Month: July 2001

John Ruddy on tour in the US
Our roving sports reporter is spending this summer in the USA:

The Connecticut Crazy Golf Open 2001
The CCG0 2001 time has once again came around and I am sorry for the late report but better late than never.

This year the Competition attracted players from Ireland such as The Devers from Currane….Andrew, Micheal and Barry who were passing through and just couldn’t resist entering the prestigious Competition. Last years winner Tommy Moran was also in the competition representing School Street, Fairfield CT and feeling very confident. And thrown in for good measure were the two outsiders Ronan O’Malley and myself.

To start off we had a bit of a warm up on the near by driving range, there were some very impressive shots taken and at the same time some not so impressive. With the sun beating down in Redding Connecticut at 2pm in the middle of June the Connecticut Crazy Golf 2001 Competition started.

The first hole was a tense hole with everyone performing rather well bar John Ruddy who dropped about three shots. The next few holes things tightened up with everyone starting to get rid of the pre-game nerves and start playing some good golf, Tommy Moran and Micheal Dever began to lead the field with Andrew, Barry, Ronan and Myself staying tight behind.

The 7th hole proved to be a decisive hole in the match Ronan, Andrew, Micheal and myself all having an impressive round where as Tommy and Barry made their chances of lifting the title very slim.

The back nine the game saw Ronan, Micheal and Barry play some impressive golf but it was Andrew and John Ruddy who were beginning to make a two horse race out of it. The holes were very tight with both players trying not to drop shots but in the end the experienced Andrew Dever kept his nerve to clinch the CCGO 2001 Trophy. Andrew was very honoured to have won such an important Competition. Tommy Moran however felt it was very good for the game to see the Championship being won by more than one person for a change.

Please stay tuned as I have yet to bring a report on The Stamford GAA Volleyball Competition and much, much more so from Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. signing off till next time.

John Ruddy