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Captains’ Drive–In
Knightsbrook Golf Club
Volume 1, Issue 4 March, 2018
Golf-shop (046-9482100) www.knightsbrookgolfclub.ie
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Captain’s Message
I am very honoured to be Captain of our club for
2018. I am looking forward to playing golf with the
members and representing the club at various func-
tions and events throughout the year.
Together with the Men’s committee, I hope we can
deliver enjoyable golf and memorable social events
for the members. I wish Angela our Lady Captain
and her committee the best of luck for the year.
To Seamus and Jodie our outgoing Captains, who
were unselfish with their time and commitment to
the club over the past year and have done the office
proud, a debt of gratitude is owed to them.
I would like to pay a special tribute to Jonathan Cu-
sack and the Cusack family for the fine facilities we
have at Knightsbrook Golf Club. I welcome Sean O
Díomasaigh as President of the club and Gerry Reil-ly as
trustee. Both men will bring a vast amount of
experience and knowledge to the Men’s committee.
Thank you to all the managers who have volun-
teered to manage our various club teams and I wish
their teams and all of the players the best of luck.
Welcome to all our new members and I hope their
experience in Knightsbrook Golf Club will be one of
warmth and friendship.
Lady Captain’s Message
As Lady Captain of Knightsbrook Golf Club for 2018, I
would like to extend a warm welcome to all the Mem-
bers of Knightsbrook Golf Club. I am looking forward to
my year as Lady Captain and I would like to welcome
my Committee for 2018 and especially our new lady committee
members.
It is great to see that we have increased the number of
lady members playing already this year and my goal
this year is to see more ladies on the golf course playing
in weekly competition. I will also introduce another year
for our new Get into Golf ladies which will start in early
April.
I am delighted that we now have our PGA Coach Em-
manuel Riblet in the club to give coaching when need-
ed. He will be a great addition to the club, especially for
our new beginner ladies.
This year the Golf Club will host the Irish Mixed Four-
somes Leinster Finals in early August and we will also
be hosting the Ladies National AIG Finals in September,
for the second time. I am really looking forward to both
of these events and no doubt the course and clubhouse
will be at its best.
On a club level, we are entering the Irish Mixed and al-
so the North Leinster Mixed and I would like to wish all
the best to our team managers and players.
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Captains’ Drive–In
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Volume 1, Issue 4 March, 2018
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Captain’s Message Continued…
This year we are honoured to host the Leinster Fi-
nals of the Irish Mixed Foursomes on Sunday, Au-
gust, 10th and the Ladies Cups and Shields All-
Ireland Finals from Wednesday, 26th to Saturday,
September, 29th.
Our sponsors are a vital part of our club and I thank
them for their continued support and I ask members
to please support our local businesses.
The very best of luck to our Junior section who con-
tinue to become a very important part of our club
and I am looking forward to the day when we have
our first Junior Captains’ appointed.
I am looking forward to meeting and working with
the new owners and to continue on, with the great
working relationship we have already with the cur-
rent management in Knightsbrook.
To Damien McDonnell and Marie Gordon, I hope you
enjoy your year as Vice Captains’. My hope for the
club for 2018 is that we get the weather to enjoy our
magnificent golf course.
Finally, thanks to Dominic, Kate, Ronan and all of
his staff for their hard work in Knightsbrook.
John Tobin
Men’s Captain 2018
Lady Captain’s Message Continued…
The club is now starting its second year of Junior Mem-
bership and we currently have 50 junior members and
at least another 10 – 20 juniors interested in joining
Knightsbrook. This is nearly one-fifth of the member-
ship of the club which I feel is absolutely great and
these juniors will be the future of Knightsbrook Golf
Club. The Committee are going to hold a junior compe-
tition where other clubs will bring their juniors to play
on our course during the summer months.
I would also like to thank last years Lady Captain Jodie
and Men's Captain Seamus for a great year of golf and
wish our incoming Vice Captain, Damien McDonnell
and my Lady Vice Captain, Marie Gordon all the best in
their roles.
