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SOLICITORS' GOLFING SOCIETY.
THE annual Autumn meeting was held at Royal
Dublin G.C. on Thursday the zgth September
in ideal weather conditions.
There was a large
attendance which was equally representative of
Dublin and the Provinces.
The winners of the
various competitions were as follows : The Incor
porated Law Society Challenge Cup with prize
presented by the President Mr. T. A. O'Reilly
was won by Mr. T. F. McKeever (n) with a score
of 37 points, the Runner-up being J. G. Hickey
(5) with 35 points, decided on the second-nine as
against M. E. Veale and E. F. English who also
had 35 points. The Ryan Cup (for handicaps of
13 and over) was won by Patrick Noonan (14)
with a score of 34 points—decided on the second-
nine as against D. M. Martin, T. A. O'Reilly and
E. Walsh each having 34 points also. On the basis
ot the second-nine as against the last two named,
D. M. Martin (18) was awarded the Runner-up
prize. The prize for the best first-nine was won
by G. H. Crawford (21) with a score of 22 points
and the second-nine by M. E. Veale (9) with a
score of 18 points, decided on the^last three holes
as against T. A. O'Reilly. The prize for the best
score by a competitor resident more than 30 miles
away was won by W. A. Tormey (9) of Athlone
with a score of 34 points. The prize for the best
of three cards drawn by lot was won by D. Carbery
(n) with a score of 32 points.
At the Annual General Meeting held in the club
house at the conclusion of the competitions the
following officers were elected for the 1955/56
Season: Captain: T. F. McKeever, Honorary
Treasurer :
J. J. O'Dwyer, Honorary Secretary :
L. K. Branigan, Committee :
D. J. Collins and
Joseph Barrett (ex officio), G. M. Doyle, E. Gillan,
J. Bolton, J. J. O'Connor, S. A. O hUadhaigh
and V. Crawford.
Dinner was served in the club-house at the
conclusion of the meeting and was a very well
attended and pleasant function. The toast of the
President (who presided) was proposed by Mr.
D. J. Collins the outgoing Captain and was enthus
iastically supported.
The President in replying
stressed the importance of the Golfing Society as
a meeting place where members could get to know
each other in congenial circumstances. The toast
of the Royal Dublin Golf Club was proposed by
Mr. T. F. McKeever, Captain of the Society and
was replied to by Mr. R. Archer, Captain of the
Club. The prizes were presented to the winning
competitors by the President at the conclusion of
the Dinner.
Mr. Collins in dealing with the activities of the
Society during his captaincy complimented the
members on the continued support given to the
various meetings and congratulated Mr. J. J.
O'Dwyer, the Honorary Treasurer, on the improved
state of the Society's finances. Referring to the
series of Interprovincial meetings with the North
and South commenced in Cork in October, 1952,
continued at Belfast in October, 1953 and followed
by the meeting in Dublin in October, 1954, Mr.
Collins said that the Southern Law Association
had very kindly extended an invitation for the series
to be continued at Cork or Killarney either this
Autumn or early next Summer whichever proved
most suitable. As a result of a number of enquiries
it was found that the latter would be the more
suitable time and he trusted that the proposed
meeting would get every possible support.
Apologies
for non-attendance were
received
from Joseph Barrett, W. A. Menton, Dermot Shaw
(Mullingar), J. J. O'Connor (Thurles) and C. J.
Daly (Cork).
Mr. McKeever said that as Captain he wished
to pay a very well earned tribute to Mr. Collins
and to express on behalf of the Society their
appreciation of all the help and support he had
given not only during his Captaincy but for a great
many years before that.
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