MEMBERS’ NEWSLETTER

Nine and Dine with us in

April

9 Hole singles competition

every Friday in April along

with a steak meal and a des-

sert for just £15 per person.

Prizes for the winners.

Tee times available on the

BRS System.

Captains’ Drive-in

Captain John and Lady Cap-

tain Rosemary got the sea-

son off to a great start in our

Captains’ drive-in striking

two superb drives off the

first tee. We wish both John

and Rosemary an enjoyable

and successful year in of-

fice!

Poker Nights

Due to good Friday we re-

scheduled our end of Month

Poker Night to Friday 1st

April.

Things are back to normal

this month the next one ar-

ranged for Friday 29th April.

Warrenpoint Golf Club, Lower Dromore Road, Warrenpoint, BT34 3LN April 2016

COMPETITION RESULTS Wednesday 16th March - Fairgrieve Salver

1st - Leo Mc Cabe & Peter Mc Parland - 50 pts

2nd - James Taylor & Robert Martin - 46 pts

3rd - Peter Mc Sherry & Rory Macauley - 44 pts

Thursday 17th March - St Patrick's Day Team Scramble

1st - John Venton, Simon Bradley, Joseph Reilly & Declan Johnston - 54.875

2nd - Paul Reavey, Conor Fegan, David Barron & Ryan Gribben - 55.375

3rd - Michael Reavey, Michael Reavey Jun, Anthony Bennett & Joseph O'Connor - 55.5

Ladies Winners - Lyn Curtis, Louise Carr, Mary Bell & Catherine Monaghan - 61.125 Nett

Saturday 19th March - Kelly Cup Qualifiers

Nett: P Carroll / C Mc Cartan / D Keenan / F Mc Conville / K Mc Ateer / J Boardman / A Knapton / M Fitzpatrick

Gross: R Gribben / P Reavey / D Barron / S Coulter / M Mc Gurk / B Mc Kee / D Morgan / C Campbell Snr

Tuesday 22nd March - Ladies Una Quinn Trophy Singles Stableford

Overall Winner – Maureen Grant 41 pts

Section A Winner – June Mc Evoy 40 pts

Section B Winner – Margaret Mc Mahon 41 pts

Section C Winner – Ita Bradley 38 pts

Section A Runner up – Sheila Casey 37 pts

Section B Runner up – Joan Pollard 35 pts

Section C Runner up – Eileen Montgomery 38 pts

Wednesday 23rd March – Hogg Cup

Overall Winner – Thomas Mullen 42 pts

Under 50 Winner – Eoin Durkin 43 pts

Runner up – Raymond Duffin 41 pts

Best Gross – Paul Digney 29 Gross pts

Juvenile – Michael Reavey Jnr 39 pts

COMPETITION RESULTS Thursday 24th March – Open Singles Stableford

Overall Winner – Ryan Gribben 38 pts

Runner up – William Glenny (v) 36 pts

Sunday 27th March – Open Mixed Greensomes

Overall Winners – Grainne & John Fearon 66 Nett

Runners up – Anne & Richard Black 70 Nett

Monday 28th March – Mc Clorey Cup

Overall Winners – Noel Winters & Andrew Birt 48 pts

Runners up – Brian Savage & Raymond Duffin 47 pts

Third – Pat Mc Ateer & Greer Ramsey 46 pts (27 pts bk 9)

Tuesday 29th March – Ladies Kathleen Martin Singles Stroke Sponsored by Newcel Ltd

Overall Winner – Catherine Campbell 72 Nett (Qualifies to represent Warrenpoint Golf Club in the Regional Qualifier)

Section A Winner – Brid Farrell 74 Nett

Section B Winner – Sheila Carr 73 Nett

Section C Winner – Maragrete Mc Alinden 72 Nett

Section A Runner up – Sinead Murphy 75 Nett

Section B Runner up – Kathleen O’Hare 73 Nett

Section C Runner up – Eileen Montgomery 75 Nett

Best Gross – Rosemary Thornton 85 Gross

Wednesday 30th March – Club Singles Stableford

Overall Winner – Joseph Boardman 43 pts

Runner up – Jonathan Parr 41 pts

Third – Kevin Jennings 39 pts

Best Gross – Brian Mc Kee 35 Gross pts

Thursday 31st March - Open Singles Stableford

Overall Winner - Des Sloan 37 pts

Runner up - Lorcan Mc Coy (v) 35 pts

SENIORS NEWS

Club Seniors - Thursday 24th March

1st - G. Mc Guigan 40 pts

2nd - I. Mc Verry

MID ULSTER SENIORS LEAGUE (OVER 60’S)

Wednesday 20th April at Greenore Golf Club

Tee off at 9:30 - 10am

Arrive 30 Mins before tee time for tea/coffee and scones

Entry fee £6

NORTH EASTERN SENIORS LEAGUE

Round 4 took place at Baltray Golf Club where Warrenpoint

finished 3rd on the day with 179 pts from their 4 best cards.