Lastly, I am looking forward to working alongside our
Captain John Tobin and our President Sean O Dio-
masaigh and the Men's committee on making 2018 a
good year for golfing and to increase the social enjoy-
ment of golf in our club.
Angela Reilly
Lady Captain 2018
Thank You to Our Sponsors in 2018
Men’s April Medal ... Cusack Homes
Men’s May Medal ... Impact Signs, Jack Kennedy Men’s June Medal
... Renehan Electrical
Men’s July Medal ... Coogan’s Butchers
Men’s August Medal ... Barry Gillen
Men’s September Medal ... Kiely's Meats
Men’s Gold Medal ... Trimfold Envelopes Ltd.
Ladies April Medal … Abbey Montessori Ladies May Medal … Abbey
Conference & Events
Ladies June Medal … Pat Purcell
Ladies September Medal … Marcella McLoughlin
Ladies Golfer of the Year … Angela Reilly
Ladies Captain’s Prize … Knightsbrook Golf Shop Ladies Scramble
... Diaz-Ursula McDonnell
Ladies Team Event … Mary Higgins
Ladies October Hamper … Phil Brady
Ladies Matchplay … Knightsbrook Men’s Club
Ladies Quiz Night ... Gerald Reilly
Club Championship Sponsors
Handicaps 0 - 9 ... Gavin Hunt Handicaps 10 - 18 ... Thomas
Renehan
Handicaps 19 - 28 ... Seán Ó Díomasaigh
Singles Matchplay ... Oliver Perkins
Fourball Matchplay ... Colin McAllister
Foursomes Matchplay ... Joe McGrane Mixed Foursomes ... Daniel
& Angela Reilly
Senior Golf ... Dempsey Insurances
Senior Medal … Skane Print & Sign
Good Friday Open Singles … Knightsbrook Hotel,
Spa & Golf Resort Easter Monday Open Singles ... Linders
Renault/Dacia (John MacSweeney)
June 5th Open Singles ... Gerald Reilly
June 8th Sponsors Day … Barbecue & Music
September 22nd … Junior Golf Fundraiser October 30th Open
Singles ... Noel Dempsey &
Dempsey Travel (Martin Dempsey)
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Captains’ Drive–In
Knightsbrook Golf Club
Volume 1, Issue 4 March, 2018
Golf-shop (046-9482100) www.knightsbrookgolfclub.ie
[email protected] [email protected]
A Celebration of Irish Golf On Monday, January 15th, the seventh
annual awards ceremony of the “Golfers Guide to Ireland” was
held at Portmarnock Golf Club. In what was described by club
Captain, John Tobin as “a thoroughly en-
tertaining evening with excellent company”, Knightsbrook Hotel,
Spa and Golf Resort in Trim, was
awarded “Best Golf Resort in Leinster 2018”.
(Knightsbrook Golf Club Captain, John Tobin and Lady Captain,
Angelia Reilly display a specially commis-sioned piece of Tipperary
Crystal in recognition of Knightsbrook's achievement “Best Golf
Resort in Leinster Award” alongside RTE Golf Correspondent, Greg
Allen).
All awards are won on the basis of an All-Ireland poll
undertaken from within the golf and golf related
business community. A recent Failte Ireland golf tourism report
estimated that over 163,000 visitors
played golf while here in Ireland and accounted for almost €200
million in revenue last year.
Guest Speaker, Fine Gael TD, Mary Mitchell O Connor, Minister
for Higher Education, congratulated all
prize winners in her Official speech and commented upon the
record number of golfers who have visited
Ireland in 2017. Overall tourism numbers are up close to 9
million visitors resulting in thousands of new
jobs nationwide.
