Tuesday, August 3, open single stableford sponsored by Supervalu Rosslare Harbour: 1, C. Metchette (24, Greystones), 45 points; 2, H. Dempsey (35, Miltown); 3, F. Neill (14, Stackstown), 41 points (countback); gross, N. Brennan (6, Elm Park); 4, M. McCormack (27), 41 points; front nine, C. Sherry (30), 23 points; back nine, M. McGoff (23, Rosslare), 22 points; nearest pin 17th, B. Norwood (Kilkenny).

Men's nine-hole strokes: 1, S. Thornton (15), 31.5; 2, S. McCormack (16), 33; 3, M. Cooper (12), 35. Birdie on 16th sponsored by Wishing Well, Blackrock: D. Holohan, A. Brady, A. O'Grady. A total of 165 ladies participated from 44 different clubs. C.S.S. was 72.

Wednesday, August 4, open fourball sponsored by Elavon Financial Services: 1, M. Corby (27, Stackstown) and A. O'Mahony (36), 48 points; 2, G. Liston (24) and B Caffrey (25, Blackbush), 47 points; 3, L. Kean (25) and H. Conway (19), Newlands, 44 points; front nine, K. Broderick (22) and E. Broderick (36), Rosslare, 24 points; back nine, J. Brennan (26) and J. Hare (19), 22 points (countback); nearest pin third, J. Nolan; longest drive, P. O'Reilly.

Gents' nine-hole strokes: 1, J. Russell Carroll (15), 30.5; 2, B Russell Carroll (26), 34; 3, S. Kearns (11), 34.5 strokes. Birdies on the 16th sponsored by The Wishing Well, Blackrock: J. Hare, A. Moran, J. Nolan, L. Furlong, P. O'Leary, P. Gleeson, H. King. A total of 180 ladies played representing 55 different clubs.

Thursday, August 5, open single stableford sponsored by Flogas: 1, A. Moran (31, Castle), 51 points; 2, A. O'Mahony (36), 48 points; 3, N. Kavanagh (24), 43 points; 4, J. Lawlor (35), 42 points; 5, R. Donlon (19, Rathfarnham/St. Helen's Bay), 41 points (countback); front nine, Ciara Mullally (32), 25 points; back nine, C. Sherry (Blackbush and St. Helen's Bay), 22 points; nearest pin on the eleventh sponsored by Kelly's Hotel Sea Spa: A. Moran.

Gents' nine-hole strokes: 1, S. Thornton (16), 30; 2, R. Becker (20), 30; 3, E. Lawlor (18), 32 strokes. Birdies on the 16th sponsored by The Wishing Well, Blackrock: P. Pratt, M. Kennedy, E. Dignan, M. Barrett. A total of 120 ladies played representing 44 different clubs. C.S.S. was 71 and visitors 72.

Friday, August 6, open single stableford sponsored by LUV U (Una Griffin Jones): 1, J. Slattery (22), 42 points; 2, C. Mullally (34), 41 points (countback); gross, E. Dignan (11, Sutton), 26 points; 3, M. Penny (33), 41 points; 4, R. Donlon (18), St. Helen's Bay/Rathfarnham, 39 points; front nine, G. Houilihan (28), 23 points; back nine, S. Kelly (30, Woodbrook), 23 points; nearest pin on the third: J. Diffney (36, Newlands), 9 ft., 4 ins.; longest drive on 13th: J. Nolan (Old Connaught)

Gents' nine-hole strokes: 1, P. Smith (18), 32 (countback); 2, J. Morrissey (4), 32; 3, F. Morrissey (10), 33 strokes. Birdies on the 16th sponsored by The Wishing Well, Blackrock: R. Donlon, U. Seaver. A total of 110 ladies played representing 35 different clubs. C.S.S. was 72.

ST. HELEN'S LADIES

Saturday, August 7, open mixed fourball sponsored by Westgate Design: 1, P. Dignan and E. Dignan, 46 points; 2, M. Hogan and M. Cahill, 43 points; 3, F. Reid and G. Kennedy, 42 points (countback); front nine, L. O'Sullivan and A. O'Sullivan, 24 points; back nine, J. Reynolds and E. Reynolds, 23 points.

Birdie on 16th sponsored by Wishing Well, Blackrock: Paul Maloney. A total of 180 played representing 55 different golf clubs.

