Message from our Captains

It is a great honour for us to serve as Club Captains 2015

and we look forward to working with the officers of the
club, the committees, staff, and especially YOU the
members.

Captains Drive-In
Saturday 28th February
This year Captains Gerry &
Colette will be staging their
''drive in'' on Saturday
28th February at 5pm
and this will be preceded by
a four person team event (2
ladies / 2 men) for which
there will be a shotgun start
at 13.30pm so please be
early. This competition will
be played over 9 holes (east
& west) and draw will be
available in clubhouse that
morning. Entry fee on the
day will include a meal
following golf. The
competition sheet opened
on Saturday 14th February
with closing date for entries
Thursday 26th at 6pm.

So now that spring has sprung!, it is time to see you all

spring into action and get ready for season 2015.
We look forward to supporting all our Team Managers and
wish them every success in all their matches, we will be
there to cheer you on and maybe this could be our year!!!!!!
Looking forward to seeing you on the fairways and the 19th!
Gerry & Colette

Club Diary
Available for
collection from the
Clubhouse next
week.

Rugby 6 Nations @ the Clubhouse!

The place to watch the remaining 6 Nations matches is Naas
Golf Club the atmosphere in the Clubhouse is great, as are
the results to date. So if you are not lucky enough to have
tickets, come and support your club and enjoy the comfort of
the Clubhouse with added gastro delights and tipples from the
bar. Its where you need to be
Sunday 1st March
Ireland -v- England 3pm
Saturday 14th March
Wales -v- Ireland 2.30pm
Saturday 21st March
Scotland -v- Ireland 2.30pm

Also think of The Masters, Thursday 9th Saturday 12th

April 2015 hard to get to Augusta at this stage but come
and watch all the action and admire the Magnolias in HD at
Naas GC and dream one day!

Naas ace Maurice Kelly

(pictured above right)
cruised to an impressive
wire-to-wire win in the
Spanish Senior Amateur
Open at Oliva Nova
in Valencia.
Six clear overnight, the
reigning Irish Senior Close
Champion had enough with
a closing 76 to win by five
strokes from
England's Philip Bramall
(73) on two over 218.
Winner of this title in
2008, Kelly was runner up
in 2007 and 2012.
He also won the team title
with Hugh Smyth in
2009 and was second in
2007 and 2008.
Impressive well done
Maurice from Naas Golf
Club!

Youths Section
Our Spring Coaching Programme is up
and running. All participants are getting
great lessons from Gavin and Rachael and
picking up great tips. The lessons will be
continuing so keep an eye on your emails
and the website.
A Youth update is available on the
website under the members section. For
those of you on Facebook a page has
been set up with updates. Our midterm competition is starting on the 20th
of February and tee times are available on
the time sheet.
A very successful Try Golf session was
held on Saturday 14th February with 13
girls attending.

From the Pro Shop at

Naas
Don't forget we have
our 30% shoe sale for the
month of February as well as
our complimentary driver
assessment.
An assessment only takes 30
minutes and could be
invaluable to your driving. If
you would like to hit the ball
further, you need to
understand how to create
more "ball" speed not
necessarily "clubhead"
speed...so let me show you
how! If you would like to book
a complimentary driver
assessment please contact the
pro shop.
Many of our shoes sold over
the past weekend but there are
still plenty of sizes and models
to choose from in both the
ladies and gents range and all
shoes in stock are 30% off for
the month of February.

Course update from John Grogan (Course Chairman) and

David Behan (Course Manager)
Its amazing how quickly the winter has past bye as we start to see
the evenings stretch and we get the odd spring day.
Over the winter months our main work programs;
Course daily preparation & maintenance
Remedial drainage work on the bunkers
Tidy woodland right of the 11th hole
Water ponding on greens 4 & 6
Cutting dead trees
Pruning of shrub-beds
Septic tank meetings and possible solutions
Work planner for the coming golf season to include fairway
topdressing in April & September, main greens aeration
program will be carried out the 1st week in March and 2nd
week in October
The introduction of the frost course has worked well
Spiking fairways
Machinery services and repairs
The drainage work that we did over the previous two winters is
working well but we need to keep focused on future drainage
programs and plans.
So why are the Greens at Naas so good?
David Behan says A dedicated team and a course committee that works
for you. Networking with fellow Sportsturf Professionals. Always willing to
learn about and implement new methods and as a golfer myself, I have a
good idea what the golfer wants.

Jack Hume and Conor ORourke, just some of their wonderful

achievements and dates to note in 2015
2015 Walker Cup Squad Announced
Jack Hume is included in the initial 20-man squad for the Great Britain and
Ireland Walker Cup team to face the USA at Royal Lytham & St Annes, 12th
to 13th September. The final ten-man GB&I team will be announced in
August
Jack selected for the European Nations Team Championship 2015
The four players selected by the Golfing Union of Ireland to compete in the
European Nations Team Championship at La Reserva Golf Club from 18th
to 21st February are: Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint), Jack Hume (Naas),
Gary Hurley (West Waterford/NUIM) and Gavin Moynihan (The Island).
Both Jack and Conor selected on the Leinster Senior Panel
Leinster Golf announced an 18 man panel for the 2015 season with both
Jack Hume and Conor ORourke included. This years Interprovincial series
of matches takes place in Rosapenna Golf Club from 6th to 8th July.

