YOUNG emerging star Cliodhna Patton was the winner of the Letterkenny Ladies Golf Club Competition on July 9.
The competition was sponsored by Evelyn O’Malley and Mary Gallagher.
Cliodhna is another promising junior at Letterkenny Golf Club and this was her first win in a ladies competition.
Cliodhna shot 35 points to take the win, ahead of the runner-up Catherine Cooke-Harkin.
Cliodhna has an excellent golfing pedigree, dad Seamus and brother Jack are both Category 1 players.
“It looks like these guys will have to share the limelight as I expect to be reporting many more winning scores from Cliodhna over the remainder of the season and in the years ahead,” says Letterkenny ladies PRO Pauline Curley.
The full results were: Back 9 Triona Daly 16 points; Front 9 Eileen Williamson 19 points; 4th Vera Kearney 32 points (bot); 3rd Mary Beth McBrearty 32 points.(bot); Runner-Up Catherine Cooke-Harkin 34 points; Winner Cliodhna Patton 35 points.
The 18-hole competitions for Letterkenny Golf Club’s ladies are ongoing every Tuesday and Thursday. There are plenty of opportunities to get three cards submitted to be eligible to play on Lady Captain’s Day – which isn’t too far away now and takes place on Saturday 8th August.
Full details of events will be emailed to members and posted on Facebook and in the ladies locker room In the coming days.
Other recent competition winners as follows:
Club Competition on Tuesday 7th July sponsored by Elaine & Paul Taylor was won by Veronica McAteer 33 points; Runner-Up Sandra McMonagle 32 points (bot); 3rd Margaret Harvey 32 points.(bot); 4th Maria McGill 32 points.(bot); Front 9 Anne Flannery 21 points; Back 9 Tracy Spence 16 points.
Upcoming events: Tuesday 28th July Club Competition sponsored by Arena 7 and Thursday 30th July Club Competition sponsored by Catherine Cooke Harkin and Anne Flannery. There will also be an Open Competition on Sunday Aug 2nd sponsored by Gilroy Tiles – this is part of the mini open being run over the bank holiday weekend.