Pole position for Hamilton again at City of Derry GC

It was an unlikely total after starting with a blank on the first but he steadied the ship and settled down to register his first win in a long time.

Simon Swaby (11) was the runner-up with his modest 35 points that included a blank at ‘Aintree’, the toughest hole on the course.

Paul O’Doherty (8) made a worthwhile visit from Greencastle to finish third on a tie break with 34 points.

Congratulations are due to George Jackson’s Pierce Purcell team which qualified for the matchplay stages of the competition at Faughan Valley on Sunday.

They will play their first round match against Faughan Valley at Foyle Golf Club on a date to be arranged.

Twenty handicapper Jason Cleere spreadeagled the field in the Dunhugh Cup at Prehen on Saturday with a superbly compiled 46 points to take first place and a debut win having only joined the club earlier this year.

Birdies at the second, 11th and 13th were the highlights of his round with only one real blemish that resulted in a blank at the long 17th hole.

The handicapper will surely have noted this exceptional performance and reward Jason accordingly.

Early starter Eddie Porter (14) a winner at Easter, took the second spot with his 41 points and having recorded two very good scores recently lost an extra shot on the day and now has to manage off an eleven handicap.

Dan Hinds (4) overcame a disastrous triple bogey at the first to record 40 points, the best gross of the day and third nett overall.

Fourth nett, awarded because the best gross was in the first three home went to Rob Jefferson (12) who had 37 points.

Oscar Mailey (6) playing out of Ballyliffin, but a regular visitor to City of Derry, was in great form in the weekly Thursday Open, a level par gross round giving him 42 points and a two point winning margin over Dan Hinds (4) who also went round in level par for his 40 points that also included his first ever competitive hole in one, a well hit nine iron at the ‘Crow’s Nest’ that hopped once before doing the business for him.

James Lindsay, George Curry and Kealan Quigg were witnesses to Dan’s proud achievement. Kealan Quigg (+ 1) finished in third place overall with 38 points and his 39 points being the best gross on the day. A fourth nett prize went to Ronan Coyle (10) who is enjoying a fine run of form presently.

While Campbell Jackson (19) a very recently joined member of City of Derry celebrated his debut win in the Spring Bank Holiday Open recording a very impressive score of forty points and clear victory, and first handicap reduction.

Eric Watson (17) continued his recent good form taking second place with 37 points, and that included a triple bogey at the par five seventh hole.