Castlemartyr Captain Michael Lee presents Greg Allen with a gift following the very successful members evening with Peter Alliss in December

Castlemartyr Captain Michael Lee and his committee should have a great but busy year ahead of them.  With over 150 new members, Castlemartyr has now entered the major leagues in term of managing club competitions and inter-club events.  “This is going to be a very busy year for myself as Captain and for my Committee” said Michael, “but I am looking forward to the challenge ahead this year, I have a good mix of experienced and new people on my committee and we are looking forward to helping all members of the club to enjoy a good golfing year ahead.”

With a new ILGU affiliated Ladies Club in addition to the new male members, Castlemartyr should find themselves competing at all levels of inter-club competitions.  Castlemartyr reached the Munster finals of the AIG Senior Cup in 2014 so they will be hoping to match that achievement in one of the five GUI Cups and Shields competitions.  “As Captain I am really looking forward to the teams events this year” said Michael, “for the first time in the clubs short history we will be putting in a mixed foursomes team for competition.  With all the members we have now I expect a lot of competition for all the team events.”

And he also added his support for the investment in machinery that took place in 2015: “The owners have bought a lot of new machinery to keep the course going in the great condition it is in at the moment, and to hopefully have it in even better condition come the summer months.”

Castlemartyr Mens Committee 2017: Captain: Michael Lee, Vice Captain: Donal Golden, Hon Secretary: Ray Cloughan, Hon President: Peter Alliss, Vice President: JP Twomey (Juvenile Officer), Treasurer: Joe Wall, Competition Secretary: Anthony O’Dwyer, PRO: Aidan McKenna, Handicap Secretary: Willie Fitzgibbon, Committee : Jonathan Lee, Eddie Harty, Ger Barry, Bobby Lee, Tommy Hartnett.