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GOLF

SPOTLIGHT ON SPORT
SOCCER
T h e past year h a s been one Of continued progress a n d expansion for the game u n d e r t h e jurisdiction of the Galway and District C o m m i t t e e . F o u r new clubs registered with t h e committee namely Wolves, Collegians, D e v o n Celtic a n d St. Bernard's Utd. and Abbcyknockmoy. However at national level t h e Galway teams did not fare too well, t h e Galway League lost the coveted Oscar T r a y n o r T r o p h y w h e n beaten by the Leinster Senior L e a g u e in the third r o u n d . Galway Bohemians were defeated by St. Patrick's C . Y . M . , D u b l i n , in the sixth r o u n d of t h e F.A.I. Junior Cup and U . C . G . were eliminated by Waterford Bohemians in the fifth r o u n d of the Youth C u p . I n the provincial competi tions Bohemians had a great two goals to nil victory over Sligo Collegians to recapture the Connacht Junior C u p a n d in the Y o u t h C u p West U t d . gained their first provincial success in beating O u r L a d y of L o u r d e s , Sligo, at T e r r y land Park by the odd goal in three.

G.A.A. STARS '72

RUGBY
O.L.B.C. P a s t v. P r e s e n t T h i s weekend's m a i n R u g b y attraction is the annual O . L . B . C . Past v. Present game in the Sportsground o n S u n d a y next at 2.30 p . m . Playing for t h e coveted Beatty t r o p h y , which was presented t h r e e season's ago by P a d d y Beatty, the current I n t e r p r o vincial R u g b y Referee, both teams field strong sides. T h e Present side having a very successful season this year, can expect a w a r m reception next Sunday w h e n they meet a forceful Past side which i n cludes four senior i n t e r p r o vincial players and three J u n i o r Introprovincials. T o m Burke (Wegians & C o n n a c h t ) is captain of t h e Past X V which also includes J. O'Shaughnessy, B. Langan, O . H o r a n a n d J. G l y n n . I t will need all the powers of F r a n k O ' L o u g h l i n ' s leader ship to keep his team calm, as the Past team will strive for a convincing win. H o w ever the Present side, noted for its determination a n d foward mobility, are certainly not without scoring potential, as t h e y ' h a v e shown this year. T h e Present's only Senior Interprovincial, Barthly N o l a n , will be ably assisted by such players as T . C u r r a n , D . C r o n i n , L . Casserley a n d M . McDonagh. This annual fixture k n o w n for its high standard of R u g b y , should m o r e than compensate for t h e feeling of frustration of t h e spectarors, who are g u a r a n teed a good game, n e x t S u n day.

C h r i s t m a s Q u i z : H o w did you fare? Well, check your answers. Despite what you may have thought or heard to t h e contrary, the following are the correct a n s w e r s : -- 1. W h a t British Open C h a m p i o n was k n o w n as " L o n g J o h n " -- U . S . golfer James Barnes, winner in 1925. 2. D i a m e t e r of the c u p is approximately how many times larger t h a n that of the 1.62 b a l l ? -- 2 i times. T h e c u p is 41 inches in diameter. 3. I n what year did Joe C a r r win t h e Bobby Jones Award?--1961. 4. Ryder C u p player b o r n at O m e a t h , C o . L o u t h , in J a n u a r y , 1936 ?--Hugh Boyle. 5. Peter Osterhuis was what before he took u p professional golf?--Insurance Broker. 6. You can repair spike marks on a green w i t h o u t penalty -- true or false ? --False. You can repair only ball marks. 7. H e won 35 national open championships in 16 different countries before he won the British O p e n . W h o was h e ? -- R o b e r t de Vicenzo. 8. Is it permissible for a player to hold an umbrella over his head t o protect h i m self from rain while putting ? --Yes. 9. M a y two competitors playing together in a singles stroke competition share one bag of 14 c l u b s ? -- Y e s . I t does not constitute a breach of the rules b u t it is not a practice to be commended. 10. If you swing at a ball a n d miss it and then discover it is not your ball, do you incur any penalty ? Yes. Loss of hole in match play or two strokes in stroke play. 11. C a n you remove a broken bottle from a hazard without penalty ?--Yes. T h i s is classed as a movable o b struction. O n the other h a n d a dead animal not being arti ficial, is a loose impediment and could be removed without penalty when both the ball and the impediment lay in a hazard. 12. Is a player disqualified for entering the clubhouse after starting in a stroke com petition if he does not cause u n d u e delay ?--No. 13. Only one of the partners in a fourball stroke c o m p e tition need sign the card-- true or false ?--True. 14. In a stroke play com petition should t h e player with the lowest handicap of the pairings drive first ?--No. I n the absence of a draw the option of taking the honour m u s t be decided by lot. P e n alty is disqualification. j. 15. A competitor plays from outside the limits of the teeing ground and his ball goes out of b o u n d s . H o w m a n y penalty strokes apply to a new ball played correctly ? --One. 16. W h o wrote " H o w to play your best golf" ? -- T o m m y A r m o u r . (If you haven't read this book, beg or borrow it). 17. W h o said " T e m p e r never got anyone anywhere in g o l f " ? -- B o b b y Locke. 18. W h e n was the r u b b e r core ball invented ?--In 1901 by D r . Haskell. Rather disappointingly, no entry whatsoever was received for t h e Christmas quiz. P e r haps it was a little bit too difficult for the holiday seas o n . . . I expect that some of the. answers to some of t h e questions relating to the rules will surprise some people. O n M o n d a y next at 8 p . m . there will be a film show in the Clubhouse. T h e Shell Wonderful World of Golf-- 3 ball m a t c h play final. W h e r e was everybody on N e w Year's eve night. At midnight there were nine people in the Clubhouse ! 1

