Barrie McCoy is the Captain 

of the Saval Golfing Society for 2012

 

At the recent AGM of the Saval Golfing Society, held in the Saval GAC club, Barrie McCoy was announced as the new Captain for 2012, in fact, he will be the 25th Captain of the Society.

This year is the 25th Year of the Society’s existence, and we still have some of the original members involved. Who would have thought it would have lasted this long way back at the first meeting in the Cove Bar in 1987.

To mark the 25th Anniversary, it was decided to reduce the membership for this year only to £25.00 and have an open invitation for all ex members to join for this year or if that does not suit, it will be open for all those ex members to attend the 12th July outing as a celebration of the 25 years.

The 25th AGM was poorly attended but as usual there was enough there to have very constructed debates on the various points raised, the following election of officers were made.

1.       Captain – Barrie McCoy

2.       Secretary – Seamus Sands

3.       Treasurer – Michael Redmond

4.       Starters – Damien Redmond, Dominic McCarthy

5.       Meals Co-ordinator – Patrick (Rusty) McCarthy

6.       Marking the Cards – Anthony Rice

7.       Handicap & Rules Committee – Captain, Secretary, Treasurer, Anthony Rice

 

The following agreements were made:

1.       5no outings with Captain’s Day planned for 1st September possibly in Dundalk

2.       Depending on the deals Knightsbrook on the 12th July, and Rockmount for the first outing, Secretary to get the best deals possible at the time

3.       Membership subscription to be £25 for this year only to mark the 25th anniversary

4.       Renew membership of the Golfing Union of Ireland

5.       Weekend to be in Kilkenny – Date agreed is 22nd June, Mount Juliet Friday 22nd, Gowran Park Saurday 23rd, Castlecomer 24th June (will include buggies as per last year), 2no nights bed breakfast, 2no evening meals in the Hotel Kilkenny 4*, including the 3no rounds of golf, for a total price of €275/person, to secure your place which are limited please contact the secretary as soon as possible. seamussands@gmail.com

6.       Player of the Year – Seamus Sands

7.       Gross Player of the Year – Seamus Sands

8.       The Player & Gross Player of the Year to be decided from your best results of 4no out of the 6 counting outings, with the first day of the society weekend included

9.       Handicaps would be revised upwards, with each member getting 4no shots back provided it does not go about his official club (GUI) handicap.

10.   The Secretary and the Treasurer have stayed on for another year in the agreement that there would be a successor in place, his was agreed at the meeting with Barrie McCoy taking on the secretary’s role and Gary Sands taking the treasurer’s role in 2013. 

 

The Society would like to this opportunity to wish Barrie McCoy an enjoyable year as the Captain of the Society.

 

"Please Note a €50 deposit per person is required as soon as possible to secure your place for the Society Weekend, there are a limited number of places required "

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Gary Sands Wins  Paul Fearon’s  Captain’s Day in Concra Wood

 

Saturday the 15^th October seen 32 players descend to  Concra Wood in Castleblayney for Paul Fearon’s Captain’s Day . The weather unfortunately was not good but no matter everyone plated their part to make this an enjoyable day. Paul set everyone out with a goody bag and handed out a range of fantastic prizes, it is obviously  there  was alot of influence on the prizes from Paula.

Gary Sands shot an excellent 31 points in what could be described as atrocious underfoot conditions,  he was closely followed by Seamus Sands (30pts), there were some very low scores on the day but we will not mention any names.

Congratulations to Paul on a very successful Captain’s Day and very successful year as Captain. Next year will be the 25^th Anniversary of the Society, so it would be nice to see some of the past members joining again for this special year. We will plan next year at the AGM in November.

The final positions for the Player of the Year and the Gross Player of the Year have now been calculated, the winners will be presented at the AGM.

 

Results after 6no out 8no outings
Player of Year	Points	Gross Player	Points
		of the Year
Seamus Sands	103	Seamus Sands	55
Anthony Rice	100	Paul Fearon	50
Barrie McCoy	99	Michael Redmond	49
Paul Fearon	97	Barrie McCoy	39
Martin Grant	92	Francis Fallon	38

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Michael Havern wins Saval Golf Outing

in Armagh

 

 

Sunday the 21st August seen the 7th outing of the season, played in reasonable conditions. Michael Havern shot an excellent score of 37 points to claim first prize. Michael finished 1 shot ahead of his nearest rival M. Redmond & B.McCoy (36pts), in a poor attended outing. The roll of Honour on the day was as follows;

 

Armagh	Roll of Honour
Outing
Winner	Michael Havern
Runner- up	Michael Redmond
Low Section	Barrie McCoy
High Section	Tommy Mullan
Front 9	Seamus Sands
Back 9	Rusty McCarthy
Nearest the Pin	Seamus Sands
Longest Drive	Michael Redmond

 

 

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Anthony Rice wins Saval Golf Weekend

in Kilkenny

 

 

Anthony Rice held on to win his first weekend after years of trying, after a great performance in the rain at Mount Juliet on the Friday, to an excellent 39 points on the Kilkenny course on the Saturday, he did enough to hold of the challenges of P.Fearon, M.Grant and B.McCoy to claim the weekend prize. Well done Anthony and congratulation from the entire 21no who attended the weekend. The courses and hotel and the craig was mighty for the whole weekend.

The roll of Honour was as follows;

       

 

Weekend	Roll of Honour
Results
Overall winner	Anthony rice
Overall R-up	Paul Fearon
Overall Low Section	Barrie Mccoy
Overall High Section	Colm Magee
Daily Winner 24th June	Martin Turley
Daily Winner 25th June	Martin Grant
Daily Winner 26th June	Michael Sands

 

 For the player of the year results the points were determined on the following results on each day and members had their handicap amended accordingly.

 

Mount Juliet	Roll of Honour
Outing
Winner	Anthony Rice
Runner- up	Martin Turley
Low Section	Michael Sands
High Section	Martin Grant
Nearest the Pin	Anthony Rice
Longest Drive	Paul Fearon

 

 

 

Kilkenny	Roll of Honour
Outing
Winner	Anthony Rice
Runner- up	Martin Grant
Low Section	Barrie McCoy
High Section	Dominic Connell
Nearest the Pin	Anthony Rice
Longest Drive	Seamus Sands

  

 

Castlecomer	Roll of Honour
Outing
Winner	Michael Sands
Runner- up	Paul Fearon
Low Section	Michael Redmond
High Section	Colm Magee
Nearest the Pin	Martin Grant
Longest Drive	Francis Fallon

 

 

The next Outing after the weekend will be on Tuesday 12^th July 2011 – Knightsbrook  Golf Club – Tee Time 11.06am

 

The player of the Year and the Gross Player of the Year standings after 5no outing is as follows :

 

Player of Year	Points	Gross Player of the Year	Points
Anthony Rice	87	Paul Fearon	43
Paul Fearon	82	Seamus Sands	33
Martin Grant	69	Francis Fallon	30
Francis Fallon	66	Michael Redmond	28
Seamus Sands	64	Michael Sands	27
Michael Havern	59	Anthony Rice	26
Barrie McCoy	55
Michael Redmond	55

 

 

Rockmount	Roll of Honour
Outing
Winner	Martin Grant
Runner- up	Cathal McEnerney
Low Section	Anthony Rice
High Section	Paul Greenan
Front 9	Stephen Sheppard
Back 9	Damien Redmond
Nearest the Pin	Cathal Farrelly
Longest Drive	Tommy Mullan