Hibernian Golf Association

Fellow Hibernians,
For our second event of the year, we returned to our second home course, Sterling Farms, for an old fashion rumble.

The winners:
Rumble first place: Pascal Doran, Declan Docherty, Paddy McArdle and Adrian Lappin, 87 pointsSecond place: Jarleth Carroll, Eric McDonald, Sean Collins and PJ Tynan, 81 points
Singles: Paddy McArdle, 38 points
Low gross: Martin King
Closest to the pin:Fifth hole, Pascal Doran   Eighth hole, Eric McDonald   Fifteenth hole, Martin King   Seventeenth hole, Pascal Doran   

Congratulations to John Carroll. The pride of Wright Tech was recently recognized as an outstanding Scholar-Athlete by CAS-CIAC.
From the CAS-CIAC website:

The Scholar-Athlete Program annually recognizes two high school seniors from each member high school whose academic and athletic careers have been exemplary, whose personal standards and achievements are a model to others, and who possess high levels of integrity, self-discipline and courage.

Very impressive, John. It seems that, in addition to kicking the butts of a bunch of old guys on the weekend, John can also dominate kids his own age during the week.Last Saturday we were back at Brennan for the first round of the Club Championship, and some of the other usual silliness.
The winners:
Singles:Ray Duggan 37 pointsJohn Fahey  35 pointsSean Collins  35 points
Closest to the pin:Third hole: Craig Mahler Ninth hole: Chris FrattaroliFifteenth hole: Paul Atkinson Seventeenth hole: Tom Birkett 
Low gross: Ray Duggan 76
Shot of the Day:
As everyone knows, play slows down on the long par-three fifteenth at Brennan, and often there is more that one group on the tee box. That was the case on Saturday when Paul Atkinson’s group watched Omar Zabian and his group tee off. When it was Omar’s turn to hit, he sent a beautiful arcing shot to the front of the green that rolled directly toward the flag, almost going in. For a second it looked like the two groups were going to witness the near impossible, a hole-in-one on fifteen. When the ball settled, Omar had an almost certain closest-to-the-pin winner. The tee box was still buzzing when Omar’s group cleared the green and it was Paul’s turn to hit. Paul’s well-struck ball briefly flirted with the bunker on the left, then gently faded toward the flag and settled four feet two inches from the it, three feet closer than Omar’s. Shouts of “take that, Omar” were heard, but not from Paul. Congratulations, Paul, for your fifty dollar prize and the coveted honor of shot of the day.
Below is the group that had the most fun:

No prize money is associated with that honor.See you all on Sunday at Phillip $ Rottelli. Bring cash.