Tournament Information

If you are not golfing, we welcome you to arrive as early as you would like to enjoy drinks, Irish music, browsing the silent auction items, and socializing with our gracious host Bunk, Bunk's guests, family and friends before sitting down for dinner.

  

Hotel Accommodations

We have a number of guests flying-in from out of town as well as driving-in from outside the Orange County area.

And, while a number of Bunk’s guests are looking forward to a relaxing day of golf in the sun, a friendly get-together, a nice Irish dinner, Irish music, an evening of interesting conversation and pleasant socializing, and fun with the silent auction and raffle... Believe it or not, there is a certain portion of Bunk’s friends who like to Party, Party, Party!!!

  

  

For Bunk's guests who are upstanding, respectable members of society - Not to worry. All of Bunk's friends and known associates have been subjected to an in-depth Friends-Of-Bunk Profiling Process and we have successfully identified many of the hooligans in the above pictures as well as many other splinter-faction groups of The Bunk Partier Organization (The B.P.O.) and we have designated a whole separate 'children's table' area specifically for them and their shenanigans far, far, far away from Bunk's other guests.

  

There are a number of hotels nearby the Coyote Hills Country Club. For those traveling in from out-of-town, those of you who want to keep the party going all-night, and those who just want to cab it to a nearby hotel at the end of the evening - We are encouraging Bunk’s guests to stay at the Marriott-Cal State University.

 

Marriott-Cal State University‎

2701 Nutwood Ave, Fullerton, CA

(714) 738-7800‎

  

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Theme Song for The Irish Feats of Strength

We tried to get Tap to sing about Ancient Irish structures and cultures that existed thousands of years ago at the same time that the first known Irish Feats of Strength took place. And, we specifically requested they sing about Newgrange in the Boyne Valley located in County Meath or the Caillaigh Hills at Loughcrew. But seeing as they are a band from Manchester, the closest the guys from Tap could write lyrics for was about another ancient Celtic mystery across the Irish Sea in England. Our apologies to The Irish diehards for the faux pas.

  

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXGbwIkvh38

   

  

 

THE IRISH   FEATS   OF   STRENGTH 

 

Many ages ago in times long since past, the clans of Ireland would make the annual pilgrimage from all across the Island’s villages, towns and commonwealths to proudly represent the friendship and solidarity between the five provinces of Leinster, Meath, Connacht, Munster and Ulster. From the emerald green shires of Bann and Lagan in County Antrim to the wind-swept Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, the Celtic sons and daughters of Éire would gather together in a week of games, festivities and contests to prove their valor as warriors, test their skills as hunters and demonstrate their bravery, virtue and courage.

 

Lost in the mists of time, The Irish Feats of Strength slowly passed out of knowledge. Tales of heroic struggles, hard fought battles and epic duals on the playing fields slowly became legend and legend eventually became myth. Shrouded in mystery and guarded deep within the foreboding labyrinths of secrecy, it was only in the most ancient and far-off regions of Ireland, that cryptic echoes could sometimes be heard faintly calling out from the distant past and were all that remained of the spirits of the games.

 

The Irish Feats of Strength were all but forgotten, until one day it was decided that it was time again to bring the games back to celebrate and share Saint Patrick’s Day with one of the friendliest lads one will ever have the good pleasure of meeting as well as far and away one of the toughest and bravest sons of Ireland who all amongst us have the honor of being able to call our good friend – Alec ‘Bunk’ Wurth.

 

Unspoken Éire folklore and whispers of ancient Celtic tails as old as the Forests of Killarney and the Hill of Tara forewarn all that The Irish Feats of Strength don’t build character. But, rather they reveal it. Consisting of 5 individual events, The Irish Sword, The Irish Crossbow, The Irish Sling Shot, The Irish Spear, and The Irish Catapult, each game challenges the skills, wits and the very essence of the true fortitude of its competitors. Only the most pure of heart and mind will be able to successfully best the obstacles they must face and answer the call of the gauntlet thrown down before them. For, it is only through drawing upon the wisdom of the words ‘Gan Drochlaethanta Ar Bith’ that one can succeed in both the games as well as in life and thereby be crowned Champion of The Irish Feats of Strength.

 

To those who choose to partake in The Irish Feats of Strength - We Salute You. And, Always Remember ‘Gan Drochlaethanta Ar Bith’.