Best of luck to all our players taking part in the under 16 National stroke play in Fermoy on Saturday 18th August.

The closing date for our match plays is Wednesday 22nd August. Ladies at Glenville, gents inter and junior at Lucan where all finals will take place. The Loughlinstown course is not available so the gents senior will take place in either Glenville or Lucan depending on the entries in the other grades. We will confirm the course ASAP.

The fantastic Old County club is currently hosting an Open Scotch Foursomes competition. Play is Thursday and Friday from 10.00am to Dusk with Saturday (18th) from 09.00am to 5pm. Grab your partner and get out there. There is always a willing member to go out with, if you arrive on your own, so don’t let that stop you! A fantastic course and hospitality await you.

This is then followed by their very popular annual Scratch Cup on Sunday the 19th which is of course part of the scratch cup series for those who are part of that. The holder is the legendary home player George McGreal, who is part of the current Dublin Inter County Senior team, and will not be letting it go without a fight.

Get yourself down to Old County this week for some fun, some competition, great hospitality and a chance to win a prize. Best of luck to all.

The under 16 matchplay will take place next Friday 24th August in Portmarnock. Entries will be taken up to 1015 with the championship commencing at 1030.

The next Co Board meeting will take place in Ierne on Monday 20th August at 8 15pm

Well done to the CY club last night who held an open night in an attempt to recruit new members. This follows a similar night at Old County recently and ongoing discussions at our board meetings.

Members of CYMC canvassed at a local Supermarket last weekend trying to drum up interest and they feel confident of signing up some new recruits. Well done to all and best of luck with the recruitment drive going forward.

Congratulations to all the players and teams who competed last weekend for Dublin. A fantastic weekend that saw the Junior Ladies (Christine Mulvey, Miriam Salmon, Susan Ritchie and Breda Boyle) win in Glenville on Saturday, with the Gents Juniors and Inters finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively over in Lucan, the same day.

This success was then followed up by two professional performances on Sunday by both the Ladies & Gents Seniors who both came out on top. Well done to all with next stop for the Seniors, Killarney!

Best of luck to all our teams competing in the Inter counties over the weekend. The ladies inter and junior are in Glenville tomorrow also our inter and junior gents are competing in Lucan. On Sunday the seniors ladies and gents are in Lucan so come along to either venue and support your teams.

The Fairview Cy club are having an Open Scramble on Tuesday 14th August from 6pm. Its open to anyone looking for a club to join and membership is available at half price, to all potential players come along and enjoy the evening. Best wishes to CY and hope you gain some new members.

After being superb hosts of the Dublin Board Scratch cup at the weekend, Portmarnock move on to host their annual scotch foursomes. It is being played this weekend, Friday the 10th August to Sunday the 12th.

If you fancy a real treat at one of Dublin’s leading venues, look no further than Portmarnock this weekend. As always, superb facilities, beautiful greens and wonderful hospitality await you!