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President’s Message
Is it a great honour to be selected to serve as President of
Knightsbrook Golf Club. As we embark on a new phase in the
history
of Knightsbrook Golf Club, I want to thank, Jonathan Cusack for
his
immense contribution to the club over the past five years as
Presi-
dent. He has borne the torch, lit by his late father, Mr. John
Cusack
and his extended family with great pride and distinction. The
town of
Trim and its environs has benefitted enormously from the
Cusack’s
vision for progress and the family can be very proud of
Jonathan’s
contribution to the club during difficult times. On behalf of
the all
members, thank you Jonathan.
Best wishes to Captain John and Lady Captain, Angela for
2018.
John’s commitment to the club is evidenced by all the work he
has
done since he joined the club and in particular since becoming
a
committee member in 2013. Angela is no stranger to the Lady
Cap-tain’s blazer; this will her third year in the role and a
testament to her
dedication to the club and the game of golf. She and her
committees
have been very proactive in promoting the club and striving to
in-
crease ladies’ membership through a range of initiatives
including
“Getting into Golf”. The inauguration of the Junior Section of
the club
has been very successful and I wish it every success this year.
I also
welcome the appointment of Gerald Reilly as trustee of the club.
He
was Knightsbrook Golf club President in 2007 and has been very
sup-
portive of the club since its foundation.
Today’s Drive In marks the beginning of the golfing year and I
hope all members have a very enjoyable time playing golf,
socialising and making new friends. Welcome to all our new members
and I hope your experience
in Knightsbrook Golf Club will be one of warmth and
friendship.
Members will have noted the ongoing improvements to the golf
course in recent weeks including new signage
and fairway markings, the cleaning of ditches, the removal of
ivy and hollow coring. The bridge on the 15th is
due for refurbishment also. As members, we should try to match
the commitment by the owners, to continue
to improve the course, by ensuring that we replace divots and
pitch-marks and do our best to keep the course
litter free. Great credit is due to Ronan and his staff for the
ongoing maintenance of the course.
Finally thanks to Dominic and Kate for their ongoing support to
the club members. They work hard to ensure
that club events and competitions run smoothly.
Regrettably I cannot be at the Captains’ Drive In but I wish
both captains well and hope you all have an enjoy-
able day.
Sean O’ Diomasaigh, President 2018.
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Portrait of the late John Cusack
We had a successful “presentation
night” in the club on Saturday, Octo-
ber 28th. President Jonathan and his
mother Marie unveiled a specially
commissioned portrait of the late John Cusack, founder of
Knightsbrook Golf Club.
John Cusack’s vision for developing
the area is epitomised by the “jewel in
the crown,” Knightsbrook Hotel, Spa
and Golf Resort in Trim, County
Meath.
Members of the Men’s Committee
2017, pictured alongside Marie &
Jonathan Cusack are (John Tobin, Colin Rayfus, Alan Kirwan, John
No-lan, Ray Murray, 2017 Captain, Sea-mus Lanny & Anthony
Farrelly).
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To our Interclub Teams and Managers best wishes, good fortune
and good golf for the competitions year
ahead in 2018.
Please Note
“Interclub Notice Sheets” are posted on the Men’s
Notice Board in advance of all competitions. Mem-
bers interested in representing the club are encour-
aged to place their names on those notice sheets.
In accordance with “Team Manager Guidelines” all
managers should invite members of their panel to
participate in practice matches before a final team
is picked to play in the competition.
Team Coordinators
For further details please contact Hon. Handicap
Secretary, Anthony Farrelly & Hon. Treasurer, John
McEvoy.
Central Towns Trophy
Team Managers: Nick Power/Francis O Donoghue
Qualifier: Draw TBC
Date: 1st round in May.
Interclub News 2018 Barton Shield Team Manager: Stephen Rayfus
Qualifier in Black Bush GC
Date: May 26th.
Junior Cup
Team Manager: Colin/Stephen Rayfus
Qualifier in Dundalk GC
Date: June 3rd.
Barton Cup
Team Managers: Peter Whelan/Eamonn O Brien
At Home to Moyvalley GC
Date: 1st round before April 14th.
Jimmy Bruen Shield
Team Managers: Richard Wheeler/Eugene Healy.
