Fingal Boys Cup

The final of the Fingal Cup was held in Donabate Golf Club on Monday 14th.  We were tied on 115pts with Malahide going into the final day.  Unfortunately Malahide came in with 2pts better then Donabate and won the Fingal Cup with 135pts.  Donabate came second with 133pts.  Well done to our super squad, Alan Kelly, Bobby Kelly, Brian Hanratty, Eoghan Gallagher, David Halpin, Carl Smith, Sam Carroll, Evan Brooks and David O’Neill.  They had a super summer playing in 8 different Fingal Golf Clubs.  Many thanks to John Galvin, Noel Costello and John McGillicuddy for looking after the boys.

Walsh Cup

The Walsh Cup was held in St Annes GC on Sunday.  We won 2 matches and lost 2. They are playing in Malahide this weekend.

Fingal Girls Trophy

The final day of the Fingal Girls Trophy is on in St Annes GC on Monday 21st.  Best of luck to our girls.

Fingal Boys Cup
Another fantastic week for our boys playing in the Fingal Cup in Rush on Tuesday. The team of Bobby Kelly, Brian Hanratty, Eoghan Gallagher and David Halpin had 111 pts and finished in top place again claiming 20pts. We are now tied on 115 with Malahide. Final week on Monday in Donabate GC. Donabate has never won this competition so maybe this will be our year. The same team is out next week so the very best of luck lads, play very well!

Irish Under 14 Boys Open
3 of our lads headed down to Ballina for the Irish Under 14 Boys Open. Brian Hanratty had a super first round of 1 over par 72 gross and finished in 10th place overall. Eoghan Gallgher had a great second round score of 75 gross and Ben Hanratty shot 81 gross on the first day. Well done all.

Leinster Under 16 Open
Bobby Kelly and Brain Hanratty are both playing in Beaverstown in the Leinster Under 16 Open. Best of luck lads.

Leinster Under 13 Series Final
Luke Mitchell, Ben Hanratty and Josh Higgins all qualified for the Leinster Under 13 Series Final in Dun Laoghaire on Tuesday. They all had a great day but found the Dun Laoghaire greens very tough.

Junior Scratch Cup
Bobby Kelly had a super week and won the Donabate Junior Scratch Cup on Monday with a fantastic score of 73.

Great news from Rush Golf Club today as the Donabate boys (Bobby Kelly, Eoghan Gallagher, David Halpin and Brian Hanratty) finished in 1st place taking 20 points and moving to joint-top of the table with Malahide. A special congrats to Eoghan, who had the best gross today.

The final round of the Fingal League takes place in Donabate on Monday 14th of August from 8am. Here’s hoping we can take advantage of home comforts! As always your support is greatly appreciated.

Girls News:

Well done Nicole McGavisk on winning the Overall Nett prize in the Leinster Womens Championship in Donabate last weekend. Nicole qualified in the top 16 matchplay and was beaten by Leinster Championship Winner Mairead Martin.

Our Fingal Girls Cup team played in Rush GC on Tuesday. We got 6pts and are in 3rd place overall..

The Leinster Girls Interclub Matchplay was on in Tulfarris GC on Wednesday. Donabate was beaten by Co Louth in the first round. The matches were very tight – Nicole Mc Gavisk was All square thru 18, Kate Hanratty was beaten 3&1 and Hannah Moynihan was beaten 3&1. Hard luck girls!

Boys News:

Our Boys Fingal Cup team – Bobby Kelly, Eoghan Gallagher, David Halpin and Brian Hanratty, had another good week in Malahide GC on Monday. They received 16pts and are still in 2nd place behind Malahide. Off to Rush next Tuesday. Only 2 weeks left to catch Malahide. Play well boys.

We hosted the Walsh Cup in Donabate last Sunday. This is a new competition. Our boys did very well and are off to Beaverstown next Monday for the next round. Enjoy and play well lads.

Eoghan Gallagher, Ben Hanratty & Brian Hanratty are playing in the Irish Under 14 Boys Amateur Open in Ballina this week. Best of luck lads.

Well done to the Under 14 Boys on a great Round 1 of the Irish Under 14’s at Ballina and best of luck in Round 2.