HOCKEY
T h e U . C . G . Ladies Hockey team will play the Cork University team in the final for t h e Coffey C u p on S a t u r day at 3 p . m . at D a n g a n . T h e Galway team face

T h i s season promotion a n d relegation have been intro duced for the first time in junior football. At this stage of the competitions it looks as if O u r Lady's Boys' C l u b will win the Y o u n g C u p a n d M e r v u e U t d . the Pierce C u p . Congratulations to E a m o n Deacy, West U t d . , on gaining t h e Soccer Star award of C o . Galway, in 1972. T h i s great hearted player thoroughly d e served this honour for he played a major part in the T h e presentation of t h e successes of his club at junior and youth level and gave o u t C u p will take place at t h e standing displays for C o n club's A n n u a l Social on S u n nacht in the junior interpro-. day night at F l a n n e r y ' s H o t e l . Past XV. J. O ' S h a u g h n e s s y vincial games against Leinster (Weg.) Des Crowley ( O . L . B . and M u n s t e r . C ) , M a r t i n Crowley ( O . L . B . O u r L a d y ' s Boys' C l u b C ) , J i m m y G l y n n (Cor.), travel to Westport on S u n d a y Michael C u n n i n g h a m ( O . L . next when they meet the B.C.), Brian L a n g a n (Cor.), local U t d . side in the sixth M i c k Casserley (Weg.), T o m r o u n d of the F . A . I . Junior B u r k e (Weg.), C a p t . , T o m C u p . T h e Columbian Hall Kileen (O.L.B.C), Brian team have won all their games Cassidy ( O . L . B . C ) , O w e n this season and have already H o r a n (Weg.), Mick O ' S h a u t h e Scheweppes C u p on their g.lnessy (Weg.), Padraig sideboard. T h i s will u n d o u b t Griffin (Cor.), M u r t F o l a n edly be their toughest assign ( O . L . B . C ) , P . Beatty ( O . L . m e n t of the season but if'they B.C.). play up to their local form I Present XV. D a v e C r o n i n , expect they will qualify for Casserley, Danny t h e seventh r o u n d of the com L a r r y petition for the first time in C o a d y , Michael Casserley, P. J. M c D o n o g h , Frank their history. O ' L o u g h l i n , Bartley N o l a n , T h e revised draw for the Pearse O ' T o o l e , T o m C u r r a n , Galway area of the C o h n a c h t T o m Broderick, Mick G r e a l Junior C u p is as follows: ish, F r a n k F e e n e y , D o n a l Preliminary r o u n d : H i b e r O'Brien, M a r t i n Cassidy a n d nians v. West U t d . Mike McDonagh. First r o u n d : Referee for t h e m a t c h will A Decspo v. Wolves. be W . J. Sanfey. B O . L . B . C . v. Bohemians. C Rovers v. U . C . G . D M e r v u e U t d . v. BallinGALWEGIAN NOTES asloe. T e r e n u r e College are very E W o o d Q u a y v. St. P a t attractive visitors to G l e n i n a rick's. o n S u n d a y next. 'Wegians F Collegians v. T u a m expect to be at full strength Town. t o try to erase memories of G St. Bernard's U t d . v. last week's shock defeat b y Hibernians or West U t d . Athlone. H Salthill Ath. v. Claddagh Galwegian 2nds play A t h Rangers. lone in a League m a t c h in Second r o u n d : Glenina, also o n S u n d a y . Winners of A v. W i n n e r s of F . Squash. Winners E v. W i n n e r s B. T h e eagerly awaited r e Winners C v. W i n n e r s D . t u r n m a t c h with L i m e r i c k Winners G v. Winners H . takes place at 5 o'clock o n At Castlebar on S u n d a y Saturday in Glenina. S p e c last the Galway League m a d e tators welcome. their exit from this season's Congratulations to G e r r y Oscar Traynor M e m o r i a l M c S w e e n e y on his fine win Trophy when the M a y o over Dave O ' D o n n e l l in the League had a surprise 4-3 Heaslip C u p Final. ^victory over the fancied G a l way side. Galway led 2-1 at t h e interval and looked set for victory but t h e M a y o X I MOTORING adapted themselves better to the conditions and scored three goals in the second half before Galway got their t h i r d O n St. S t e p h e n ' s D a y , I t goal towards the close of t h e cars competed in the Novelty game. Scorers for M a y o were T r i a l s organised by t h e G a l Earls, Jennings, Feeney and way M o t o r C l u b in the Walsh. Galway's m a r k s m e n g r o u n d s of t h e T w e l v e Pins were Deacy, Cleary and Sul Hotel. T h e T e s t s were very livan. simple, non-car damaging a n d very entertaining to the large g r o u p of onlookers. E a c h car competed in the 4 tests a n d strong opposition from the t h e winning team were E a m o n S o u t h e r n ladies who defeated Cotter a n d Donal Joyce in the University College, D u b l i n , G r a n a d a with 175 marks lost. in this current competition I n second place were J. Walsh a n d are also holders of the a n d P.-. J. G a n n o n with 179 Chileen C u p contested for by marks lost. T h e Novice Prize t h e seven Irish Universities. was won by G . Vaughan a n d A fine display of hockety is O. Walsh with 263 marks anticipated. lost.