Qualifier in County Meath GC
Date: June 16th.
Pierce Purcell Shield
Team Manager: Francis O Donoghue
Qualifier in Royal Tara GC
Date: May 12th.
Irish Mixed Foursomes
Team Managers: Seamus Lanney/Jodie Coughlan
At Home to Hollywood Lakes GC
Date: 1st round before April 8th.
North Leinster Mixed Foursomes
Team Manager: Damien McDonnell/Anne Geraghty
Draw: Skerries GC
Date: 1st round before May 20th.
Walker Cup:
Team Manager: Brian O Neill
Draw: TBC in Co Meath GC
Date: August 17th.
Tudenham Cup:
Team Manager: Seamus Ennis/Davey Maguire
Draw: TBC Final in Mullingar GC
Date: 1st round in May.
The Nationals
Team Manager: Thomas Renehan
Qualifier in The Heritage GC
Date: April 9th.
Newsam Cup
Team Manager: Leonard Flynn/Rodney Trenwith
At Home to TBC
Date: 1st round before May 29th.
Duggen Cup
Team Manager: Alan Codd/Stephen Doris
Draw: Edenderry GC
Date: 1st round before April 22nd.
South Meath Ladies Challenge Cup
Team Manager: Marie Gordon
Draw: TBC. Final in South Meath GC
Date: 1st round in June.
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The Junior committee held an
“Information Day” in the lobby of the Golf Club on Saturday,
Febru-
ary 3rd.
The purpose of the meeting was to
inform the parents, guardians and
Junior members of Knightsbrook
Golf Club, of the safeguarding
measures that we must have in
place for the year ahead.
The Junior section is in need of
help for the oncoming season. This
year will be the clubs first full sea-
son and all help is greatly wel-
comed.
We will host a Safe Guarding 1. course on March 15th, in the
club.
This course is a statuary requirement
and any member wishing to partici-pate within the Junior section
must
have this certificate, along with Garda
clearance. The course takes three
hours at a cost of Twenty euros only.
Emmanuel Riblet was introduced as
the new PGA coach. He is now giving
lessons to the Juniors each Saturday.
It was also decided that the start date
for our Junior golf season is March
24th at 3pm and continuing each Sat-
urday afternoon.
Yours in Golf, Richard Wheeler
Junior Golf Convenor
Junior Golf News 2018
Newsletter designed by 2018 Hon. Secretary, Colin Rayfus Page
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(David White, Aaron Wheeler, Katie Wheeler, Ellen Higgins, Kiera
Mur-ray, Kosie Kirwan, Sara Hyland, Anna McManus, Fionn Murphy,
Saoirse McAuley, Conor O’Reilly, Ailbhe Hannon, Donal Yeates,
Ra-chel Hannon, Evan Malone, Ben Grogan, Eoin O’Reilly, Tara
Mur-phy, Eamonn Yeates, Grace Reilly, Blathnaid Hughes, Ruairi
McCaf-frey, Matthew McDonnell, Liam Chatten, Cathal O’Reilly, Harry
McKenna, Evan McGrath, Lucy McGrath, Rebekah Clavin, Adam Engelke,
Ella Byrne, Chloe Bell, Kai Duffy, Gareth Reilly, Tadgh Clavin,
Lucy Clavin, Erin Burke, Oisin Blathnaid, Steffi Duffy, Sam
Lan-ney).
Pictured alongside our Junior Members in 2017 are:
(2017 Men’s Captain, Seamus Lanney, 2017 Lady Captain, Jodie
Coughlin, 2017 Men’s Vice-Captain, John To-bin, Junior Conveyor,
Richard Wheeler, Executive Committee, Joe McGrane, 2017 Lady
Vice-Captain, Angela Reil-
ly & Children’s Officer, Elva Leavy, Junior Committee
Members, Chris Duffy, Ronan Bell, Mark Hyland & Peadar
McCaffery).
