Greystones Golf Club

Co.Wicklow, Ireland

Junior Editor

Junior Results – 12 August 2023

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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

 

Junior Results – Captains Prize – 29 July 2023

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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

Junior Results – 22 July 2023

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Blues (18 holes):

  1. John O’Boyle 48pts
  2. Conor Dignam 38pts
  3. Ruadhán Murray 37pts

Reds (14 holes):

  1. Garret Keogh 26pts (last 7)
  2. Lili McInerney 26pts
  3. Luke Joyce 19pts

Whites (6 holes):

  1. Devin Kelly 17pts
  2. Max Mahady 14pts
  3. Tom Lawlor 13pts

7Ups (6 holes):

  1. Emily Murphy 14pts
  2. Vanessa Gilliver 12pts

Handicap Cuts:

  1. Devin Kelly 48 to 33
  2. Max Mahady 36 to 30
  3. Tom Lawlor 45 to 42
  4. Emily Murphy 54 to 48

Congrats to all winners. Please collect your prize next Saturday if you missed the prizegiving in the clubhouse.

We hold our second major, the Captains Prize to Juniors (from Lady Captain Celine Joyce and Mens Captain John Byrne), next Saturday. Timesheet will go live on Tuesday evening. Further details will be sent during the week and we would like to see a big attendance.

Junior Results – 8 July 2023

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Blues:

  1. Stella Doyle 44pts
  2. JP Lynch 40pts
  3. Cillian McInerney 37pts

Reds:

  1. Emma Haugh 33pts
  2. Matthew Gormley 30pts
  3. Laura Haugh 27pts

Whites:

  1. William Byrne 15pts
  2. Emily Farrell 14pts (last 3)
  3. Liliana Drew 14pts

7Ups:

  1. Freddie Gormley 11pts

Handicap Cuts:

  1. Matthew Gormley 36 to 33
  2. William Byrne 36 to 27
  3. Emily Farrell 36 to 30
  4. Liliana Drew 40 to 34
  5. Devin Kelly 54 to 48
  6. Sam Kavanagh 54 to 51

Congrats to all. There was a prizegiving in the Clubhouse after the competition, so please collect your prize at the next Junior Competition if you missed this.

Please note there will be no Junior Competition next Saturday, 15 July, as the mens Captain Prize is taking place. Next Junior Competition is on 22 July.

The Junior Committee

Wicklow Cup – Round 1 v Dun Laoghaire

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We kicked off this year’s Wicklow Cup in amazing style with an away fixture in Dun Laoghaire golf club yesterday afternoon.

Co-managers Declan Murphy (on-course) and Declan Murray (off-course, on holidays!) fielded a mixed team of varying experience levels and our six boys and four girls delivered an incredible 5 away wins!

We got off to fast starts in all five matches and all played some brilliant golf in the scotch foresomes format. With the away team starting one-up in each match, we were never down in any match at any stage.

The final match results were:

  1. Sophie Lumley and Tom Murphy beat Jane McElligot and Emily Charlton on the 13th
  2. Shauna Seifried and JP Lynch beat Mark Fitzgerald and Sean Nolan on 14th
  3. Marc Lawless and Aoife Dempsey beat Max Flynn and Noah Byrne on the 11th
  4. Milo Doyle and Emma Haugh beat Harry Ryan and Elijah Kim on the 13th
  5. Leo Murphy and John Byrne beat Dave MacMahon Jnr and Max Finley on the 13th

To win all five matches away from home by the 14th is an incredible achievement! We fielded a team of eight Blues and want to give special mention to Emma Haugh and Aoife Dempsey, our two Reds who played. Aoife won Davie’s professional prize for Whites last week and will be playing her first Reds 14 hole competition today. This was Aoife’s first inter-club match and she played great golf yesterday with the experienced Marc Lawless. Well done Emma and Aoife!

We play our next match at home against Wicklow before 6 August.

Well done again guys, we are incredibly proud of you all!

Junior Results – Professionals Prize – 1 July 2023

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Blues:

  1. Tom Murphy 41pts
  2. Aaron Hickey 40pts (back 9)
  3. John Byrne 40pts

Blues Gross: Sophie Lumley 38pts

Reds:

  1. Lili McInerney 21pts
  2. John O’Boyle 20pts
  3. Emma Haugh 19pts

Whites:

  1. Aoife Dempsey 14pts
  2. Rory Power 13pts
  3. Patrick Murray 12pts

7Ups:

  1. Vanessa Gulliver 15pts (last 3)
  2. Amy Murphy 15pts
  3. Oscar Maguire 14pts

Handicap Cuts:

  1. Rory Power 51 to 45
  2. Patrick Murray 48 to 42
  3. Vanessa Gulliver 51 to 42
  4. Oscar Maguire 39 to 33

Category Changes:

  1. John O’Boyle from Reds to Blues. New handicap 28
  2. Aoife Dempsey from Whites to Reds. New handicap 36
  3. Amy Murphy, Sam Kavanagh & Devin Kelly from 7Ups to White. New handicaps 54

Well done to all of our prize winners in our first major of 2023, the Professionals Prize, with the main Blues prize won by Tom Murphy who had a great score of 41 points. We had 51 boys and girls playing and there was a great atmosphere in the Clubhouse after for food and Davie’s prizegiving. Having merged the girls and boys section this year for the first time, it was great to see Lili, Aoife and Vanessa winning the Reds, Whites and 7Up main prizes, and Sophie taking home the Blues gross prize. Well done ladies!

Special thank you to our professional Davie Lewis, and our Boys Junior Captain, Jamie Anderson, for a great prizegiving. Also to Ali, Liz and the catering team for feeding everybody, and Paul and Alan behind the bar.

Out of 37 boys and girls playing Reds, Whites and 7Ups yesterday, there are 4 handicap cuts and 5 category changes. There was some great scoring in difficult conditions and it is great to see the progress everybody is making after just 2 months of competitions. Please take Davie’s comments on board and encourage your sons and daughters to get up to the Club to practice more between competitions!

Normal competition next Saturday followed by a week off on 15 July as the Mens Captain’s Prize is taking place. Our next major, President Marguerite Hamill’s prize for the Juniors, will take place on Saturday, 29 July.

The Junior Committee