Duffy winsIrons final

FAUGHAN Valley had a full card of competitions over Saturday and Sunday with a two man scramble on Saturday which was quite popular with the members and on Sunday they held a charity open for Age Concern, as well as the irons final.

The winners of the two man scramble was the pairing of Brian Gallagher and Barney O’Connor who came in with a nett 60 playing off a handicap of 7, in second spot on a break of tie was the pairing of John Millar and Roy Cooke with a nett score of 62 playing off a handicap of 8, and in third spot was Gary McIlroy and Hugh Doherty from Foyle with a nett score of 62 playing off 5.

On Sunday, Faughan Valley hosted a charity open with visiting golfers from the area helping to make it a successful day for age concern, the winner on the day was 5 handicapper Paul Duffy with a score of 41, second spot was decided on a BOT between 16 handicapper Scott Somers and 26 handicapper Stephen Lunn both carding 39 points with Scott taking second spot.

The gross went to Trevor Peace with 84, the winner of the front nine was Geoff Bratton with 21 points playing off 16, and 25 handicapper took the back nine with 20 points.

In the ladies competition the winner was 28 handicapper Jackie McNulty with 38 points and second was Ann McGoldrick with 34 points playing off a handicap of 28.

A great thanks to Don O’Doherty for his effortless work to make the day a success and to his wife Gurty who made sure all were fed and watered - many thanks from everyone at the club.

The final of the club’s popular Irons competition was run on Sunday afternoon with the nine finalist fighting it out for a set of Cleveland CG16 irons, it was a tight match between three of the finalist going through ten with James Lindsay 2 under par for the front nine and Paul Duffy (5) hot on his heels at one over on the turn, Geoff Bratton was also in the hunt after nine holes.

It was a different story ofter the turn with young James scratching two holes to let Paul in with 1 under for the back nine, finishing on level par with 41 points to claim the prize.

In the mid-week competition the winner was Ian Dunn with a score of 33 points playing off 23, with 24 handicapper Patrick McGlinchey taking second spot with 31 points and William O’Brien with 30 points was third.

While the ladies competition played last Wednesday was claimed after a break of tie by Margaret Armstrong (25) after she scored 33 points, second was Evelyn Smith (36) who too scored 30 points and Pearl Cowell was third.

Ladies are reminded that the O2 Cup is to be played for today (normal tee times for ladies apply).

Ladies are also reminded of the charity weekend on August 25th and 26th. Games can be played on either or both days, best card taken. Full range of prizes for both ladies and men and tee times can be booked in the clubhouse