or more information.

ROSSLARE LADIES

Saturday, March 3, fourball competition: 1, Mary O'Shaughnessy (20/15) and Norrie Goff (23/17), 36 points; 2, Cathy Atkinson (18/14) and Mary Barry (22/17), 34 points.

Tuesday, March 9, single stableford: 1, Mary Barry (22), 31 points; 2, Mary Nevins (35), 31 points; 3, Mary O'Shaughnessy (20), 30 points; 4, Bernie Riordan (33), 29 points; 5, Jane O'Shea (35), 29 points; 6, Catherine Haugh (31), 28 points.

Wednesday, March 10, open stableford competition: 1, Sheila Hendrick (36), 39 points; 2, Catherine Haugh (31), 36 points; 3, Orla Byrne (34), 36 points.

COOLLATTIN LADIES

Saturday, March 6, and Wednesday, March 10: 1, Anna Rochford (26), 29 points; 2, Pauline Walker (21), 27 points.

March 11, Seniors open day: 1, Sarah O'Sullivan (Arklow, 32), 29 points; Cat. A: 1, Joan Dunbar (Enniscorthy, 33), 26 points; 2, Phil Walshe (21), 24 points; Cat. B: 1, Ann Lynch (18), 28 points; 2, Ann Nolan (Enniscorthy, 18), 23 points; Cat. C: 1, Kathleen Walsh (Enniscorthy, 26), 25 points; 2, Mary Byrne (29), 22 points.

WEXFORD LADIES

March 11, 18-hole stableford: 1, Val Jenkins (33), 37 points; 2, Lily Rowe (26), 36 points; gross, Carmel Murphy (9), 24 points; 3, Martina Dempsey (29), 35 points; Senior, Margaret Hearne (13), 32 points; best 36, Una Doherty, 28 points.

The first 18 holes of the season got off to a great start in perfect weather conditions. A beautiful selection of prizes were very generously sponsored by the club ladies, Alice Dwyer, Gretta Kelly, Sally O'Neill, Wendy Tiernan and Valerie Willoughby.

This week's 18-hole stableford competition is jointly sponsored by Permanent TSB and Eileen Daly, Theresa Morris and Brenda O'Brien. Many thanks to our sponsors. The next presentation will take place on Thursday, March 25, at 8 p.m.

An open Seniors competition takes place on Monday, March 29, and online booking is available.

TUSKAR ROCK

The Captains' drive-in takes place on Sunday, March 28, at 11 a.m. sharp at the St. Helen's Bay golf resort.

This will be followed by a three club competition. Members can play with any two clubs and a putter over nine holes.

Finger food will be served afterwards. All new members are welcome to play. Good luck to our new Captains, Seán Fitzgerald and Áine O'Connell, over the next year.

G.U.I. competitions will start on the first weekend in April. Any members without a handicap are asked to complete their three cards. You cannot play in these events without a G.U.I. handicap.

As all members know, Tuskar Rock has moved to the St. Helen's Bay Golf Resort, and can avail of all clubhouse facilities.

The office is open to book tee times on 053-9133234, or for course information you can call 085-1081488.

The club website is www.tuskarrockgolfclub.com and it will be updated very shortly with all this season's club competitions.

BALLYMONEY

Despite ideal conditions, a smaller than usual field competed on Saturday in a stableford event. Most players went out early to be finished in time for the big rugby clash between Ireland and Wales. Summer rules were in operation and some slightly lower than expected scores were returned.

Club handicap Secretary Andrew Byrne (19), who was heading to the aforementioned match in Croke Park, cracked out a quickfire round and posted a clubhouse lead of 37 points. Andrew was out in the first group of the day and his score held the lead until the last group in.

Paddy Brown (19) signed for an excellent score of 40 points and thus took first place. The eversteady Joe Lee (11) racked up a creditable 36 points for third spot. This was Paddy's first win and it's good to see a new winner.

The recent fine weather has left the course in superb condition and the decision to end Winter rules proved the correct one.

