The 2nd Turfman Festival starts today (Friday July 30) in Ardee with a number of events including a golf competition, a cookery exhibition and the opening of a Floral Festival in St Mary’s Church to celebrate 40th anniversary of Ardee Flower Club.
At 9 pm all the pubs in town will take part in a simultaneously Pub Quiz. Full details can be downloaded from the festival brochure
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Friday, May 8, 2009
The Irish Open Golf experience
It's not often that you get a chance to see some of the leading sportsmen in the world competing on your doorstep but by this time next week some of them will be battling the renowned Baltray links course.
The countdown to the Irish open has started and with the course only 25 minutes drive from Smarmore Castle so we are an ideal base for anyone who plans to attend the event.
When the Open was held there a few years ago we went along and were astounded by just how much at planning goes into such an event. Parking was set up a fair distance from the course but there was shuttle bus constantly running to and from the car parks. Once on the course you were free to go anywhere. There were grandstands set up at key holes but most people seemed to wander around the course so that the got a feel for everything or because they wanted to follow their favorite players.
The best part for me was looking at the players practicing before they went out on their rounds. Spectators could get really close to this area and you could see the players try out the shots they expected to have to play during their round or go through their individual warm up routine.
The countdown to the Irish open has started and with the course only 25 minutes drive from Smarmore Castle so we are an ideal base for anyone who plans to attend the event.
When the Open was held there a few years ago we went along and were astounded by just how much at planning goes into such an event. Parking was set up a fair distance from the course but there was shuttle bus constantly running to and from the car parks. Once on the course you were free to go anywhere. There were grandstands set up at key holes but most people seemed to wander around the course so that the got a feel for everything or because they wanted to follow their favorite players.
The best part for me was looking at the players practicing before they went out on their rounds. Spectators could get really close to this area and you could see the players try out the shots they expected to have to play during their round or go through their individual warm up routine.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Irish Open Golf returing to Louth this summer
The Irish open golf championship will be returning to the county Louth golf club at Baltray in May. The links course which is located around 30 minutes drive from here, hosted the event in 2004. The event has an earlier slot on the European PGA Tour calendar than usual and will take place from May 14th to 17th. All the top Irish golfers including Padric Harrington and Paul McGinley are expected to take part and it should attract in excess of 70,000 spectators over the course of the four days.
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