From Sunday, August 8: gents' open week, open nine-hole for ladies each evening, 5.30 p.m. in clubhouse.

September 2 is the start of the Winter Alliance, with our first venue in the Gold Coast, Waterford. Any St. Helen's ladies interested in joining this year, the notice is in the ladies' locker room.

There was a terriffic turn-out of 180 ladies to kick off the first day of ladies' open week sponsored by loyal sponsors Murphy's Supervalu which proved to be a fantastic start to the week. Conditions were good with some sunshine and light wind, and the winning score was testament to these conditions: C. Metchette (24), 45 points.

On day two over 180 ladies played this openfFourball competition. Conditions were considerably more challenging than on the previous day but this did not deter the winners who came in with a superb score of 48 points. Elavon Financial Services were sponsoring for the first time in St. Helen's Bay, with huge crowds in attendance for the presentation.

Day three was a day of two halves, with the morning being quite calm and the afternoon with high winds, which didn't deter Ann Moran (31) from bringing in a terrific score of 51 points, and Ann O'Mahony (36) in second place with 48 points. What fantastic scoring ladies. We are most grateful to Flogas for their ongoing and generous sponsorship.

Day four saw Una Griffin-Jones of Luv U sponsor beautiful jewellery from her silver collection which looked magnificent on the presentation table. Well done to St. Helen's lady Janet Slattery (22) with 42 points on winning this lovely prize.

Final day was sponsored by Westgate Design, and this hugely-popular day saw some excellent scoring and the standard of golf was very high, with local winners Paddy and Emer Dignan winning the final day mixed fourball with a score of 46 points.

Ladies' open week concluded most successfully and was enjoyed by both members and visitors alike. The ladies' committee were most grateful for all the sponsorship during the week including Whites Hotel and the Talbot Hotel who kindly arranged a beautician to be in attandance each day, and a personal trainer was on hand to give the ladies some hints on how to improve their golf through diet and exercise. This was hugely beneficial.

A big thank you to Hugh from The Wishing Well, Blackrock, for all the vouchers for the winners of the birdies on the 16th, which was a lovely touch, and also to Kelly's Hotel, Rosslare, for their generous sponsorship on the eleventh hole nearest the pin. Congratulations to Liz and her staff who were on hand all week to keep everyone fed and watered. A big thanks to Kevin and his team for the wonderful conditions of the course all through the week. Even the difficult pin positions were appreciated and acknowledged, but didn't deter the ladies.

Well done to proprietors Mari, Larry, Catherine in the pro shop, pro Glen and their staff who were on hand all week to make sure everything went off smoothly for the ladies. Thank you to all the gents who participated in our nine-hole in the evenings. Thank you for your support and especially all the ladies who took time out to man the sign-in desk through the week in order to give a personal greeting to all our members and visitors alike and keep up the stand of welcome all are used to in St. Helen's Bay.

WEXFORD

Monday, August 2, scramble: 1, Ken Jordan (19), Pat Ennis (8), Sam Laffan (12) and Jason Sherlock (13, Hollyville), 55.8 strokes; 2, Fran Thomas (9), Richie Thomas (20), Mark Goodison (5) and Fran Dempsey (13), 56.1 strokes; 3, Pat Doyle (14), Mick Creane (15), Jim Doyle (20) and Kevin Murphy (8), 57.1 strokes.

Tuesday, August 3, boys' open singles - gross: 1, Graham Donohoe (Enniscorthy), 70 strokes; 2, I. Griffin (Waterford), 71 strokes; 3, Donal O'Brien (St. Helen's Bay), 72 strokes.

Nett: 1, David Thormey (23), 55 strokes; 2, Richard Cleary (28), 56 strokes; 3, Richard Kearney (22), 57 strokes.

Front nine gross: Darragh Bates (24), 35 strokes. Back nine gross: T.J. Furlong, 35 strokes. Front nine nett: Gavin Homan (St. Helen's Bay), 39 strokes. Back nine nett: Cian Kelly (Rosslare), 35 strokes.

Wednesday, August 4, open fourball (played over 14 holes): 1, Willie Murphy (14) and John Cotter (12), 32 points (won on back six); 2, Nacey Brennan (17) and Seamus Sills (24), 32 points (won on back seven).