Brian Hanratty is currently sitting in 3rd place, after an excellent opening round of 72.
Ben Hanratty is +10 and Eoghan Gallagher is +12
Great shooting all-round.

Girls News:

Our Junior Girl’s Captain Nicole McGavisk was in action down in Mallow GC at the Irish Girls Close Championship. Well done Nicole on making it to the Plate Semi-final.

Good luck Nicole this week in the Leinster Womens Championship here in Donabate.

Our Fingal Girls Cup team are off to Rush GC on Tuesday, best of luck.

The Leinster Girls Interclub Matchplay is on in Tulfarris GC on Wednesday. Donabate play Co Louth in the first round. Play well girls.

Boys News:

Our Boys Fingal Cup team – Bobby Kelly, Eoghan Gallagher, David Halpin and Brian Hanratty, have had another fantastic week this time in Sutton GC. Bobby shot 1 under gross for 42 pts – winning the Gross on the day, Eoghan had an ALBOTROSS on the par 5 12th, holing his 2nd shot on the par 5 for 6 points and also bringing in 42pts and David had 40 pts. Super result gaining 20 pts and now lie in 2nd place 2 pts behind Malahide. Off to Malahide next Monday.

The Under 13 series qualifiers took place this week. Well done to Luke Mitchell who was leading qualifier in The Grange with 21 Gross pts. Ben Hanratty also qualified from Balbriggan GC with 25 Gross pts. Clyde Burke won 3rd best nett with a super score of 46pts also in Balbriggan. Luke and Ben are now off to Dun Laoghaire on 8th Aug for the Under 13 series Final.

Our boys are playing in the Walsh Cup – a new competition between Donabate, Malahide, St Annes, Beaverstown and Clontarf. It is 4 x Scotch foursomes matches played over the 5 venues. Donabate are hosting on Sunday 30/07. Enjoy and play well lads.

Our junior girls enjoyed a lovely day out on Lady Captain Margaret’s day. Junior Captain Nicole McGavisk had a super round with 5 birdies to win the Best Gross with 76. We had 3 girls playing in the 9 hole competition and
6 girls playing in the 9 hole scramble. They all thoroughly enjoyed being involved in Lady Captains day.

Well done to Nicole again who qualified for the last 32 in the Irish Girls Close Championship in Mallow GC. Best of luck in the matchplay, play well.

Fingal Girls Trophy: Our Girls brought in 3 good scores in Clontarf on Tuesday. Well done, we are still lying in 3rd place.

Fingal Boys Trophy: Our Junior Boys jumped into 3rd place overall after taking top points in St Annes on Monday. They had a super score of 115. They are at the halfway stage with Sutton up next Monday. Keep the good golf going lads.

Well done to Kailey Berrigan and Kate Hanratty on bringing in 2 good scores in the first round of the Fingal Girls Trophy in Balbriggan GC last Friday. They are off to Clontarf next Tuesday so play well and enjoy.

Our Junior Boys pulled their socks up on Monday in Balcarrick GC and had 3 great scores, finishing in joint 3rd place. Well done to Brian Hanratty on winning the Best Gross on the day with 33pts. They are off to St Anne’s GC next Monday.

Our Junior Boys have been very busy over the last few weeks playing inter club matches.

The first outing of the Fingal boys took place in Forest Little. The lads had some great scores and finished tied 4th. They went to Howth Golf Club last Monday but unfortunately the hills mustn’t suit our lads and they finished down the field. It’s off to Balcarrick next week.

We also had another team playing in the Irish Junior Foursomes in City West Golf Club on Monday. The lads finished 9th but didn’t qualify for the matchplay rounds.

The first outing for the Fingal Girls is on in Balbriggan on the 7th of July. Play well girls.

Well done to Sam Carroll who won the Captain’s Junior Prize with a great score of 18pts winning on a count back, Runner up – Eoghan Gallagher with 18pts and Third – Luke Molloy.

The American Golf Kids tournament was held in Swords on 5th of July. Well done to Luke Mitchell who scored 46pts and won the Best Nett and to Kate Hanratty who scored 39pts and won second Best Girls Nett.

