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Gentleman Jim wins Captain's Prize
in style
06.06.17
Long serving society
secretary and Mr Donegal ETB Golf Society himself,
Jim Mc Glynn, was the popular and emphatic winner of
Gareth Doherty's Captain's prize played in Ballybofey and Stranorlar Golf Club. Jim romped
home with a superb score of 42 Pts to claim the most
prestigious prize of the year by three points from
Eamon McDonnell in second and Alex Harkin in third
on 39pts bot. Paddy McDaid on 38pts and Eanna
O'Mannion a point further back completed the top
five.
Jim was understandably thrilled to win and he paid
tribute to his playing partners on the day as well
as to Gareth for leading the Society so well
throughout his year as captain. |
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Captain Gareth Doherty with winner
Jim McGlynn. |
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The final outing of
the year for the society also
saw the two main prizes awarded for Golfer of the
Year and the Mary Ann Kane memorial trophy for the
Magnificent Seven. The Golfer of the Year
trophy this year will have a familiar name inscribed
on it after Abbey VS teacher, Oliver Plunkett easily
defended his title. This was an excellent achievement by Oliver
who demonstrated a great level of consistency,
always being there or thereabouts in each outing to
deservedly come out on top. |
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Golfer of the Year 2016/17 winner
Oliver Plunkett and Captain Gareth Doherty. |
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Indeed Oliver almost
completed 'the double' again as he was only just pipped to the Magnificent Seven trophy by a very
popular winner, Ms Kate Gallagher. This trophy is
awarded for the highest cumulative scores gathered
over the course of the season from 'signature' holes
decided on by our Captain. Kate came on strong in
the final event to beat Oliver into second place in
a countback. By winning, she has become the first
female member to collect this award. |
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Magnificent 7 winner Kate Gallagher
and Captain Gareth Doherty.. |
Gareth's final act as
captain was to chair the Society AGM, where he
reflected on his year as Captain which included a
very enjoyable overnight trip to the Slieve Russell
in Cavan. He welcomed and wished all the best to
incoming society captain, Michael McGrath, who in
turn nominated Marcel McCafferty as his Vice
Captain.
Next year the society celebrates its 25th year and
it continues to be extremely successful and popular
among its members. Any current or former ETB staff
and partners interested in joining the society may
do so by contacting any of the society officers in
any of the schools or offices in the ETB. |
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