Eamonn Campbell back play at t h e m o m e n t is of the highest calibre. H i s choice would have b e e n p o p ular too. W e wish a speedy recovery t o t h e well built Clifden m a n , w h o was shot in t h e s h o u l d e r while o n G a r d a d u t y in Cork at C h r i s t mas. T h e n we have o u r only All Star of 1972 T o m m y J o e G i l m o r e . H e had a better year in '71 t h a n in '72. Still his first half display in t h e replay v. R o s c o m m o n was vintage G i l m o r e . A n d J i m m y D u g g a n (another old favour ite) has yet to receive a G a l way award. T h e m i n o r s w o u l d have their s u p p o r t e r s t o o . If t h e r e is a better p r o s p e c t i n t h e county t h a n K e v i n C l a n c y I haven't seen h i m . W e m a y have another T o m S u l l i v a n here. O n l y for his d i s play of 'solitis' in t h e s e m i final v. Cork Morgan H u g h e s would be a n o t h e r obvious candidate b u t h e is a player of class a n d we will hear m o r e about h i m t o o . Liam Sammon too has b u r s t back into form a n d h e l p e d in n o small way t o power F r . Griffin's to a n o t h e r county title win. The Hurlers N o one really has any quibble w i t h T e d M u r p h y ' s selection. H e is a g r e a t hearted player a n d was t h e powerhouse of Castlegar's r e t u r n to t h e t o p . B u t m a n y of t h e five U n d e r 21 w i n n i n g side m i g h t just as easily have b e e n selected. T a k e I g g y C l a r k e , t h e captain now developing into a fine senior. O r m y o w n favourite G e r r y G l y n n o n the final star T o n y B r e h o n e y or G e r r y H o l l a n d or t h e fiery little s u b stitute P . J. M u l l o y or ace goalkeeper E a m o n n C a m p bell--another S e a n i e D u g g a n betimes. T h e seniors p l u m b e d t h e d e p t h s against Kilkenny after a good start b u t they gained p r o m o t i o n to Division I of the L e a g u e a n d as always P a d h r a i c N i l a n d was his steady self. T h e Carrolls All Star selectors have honoured J o h n W a l s h with his recent selection for t h e San Francisco t r i p a n d this h o n o u r is well d u e a very wholehearted player. J o h n F a u l , too is a steady full back a n d it is a great pity t h a t John Connolly is not b r o u g h t from t h e U . S . for t h e major games. Castlegar do it with success. Offaly a n d D o n e g a l d o it for t h e major championship games. W h y not Galway. Johnny McMahon B u t as J o h n n y M c M a h o n {Connacht Tribune) says t h e r e is n o t h i n g b e t t e r t h a n c o n t o r v e r s y t o create interest. T h e Galway S p o r t s S t a r s selectors wont please e v e r y b o d y b u t their task is n o t easy. T h i s year's presentation n i g h t is in t h e S a c r e C o e u r H o t e l (Jan. 19th) a n d o n c e again I d o n t m i n d saying t h e w h o l e idea is a m o n u m e n t t o j o u r nalist J i m m y L y d o n . G e n i a l J i m m y p r o d u c e d t h e idea, sold it t o t h e sponsors a n d t o t h e Galway I n d o o r S w i m m i n g Pool C o m m i t t e e a n d b y sheer h a r d w o r k a n d dedication has seen it grow into one of t h e year's greatest social o c c a s ions. As always t h a t great personality M i c h e a l O ' H e h i r will p r e s e n t t h e a w a r d s . Camogie T h e C a m o g i e a w a r d goes to J o s i e K e l l y coined t h e ' M a r k s S p i t s ' of C a m o g i e b y J i m m y L y d o n in t h e Connacht Gaelic Games Annual. The C a m o g i e girls h a d a great year a n d no o n e p e r f o r m e d better than the b o u l d Josie. J a n e M u r p h y played her p a r t too o n t h e field as well as in t h e b o a r d r o o m a n J leave it t h e r e too F r a n k O ' G r a d y who helped in no small way b e h i n d t h e scenes.

