Message from Golf Director, John McGuire
Hi All I am writing to give you advance notice of the CTT Alumni Annual Golf Outing which will take place in Edmondstown Golf Club on Friday 18 September 2015. We have tee-times for 12 players starting at 13.15. Brian Gaffney is the defending champion of the treasured CTT Alumni Claret Jug.
As spaces are limited and we have to pay Edmondstown in advance, I would appreciate if you would indicate if you are interested in playing as soon as possible. I will get you to confirm early August and request advance payment to secure your booking. The cost will be €30 for the round of golf. For those who can stay on, we will retire after the game for drinks, a meal and prize presentation. Everyone pays for their own ….. except the prizes!
Separately, I was speaking to Peter Bennett at last week’s Annual Dinner and he offered to host a casual couple of fourballs for anyone who is interested in playing at his club, Foxrock. Peter is heavily involved in the club and can organise a good deal for a relaxed game and a meal. If you are interested in hooking up for a casual game in addition to being in the pressure pot of competing for the CTT Alumni Claret Jug, let me know and I will discuss with Peter and come back with date options.
I look forward to hearing from you.
John
Readers: if you search Categories/ People, Places, you will find some stories about ex-CTT people/places, usually contributed by guest posters. You are invited to contribute also!. Stories from the past or current lives or activities of our former colleagues would be welcome. Preferably with 2 or 3 images and generally under a thousand words please. If you think you might have something of interest, just send me a message at ContactUs, (link top of this page)
It is with great sadness that we report the recent passing of our esteemed former colleague, David Hedigan. David, always a gentleman, gracious and charming, was a widely known “face” of CTT, where he served for forty years until his retirement (from EI) in November, 2009. While widely known and regarded in the food sector, he was an experienced generalist too, and applied his multi-lingual skills to the development of Irish exports from a wide variety of clients at home and abroad and in particular in markets where he served as CTT Manager, including Paris, Milan and Brussels. In his latter career, apart from heading up the Food sector in CTT, he was deeply involved, in EI, in enterprise development policy and in North-South cooperation. We extend our condolences to his wife Susan and to the wider Hedigan family. RIP.