St. Patrick's Day sees another stableford competition, and a reminder to all members that Sunday next sees the Captain's drive-in. To mark the drive-in, Captain Peter Byrne will donate a prize for the stableford competition winner.

COURTOWN

Over the weekend we had a gents' fourball on both Saturday and Sunday and once again the high scores just keep coming in. We had perfect conditions for this 13-hole competition.

Although the gents turned out on both days, Sunday afternoon surely belonged to the ladies when they played the final of the Azure-sponsored Winter League. Two teams took to the course to battle it out, the Black team led by Laura Funge and the Yellow team led by Claire Duggan.

The Yellow team of Claire Duggan, Kate Sheehan, Eileen Moriarty, Rita Mahony, Frances Sinnott and Breda Nolan were the victors. I heard that one of the girls had a fantastic score of 26 points on her card for the nine holes.

Afterwards in the clubhouse,lady Captain, Marian Siggins, thanked all who had taken part to make the Winter League such a success. She also thanked Frances Swords who had organised the competition and in particular the sponsor, Helen Byrne of Azure Health and Beauty.

Next weekend there will be ladies' and gents' singles on Saturday and then on Sunday the final of the Ulster Bank Winter League. Members are advised to check their text messages and e-mails for their tee-times. We are also advised that the sheets are now out for the Captains' drive-in, which will be played on Saturday, March 27.

This will be limited to 36 teams so get your names in soon if you want to take part. Well done to our Provincial Towns team who had a great start to their season with a good win over The European Club over the weekend.

Results: 1, Donal Noonan (12), Dermot Fitzgerald (19), 34 points (last nine); 2, Joe Kavanagh (19), Paul Molumby (12), 34 points; 3, Neville Steedman (2), Paul Williamson (11), 33 points.

PAULINE'S SOCIETY

Pauline's Golf Society had their latest outing to Seafield Golf Club, Courtown, on March 13, where over 40 players attended President Tommy Power's day.

The course was in excellent condition, with the difficult pin positions providing many talking points.

The greens were also difficult, with many borrows and speeds making it tough to read them. A high standard of scoring was still achieved by the majority of competitors.

Results: overall winner, Brian St. Ledger, 40 points; Category 1 winner, John Shalloe, 38 points; Category 2 winner, T.J. Kielthy, 36 points; Category 3 winner, Nigel Coady, 39 points; nearest pin one, John Shalloe; nearest pin two, Nigel Coady; two-club, Michael Jordan. President Tommy Power thanked those who attended.

The player of the year race is hotting up, and will be decided on the final outing of the year, with the coveted title being contested by up to four competitors.

COOLLATTIN

The first 18-hole competition of the season at Coollattin was staged last weekend. There was a full timesheet on both days, with members making the best of the glorious weather conditions.

The competition was won by Aughrim man Sham Byrne (17) who returned a score of 41 points. He had 21 points on the outward nine, highlighted by back-to-back birdies on the seventh and eighth.

Runner-up with 40 points was Toberpatrick man and former inter-county footballer, J.J. Doyle (11). Shay Clinton (6) won the gross prize with 27 points. Third place went to Rathdrum native Denis Waterton (22) with a score of 40 points.

The prize for the best score returned on Saturday went to Mark Flanagan (14), also with 40 points. Stephen Moran (18) won Sunday's prize with 38 points.

ST. HELEN'S LADIES

Sunday, March 14: 1, Ruth Kennedy (17), 41 points; 2, Eileen Brosnan (15), 39 points (countback); 3, Susan Evans (33), 39 points.

The first day of our 18-hole competition featured excellent rounds, and both first and second placings were cut shots. Well done ladies.

A warm welcome to one of our new ladies, Susan Evans, who has joined St Helen's recently. Well done on your first 18 holes in St. Helen's, looking forward to seeing your name in the winners' enclosure regularly.

Next week is the Captains' drive-in. Best wishes to Frank and Jean.