2017 Junior Golf Members Photograph
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Updated Competitions Rules 2018 The 2018 Competitions Committee
under the guidance of Hon. Secretary,
Anthony Farrelly have been busy reviewing and updating
Knightsbrook
Golf Club Competitions Rules 2018.
Competition Rules Information:
Pre-entry “Positions for Prizes” in all golf club competitions
including
Major Competitions.
New Knightsbrook GC Competition Guide Planner.
Gold Medal Competition and eligibility criteria for the
Final.
Continuation of the Super Sunday Series to run
simultaneously
with the Four Golfing Majors of the Year in 2018
Reviewed Local Rules Section and design of new Golf Cards.
Reviewed Nine Hole Re-entry Competition Schedule.
Reviewed Senior Golf Competition Schedule.
2018 Competitions & Sub-Committee Members:
Hon. Handicap Secretary, Anthony Farrelly
Alan Kirwan, Donal Geraghty, Eamonn O Brien, Joe McGrane
& Sub-committee member, Pat O Rourke.
Knightsbrook Golf Club
Dublin Road, Trim,
Co. Meath
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Ladies Get into Golf
The “Get into Golf” programme was
rolled out in our Ladies Club back
in 2016. Encouraged by the Con-
federation of Golf in Ireland, the
main aim of the programme was to
encourage more ladies to sample
the game of golf and possibly join
Knightsbrook as Lady members.
We are now two years into the “Get
into Golf” programme and phase 3.
will recommence in April under the
guidance of PGA Professional
Emanuel Riblet.
For more details of the 2018 “Get
into Golf” programme, please con-
tact Lady Captain, Angela Reilly.
Social Events
Social event details will be posted
on the Notice Board, sent by email
or text and included on the Club
website.
Golf Clinics
Last summer the Club ran a series
of short game clinics with PGA
Professional Jussi Pitkanen.
These lessons were subsidised by
the Club. This year if there is
enough interest expressed from
members the club will look to do
something similar.
Golf Clinics include:
Short game and Bunker play.
Driving and Iron play.
Putting lessons.
Winter League Series 17/18
Congratulations to Leonard Flynn
who won the clubs "Singles Stable-
ford Winter League Series Compe-
tition". Leonard had three points to
spare over the field with (228pts).
In second position was Colin Fitz-
maurice with (225pts) and back in
third position was Alan Kirwan
with (223pts).
Ray Murray took fourth position
with (221pts) and Alban Lawless
and Francis O Donaghue were both tied back in fifth position
with
(217pts) respectably.
Inside the top ten were:
7th, Colin Rayfus (215pts), 8th,
Joe Griffin (212pts), 9th, Chris
Duffy (211pts) & 10th, Ronan Fitz-
simons (211pts).
All members have now
received their Annual Men's Club Invoice which is due
for payment before March
31st. Please note; all
members who have paid
their Men's Club fees by the March 31st will be entered
into a draw for free entry to
all Club competitions for
2018.
The Men’s and Ladies
Committees, on behalf of the members, would like to
thank Golf Operations’
Executive Dominic and
Assistant, Kate whose
efforts ensure that our enjoyment of Knightsbrook
Golf Club is greatly
enhanced.
Special Points of Interest
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Jonathan Cusack, President’s Prize Winner 2017, Chris Duffy
2017 Newsam Cup Team finalists are: (Dominic Martin, Pat O
Rourke, Joe McGrane, Joe Heavey, Eamonn O Brien, Thomas Renahan,
Stephen
Murray, Billy Tindall, Rodney Trenwith, Desmond Farrelly,
Manager, Brian O Neill, Men’s Captain, Seamus Lanney, Manager,
Leonard Flynn & Colin Fitzmaurice).
Seamus Lanney, Captain’s Prize Winner 2017, Kyle Byrne
Seamus Lanney, Captain’s Prize to Ladies Winner 2017, Mary
Higgins
Jodie Coughlin, Lady Captain’s Beginner Prize 2017, Svetlana
Kostodinova
