Alan Dunbar
3/04/2011
3/03/2011
Supplier News - Glenmuir
Glenmuir, one of Europe's leading golf apparel brands, has updated its highly-regarded Storm Bloc® weatherpoof fabric to provide increased stretch for 2011.
Storm Bloc® features in 12 products across the Lanark company's extensive Men's, Ladies and Junior golf collections and provides outstanding wind, cold and shower protection.
The fabric combines a Teflon-coated oil and water repellent outer with a lightweight liner and the introduction of elastane into the fabric gives golfers even more freedom of movement in the swing in the brand new Men's 'Rogart' long-sleeve windshirt, 'Balintore' half-sleeve windshirt and Ladies' 'Charlotte' long-sleeve wind jacket.
The 'Rogart', for example, is designed to offer weather proofing wash after wash and features a soft-touch outer, zip neck, adjustable draw chord hem, two pockets, and contrast side panels with piping.
Available in sizes S-XXL and in Navy/Stone, Mercury/Black and Black/Kingfisher it has an RRP of £58 and is the perfect choice for golfers looking for lightweight weather protection.
For Ladies meanwhile, the new full-zip 'Charlotte' is available in three stunning new colour choices - White/Hot Pink, Black/Peapod and Light Kingfisher/Kingfisher - with smart and contemporary contrast piping and side panels.
The Teflon repel protector and new stretch fabric make this a supremely effective and comfortable wind shirt for late Spring and early Autumn, when weather conditions can turn in an instant. It’s available in sizes S-XL with a RRP of £61.
Glenmuir's new Junior collection, which for the first time includes smaller products directly from the main Men and Ladies collections, includes the 'Kendal' Storm Bloc® windshirt in Black/Graphite and Hot Pink/White colours.
Golfers can experience the benefits of Storm Bloc® in a number of other Glenmuir products, including: form men the Storm Bloc® Pro long-sleeve windshirt, Storm Bloc® Club half-sleeve windshirt, Storm Bloc® Team v-neck wind shirt, Storm Bloc® Vest v-neck sleeveless windshirt; for ladies the Mia performance fleece, Storm Bloc® Ace long-sleeve windshirt, Storm Bloc® Par half-sleeve windshirt and Storm Bloc® Gilet.
For Spring/Summer 2011 Glenmuir introduces a fully-coordinating collection of clothes and accessories with three new and modern colour schemes: Hot Summer where bright pink combines with navy, white and stone; Tequila Sunrise, with stunning mango and peapod accent colours against white, khaki and black; and Cool Waves, where vibrant kingfisher blue sits alongside yellow, black, white and mercury.
3/02/2011
Driving Ranges - Barndarrig
Lessons available
Equipment for sale
Putting green
Refreshments available
Pot bunker
10 covered bays with grass tees available
Price for basket of 60 balls - €5.00
Location:
Behind Lil' Doyles
Redcross,
County Wicklow
Tel: +353 (0)87 122 52 00
Facebook: Barndarrigdrivingrange
3/01/2011
Club History - Newlands
Newlands Golf Club
Newlands Golf Club was founded in 1910.
For the first 15 years of its existence the Club was located in an area known as Robinhood, near Inchicore, about 4 miles south west of Dublin centre. During this period the Club was known as the Robinhood Golf Club. The formal club structure was abandoned for some years during the First World War but was restored again after the war was over. At this time ‘’Ben’’ Sayers, the famous Scottish golfer and course designer, was engaged to redesign the course.
By 1925 however the club had outgrown its 9 hole course in Robinhood and with no room to extend the course, the founding fathers of the Club, showing great foresight and wisdom, acquired a lease on the Newlands Demesne just 2 miles away at Newlands Cross on the main road leading south from the city. The Demesne included 120 acres of mature parkland estate together with an historic manor house dating back to the 17th century (see details below)
To coincide with the move to this new course in 1926 the Club changed its name to Newlands Golf Club, reflecting the name of its historic new location.
In December 1975 the Club ensured its long term tenure on the Demesne when it purchased the freehold of the land.
By 1981 the old manor house of the Demesne that had served as the clubhouse had unfortunately reached the stage where it was gone beyond repair and it was replaced with a new modern clubhouse that is better able to serve the many needs of members and visitors today.
While the course has been modified over the intervening years and most recently upgraded under the guidance of Jeff Howes Golf Design it still retains many of the trademark features of its original James Braid design and many of the trees that date back to the original layout of the Demesne in the 17th century.
Today the course is noted for its mature tree lined fairways, USPGA standard sand based greens and bunkers built with the latest Sports Crete technology. It is now rightly considered to be one of the finest parkland courses in the country.
Over the years the Club has hosted many major competitions including The Irish Professional Championship in 1976 and the GUI All Ireland Cups and Shields Finals in 2001.
The earliest record of a house at Newlands was in 1577, when the surrounding lands were in the possession of the James Stanihurst, Recorder of the City of Dublin and Speaker of the Irish Parliaments of Edward VI, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth I. Newland was subsequently the country seat of Daniel Molyneux, Ulster King of Arms 1597-1632.
Sir John Cole got possession of these lands about 1658 and sometime between then and his death in 1693 the Demesne as we know it today was laid out. The acreage and shape of the golf course still reflects much of the original layout as evidenced from the earliest Ordnance Survey map of 1837 and a manuscript map drawn up for Lord Kilwarden in 1802. Many of the features appearing in these early maps, including some of the original oak trees, are still evident in the landscape of the golf course today.
Cole’s son, Arthur, was ennobled as Baron Ranelagh but died without issue in 1754. The Earls of Enniskillen were descended from Sir John Cole through his daughter, Elizabeth.
The demesne was purchased by Arthur Wolfe, a prominent lawyer and MP, in 1776. Wolfe subsequently became Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and was raised to the peerage as Viscount Kilwarden. He had the misfortune to be assassinated on his way from Newlands to the city by some out-of-control insurgents during Robert Emmett’s rebellion in 1803.
After Kilwarden’s death, Newlands was rented by George Ponsonby for a couple of years when he was Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1806/07. He subsequently became Leader of the Whig party in the British House of Commons.
The White Quakers, under their leader, Joshua Jacob, occupied the Demesne from 1845 to 1851 and cultivated food crops on the land for their own consumption.
The last great jurist to occupy Newlands was Lord O’Brien of Kilfenora, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, 1889-1913, who was in residence at the turn of the 20th century.
The Clare Ultimate Golf Challenge
Shannon Golf Club
There are 10 golf courses in Co Clare, and golfers are being offered the opportunity to play all 10 at the rate of just € 10 per round.
The Clare Ultimate Golf Challenge invites teams of four to play all 10 courses for a team entry fee of € 400.
The courses have to be played between April 1st and September 30th this year.
And the bonus is that the top eight teams will play off in Doonbeg GC for the overall title at the end of October.
This is the second year of the challenge which last year attracted a great deal of interest.
The idea is the brainchild of the Clare Tourism Forum, an umbrella group of tourism interests in Co Clare which has been set up to promote the county.
In the only competition of its kind in Ireland, golfers must play Doonbeg, Dromoland, East Clare, Ennis, Kilkee, Kilrush, Lahinch, Shannon, Spanish Point and Woodstock.
The format is a team of four with two scores to count at each hole. A team’s four best course scores will count for entry to see who goes through to the final.
All proceeds raised by the event will go towards the Clare Tourism Forum’s 2012 marketing campaign.
Entries may be made at www.clare.ie/golf