Boards Golf Society - Outings 2014

charlieIRL

Sorry for the delay in posting these lads, had a few loose ends to tie up before I wanted to post anything.

So without further delay, the courses for this year..................

Esker Hills 22nd February @ 10:00am
Portumna GC 22nd March @ 12:23pm
Carlow GC 12th April @ 12:30pm
Ballykisteen GC 24th May @ 12:00pm
Dunmurry Springs 21st June @ 10:30am
Gowran Park 19th July @10:00 (to accommodate all the Garth Brooks fans!!)
Roscrea GC 23rd August @ 10:00am

Captains day is 90% sorted in a marquee club, we're just waiting on final confirmation and to pay the deposit before making the announcement. It WILL be worth the wait though!!

Good spread of courses with value / travel times taken into account.

Lets see ye out there!!

ballyk

Thanks charlieIrl. Great list of courses! Now if only you could organise the weather.... :P

Rikand

Glad to see we're going back to Dunmurry. They treated us great last time we were there, hopefully we get a better day for it this time around

FixdePitchmark

Nice list,

sadly working on all of the dates picked (remarkable).

Will pick leave for a few and make captains day.


Looks a great year ye have ahead.

tigerwood1

charlieIRL wrote: »

Sorry for the delay in posting these lads, had a few loose ends to tie up before I wanted to post anything.

So without further delay, the courses for this year..................

Esker Hills 22nd February @ 10:00am
Portumna GC 22nd March @ 12:23pm
Carlow GC 12th April @ 12:30pm
Ballykisteen GC 24th May @ 12:00pm
Dunmurry Springs 21st June @ 10:30am
Gowran Park 19th July @10:00 (to accommodate all the Garth Brooks fans!!)
Roscrea GC 23rd August @ 10:00am

Captains day is 90% sorted in a marquee club, we're just waiting on final confirmation and to pay the deposit before making the announcement. It WILL be worth the wait though!!

Good spread of courses with value / travel times taken into account.

Lets see ye out there!!

Great list charlie i could,nt have wished for a better list, i was going to make a post yesterday guessing three in your list dunmurray, portarlington, roscrea. two out of three aint bad:)

charlieIRL

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Nice list,

sadly working on all of the dates picked (remarkable).

Will pick leave for a few and make captains day.


Looks a great year ye have ahead.

No way. You have to make a few, we need to get revenge in the ryder jug!!

Ben1977

Brill selection, 4 courses I haven't played before so will be doing my best to make them.

kieran.

Looking forward to this year, road trips ranges from 188Km to 319Km :-) see you's all in Esker Hills on the 22nd. Anyone coming from the Northern end of the country need a lift let me know.

RoadRunner

These will all be new to me

Seve OB

Great work to all concerned and a nice touch to move the July date for those heading to Croke Park

Only played Carlow and Ballykisteen once each and never ventured to any of the others so really looking forward to this year

Can't wait for the grand unveiling of the Captains day venue, I think you better get it sorted before next week or you'll be hounded Charlie

FixdePitchmark

I'm thinking it must be

Augusta
Doonbeg
Or
Coppers

Seve OB

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I'm thinking it must be

Coppers

:);):p:cool:

FixdePitchmark

stevieob wrote: »

:);):p:cool:

At the end of the day coppers is the only course in Ireland we have all played.

scrubber72

It was always the best place to get a quick 18holes in.

DuckSlice

A nice mix of courses there. Hopefully I can make it to portumna, closest to me but will have to wait and see

Dossy

As of now im defo on for Roscrea
Hope nothing pops up....

Esker isnt looking good due to our Winter League Start, already delayed a week due to course damage

inthehole1

Dossy wrote: »

As of now im defo on for Roscrea
Hope nothing pops up....

Esker isnt looking good due to our Winter League Start, already delayed a week due to course damage

hows Woodstock holding up after weather
Id imagine it must be very wet

Dossy

inthehole1 wrote: »

hows Woodstock holding up after weather
Id imagine it must be very wet

Not great, played last week and was very wet, this weekend it is closed due to course damage, few tree's down aswell

Dromoland Course is bad aswell, loads of tree's down and not small either

inthehole1

Dossy wrote: »

Not great, played last week and was very wet, this weekend it is closed due to course damage, few tree's down aswell

Dromoland Course is bad aswell, loads of tree's down and not small either

yeah dromoland has plenty of tidying up to do alright.fairly wet at the moment aswell.cant imagine there been many courses around here open at the moment.
Woodstock lovely course when dry

ssbob

charlieIRL wrote: »

Esker Hills 22nd February @ 10:00am
Portumna GC 22nd March @ 12:23pm
Carlow GC 12th April @ 12:30pm
Ballykisteen GC 24th May @ 12:00pm
Dunmurry Springs 21st June @ 10:30am
Gowran Park 19th July @10:00 (to accommodate all the Garth Brooks fans!!)
Roscrea GC 23rd August @ 10:00am

Captains day is 90% sorted in a marquee club, we're just waiting on final confirmation and to pay the deposit before making the announcement. It WILL be worth the wait though!!

