Junior Editor

Blues (18 holes):

1. Jane Lumley 44pts
2. Dylan Cravazza 42pts
3. Tom Murphy 40pts

Reds (14 holes):

1. Aoife Dempsey 42pts
2. Daniel Cunningham 23pts
3. Scott Hamilton 20pts

Blues (6 holes):

1. Fionn Quilter 15pts (last 3)
2. Liliana Drew 15pts
3. Emily Farrell 14pts

7Ups (6 holes):

1. Hugo Shearer 18pts
2. Vanessa Gulliver 14pts
3. Oscar Maguire 13pts

Handicap Cuts:

1. Fionn Quilter 42 to 33
2. Liliana Drew 34 to 25
3. Emily Farrell 30 to 24
4. Sinead Seifried 45 to 42
5. Hugo Shearer 51 to 33
6. Vanessa Gulliver 42 to 36
7. Oscar Maguire 33 to 30

Some brilliant scores today, with a big shout out to Jane with 44 points and Aoife with an incredible 42 points (for 14 holes!). Please collect your prize next Saturday if you missed the prizegiving in the Clubhouse after the competition.

We host our last Junior major of the season, President Marguerite Hamill’s Prize for the Junior girls and boys, next Saturday. Timesheet will go live on Tuesday, so let’s try and get a big turn-out for Marguerite who is looking forward to seeing everyone in action.

We had a long update last week when we were delighted to list out some of the great achievements of our Junior boys and girls in recent inter-club competitions. Unfortunately this week we fell just short of winning a Green Pennant when Peter Anderson and Karl Holmes’ incredible Fred Daly team came ever so close to beating Royal Portrush in the final in Castletroy GC. It was a phenomenal achievement to get to the final as we beat the very fancied Douglas GC in the quarter-finals. Having got the better of Lurgan GC in the morning semi-final, it just wasn’t to be against Portrush who won by the slimmest of margins, 3 matches to 2. We also came up short against Monkstown GC in the quarter-final of the All-Ireland Foursomes on Tuesday afternoon, who went on to lose in the final against Baltinglass GC. The standard of golf in Castletroy was breathtaking and we are incredibly proud of our ten man panel of Dylan, Jamie, Toby, Jack, Stephen, Will, Marc, Milo, Ruadhán and Conor. Your time will come guys!

The Junior Committee would like to say a big thank you to Pete and Karl, and Team Manager Michael Joyce, for the fantastic achievement of winning two Leinster South pennants and getting to two All-Ireland finals this year. We are luckly to have people who are so dedicted, committed and passionate about junior golf in GGC and put in a huge amount of work behind the scenes.

See you all next Saturday

Blues (18 holes):

1. JP Lynch 47pts
2. Leo Murphy 42pts
3. Dylan Cavazza 41pts

Reds (14 holes):

1. Garret Keogh 33pts
2. Aoife Dempsey 27pts
3. Jane Lumley 25pts

Whites (6 holes):

1. Tom Farrell 15pts
2. Devin Kelly 14pts
3. Sam Kavanagh 10pts

7-Up (6 holes):

Rained off, no entry fee next week if you played and paid today!

Category Change:

1. Garret Keogh from Reds to Blues
2. Tom Farrell from Whites to Reds

Handicap Cuts:

1. Devin Kelly 33 to 27

Congrats to all of our winners on some great scoring today in pretty wet conditions, and to Gar and Tom on moving categories – great golf guys! Please collect your prize next week if you missed the prizegiving.

It has been a great season for our Junior section and we broke our 2023 attendance record today with 62 boys and girls playing. The Junior Committee believes this is the most juniors to ever play in a Saturday competition in GGC in our 128 year history!

The Week Just Gone…..

It was another momentous week for the Junior Section with Dylan Holmes and our Boys Junior Captain, Jamie Anderson, leading the charge as the Leinster U-18 team were crowned 2023 All-Ireland Provincial Champions. Dylan and Jamie played 6 matches each, including winning 2.5 points from the three foursomes matches they played together. Cousins in arms!

Not to be outdone by our “senior” juniors, our Junior Sixes team of Aoife Dempsey, Jane Lumley, Emma Haugh, John O’Boyle, James Long and Jack Daly, under the astute management of Martin Haugh, qualified for the All-Ireland finals which take place at Grange Golf Club on 17 September. Brilliant work guys!

And then to cap all of this off, Emma Haugh won the 2023 Wicklow Girls on Thursday with a great score of 41 points. Emma is the first Greystones winner in the second year of what we hope will turn into a big Girls event, with Shauna Siefried placing second and Sophie Lumley just behind in third. Well done ladies on filling the podium!

Then finally, our U-15 Boys team of Toby Murphy, Ruadhán Murray and Conor Dignam put in a great performance to beat Stackstown 3-0 to reach the semi-finals and keep the dream alive for another year. An impressive win from all three under the youthful and energetic management team of Ben Crowley and last years Junior Boys Captain, George O’Brien.

And the Week Ahead……

As we reach the business end of the golf season, we have a massive week ahead.

Toby Murphy, Will O’Riordan and Jack McGovern tee-off tomorrow when our Mens Junior Cup team play Monkstown GC in the All-Ireland quarter-finals in Youghal GC with a 12.00 tee time. Three juniors starting in a five-man team! The very best of luck lads.

