Club News 6th August

​Upcoming events 
Donal Callaghan's Presidents Day will take place on Saturday 24th August, the timesheet will be available for member booking on Saturday 17th August from 6.00pm. 

Donegal League team to face Bundoran
Best of luck to Cathal Canning and his Donegal League panel as they play the first leg of their semi-final with Bundoran this Sunday afternoon, with tee-off at the south Donegal venue at 2.00pm. 

Andy Boland wins the Charlie Canning Memorial 
The sun shone in Portsalon on Saturday for the 10th anniversary of the Charlie Canning Memorial Tournament and it was long-standing Portsalon member and former club captain Andy Boland who took the honours with a terrific score of 39 points.
Andy was a very popular winner and spoke fondly of Charlie and what the trophy means to him as he collected the trophy off Charlie's sister, Nana, in the clubhouse on Saturday evening.
Andy narrowly pipped last year's winner, Sean Forbes and Enda McElhinney on the break-of-tie while Claire McGonagle claimed her second women's title with 32 points.
The Canning family were delighted to welcome Charlie's sister Nana to present the prizes to the winners and look forward to doing it all again next year! Huge praise also to the Canning family, as their fundraiser to coincide with the 10th anniversary raised €710 on the day for CRITICAL. 
𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 - 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁
Winner: Andy Boland (17) 39 pts BOT
Runner-up: Sean Forbes (7) 39 pts BOT
Third: Enda McElhinney (15) 39 pts
Gross: Paul Whorton (2) 33 gross pts
Best Lady Claire McGonagle (5) 32 pts
1st Nine: Sarah Nicholl (21) 21pts
2nd Nine: Mick Leonard (13) 21pts

Back-to-back Barton Cups for Donal Callaghan Jnr
The August Bank Holiday Monday saw the latest staging of the Barton Cup, one of Ireland's oldest matchplay events, and it was a familiar face that came out on top as Donal Callaghan Jnr retained the crown he won 12 months ago to add a third Barton Cup win to his collection.
Donal was one of eight qualifiers from the morning nine holes, scoring 25 points after completing the Barton Nine in level par. 
The quarter finals saw Jack Patton (1) defeating Harry Brown (7), while Cathal Roarty (9) saw off Cathal McGettigan (10 and Odhran McGowan (10) took out Daniel Shields (4). Ducky started his journey with a win over Michael McCormick (2).
In the semi-finals, Cathal Roarty got the win over Jack Patton, with Donal Callaghan edging out Odhran McGowan.
The final was a tense and quality battle, with Ducky leading 2up early on before Cathal fought back to level the match. They were inseparable after nine holes and teed off up the first again, where a birdie-three from Donal took the measure of Cathal's par and got the win. 
Another fantastic renewal of this Portsalon original, which as always saw a large crowd following the action across the day. Thanks to all that supported the Barton Cup this year and congrats to our winner, the finalists and all those that played in the knockouts. 

Club Results 
Wednesday 31st July
Winner: Martin Duffy (23) – 43 pts
Runner-up: Brian Forrest (22) – 41 pts
Gross: Kevin Hensey (4) – 36 gross pts
Third: Brian McAleer (13) – 39 pts

Sunday 4th August
Winner: Daniel Shields (7) – 37 pts
Runner-up: Brian Boyle (24) – 35 pts BOT
Gross: Shaun Strain (8) – 26 gross pts
Third: Kieran Barron (12) – 35 pts

Ladies News

After the excitement and bustle of last weekend and Lady Captains Day, this week has been somewhat a little quieter!
Congratulations to Claire McGonagle (5) who was the best of the ladies in the Charlie Canning Memorial with 32 points. Her second time to win the ladies section. Also, well done to Sarah Nicholl (21) who won the front 9 with 21pts.

As the lady beginners Introduction to Golf scrambles are drawing to a close, appreciation to all those who came to help on a Friday evening, giving up their time or contributing is appreciated.

The last Major of the year is  Sat 24th August for President Donal Callaghan’s day.

Congratulations to Eileen McLarnon , winner of the July Monthly Re-entry. There was no valid competition this weekend.

Results
July Month

Winner – Eileen McLarnon
Runner-Up – Deirdre Hensey

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