McKimm’s captain’s day this weekend at Prehen

Prehen Salver winner, Naiomh Quigg is presented with the trophy by Lady Captain Marie Clifford. On left is event sponsor, Leslie Mulgrew (Mulgrew Orthodontics).

The minimum six cards in individual competitions needed to play for the prize on the day has been amended to include team competition entries. So you are advised to check those details with the pro shop.

Today (Wednesday) is John Rosborough’s vice captain’s prize and Friday, the eve of captain’s day will have the very popular captain’s scramble at 5.45pm.

Some slots are still available so if you want to play put your name down (anywhere on the list) that is on the noticeboard.

A good start is half the battle but George Jackson (11) made nonsense of that old adage in winning the open stableford at City of Derry on Sunday with a magnificent 44 points that started with a blank on the very first hole.

Despite that setback he still managed a creditable 20 points on the first nine and then proceeded to birdie two holes on the back nine to add a further 24 points for an unbeatable winning score.

Phillip Greer (10) played well to finish second on 40 points, a single point ahead of immediate past captain Michael McCullough who was best of a trio on 39 points, a vital 23 of them coming on the back nine.

Dermot Logue (5) a former member of Prehen but now playing out of Portsalon made a worthwhile return to his old club in the Heywood and Robinson (Handmade Kitchens) sponsored open on Thursday at City of Derry with an outstanding 44 points (68 gross) that left the whole field floundering in his wake.

A flawless three under on the front nine was followed by a level par second nine to give the well known Logue family member the round of his life.

No less than five players were tied on 40 points and the count back went in favour of Jordan Greer (23), Jordan Dunn (10) and Ron Grieve (16) for second, third and fourth in that order respectively.

While Maurice Quigg (20) took first place in this annual competition with 27 points over 13 holes and he was followed home by the club secretary Andy Meenagh (14) on 25 points.

Meanwhile with almost perfect conditions President’s Day at Redcastle on Saturday proved to be a keenly contested competition.

Jim Burns posted an excellent 43 points winning by two clear points to claim first prize. Bo Kelly was second with 41 points BOT with George Dunlop claiming third place also with 41 points.

Davy McClelland scored an excellent 22 points to win the front nine after a BOT finish with Paddy McSheffrey also on a BOT scoring 21 points to claim the back nine.

Kris McClelland did well to score 29 gross points to claim the gross prize.

Danny McCartney took the past presidents prize with 34 points and this year’s ladies competition went to Gina Porter after she narrowly beat Gill Eakin into second place on a BOT finish, both scoring 20 points.