President pipped

The weather gods must have been in good mood as the wet gear wasn’t put to too much of a workout.

Course conditions were better on the Friday and Saturday but the rain overnight on Saturday made the thick rough a little more interesting on the Sunday.

Agnew scored an excellent 67 net winning on the break of tie with past president Martin Harkin claiming second place also with a 67.

In-form past captain Willie McClelland was placed third with a net 68 also on a break of tie. Kris McClelland took the gross prize with a score of 84.

Keith Priestley claimed the front nine with a score of 32 with John McCormick claiming the back nine with 34.

Yet again it was a busy weekend of golf at Faughan Valley.

On Saturday the club held an open stableford, which was won by Andy Craig (19) who scored 40 points.

In second place was Andrew Cooke with 39 points playing off a handicap of 15, and Kenny Hughes (39) took third spot with 38 points and there were two winners of the sweep Dan Hinds and Barney O’Connor.
On Sunday a monthly medal strokeplay competition went to Gilbert Castaneda (26) who scored 64 gross.

Second and third spot was decided on a BOT between Barney O’Connor and Richard Godfrey both scoring 66 gross.

On Monday, there was a great turn out for the Captains Charity Open competition in aid of the Mitre Trust Children’s Hospital, in first spot was Gerard O’Connor (23) with 41 points, second was Victor Brolly (18) with 39 points, third spot was Cecil King (12) with 39 points.

The gross was won by Ernie Hayward from City of Derry with 71 gross and the front nine went to Graham Robb with 20 points from City of Derry and the back nine went to Alan McWhirter with 23 points. Nearest the pin went to Kevin Hunter and the Ladies Prize went to Loren Smallwoods (14) with 37 points.

Also the club’s Ulster Four Ball booked their place in the next round where they will meet local rival Foyle, while the Jimmy Bruen team beat Gracehill 3/2 at Castlerock.