Blessington Lakes golf club Wicklow

Members Achievements

The Ladies of Blessington Lakes Golf Club won All-Final of the AA Insurance Minor Cup at Royal Tara Golf Club in 2009, when they beat Ulster Champions Rockmount Golf Club by 4½-matches to ½-match in the decider.

The Ladies of Blessington Lakes Golf Club won Mid-Leinster Final of the AA Insurance Minor Cup and made their way to Royal Tara Golf Club in 2009 to compete in the National deciders, they beat Munster Champions Castletroy Golf Club by 3½ matches to 1½ matches in the quarter-final, they met Connaught Champions Athenry in the All-Ireland Semi-Final by 3 matches to 2 matches and beat Ulster Champions Rockmount by 4½ matches to a ½ match in the final.

In the quarter-final they were led by Marie Clarke (24) who had a comfortable 4 and 3 win over Angela O'Dwyer (23), she was followed by Nolene Mullen (24) who won her match by 1-hole against Ber Murphy (23), next up was Rita Malone (24) who had a 7 and 6 lose to Catherine Byrne (25), the penultimate match of Mary Fitzpatrick (25) was halved against Marie Silke (26), the bottom match of Suzanne Hegarty (27) was a 2 and 1 win over Maura Devenney (29)

They met Athenry in the All-Ireland Semi-Final the following day, first up was Marie Clarke (24) who lost her match against Nicola Nally (23) by 5 and 3, she was followed again by Nolene Mullen (24) who had a very convincing 9 and 7 win against Julie Carr (25), next up was Rita Malone (24) who lost to Sara McDermott (25) by 5 and 3, the penultimate match of Mary Fitzpatrick (25) was another comfortable 7 and 5 win over Veronica Cronin (26), in the bottom match Suzanne Hegarty (27) beat Martha Breen (28) by 4 and 3.

The following day they met Rockmount in the All-Ireland Final and were led again by Marie Clarke (24) who had a comfortable 5 and 4 win over Carol McGrath (23), she was followed by Nolene Mullen (24) who beat Jan Lindsay (23) by 3 and 2, next up was Rita Malone (24) who halved her match with Maire Donnelly (23), the penultimate match of Mary Fitzpatrick (25) was another decisive 5 and 4 win over Kathleen Morrow (24), the bottom match Suzanne Hegarty (27) against Noeleen Houston (29) was a similar 5 and 4 win and this young club collected their first green pennant.

The Ladies of Boystown Golf Club won the East-Leinster Final of the AA-Insurance Challenge Cup in 2007 they made the journey to Athlone Golf Club to compete in the National deciders; they met Mid-Leinster Champions The K Club and eventual green pennant winners in the All-Ireland Semi-Final when they lost out by 3-matches to 2-matches.

They were led by Irene Downey (30) who lost her match against Sarah Newman (30) by 8 and 6, she was followed by Marie Clarke (30) who had a comfortable 5 and 3 win over Marianne Fitzgerald (33), next up was Jean Mackey (31) who had a narrow 1-hole win over Terry Somers (33), the penultimate match of Noleen Mullen (32) was a 3 and 2 win for Phyllis Kelly (34), in the bottom match Suzanne Hegarty (36) lost her match by 4 and 3 against Margaret Canavan (36).

The Ladies of Boystown Golf Club won the All-Ireland Challenge Cup at Headfort Golf Club in October 2006. They beat Western Champions Oughterard Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final by 3 and half matches to 1 and halve matches. They met Eastern Champions Lucan Golf Club in the final.

First on the tee was Jane Mackey who beat Breda McGarry on the 19th, she was followed by Mary Fitzpatrick who beat Marianne Short by 3 and 1. Next up was Irene Downey who had a comfortable 5 and 4 win over Helen Downes to clinch the title. Marie Clarke halved her match with Cliona Sheridan. Noelene Mullen put the icing-on-the-cake when she beat Dolores Colgan by 4 and 3.

2005 Lady Captain Mary Ranagher and her Captain’s Prize winner Angela Seery qualified in the Volkswagen/Irish Independent Lady Captain’s Classic in this scotch foursomes format. It was off to the National Finals at The Heritage Golf Club on Monday 3rd October where they were paired with the Forrest Little pair of Audrey Bradley and May Collins.

Boystown Golf Club won the Best Cup when they beat Balbriggan in the final, when securing the necessary two points at the away venue, delivered by Mark Doyle and Tony Campbell. The remainder, of the squad were Pat Brady, Steve Cooling, Billy Tutty, Marty Maguie, Darren Nugent, Tony Hannon, Dermot Buckley, Brian Cagney and Seamus O'Sullivan, they were managed by my old friend Pat Byrne.

Boystown won the Provincial Towns Cup when they beat Headfort by 5-4 at Headfort Golf Club on August 25th 2002. The team was T. Kavanagh, V. Balfe, B. Cullen, P. Barrett, P. Wardick, C. Broe, T. McGinley, C. Curley and N. Lawlor

Congratulations to Julie Walsh (28) who teamed up with Seamus Doherty (9) of Stackstown in the Irish Final of the Spar-Irish Independent Mixed Pairs Challenge on the 25th of August 2001. The finals were played at Adare Manor Golf & Country Club and they were beaten into 3rd place on a count back with a score of 54 points. However, it was good enough to book their tickets for the big shoot out in Tenerife in November. Where they finished second with a score of 151.

Ita Black (27) and Philip Wardick (9) also made it through to the National Finals of the Spar-Irish Independent Mixed Pairs Challenge. They blitzed the field in the final regional qualifiers at Westmanstown Golf Club in early August. Their 65 points returned were 9-shots better than the runners-up.

History of Blessington Lakes

Blessington Lakes first opened as Boystown Golf Course on a ‘pay and play’ basis in mid-1996, to give the area’s golfers an early look at the new course. It was shorter than the one we know now, with four par-3 holes, no lakes and temporary greens.  The final layout of the course was completed in mid-1997, apart from excavation of the lakes.  These were completed in 1998.
Blessington Lakes GC will always be a relatively small club, in terms of number of members, because of the limitations of its 9-hole format. However, its small size is also a great strength because everyone knows everyone else and new members feel at home here very quickly. The men’s and ladies’ sections work well together and we choose our Captains and Presidents, and indeed all our Committee members, as much for their friendliness and organisational abilities as for their prowess as golfers. We see this as the basis of our strength in the past and we intend to continue to run the club in this way, for the benefit of our members and for visiting players, regardless of their golfing abilities.