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.

The Rugby 6 Nations

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 Masters in April hard to get to

Augusta at this stage but see all the action and the magnolias
in HD at Naas GC and dream what you would like to be.
Thursday 9th Saturday 12th April 2015

Naas ace Maurice Kelly

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.

Naas Golf Club Major Dates your

Diary
Ladies Presidents
26th May
Presidents Prize to Ladies
16th June
Lady Captains Prize
14th & 18th July
Captains Prize to Ladies
18th August
Mens dates
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Course update from John Grogan (Course Chairman) and

David Behan (Course Manager)

Naas Open Week 31st July

9th August.

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.

What better way to spend a few

days holidays!
Sponsorship Update
Opportunities exist for members to
sponsor competitions

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Youths Section
Our Spring Coaching programme is
up and running. All participants are
getting great lessons from Gavin
and picking up great tips. The
lessons are 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 aged
between 9 and 12.

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

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.

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.

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 February 18-21 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.

Opens around Kildare

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GOLFNET
Check your handicap; Update your details
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 will have their own personal
profile with the ability to view handicap, data,
club open days and general golfing news.

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!
This week we celebrate the end of the January 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)
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!