Good spread of courses with value / travel times taken into account.

Lets see ye out there!!

Should make all bar the Feb event, great work by CharlieIRL, ScubaPro, PistolPete, kiers47 & keano!!

The marquee course is worth waiting for and I think the list above shows the determination and recognition that the boards golf society is now getting!

Please,please, please sign up as members, there is genuine value in it, even for those who can only make 2/3 events.

princess poppy

Please,please, please sign up as members, there is genuine value in it, even for those who can only make 2/3 events.[/quote]

Have you got any ladies playing?

charlieIRL

princess poppy wrote: »

Have you got any ladies playing?

Not yet!! Your more than welcome to come along and have a look though.

There was a lady that came to Athlone outing but she rarely posts.

Seve OB

C'mon Charlie, where are we going for Captains?

charlieIRL

stevieob wrote: »

C'mon Charlie, where are we going for Captains?

suspense getting to you??

On the 20th September at 12:20pm we shall be teeing off at probably the best parkland course in the country which is..............






Mount Juliet!

I wanted us to play one of the top courses in the country which is accessible to all and this one ticked a lot of boxes for us.
I have to say many thanks to ssbob for getting us a fantastic deal here.

All going well we will be able to subsidise a lot of the green fee but unfortunately not all. Its normally €80 to play a round here at the weekend!! We'll know closer to the time the exact amount we can subsidise.
So, anyone sitting on the fence about joining up, get on board and enjoy the courses this year!!

FixdePitchmark

Please don't change date - I'd say that is the best weekend for me.

Well done all - I love there.

Any results from weekend ?

charlieIRL

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Please don't change date - I'd say that is the best weekend for me.

Well done all - I love there.

Any results from weekend ?

it took us a few weeks to get the date / time - no way are we changing it!!!

I have most of the scores in the laptop which unfortunately is at home, I'll stick them up later for you.

Seve OB

Brilliant, easily my favourite course, I just love that place..... so much so that I even got married there!!

I had a gut feeling that was where it was going to be. You picked a gud un Charlie so fair play to you and all concerned.

I don't think I'll be allowed go though without bringing the wife and kids, so most likely will be making at least a night out of it, if not the whole weekend! Maybe a few others in the same boat and we could have a good aul session in the bar

Seve OB

Arrgggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who's booked all the rooms??????????

charlieIRL

stevieob wrote: »

I don't think I'll be allowed go though without bringing the wife and kids, so most likely will be making at least a night out of it, if not the whole weekend! Maybe a few others in the same boat and we could have a good aul session in the bar

I was thinking the same thing but i go play golf to get away from them!! There'd be complaints that a round takes more than half an hour and that there is only 12 hours to shop in a day:D

charlieIRL

stevieob wrote: »

Arrgggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who's booked all the rooms??????????

crikey, hotel is fully booked.

I just booked into the Springhill Court Hotel so if herself doesn't come I don't mind sharing the room.

FixdePitchmark

charlieIRL wrote: »

crikey, hotel is fully booked.

I just booked into the Springhill Court Hotel so if herself doesn't come I don't mind sharing the room.

That forces our hand then, I was going to say go out in Thomastown (self Catering).

But, maybe all going back to the one hotel and staying in Kilkenny for the night would be the job - a night of debauchery and talking golf all night. - till somebody says , right lads shut up :P , you only got 23 pts. It wasn't the greens.

Anybody bringing the other half could pick a nice hotel in Kilkenny.

Didn't think we would have to book this far in advance - obviously something on in Mt. Juliet. But lets face it, staying in Mount Juilet wasn't going to be an option for encouraging people to staying down for the night.

Kilkenny city ?

Nice if we could get 8 or 9 to stay down - a meal or pub grub at 8 in town.

Maybe somebody has a contact for a hotel there.

charlieIRL

I don't want to force anyone's hand, i had a look at the usual booking websites and the Springhill court was the only one available in Kilkenny!

I'm easy as to what everyone / anyone wants to do.

FixdePitchmark

charlieIRL wrote: »

I don't want to force anyone's hand, i had a look at the usual booking websites and the Springhill court was the only one available in Kilkenny!

I'm easy as to what everyone / anyone wants to do.

Whatever you want charlieIRL. It's your day.