Fixtures: St. Patrick's Day open four-person, any combination; March 20, Captains' drive-in, nine-hole scramble; March 21, Captains' fourball, any combination.

ENNISCORTHY

Team managers are busy preparing for forthcoming tournaments by carefully whittling down their panels and completing team trials. Peter O'Shea, assisted by Kevin Kavanagh, is in charge of the Leinster Fourball Trophy and trials take place this coming Saturday, starting at 3.50 p.m.

Entrants for this tournament must have four qualifying cards submitted in 2009 and be of 35 years of age or older with a minimum handicap of 18. A panel sheet is posted on the locker room notice board for members who wish to be considered.

The Des Sheehan-sponsored ladies' or gents' open fourball takes place on St. Patrick's Day, and the big competition of next weekend is the Hughes Blake singles stableford.

The ladies' first medal of the year takes place on Tuesday next, March 23, sponsored by Creane and Creane. Last weekend's competition was sponsored by the Solicitors and was won by John Hayden with 41 points, just ahead of Murt Mangan, also on 41 points, on the back nine countback.

Paul Connolly picked up third prize with 40 points with Paddy Hore, also on 40 points, taking fourth position. The gross went to Lar Ronan with 33 points, and the front nine went to John O'Rourke on 41 points, while Nick O'Grady won the back nine with a great score of 24 points.

The seniors open gents' singles sponsored by David Garahy took place on Thursday last and, though frost delayed play, it turned out a very pleasant day for veteran golfers.

Results - 50s+: 1, Paddy Mooney (15), 36 points; 2, Archie Stevenson (12), 34 points; 60s+: 1, J. Bolger (20), 32 points; 2, Des Kehoe (8), 31 points; 70's+: 1, Pat Maguire (14), 34 points; 2, Jack Sheridan (16), 33 points.

For those that can't get to the club office during the week and would like to pay their subscriptions, please be informed that John Casey, Honorary Treasurer, or one of the officers of the club will be available Saturday midday and can accept cash and cheque payment and provide receipts for amounts tendered.

Congratulations to Seán O'Leary (18) who recently won the gents' singles sweep in Courtown with 32 points, and Tommy Kehoe (14) who won first place in category two with 29 points.

NEW ROSS LADIES

Wednesday, March 10, 14-hole competition: 1, Mary Maher (15), 29 points; 2, Kathleen Walsh (36), 27 points; 3, Nessa Opperman (36), 27 points.

St. Patrick's Day 14-hole charity competition in aid of Haiti for men and women. Competition open between 9 a.m. and 2.45 p.m. Book online.

The 18-hole competitions commence on Wednesday, March 24.

NEW ROSS SENIORS

In all team sports there comes a day when a near-perfect result comes from the team's all-round performance. On Thursday last we saw such happenings where all four players gelled together in excellent fashion.

You can use all sorts of adjectives to describe the fantastic score brought in by the team of Eddie Keher (9), Luke Power (18), Mick Wade (20) and Brian Dolan (28), but even the most glowing of them would scarcely be sufficient to cover their achievement.

In racing parlance it was a runaway success, with their total of 109 points being eleven clear of the runners-up. With two scores counting on holes 1-16 and three registering on 17 and 18, they set their stall well when they turned with 53 points. Adding 56 over the second nine holes, Keher and Co. could not be caught.

In second place with a score that would have won on another day were John Kennedy (15), John Murphy (16), John Harrington (19) and Fr. Jim Byrne (21) with 98 points. Third spot with 96 points went to Paddy Shannon (9), Reiner Opperman (18), Tommy Tyler (18) and Ollie Brennan (23). Nearest the pin prizes were won by Tom Murphy and Denis Kirwan.

This Thursday sees a disruption to our normal weekly outing, with the club open Seniors competition being staged instead. On Thursday, March 25, we welcome our colleagues from Faithlegg Golf Club with the earlier starting time from 10 a.m. onwards.