Sunday, August 8, singles stableford: 1, Marty Robinson (22), 41 points; 2, Peter Byrne (7), 39 points (won on back nine); 3, Billy Boggan (14), 39 points (won on back nine); gross, Mark Mullen,34 points; 4, Pat Kavanagh (19), 39 points; 5, Jim O'Keeffe (17), 38 points (won on back nine); veterans, Lar Rossiter (11), 34 points ( won on back nine).

ENNISCORTHY

Great praise and commendations continue unabated for the course and clubhouse from golfers who visited the club during open week.

Enniscorthy should take pride in the fact that it has such a golfing venue to offer the visitor and provide activities for the citizens of the town, region and tourists. Membership has never been so affordable and you're never too old or young to start.

Net Communications sponsored the Bank Holiday Monday four-person team event and the worthy winners recorded a fantastic score:

1, Pat Dunphy (17), Pádraig Lawlor (17, Tuskar), Shane Dunphy (17) and Nicky Dunphy (28), 119 points; 2, Bernie Whelan (14), Eimear McGrath (13), Joan Dunbar (28), Stasia McGuire (26), 114 points; 3, Stellah Sinnott (12), Liz Browne (15), Eunan Doyle (13, St. Helen's), Ciarán Tobin (11), 110 points; visitors, Darren O'Brien (14), Justin O'Leary (19), Barry Horan (18), Donal Byrne (7, Ballymoney), 107 points. We thank Paul Roche for his kind sponsorship of this event.

Ulster Bank gents' fourball: 1, Graham Donohoe (1) and Thomas Roche (16), 48 points; 2, Patsy Kavanagh (6) and Mark Kavanagh (11), 47 points; 3, Peter J. Murphy (5) and L. Flanagan (12, Scarke), 46 points; 4, Fintan O'Sullivan (13) and John Byrne (15), 44 points (back nine); visitor, Willie Murphy (14, Kilkenny) and Kevin O'Driscoll (15, Callan), 43 points.

MySport gents' singles: 1, Jim Byrne (11), 44 points; 2, Conor Flynn (13), 43 points (back nine); gross, Graham Donohoe (1), 38 points (back nine); 3, Matt O'Connor (18), 43 points (back nine); 4, Paddy Bolger (9), 43 points; 5, Mark Murphy (4), 41 points (back nine); visitor, Jason Swords (12, Wexford), 41 points.

Ballyhuskard Sunrooms: 1, Jimmy Hogan (5) and Michael Coffey (5), 47 points (back nine); 2, Paul Lynch (5) and Tony O'Neill (18), 47 points (back nine); 3, Ted Morrissey Jnr. (10) and John Hayden (7), 46 points; visitors, Eamon Doyle (13, St. Helen's Bay) and Tommy Morrissey (8, New Ross), 44 points.

Tyreworld gents' singles: 1, Thomas Browne (16), 44 points; 2, Donal O'Brien (20), 43 points (back nine); gross, Lar Ronan (3), 39 points; 3, Eamon Whitty (13), 43 (back nine); 4, Robert Ronan, 41 points (back nine); 5, Edmond Roche (18), 41 points; visitors, Noel Morrissey (23, Rosslare), 38 points.

Vincent Daly now joins that elite group of golfers vying for the 'Champion of Champions' following his mid-week victory at the Dick Britton PVC gents' nine-hole singles. Undeterred by comments from a veteran golfer before his round that his time would be better spent at the bar, Vinnie battled with the course to card a 22 with one strike.

1, Vincent Daly (15), 22 points; Cat. 1, P.J. Murphy (5), 20 points (l1); Cat. 2, Peter O'Shea (14), 22 points; Cat. 3, Martin Doyle (19), 21 points; Seniors, Brian Kenny (15), 21 points.

We wish John Noblett, Assistant Competition Secretary, a speedy recovery following a turn on the first tee-box during the final day of the Captain's prize on Sunday after leaving his first shot to the green pin-high four feet from the pin for a birdie putt. We will endeavour to ascertain who recovered the priceless PRO-V from the green and if Stephen, our club pro, will accept the putt as a gimme for the 2's.

Commiserations to our Duggan Cup team who put up a good fight and to get to this stage in the tournament is a great achievement. We wish the Jim Whitney Shield team the best of luck today (Wednesday). Chapel Lane Service Station will sponsor this week's gents' Senior open Singles on Thursday. The weekend's big competition is the ATB Tyre-sponsored gents' monthly medal and player of the year qualifier.