Just seeing if there is any interest in staying over - we tried to organise something last time and it never transpired.

So , I'm on for staying , if a few are staying around.
Kilkenny City is a good option.

charlieIRL

I honestly don't mind dude. I'll go with the flow!!

FixdePitchmark

charlieIRL wrote: »

I honestly don't mind dude. I'll go with the flow!!

There is no flow without a fall -

No - no panic - just in general - we are "Out - Out "

paulos53

I would be on for staying the night and having a few pints.
However there is not a lot of reasonably priced accommodation available on the various hotel websites for that night.

scubapro

CharlieIRL, have you booked already?

Seve OB

yea I'm guessing there must be something on in MJ that day with all the rooms booked out the night before and the Saturday night..... maybe a wedding.... let's crash it

I guess that means I'll most likely have to leave the other half at home so!

Langtons anyone

shane0007

Well seeing I won't have to travel very far, won't have accommodation issues, I'm definitely in!

Anyone stuck for a night in an Inn, at that time of year I will have a few empty stables going cheap. Might even do a family discount.... :-)

ballyk

Mount Juliet for the captains - woohoo! I've yet to play there so this is great news.

Keano

Would love to play but I cannot make that weekend!

Rippeditup

Great choice... I will ensure this weekend is kept clear in the diary

Rikand

Ragin - Looks like I'm going to miss Dunmurry Springs. June is absolutely jam packed for me and getting ALL these permission slips is going to be hard enough as it is


8/6/14 - Athenry Junior Scratch Cup

14/6/14-15/6/14 - Connacht Barton Shield (Team Captain)

22/6/14 - Tullamore Junior Scratch Cup

28/6/14-29/6/14 - Connacht Senior Cup (Team Captain)

12/7/14-13/7/14 - Connacht Junior Cup (Playing hopefully)

ssbob

Rikand wrote: »

Ragin - Looks like I'm going to miss Dunmurry Springs. June is absolutely jam packed for me and getting ALL these permission slips is going to be hard enough as it is


8/6/14 - Athenry Junior Scratch Cup

14/6/14-15/6/14 - Connacht Barton Shield (Team Captain)

22/6/14 - Tullamore Junior Scratch Cup

28/6/14-29/6/14 - Connacht Senior Cup (Team Captain)

12/7/14-13/7/14 - Connacht Junior Cup (Playing hopefully)

My heart bleeds for you:eek: What an understanding wife you have.

ssbob

Lads let me follow up with MJ, it might be a case that there is a block booking in place which may change closer the time, also are all the lodges booked up? They were class when Kiers and myself stayed there last year.........

Loves the pints myself!!!

Rikand

ssbob wrote: »

My heart bleeds for you:eek: What an understanding wife you have.

I havent asked for those permission slips yet - the only ones I am assured of are the team captains ones and the junior cup playing. Trying to get the scratch cups might not be so easy

charlieIRL

Rikand wrote: »

I havent asked for those permission slips yet - the only ones I am assured of are the team captains ones and the junior cup playing. Trying to get the scratch cups might not be so easy

Tell her your the captain for the scratch cup! She won't know!

phkk

Great pick for Captains Day Charlie! Will defo try to make afew outings this year- I was at the very first one in Dundrum but between hurling/baba, didn't make any since but you've whetted the appetite. If you want any help regards bookings of hotels, restaurants, give me a PM and will be glad to help, seeing as I'm a KK man!
One place that springs to mind that might not be booked up yet is the Kilkenny Inn hotel-cheap and cheerful usually so you could try that but would recommend Kilkenny for a night out!

Seve OB

ssbob wrote: »

Lads let me follow up with MJ, it might be a case that there is a block booking in place which may change closer the time, also are all the lodges booked up? They were class when Kiers and myself stayed there last year.........

Loves the pints myself!!!

Yea the lodges and houses are all booked up. The Rose Garden houses are great alright, if we managed to get one of those we'd easily squeeze in 6 or 8 lads if people don't mind sleeping on couches.... floors... baths :rolleyes:

PARlance

I'd be on for this lads but I don't know how it'll go down on the home front, stick me down as a "maybe-subject to planning permission".
I'll more than likely be lucky to be getting down to play the outing so I'm not holding my breath.

Any sign of the standings after the first event Charlie?
I don't know why I want to see it

charlieIRL

Quick one lads, as you all know Mount Juliet is the venue for the Captain’s Prize and as most of you are aware, only those who have played at least 3 outings can win the prize on the day. Furthermore, due to places being limited on the day, the committee has decided that first preference will be given to those members who A)have paid up their memberships and B)played in outings throughout the year. Unfortunately guests will only be allowed to play if we have room. Can't wait!!!