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Munster Senior 2 competition

The Munster Branch Senior 2 and Graduate Compeitions were held in Killarney on the 23rd of January. Waterford had a lot of entries spread over all disciplines in the two grades and our entrants met with varying success.

Men's Singles

In the Mens Singles Waterford had 3 entries Eoin Walsh (Kilmacthomas) and Liam McNamara (Ballymacarbry) and Kevin Fahy (Waterford). Eoin beat Jaco Dosthuyen in the 1st round but lost to Neil Moynihan in the following round. Kevin Fahy beat Gio Gaudino in the first round; he then played Liam McNamara in the next round. The game went all the way to the 3rd set and Liam just beating Kevin in a tough 3rd set. Liam went on to meet Neil Moynihan and yet again the match went to the 3rd set with Liam again wining through. Liam then met

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Bad start for the League of Ireland

A simple statement released by Sporting Fingal on Thursday last just about summed up yet another shambles that the League of Ireland finds itself in. The press release read as follows-

"Sporting Fingal has been seeking to restructure over recent months ahead of the 2011 campaign. It had developed what it believed to be a viable business plan on a reduced and prudent scale having secured new investors and some sponsors. A number of commitiments which would be crucial to it's viability have in recent days not materialized. The club has regretfully, for the first time since its inception in 2007, not been in a position to pay players wages at this point and are urgently attempting to resolve the issue. The FAI and the players union, PFAI have been informed of the situation".

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Home Alliance at Carrick-on-Suir GC

Despite the gale force winds and heavy rain almost 100 members took part in last weeks fourth round of the home alliance. Scoring was tough, as this round of the competition was held over the back 9 and our congratulations go to Tony Ryan who had an excellent round of 22 points to win the event. In team news the event is still being being lead by the Rouges (Seamus O'Doherty, Eddie Casey, John Hennessy, Jimmy O'Callaghan, Peter Moore & Alan Casey) on 244 points followed in second The Lodgers (Fr Flynn, Michael Allen, H.E. Nolan, Tom Power, Jimmy Flynn & John Geraghty) on 240 points. The 5th round will be played this coming weekend over the front 9 holes.

New Membership Offers

Carrick-on-Suir golf club have 3 exciting new membership offers for new members wanting to join

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Open Singles at Tramore Golf Club

Open Singles Friday 4th February,2011.

1st Liam Hartley – Faithlegg (14) 34pts c/b; 2nd Michael Darrer (9) 34pts; 3rd Richard Kennealy (14) 33 pts c/b.

Sunday 6th February 2011. 4 Man Champagne Scramble

1st Derek Grubb (5) George Linehan (13) Tommy Linehan (10) Andre O'Brien (9) 95 pts; 2nd Blaise Hanigan (22) Gerry Reade (21) Peter Delahunty (12) Tim Crowley (20) 91pts c/b.

Specials:

Open Singles every Friday €25pp including a Grill. Fourball Green Fee on Tuesdays €100 per line including a grill. Book on line / through the Office or Pro Shop.

Green Fee Gift Pack.

For a limited time only and for the introductory price of €99 members can purchase a " Green Fee Pack "of 5 Green Fee Vouchers which are valid from Monday – Thursday and avail of a loyalty voucher worth €20 for you to spend in

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Winter League 2011

Singles Competition (11 Holes)1st Ned Lewis (12) 21pts 2nd Brendan Mahon (10) 20pts (c/b) 

The Winter League results and information about the semi-final positions are now posted and available for viewing at www.faithlegg.com in the (Latest News) section of the website

Matchplay Dates: 13-2-11, 1/2 Finals; 20-2-11, Final

There will a short course competition for all of us that didn't qualify for the latter stages of the Winter League. Please check Web Golf for available Tee Times, you can also contact the Pro Shop at 051-380587 or 051380592 for more information about Tee Times.

Junior Information

Junior Captain's Warren DeCourcy & Shauna Warren, will host their Drive-in on 21-2-11 (Time to confirmed). This will be followed by our first junior competition of the year; all Parents are invited to attend the prize giving which will be held in the Clubhouse at 1.00pm

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Spring League 6/2/11

Round 2 of the Robert Burke Limited Spring League took place on Sunday last in gale force wind conditions. The format was a Team Event and scoring was very varied with some very high and some very low scores. Winners on the day were Team 8, Gerry Brenner, Dave Fowler, Nicky McGrath & Martin Bolger with a brilliant 97pts, beating Eddie Power's team on a countback. It wasn't doom and gloom though for Eddie's team as Sean McCarthy had scored a Hole-in-One on the 2nd hole, free drink ensued with a packed clubhouse joping in the celebration. Full update of the scores and league tables are available on the club website.

Please note that with the loss of the Rumble last week due to frost, Next weeks Round 3 of the Spring League will be a Rumble and not

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Results Sunday 13 hole singles

1st Paul Hickey (12) 32pts c/b; 2nd Jamie Phelan (11) 32pts ; 3rd Adam Phelan (13) 30pts.

Next Sunday we play 13 or 18 hole singles weather permitting.

We send Mary Skehan our best wishes on a speedy recovery from her accident in her home recently.

Ladies Notes

What great scores to see, so early in the season, and in such blustery conditions. Shows the wind is not to be feared!

9 Hole Weekly competition 3rd Feb

1st Marie Roche 17 points; 2nd Ann O Shea 16 points; 3rd Kay Farrell 15 points.