John

Connoll

MY STARS OF 197? M y c o m m e n t o n t h e relative, merits of M a u r i c e B u r k e a n d J o e W a l d r o n in last week's issue his excited c o m m e n t , some agreeable. T o every m a n his view. As I said a week ago, M a u r i c e B u r k e would b e m y choice for t h e Galway Gaelic Football Star, of 1972, b u t t h e n as J o h n C o m y n said in last S u n d a y ' s Independent, w h e n c o m m e n t ing o n t h e T e x a c o A w a r d s not being his choices, I h a v e n o axe to grind over J o e W a l d r o n ' s selection. H e was a fine captain of a very good U n d e r 21 All-Ireland w i n n i n g team a n d played a star game in the final. N e i t h e r would t h e selection of T o m N a u g h t o n or J o h n T o b i n have d i s pleased m e . L i a m O ' N e i l l ' s consistently brilliant play could have m e r i t e d h i m t h e award and h e is an inspiring captain of the present senior team. J a c k C o s g r o v e ' s full

A n s w e r to Quiz T h e correct a n s w e r t o t h e M a t t i e M c D o n a g h Quiz 1 t h e Connacht Gaelic Gan :s Annual '73 are as follows: I w o n f o u r S . F . All-Irelar.u medals, t e n Connacht S.F m : d a l s a n d a S . F . c l u b tidi with Erin's Hopes (Dublii ). S o we are in '73 a n d in E I ope. L e t us h o p e we keep c 1 identity as I r i s h p e o p l e a: d p r e s e r v e all t h a t is peculiar 1 u s , i n c l u d i n g o u r g a m e s . I: is always so nice t o . m e e t s o m e b o d y t h a t small bit d IFFe r e n t . If we all did t h e l a m e t h i n g , sure w e ' d go m a d g ; t h e r . J u s t a t h o u g h t . SI 1 ,

T h e Special Prize was w o n b y M r . a n d M r s . Pat Browne in a M o r r i s 1100. M i c h a e l Healy assisted by M i c h a e l C o n r o y r a n the event. M i c h ael Healy, w h e n presenting t h e prizes said that it was a pity that there was a small entry for t h e event, b u t h e h o p e d there would be m o r e entries for future novelty events. Navigation Rally. Details will b e given n e x t week for G l e n R y d e r ' s N a v i gation Rally (mainly for b e ginners) which will be h e l d o n either t h e 12th or 13th January.

T h e Fifth A n n u a l O p e n R o a d R a c e , h o s t e d b y Pearse A . C . was successfully r u n o a t Salthill o n N e w Y e a r ' s live night. T h e first e v e n t of t h e nitzht was t h e L a d i e s ' R a c e -- 1 n. e. T h e Mayor, M r . Mich, d H i g g i n s , started t h e RAIE. Jean F o l a n of U . C . G . to. t h e individual prize (t Flaherty Pharmacy Cup). U . C . G . also w o n t h e tea a w a r d (Pierce C u p ) . T h e Under 1 6 Race (thic. miles) p r o d u c e d an i m p r e s young winner in K K S m i t h of Sligo A . C . T h e c l u b , Pearse, w o n t h e tc.ui award (Guinness Cup). I n the premier event, h Senior 6 miles race, t h e r e wa a large e n t r y with athluu from 1 3 c l u b s . J o e Scanlon w h o last year w o n for U . C . G again d e m o n s t r a t e d his p o w t a n d stamina b y taking firs place ( M e l v i n C u p ) 1 3 sec o n d s ahead of Brian G e r a g h t y b o t h of G a l w a y C i t y H a r r i c : > I n t h i r d place was Pats D o o n i n , of L e t t e r k e n n y . Gal way C . H . w o n t h e t e a m prize T h e perpetual C u p and troph ies for t h e w i n n i n g t e a m wer sponsored by Ireland-Wes and presented by Regiona M a n a g e r , M r . J. J. Lally.