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2009

ASA Social Events in 2009 

 
2009 ASA Captain's Prize Golf in Tullamore on the 18th June.The Captain Donal Mullane presenting his prize to the winner Frank Ryan
 
The organising committee of
Tony Dempsey, Pat O'Gorman,
Captain Donal Mullane, Winner Frank Ryan, John O'Rourke and John Carty
 


Cork Branch Outing
Seamus O’Dowd, Captain of the Cork Branch hosted his outing at Macroom Golf Club on 10 July.  Top golfer on the day was Philip Maher with 44 points.  Jeremiah Murphy took second prize with 41 points while third and fourth went to Hugh O’Callaghan and Patsy Browne, respectively.  Jerry McCarthy took the prize for best gross.

The branch’s autumn outing for the Conor O’Riordon Cup will be held in Bandon Golf Club on 24 October.


The annual Inter-Services outing, sponsored by AIB, will be held at Tullamore Golf Club on 3 September.   

Result of ASA Interservices Golf Outing Sponsored by AIB, Tullamore 3 September
 
This years outing was on the traditional first Thursday of September in Tullamore Golf Club. The weather was very bad, right up to the day before. However the weather dried up on the morning of the event and 82 golfers in 9 teams took to the fairways.
 
The following teams took part:
Teagasc Galway, Commercials, Teagasc, AIB, Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Presidents (Maurice Keane), Vets, ACCBank and Offaly Interservices.
 
AIB sponsored five team prizes, with the players with the five best cards on the five best teams getting prizes. In addition they sponsored three individual prizes and two nearest the pin prizes.
  
The Team Prize winners were as follows:
1st. Team    Offaly Interservices
Tony Dempsey (16) 38 Points
Denis Guinan (11) 37
John Kirwan (13) 35
Joe Feely (11) 35
Bill O’ Donovan (12) 31
 
2nd. Team   ACCBank
Pat Hanley (16) 39 Points
Michael Sheridan (13) 35
Pat Burnes (15) 35
Noel O’ Dowd (15) 34
John O’ Riordan (21) 31
3rd. Team Vets
Leonard Dolan (9) 38 Points
Peter Maher (12) 37
T O’ Riordan (13) 32
B. McDonnell (18) 32
M O’ Meara (18) 30
 
4th. Team   President’s Team
Billy Fingleton (23) 35 Points
John Whiriskey (17) 35
Maurice Keane (23) 33
Matt Barlow (24) 32
Peadar McCanna (20) 32
 
5th. Team Prize    Dept of Agr. Fisheries and Food
David Donnelly (16) 36 Points
Eamon Coughlan (18) 34
Gay McNally (16) 33
Tony Mulhern (19) 32
Pat Nevin (13) 31
 
Individual Prizes
1st. Pat Hanley (16), 39 Points (ACC)
2nd. Michael O’ Flaherty, (19) 39 (Teagasc Galway)
3rd. Leonard Dolan (9) 38 (Vets)
 
Nearest the Pin
2nd. Hole: Fergus Moriarty (AIB)
17th. Hole: Leonard Dolan (Vets)
 
 
 
 
The Presidents Team with Left to Right: Johnny Whiriskey and Maurice Keane of the Presidents team with Pat O’ Meara representing the sponsors AIB, ASA captain Donal Mullane and Billy Fingleton presidents team.
 
Left to Right: Bill O’ Donovan Offaly Interservices, Pat O’ Meara representing the sponsors AIB, Donal Mullane, Captain ASA Golf Society, Tony Dempsey, John O’ Rourke, Offaly and Joe Feely all Offaly Interservices team.
  

 

2009 ASA President's Prize Golf in the Castleknock Hotel and Country Club,Dublin Thursday 10th September
Paddy Horgan, ACC Bank presenting the Prizes with ASA President Elaine Farrell

1st Liam Larkin 40 pts, 2nd John Grogan 38 pts, 3rd Pat Byrnes 38pts, 4th Brian Daly 37 pts Best Gross, 5th Michael McHugh 38pts, 6th Patsy Browne 37pts, 7th Michael White 37pts, 8th Michael Long 36pts, 9th John Daly 36pts, 10th Jim O'Mahoney 35pts. Front 9  Patrick Farrell; Back 9 Jimmy Stafford


Visitors:
1st Pat Foley 41pts, 2nd Aidan Wynne 39pts, 3rd Con O'Leary 36pts


Ladies:
1st Aine Horgan 35pts, 2nd Marie Sheehan 32pts, 3rd Elmarie Long 31pts, 4th Margot Farrell 29pts.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
 ASA 2009 Annual Conference & Banquet, in the Castleknock Hotel and Country Club,
Dublin Thursday 10th and 11th September
   
   
   
   
  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agricultural Science Association, Irish Farm Centre, Bluebell, Dublin 12.
Ph: (01) 4603682, Fax: (01) 4565415, Email: info@asaireland.ie