The best pair on the day were D. Sloan and T. Redmond

with 49 pts.

This leaves Warrenpoint in 5th moving into Round 5 which

is set for Monday 4th April at Warrenpoint Golf Club.

NESL Team to play at Warrenpoint Golf Club on Monday 11th April

D. Sloan & T. Redmond / F. Rushe & R. Browning / J O’Hare & G. Mc Guigan / J. Spiers & K. Mc

Veigh / J. Fearon & E. Lyons

Reserves: P. Clarke & M. Reavey

Tee off: 12:10

Entry: €10

Our next Club Seniors is scheduled

for Monday 25th April.

Tee off is at 11am

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

PROSHOP NEWS AND OFFERS

Taylormade M2 Irons Offer - new release for 2016

Down payment of £149, balance £400 by 30th May

Thick-Thin Fluted Hosel & 360° Undercut

Speed Pocket Technology

Thin Face with Inverted Cone Technology

Taylormade M2 Driver Offer - new release for 2016

Hot Trajectory

Massive Sweet Spot

460cc Multi-Material Construction

THE WEST OF IRELAND 2016 Colm Campbell Jnr pictured left after his hole in

one at The West of Ireland on route to the semi-

finals.

We had 3 representatives (Colm Campbell Jnr,

Stephen Coulter and Jamie Fletcher) in attend-

ance at the West of Ireland 2016.

The venue and tournament has become renowned

for producing some of the most difficult playing

conditions you will experience.

However, our guys managed them very well with

all 3 making the 18 hole reduced cut and match-

play stages. Unfortunately both Stephen and Ja-

mie bowed out in the first round but another su-

perb performance saw Colm Campbell Jnr reach

another major semi-final. Hopefully this is a sign

of what’s to come in the season ahead.

Ulster University captured the Irish Colleges

Match Play title in a nail-biting finish against UCC

at Woodbrook. Ryan Gribben, the Ulster team cap-

tain, holed the winning par putt at the 19th hole in

partnership with James Lindsay against Bill Mur-

ray and Paul Tobin for UCC.

Before the climax, Ross Dutton had defeated Ben

Murray by a margin of 2/1, giving Ulster first

blood, but Greg O'Mahony struck a blow back for

UCC with a win of his own against Neil McKinstry,

also at the 17th.

UCC had led the foursomes match playing the

last, but failed with a 15-foot par attempt to win

the match, and after both sides struggled slightly

into a stiff breeze on the long first hole, it was

Gribben and Lindsay who fared better with a win-

ning par, the UCC pair narrowly failing to get up

and down from 25 yards. -

IRISH COLLEGES MATCH PLAY

TEAM NEWS Fred Daly

Our juvenile team took on Lurgan at Lurgan on Sunday 3rd April and in difficult conditions

struggled against a very strong Lurgan team.

They will return to Warrenpoint this Sunday 10th April with high hopes of turning around a 5-0

deficit on home soil.

Ulster Cup

Warrenpoint faced Castleblaney in the first round of the Ulster Cup with the away leg first on

Sunday 3rd April. The game finished 4 1/2 to 2 1/2 in favour of the home side.

This leaves the tie finely balanced with the return leg scheduled for this Sunday 10th April at

Warrenpoint.

Jimmy Bruen

Our Jimmy Bruen side will be qualifying at home on Sunday 1st May.

First tee off will be at 8:30am.

Pierce Purcell

Our Pierce Purcell side will be qualifying at St Patrick's Golf Club on Sunday 8th May.

First tee off will be at 10am.

Irish Mixed Foursomes

Our Irish Mixed Foursomes team will be qualifying at Banbridge Golf Club on Sunday 15th May.

First tee off will be at 10:10am.

Senior Cup

The Senior team will be qualifying at Concra Wood Golf Club on Sunday 22nd May.

First tee off will be at 8:30am.

Junior Cup

Our Junior Cup side will be qualifying at Portadown Golf Club on Sunday 29th May.

First tee off will be at 9:20am.

COURSE INFORMATION

The greens have been verti-cut and the applied sand should be absorbed into the surface in

the near future.

The 3rd, 6th, and 13th greens are now back in play.

All divots on the fairways have been repaired with seeded sand.

The wettest areas of the fairways and tees were verti-drained between the white lines.

The drains on the 18th fairway have been completed.

At the 16th hole, the banking on the road side bunker prevented the storm water from damag-

ing the sand in the bunker.

Work on the 17th tee should be completed by 6/4/2016

The tops of the trees to the south west of the men’s 7th tee box were cut to allow more sun-

light onto the grass surface, to help dry it out and encourage grass growth

The large beech tree on the left of the 12 tee box was cut down because it was in a dangerous

condition.

The fairways and green surrounds will be fertilized this month.

Due to the intermittent cold, wet weather lift, clean and place ‘through the green’ is still in play.

With improving weather, rising temperatures and further growth, preferred lies on the fairways

will be introduced and qualifying competitions will return.