Both Luke and Kate now travel over to Gainsborough Golf Club in Lincolnshire in August to play in the Finals. Watch out for them on Sky Sports later in the year.

Fred Daly:
The Under 18 Boys faced their most daunting task last Saturday against a very strong Dundalk side which boasted 2 Leinster Inter Provincial players.

Golf played was of the highest level and sportsmanship of the boys was excellent too. Donabate put up a great fight but alas this years wonderful journey came to an end with a 3 1/2 – 1 1/2 win for Dundalk. We wish them well in the remainder of the competition. One thing for sure is our boys have learned and improved so much, it won’t be long before we are up there challenging with the best for this title.

Thanks as always to Danny and Damien for input with selecting the team and John Galvin & John McGillicuddy for their assistance at the away venues and of course thanks to all the lads for their preparation and hard work in getting ready for these matches. Already looking forward to next year.

Under 15’s:
The second round of the Leinster Under 15 matchplay saw our boys over in Roganstown last Sunday for the 2nd leg. Trailing 3-2 after the first leg at Donabate, wins for Luke Mitchell, Eoghan Gallagher and Brian Hanratty on the 20th brought the match into sudden death. This required Carl Smith to go down the 19th but unfortunately the hole eluded our ball on the 19th for Carl and Roganstown progress on to the next round. Thanks to all the boys who took part and played some wonderful golf. Already looking forward to next years competition.

What a great fightback from our under 15 boys! After losing the first leg (at home) 2-3, the boys won 3-2 in Roganstown on Sunday 14th to tie the match at 5-5 and force a playoff. Sadly the match was lost on the 19th (the first playoff hole). Hard luck boys, but well done, your efforts are much appreciated.

Thanks as always to the Junior Committee for their amazing support in making this possible.

Our Golf for Girls for Life taster day was a great success.  We had 28 new girls trying golf for the first time.  The weather was super and the golf course looked its very best.  A big thank you to Danny Sheehan and Mary McKenna MBE for looking after the chipping section.  Topps for the long game section.  Kate Hanratty and Hannah Moynihan for the fun skills and games section and Lady Vice Carmel, Marion Gorman and Aileen Hanratty for the putting games. We now have 4 week of lessons for the girls with Danny and hopefully the girls enjoy the golf and will decide to join our great club.

US Kids Grand Final
Ben Hanratty qualified in the 11 year old section of the US Kids Championship.  The Grand Final was played in Portmarnock Links GC last Monday.  Well done Ben on finishing in 3rd place.

Up coming matches this weekend:
The next round of the Fred Daly Trophy is on Saturday.  Donabate GC are playing Dundalk with 2 matches at home and 3 away.  Best of luck lads, play well.

The under 15’s are playing the second leg of the of their match against Roganstown GC on Sunday.  We are behind after the first leg 2-3 so all to play for with 5 matches in Roganstown  GC.  Best of luck lads, play well.

Under 15’s
Our U15’s were in action against Roganstown GC on Monday 1st of May. On a beautiful sunny day, the Roganstown boys played some brilliant golf and had all our matches behind after nine holes, but great fight-backs from Luke Mitchell and Ben Hanratty saw our boys finish the tie 3-2 down going into the 2nd leg over in Roganstown on Sunday 14th of May.

Fred Daly
Following on from their victory in the Andy Desmond Trophy, the Under 18 Boys team didn’t have much time to celebrate as they were back in action taking on a very strong Malahide team in the next round of the Fred Daly Trophy on April 23rd. We had 2 matches away in Malahide and 3 at home. Not to be undaunted by the superior h’caps of the Malahide boys, our boys got stuck in and played some scintillating golf coming out on top with a scoreline of 3-2. Well done to all the boys. These matches just don’t get any easier as the next round sees them take on the formidable Dundalk. Match provisionally fixed for Saturday May 13th with 3 away in Dundalk and 2 at home. Best of luck Boys, the whole club is behind you.

Our Juniors followed up their great win this morning by beating Forest Little by 3 holes in a thrilling Final of the Andy Desmond Trophy in Portmarnock Links. Donabate last won this trophy back in 2008.

Well done to Alan Kelly and Bobby Kelly, Brian Hanratty and Eoghan Gallagher, David Halpin and Ben Hanratty.