Then on Tuesday, our 10-man squad, ably led by our star U-18 interprovincials Dylan and Jamie, play the All-Ireland quarter-finals of both the Fred Daly (Boys U-18 at 9.10) and Irish Junior Foresomes (Boys U-18 at 13.27) at Castletroy GC in Limerick. Best of luck to Dylan, Jamie, Toby, Jack, Will, Stephen, Marc, Milo, Conor and Ruadhán. With Karl Holmes and Peter Anderson managing both squads, this is a fantastic achievement for everyone at GGC as we chase a Green pennant on two fronts.

The Junior Committee

 

Blues (18 holes):

1. JP Lynch 38pts
2. Tom Murphy 36pts
3. Daniel Garvey 34pts

Reds (14 holes):

1. Davie Harmon 36pts
2. Garret Keogh 30pts
3. Doireann Dowdall 21pts

Whites (6 holes):

1. Sam Kavanagh 16pts
2. Michael McCormack 14pts (last 3)
3. Darragh Cullen 14pts

7Ups (6 holes):

1. Emily Murphy 12pts
2. Vanessa Gulliver 11pts
3. Elsa Doyle 10pts

Handicap Cuts:

1. Davie Harmon 31 to 21
2. Garret Keogh 24 to 21
3. Sam Kavanagh 51 to 39
4. Michael McCormack 51 to 45
5. Darragh Cullen 48 to 42
6. Aoibheann Dowdall 54 to 48

Well done to all. Please collect your prizes next Saturday if you missed the prizegiving in the Clubhouse after the competition. Three weeks to go to the last major of the year, President Marguerite Hamill’s prize for the Juniors which will take place on Saturday, 9 September 2023. Timesheet will go live on Tuesday evening for next Saturdays Junior Comp.

The Junior Committee

 

Blues (18 holes):

1. JP Lynch 41pts
2. Ruadhán Murray 37pts
3. Matt Smullen 36pts

Reds (14 holes):

1. Hugh Taylor 32pts
2. Davie Harmon 25pts
3. James Power 22pts (last 7)

Whites (6 holes):

1. Tom Lawlor 14pts
2. Iseult Naidoo 13pts (last 3)
3. Harry Gormley 13pts

7Ups (6 holes):

1. Freddie Gormley 19pts
2. Olivia Holmes 15pts
3. Emily Murphy 14pts

Handicap Cuts:

1. Hugh Taylor 29 to 24
2. Tom Lawlor 42 to 36
3. Iseult Naidoo 54 to 51
4. Harry Gormley 39 to 36
5. Freddie Gormley 48 to 33
6. Olivia Holmes 51 to 42
7. Emily Murphy 48 to 42

Congrats to all and great to see seven boys and girls getting their handicap cut, with three of the Blues also getting cut I think! Some great scores in very windy conditions. Please collect your prize next weekend if you missed the prizegiving. We had 57 boys and girls playing today, including a few new members playing their first Junior comp in GGC. Timesheet will go live for next Saturday on Tuesday evening.

Best of luck to Toby, Ruadhán, Conor and Dylan in their Leinster U15s match away to Edenderry tomorrow, and to our Juniors who are playing in the Wicklow Boys on Monday, including our defending, and two time Champion, Dylan Holmes.

And finally, congratulations to Dylan and our Junior Boys Captain, Jamie Anderson, who were both selected for the Leinster U-18 Inter Provincial Team for the InterPros which take place in Tipperary on 23-25 August. Well done guys, a fantastic achievement for two very talented and dedicated golfers. Everyone in GGC will be cheering you on (and please leave a little in reserve for the Fred Daly final!).

The Junior Committee

 

Blues:

1. Dylan Cavazza 40pts
2. Dylan Holmes 36pts
3. Adam Moore 35pts (back 9)

Gross: Jamie Anderson (71)

Reds:

1. Garret Keogh 33pts (last 7)
2. Hugh Taylor 33pts
3. Davie Harmon 32pts

Whites:

1. Mason Melody 14pts (last 2)
2. Darragh Cullen 14pts (last 3)
3. Matthew Byrne 14pts

7Ups:

1. Olivia Holmes 13pts
2. Harry McGeehan 10pts
3. Donnacha Cribben 8pts

Handicap Cuts:

1. Garret Keogh 30 to 24
2. Hugh Taylor 35 to 29
3. Davie Harmon 36 to 31
4. Mason Melody 48 to 42
5. Darragh Cullen 54 to 48
6. Matthew Byrne 54 to 48
7. William Byrne 27 to 24
8. Olivia Holmes 54 to 51

Well done to all of our prize winners in our second major of 2023, the Lady and Mens Captains Prize, with the main Blues prize won by Dylan Cavazza who had a great score of 40 points in very blustery conditions. We had 53 boys and girls playing and there was a great atmosphere in the Clubhouse after for food and the prizegiving.

A huge thank you to our Lady Captain, Celine, and our Men’s Captain, John for their support of the Junior section in GGC. After a busy morning watching three of our Juniors – Toby, Will and Jack – play brilliant golf for our victorious Mens Junior Cup team in Wicklow GC in the Leinster South Final, they spent the afternoon on the first tee seeing all 53 boys and girls out to play, before presenting the very generous prizes which they gave to each category, with the results expertly called by our Junior Girls Captain, Isabella, and our Junior Boys Captain, Jamie.

A big thank you to Ali, Liz, Olivia and the catering team for feeding everybody, and to Paul and Conor behind the bar.

Finally, thank you to Karl who gave the brilliant prizes for our draw – four Shane Lowry golf balls, a signed glove and hat and signed hats from Billy Horshel, Alex Noren and World Number 6 Xander Shauffele (well done Sal Maxwell!).

The Junior Committee