Golf club mourning

Peace, who was captain in 2008 and president in 2012, died after a long illness.

He was a great club man who served the club well in many roles over the last decade and will be sadly missed.

His church service will be held in the Tamlaghtfinlagan Church in Ballykelly, this morning (Wednesday) at 11am.

Meanwhile the open strokeplay competition on Saturday, which was sponsored by The White Horse Hotel, was claimed by Mark Campbell (15) after he scored 64 gross points.

Second and third spot was decided on a break of tie between one of the club’s junior player Graham Curry (10) and Neal Black (13) both returning 65 gross, with young Graham taking second spot with a superior back nine.

On Sunday, Newbuildings Cricket Club held their annual fund-raiser and Geoff Wray Memorial Classic, which saw a great turnout.

In first spot was Basco Farren (18) with 44 points, second spot went to Barney O’Connor (14) with 41 points and 20 handicapper Terrance Bradley taking third spot after he finished with 40 points.

The front nine went to Stanley Lyle with 21 points and the back nine went to Craig Huey with 20 points, the Junior Prize was won by Ross Dougherty.

The society prize went to Darren Thompson (12) who scored 39 points.