{"id":3070,"date":"2026-05-25T12:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/3070\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T12:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:24:27","slug":"notts-and-lincs-irish-golf-society-hosts-national-championships-at-newark-golf-club-in-aid-of-newark-mencap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/3070\/","title":{"rendered":"Notts and Lincs Irish Golf Society hosts national championships at Newark Golf Club in aid of Newark Mencap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A golf society has raised more than \u00a31,000 for charity at an annual national championship.<\/p>\n

The Notts and Lincs Irish Golfing Society hosted the National Championships of the Union of Irish Golf Societies GB at Newark Golf Club.<\/p>\n

A total of 120 players came together from across the country on May 14-15 to compete for both team and individual prizes at the championships, which are held each year at different courses around England.<\/p>\n

\"Notts\"NottsNotts and Lincs Golf Society chairman Rev Father Michael O\u2019Donoghue, president Neil Crockett, committee member Pat Roche, secretary Frank Duffy, and captain Jackii Crockett. Photo: Supplied<\/p>\n

It was the first time in 40 years the society had hosted the event, and excellent conditions were reported \u2014 with the 14 participating teams of golfers also serenaded by the May Cuckoo on both days.<\/p>\n

There was home success as the team champions trophy was won by players from the Notts and Lincs Irish Golfing Society.<\/p>\n

Aside from the golf, attendees were also treated to a gala dinner \u2014 which included a \u201cmesmerising\u201d display of Irish dancing with the current men\u2019s world champion, Shay Brunning \u2014 and took part in charity fundraising.<\/p>\n

\"Notts\"NottsNotts and Lincs Irish Golf Society committee member Pat Roche, Irish dance champion Shay Brunning, and society chairman Rev Father Michael O Donoghue. Photo: Supplied<\/p>\n

Over its 43 year history the Notts and Lincs Irish Golf Society has followed the motto of \u201cfriendship, golf, and giving\u201d \u2014 and the chosen charity for this year\u2019s national championship was Newark Mencap.<\/p>\n

The charity, which provides support for adults with learning disabilities, will receive a large donation of around \u00a31,400 thanks to the generosity of the Irish golfers from all across the UK.<\/p>\n

Neil Crockett, president of the Notts and Lincs Irish Golf Society, said: \u201cThis was the first time in 40 years our society has hosted the national championships and it was a wonderful festival of Irish golf \u2014 good, bad and ugly \u2014 Irish culture, and fun, and supporting Mencap which is such an important charity in Newark.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe icing on the cake was that we walked off with the national team trophy, a great home win, Thanks to Newark Golf Club for looking after us and giving us a great course to enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Notts and Lincs Irish Golfing Society, which has around 40 members who play three events a year, will host its captains day at Stoke Rochford Golf Club on Friday, June 19.<\/p>\n

It welcomes new members to attend, and anyone interested can email frankduffy1966@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A golf society has raised more than \u00a31,000 for charity at an annual national championship. The Notts and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2222,44,1089,2223],"class_list":["post-3070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-charity","tag-golf","tag-human-interest","tag-newark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}