Sponsorship - Notice to Members

Please be aware that opportunities exist for members to sponsor competitions. Contact Club Manager, Denis.

Major Dates your Diary

LADIES
26th May - Lady Presidents Prize
16th June Presidents Prize to Ladies
14th & 18th July - Lady Captains Prize
18th August - Captains Prize to Ladies

The Ireland v France Rugby match was a great

success all round and all our loyal customers enjoyed
a little Irish Coffee at half time to celebrate the lead
and subsequent victory, make sure to join us for the
Ireland -v- England game where we will again have
some great match specials and a heart-warming
complimentary Irish coffee to help us cheer along our
team!

MENS
21st June Presidents Prize
12th July - Minor & Intermediate Scratch Cups
23rd August - Junior & Senior Scratch Cups
29th 30th August - Captains Prize First Round
5th September Captains Prize Final Round

This month we celebrate the end of the Winter diets

and offer you a simple recipe that you can prepare
without even turning on the oven, our midterm
gingerbread and Cointreau cream pots are ideal to
try out with kids or simply to indulge in a simple
sweet treat at the weekend.
We will keep you posted via email with any news on
our menus and upcoming events
Phelim (087 960 8150 1890 987 710 045 901 518)

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Naas Open Week 31 July 9

August 2015

What better way to spend a few days

holidays!

SUBS SUBS - SUBS

Thank you to everyone who has paid their annual
membership on time. There are a small number
outstanding and we ask those to contact Denis at the
club now please.
In 2013, the club introduced a new membership category
for Youth members who have now entered the
workforce with significant membership discounts. Please
let us know if you need any further information on this
category."

GOLFNET
The GUI & ILGU have been working together to redevelop
the Golfnet website, which will also incorporate the existing
GUI & ILGU websites and it is due to be launched on Monday
2nd March.
Each member can login and create their own personal profile
with the ability to view own handicap data, club open days
and general golfing news.

Mid-term break Gingerbread and Cointreau

cream pots with butterscotch sauce
1 x 380g mascarpone cream
200ml cream
2 tbsp icing sugar
4 tbsp of cointreau
1 Jamaican gingerbread loaf
8 tbsp of cointreau
For the creamy filling:

Place the mascarpone in to a large bowl and

loosen by whisking a little

Slowly add in the cream, icing sugar and 4 tbsp

of cointreau

Whisk until smooth and place to one side

For the butterscotch:
225ml cream,
1 dessert spoon of golden syrup
1 tbsp of dark brown soft sugar
50g Butter

Place these ingredients in a saucepan

Bring to the boil and stir over a medium to high

heat for 3-4 minutes with a wooden spoon

Allow to cool before either serving over a bowl

of delicious ice-cream or on top of this decadent
dessert
To assemble:

Place one desserts spoon of the creamy mixture

into the base of the little jars or your chosen
pots

Cut one regular slice of gingerbread ( about two

tablespoons big) or 2 inchs thick and cut it in
half, squash the ginger cake to about half the
size, place a slice into each little jar

Top the cake now with a tbsp of the cointreau

Now add another tablespoon of the creamy mix

on top

Place in the fridge for about one hour to set

Remove and top each pot with a spoon of simple

butterscotch sauce

Serve and savour!

TEAMS
Naas Golf Club is well overdue a green Pennant for the Clubhouse and Captains Gerry &
Colette feel 2015 is the year
Those appointed by the Mens and Ladies Committees to deliver are as follows;
Mens Team Captains
Senior Cup
Gerry Prendergast
Barton Cup
John Dunne
Barton Shield
Gerry Prendergast
Junior Cup
Gus Fitzpatrick Jnr
Jimmy Bruen
Paddy Kavanagh
Pierce Purcell
John Ryan
Metropolitan Cup
Pat Coughlan
Central Towns
Conor Holmes / Liam Casey
Leinster Trophy
John Craddock
South Leinster Trophy Michael Murphy
Duggan Cup
Har Hannigan
Straffan Cup
Joe kepgh/ Ed Prendergast
Kildare Shield
Dave Smyth
Mixed Teams Captains
Irish Mixed Foursomes Paula Murray / Dermot Delaney
Kildare Mixed Shield
Yvonne Frayne / Dave Smyth
Ladies Team Captains
Senior Cup
Colette Osborne
Junior Cup
Eleanor ODwyer
Intermediate Cup
Norah Kennedy
Minor Cup
Cait Harrington
Challenge Cup
Kate Holmes
Senior Foursomes
Sandra Carroll
Junior Foursomes
Mary Flahavan / Sandra Barnett
Miele Fourball
Martina Wallace
Finn Trophy
Anne Stapleton
Boyne Trophy
Patricia Doyle

Pictured Naas Mixed Team, Leinster Runners-up in 2013. Let's do it in 2015!