Wishing our Vice-Captain Breda, from all the ladies, a speedy recovery from her mishap, and hope to see her back in action quickly.

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Winter League Waterford Golf Club

The final qualifying round of the winter league took place on Sunday in blustery conditions, to put it mildly. Gerry Fell, with a great score of 38 pts took the individual honours, followed by Colin Lynch (36 pts) and Don McMahan (35 pts CB) Quarter Finals will take place on Saturday the 19th of Feb at 10:30am and the draw is as follows. Kevin Ryan's Team V George McDonald's Team, Bernard Buggy's Team V Michael Gaffney's team, Liam Dowling's team V Brian Cooke's team and Eddie Phelan's team V George Walsh's team.

Membership

Did you know that you can join Waterford Golf Club for as little as €26 per week. Entrance fee is now reduced by 50%. Why not call the office on 051 846748 for more details.

Annual Subscription

Members are reminded that the Annual Subscription is now

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Deise Golf World Winter League

The Deise Golf World, 3rd round winter league came to a conclusion over past weekend despite the weather being so unkind to those who braved the elements. It was great to see team members putting in the effort and some excellent scores were recorded. The Thursday competition was won by Maurice Terry (16) with an excellent score of 38pts, followed closely by Tony Fitzgerald (17) with 37pts. Maurice's team Dungarvan will be well pleased with his effort. John Reynolds (1) took the gross prize with 34pts.

Friday 4th February competition was won by the very consistent Maurice Conway (10) with 37pts. The Saturday competition played in high winds and rain was won by popular Tramore native Tony Power (14) who made joining worthwhile with an excellent 37pts in the conditions. In second place was Darren Tutty

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Bertie Roger, Chairman of Waterford City Enterprise Board opened the seminar telling participants that they were "the most important people in Ireland today" because they were going to create almost 380 jobs over the next five years. He went on to say that "since the last Fresh Start seminar was held in September 2009, the 120 participants at that seminar had started 70 new businesses currently employing 290 people."

He told those attending that wanted to start a new business that according to all accepted enterprise statistics, 50 of those attending the seminar would not start a business this time, however over the next five

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Waterford Institute of Technology & USI launch student voter registration campaign

Waterford Institute of Technology is urging all local students to register to vote on campus this week ahead of the impending general election.

Waterford Institute of Technology will set up special stands on campus on Monday, 7th February 2011, and is aiming to register the majority of eligible students to vote throughout the campaign.

The initiative is taking place as part of the Union of Students in Ireland's "Your Future, Your Vote" campaign.

For the campaign, USI officers will embark on a national bus tour of colleges around the country and is visiting Waterford Institute of Technology as part of the campaign.

On a national level, USI is aiming to register 50,000 students to vote over two weeks in order to increase student turnout at the upcoming general election.

"Your Future, Your Vote" aims to

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It has been confirmed that as part of the 1848 Tricolour Celebration, Waterford Ireland's Oldest City will be presenting a replica of Thomas Francis Meagher's exquisite Club '82 jacket to representatives travelling to the event from New York City's 69th Infantry Regiment. 

The original jacket was worn by Thomas Francis Meagher during his lifetime, and is currently on display at Waterford's award winning Museum of Treasures. Meagher would have worn a club '82 jacket during the eventful year of 1848 during which he conceived and unveiled Ireland's Green White and Orange Tricolour flag. Meagher said during a speech that the flag symbolises lasting peace between Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants, a theme which will be central to events in March.

The 1848 Tricolour Celebration takes place on the 5th and 6th of March 2011 in Waterford.

For more information see www.1848tricolour.com

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Dunmore East "Tidy Up Day!" on Saturday 5th February

The Dunmore East Tidy Towns Group would like to invite all Dunmore East residents & friends to take part in the 1st Community Tidy Up Day starting at 10am on Saturday 5th February in the Park in Dunmore East (opposite the Haven Hotel). Please come and help us make Dunmore East even more beautiful. If possible please bring along your own gloves & bags.

For more TidyTowns information please check out our Dunmore East TidyTowns Facebook page, and if you have any questions please e-mail detidytownatgmail.com

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Oxigen Environmental to provide Waterford city bin service

Oxigen Environmental has reached agreement with Waterford City Council to provide waste and recycling bin collection services to households in the city.

The outcome of a competitive tendering process means there will be no change to the current pricing regime and collection schedules for Waterford City Council customers. The three-week cycle for grey, green and brown bin lifts will continue while additional brown bin collections will again be provided in summer.

Operating from new Waterford offices near the GPO at 108 The Quay, Oxigen Environmental will create an initial seven jobs in the city which becomes the 10th local authority area in which they provide household bin collections. Recruitment for the newly-created roles with Oxigen is getting underway this week through Hartley People.

Originally established in the northeast in 1987, Oxigen Environmental employs more than 400

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Waterford Fianna Fail constituency council would like to congratulate Minister Micheal Martin on his election to the leadership of the party. It is with great enthusiasm that we welcome our new leader in a contest, which had 4 excellent candidates. 

Michael Martin is a politician of accomplishment and achievement. As minister for foreign affairs he has been progressive and radical in the job as he was in all his other briefs including Health, where he implemented the smoking ban, a controversial but dynamic piece of legislation. He has proven himself to be a man of great strength and vigour in the midst of political turmoil.  We in Waterford believe Micheal Martin possesses the leadership qualities required to take the party forward and give a resurgence and fresh

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