Wednesday 30 September 2026

Player of the Year 2026: Seanie Hoey

The 2026 Player of the Year is decided. Captain's Day was the last of the 68 competitions to count, and Seanie Hoey finishes on 199 points, 50 clear of Darren McKenna on 149, with Mark Millar third on 114. 🏆 Player of the Year 2026: Seanie Hoey, 199 points from 24 competitions. Seanie's year: LDM Junior Matchplay Champion (22nd April), the win that put him top of the standings. He was never headed after it. Club Matchplay Champion, Intermediate (4th July). Club Strokeplay, 1st Intermediate (19th September), after a 9-hole playoff with Kyle Thornton settled by a hole-in-one at the 10th in sudden death. Captain's Day, 1st Intermediate (26th September), with a 50 in the first round. Three weekly club competition wins: the 18 Nett in April, the 18 Gross in May and Club Comp 4 in August. 2nd in grade at the Laytown and Nicky Lynch scratch cups, and top 20 at the Patsy Hoey, MacBride and Castletown Masters. Played the National Intermediate Strokeplay Final at Tullamore, semi-finalist in the Owen Brannigan Doubles with Alan Kierans, and a doubles prize at the Ringcommons Open. Grade winners: 🏆 Senior: Darren McKenna, 149. Club Strokeplay champion, 3rd at the Killineer Scratch Cup and the Castletown Masters, and part of the team that qualified for the National Interclub Finals. Mark Millar 114, Aaron McDonagh 105. 🏆 Intermediate: Gerard Thornton, 105. He played 33 competitions, more than anyone in the club, with 3rd at the PJ & Catherine Bell Seniors National Championship the pick of them. Derek Maguire 101, Kyle Thornton 82. 🏆 Junior: Kevin O'Brien and Christopher Behan, tied on 68. Kevin won the Club Matchplay and the Junior grade at the Club Strokeplay; Christopher was runner-up in the LDM Junior Matchplay and won the Junior grade at the Old County Scratch Cup, and the two of them won the Owen Brannigan Doubles together. Richard Tinley 48. Final standings: Seanie Hoey 199, Darren McKenna 149, Mark Millar 114, Aaron McDonagh 105, Gerard Thornton 105, Derek Maguire 101, Sean Clerkin 100, Kyle Thornton 82, Christopher Behan 68, Kevin O'Brien 68. Full standings on the Player of the Year page.