2017

My fellow Sean Chairde,

It is with great excitement that I get the opportunity to Captain our team for this year's event in Lough Erne .

It has been 13 years since I last had the chance to lead our team and have enormous boots to fill in eclipsing what Captain Crean achieved last year with his some of his inspirational team selections.

Mount Juliet was a huge success going down to the wire with the Hayes brothers caught up in a titanic battle to decide the fate of last year's winners, and the event has in the last numbers of years been very close with very little between the winning and losing side with the standard of golf being strong.

This year course could be the best that we have played on throughout our Sean Chairde history, the facilities look to be magnificent and sets this August up to be a fantastic battle.

I am very fortunate to have alongside me this year a very experienced VC in Tigger O'Reilly who has plenty of knowledge & a little baggage to bring to the table and would like to wish the opposing Catpain & VC Richie T and Richie G all the best for later on this year.

SOME GENERAL INFORMATION

Dates
The event is taking place on Thursday 24th of August to Sunday 27th of August with 3 nights B&B accommodation, 3 dinners (Thurs, Friday & Saturday), lunch Friday, prizes, beer and clothing.

Cost
The cost is €720 per person as we are booking in sterling we will request that where possible if people could pay early as this will secure the rate quoted with Sterling being at such good rate to the Euro. However there may be a slight increase in the cost if the Sterling rate changes into the future.

For those who want to do a direct debit it will cost €144 for 5 months starting this month April. If you want to set up a DD please let us know and please see the bank details below, easiest way is to set up the SC as beneficiary on your Mobile banking.

It is really important that we get everyone paid up as early as possible so please reach out to the committee if you have any questions.

Account Details
Bank: Bank Of Ireland, Deansgrange
IBan: IE89BOFI90118324190232
Bic : BOFIIE2D
Name: Sean Chairde
AC : 2419 0232
Sort: 90-11-83


For those of you who want to travel a night earlier can you let us know if you want this so we can secure your accommodation. We are trying to negotiate a rate for this and also for everyone travelling up to play the course throughout the year.

Also for those who would prefer a single room there is a single supplement of £35 per night, can you let us know if you want this, so we can book the appropriate amount of rooms.

http://www.lougherneresort.com/?gclid=CPbPpLbBnNMCFZKLaQodFeACQA

Kind Regards

Gavin

Dear fellow Sean Chairde,

First of all I would like to say how delighted and honoured to Captain my team in Lough Erne this year. It's been 11 years since I last captained "the disaster of Dundrum" so the chances of doing better is probably quite good ! Luckily I have a great team who keep reminding me of it so I see it as motivation to spur me on.

Last year's event was a wonderful occasion and I really enjoyed assisting Alan throughout the weekend. It was probably the best weather we have had for the event. It was so close and could have gone either way. Hopefully we will have a really exciting end again this year.

One of the highlight's for our Team was Mick and Shay's outstanding performance against Ernie and John ( as far as the lads were concerned it was the only performance). Mick's putt on the 18th is what makes this event so special. It has had such a positive impact on the two lads that they still mention it on a daily basis. I actually had to remind Mick that we did in fact lose the overall last year but it doesn't seem to have much effect.

Going to Lough Erne this year brings a new course to The Sean Chairde. I would like to thank the Committee for securing this fantastic venue and the continuing work they do.

This year I have my good friend Richie "the intimidator" Glavin by my side. A quality player who I know will give sound input throughout the weekend. I am also extremely fortunate to securing two quality golfers Mark Byrne and Dave Mangan to my team. Both players play out of Greystones and are experienced in team golf. Welcome lads I'm sure you both will be a huge success.

Finally I would like to wish Gavin and Shane all the best for the weekend and I look forward to the battle that will unfold


Best Wishes

Richie Taylor