WEXFORD

Wednesday, March 10, v. par (played over 14 holes): John O'Brien (18) was fizzing with seven up, but two bogeys dropped him back to 5 up, which was enough to win the tournament. David Bradley (Tuskar Rock, 21) came second with three up, which he won on a countback from Derek Casey (16) who also had three up but was a little erratic on the home run.

Friday, March 12: the first of a number of three-person team events (played over 14 holes) was played. In first place with 65 points were Andy Doyle(16), Mick Goggin (11) and Ray Cullinane (12) who had a point to spare over Michael Wadding (14), Michael Swan (16) and Pat Harnett (13). One missed putt was the difference between the teams.

The first 18-hole competition of the season was held on Sunday last. It was a singles stableford event (sponsored by DCS + P Architecrs) and attracted a full entry.

First was Eamonn McGuire (7) with 40 points. Eamonn had four birdies in making his total while Michael Goggin (22) had only one in second place and finished with 39 points.

Third was Paul Harrington (15) on 38 points, emulating his namesake with steady play. The gross winner was Leo Connolly (2) with 35 points, with four birdies helping him to the prize.

Fourth was David Sherlock (16) with 37 points (won on the back nine), and fifth was T.J. Furlong(8) with 37 points. Best veteran was Lar Rossiter (12) with 36 points.

The well-attended prizegiving cermony was a model of brevity with witty, pithy and brief speeches from the Captain, sponsor and winner. With the stretch in the evenings, the course is drying out and playing true.

Fixtures - St. Patrick's Day, March 17, four-person team event (any combination), ¤30 per team. This is a fundraiser for the Junior girls. Music in the bar from 3.30 p.m.

Friday, March 19, three-person open team competition over 14 holes. Visitors ¤15 and members ¤5,

Friday, March 19, table quiz in the bar, 8.30 p.m. Table of four, ¤30.

Sunday, March 21, singles stableford (sponsored by the Pro Shop).

ROSSLARE

On Sunday last the golfing season was officially launched in Rosslare when the Captains' drive-in took place.

In Summer-like conditions and in front of a very big crowd, John Kelleher and Eleanor Wardlaw hit two great drives down the first fairway.

The Junior Captains, Ian Cuddihy and Lauren O'Brien, also drove in while present on the tee were the Presidents, Tommy Byrne and Mary McDonald. Congratulations to all the officers and we wish them the best of luck and good golfing for 2010.

The team of three run in conjunction with the drive-In was won by Ger MacNamara (4), Mairéad MacNamara (7) ahd Shane Browne (18) with 74 points.

They won by one shot from the very last team to finish, Colm Quigley (21), Doreen McGovern (20) and Mary Quigley (29), with Ted Tierney (9), Dick Hehir (14) and Seamus Dooley (21) third on 71 points.

Wednesday, March 10, 18 holes open singles: 1, Keith Deacon (15), 40 points; 2, Liam MacNamara (1), 38 points; 3, Bob Quilty (9), 38 points.

Saturday, March 13, fourball 16 holes: 1, Dermot Walsh (6) and Eddie Fortune (11), 37; 2, Nicky Mernagh (5) and Mark Fitzpatrick (10), 37; 3, Tony Coakley (5) and John Curran (12), 37.

Congratulations to Ross Young who has been selected on the Irish Under-16 team to play in the Netherlands shortly. This is a great honour for Ross, his family and the club.

Thursday, March 18, ladies' and gents' open Seniors (Over-50), visitors ¤25.

Monday, March 22, Winter Alliance (0-9), visitors ¤30, P.G.A. ¤15.

Thursday, March 25, ladies' open fourball and gents' open fourball, visitors ¤25.

Don't forget to enter the Pettit, Walsh and Gaynor matchplay competitions in the Pro Shop.

A big welcome our new head greenkeeper, Iain Wakeman, who has joined us from Brora in Scotland. He replaces our loyal servant of nearly 50 years, Andrew Doyle.