Presidents Cup 2017 Champion
Conall Lavery, class '72
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John Kearney '77 (warm-up routine)
Mick Kearney '74, John Kearney '77, Dave Moore '75
Bobby Geraghty '94, Adrian Langan '95, Doug Dowley '85
'83 - Conrad Murphy, David Bell, Simon Byrne, Colin Murtagh
'86 - Ricky Morgan, Oisin Quinn, Alan Byrne
'83 - Conrad Murphy, Simon Byrne, David Bell
2017 Union Sponsor - Erik Robson, '88
Peter Sheedy '68, Kevin Kinahan '68, Robin Palmer '59, Cormac Nagle '68
David Bell '83, Peter McHugh '80, Kyran Colgan '80
'83 - Conrad Murphy, Shane Reihill, Dec Stone, Paddy McGuckian, Colin Murtagh, Simon Byrne, David Bell, Barry Walsh
The prize scene
Best '83 Golfer - Simon Byrne
Longest Drive - Shane Reihill '83
Back Nine - Simon Byrne '83
Front Nine - Joe Gaynor '75
3rd place - Eddie Byrne '84
2017 Union Sponsor - Erik Robson, '88
2nd place - Pat Kearns '75
1st place - Conall Lavery '72
Presidents Cup Winner - Conall Lavery '72
'83 - Conrad Murphy, Colin Murtagh, Dec Stone
Dec Stone '83 (auditioning for top job)
'83 Team - Conrad Murphy, Shane Reihill, Dec Stone, Paddy McGuckian, Colin Murtagh, Simon Byrne, David Bell, Barry Walsh
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Thursday June 15th, after a longish absence, Knock returned to Milltown to play for the Presidents Cup. The sun shone, pastmen answered the call and some great golf and not a little craic ensued.
Harangued by Union President, Colin Murtagh, '83 assembled a crack team of nine golfers to ensure back-to-back Presidents Cup wins for their year, of sorts, as it hadn't been played for since Barry Walsh last won it in 2007. It wasn't to be as fifty other golfers joined the fray and Conal Lavery seized the crown with a super round (44 points), followed by Pat Kearns and Eddie Byrne both on 38 points but back nine score saw Pat take second.
Prize winners on the day:
| 1st | 44 points | Conall Lavery '72 | |
| 2nd | 38 points | Pat Kearns '75 | |
| 3rd | 38 points | Eddie Byrne '84 | |
| Longest Drive | Shane Reihill '83 | ||
| Nearest the Pin | Nigel Flanagan '87 | ||
| Front nine | Joe Gaynor '75 | ||
| Back nine | Simon Byrne '83 | ||
| Best '83 | Simon Byrne '83 | ||
Thank you to our event sponsor ely wine bar & brasserie whose support through the good offices of Erik Robson, '88, is greatly appreciated.
Thanks also to Jody Fanagan who negotiated our return access to Milltown, David Bell our MC for prize giving, and to Barry Walsh who was event organiser-in-chief and the credit for the smooth running of the day is due him and him alone.
Finally thank you to the 54 pastmen who turned out to golf.
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| `52 | M. | Davitt | `80 | K. | Colgan | `87 | J. | Bouchier Hayes |
| `54 | C. | Byrne | J. | Donegan | C. | Duffy | ||
| `59 | R. | Palmer | G. | Gaynor | N. | Flanagan | ||
| `61 | S. | Harrington | K. | Hannan | D. | McGowan | ||
| `63 | K. | McGowan | C. | McCarthy | `94 | B. | Geraghty | |
| `66 | F. | Canning | P. | McHugh | `95 | A. | Langan | |
| D. | Power | J. | Peters | `97 | B. | Woods | ||
| `68 | K. | Kinehan | `83 | D. | Bell | `08 | C. | Foley |
| C. | Nagle | S. | Byrne | A. | Mawhinney | |||
| D. | Sheedy | P. | McGuckian | |||||
| `69 | R. | Coleman | C. | Murphy | ||||
| `70 | P. | Morgan | C. | Murtagh | ||||
| P. | Costello | M. | Rafferty | |||||
| `72 | C. | Lavery | S. | Rehill | ||||
| G. | Nolan | D. | Stone | |||||
| `73 | J. | Rohan | B. | Walsh | ||||
| `74 | M. | Kearney | `84 | E. | Byrne | |||
| `75 | S. | Delahunt | P. | Masterson | ||||
| J. | Gaynor | `85 | D. | Dowley | ||||
| P. | Kearns | `86 | A. | Byrne | ||||
| D. | Moore | R. | Morgan | |||||
| `76 | V. | Nolan | O. | Quinn | ||||
| `77 | J. | Kearney | ||||||
Onwards and upwards as we build towards the Union Golf Society centenary in 2020.