Greystones Golf Club

Co.Wicklow, Ireland

Junior Editor

Junior Scramble Results – 3 November 2023

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We held our last official Junior Competion of 2023 this afternoon when 42 boys and girls played in our season-ending Junior Scramble in very unseasonal weather…….not a drop of rain fell! Some great golf played, and it is always particularly enjoyable to mix our Blues, Reds and Whites together in what are really fun events.

7Ups Competition – 6 Holes:

  1. Tom Lawlor, Max Mahady & Oscar Maguire
  2. Olivia Holmes, Ben McFadden, Freddie Gormley & Donnacha Cribben

Main Competition – 9 Holes:

  1. Leo Murphy, Alfie O’Reilly & James Lynn
  2. John O’Boyle, Jack Daly & Jack Delmar Anderson
  3. Ruadhán Murray, James Power & Devin Kelly

It was a great day and a fitting end to a truly wonderful Junior Golf year in GGC. It has been brilliant to watch the progress of all of our Juniors this year, in particular all of the Whites and 7Ups.

As ever, we can only host regular competitions with lots of help, so a huge thank you today to Jenny Moore, Helen Murphy (our official photographer!) and Barry Massey (teaching all of the smallies how to do the “Massey Chip”!).

Also to Jackie behind the bar and Ali and Olivia who fed everyone!

And finally, to our 2023 Junior Captains, Isabella and Jamie who again expertly called the results, ably assisted by our Junior Convenor Neil. It was Isabella and Jamie’s last official engagement of the season and they have both been a credit to the Junior Section. Sophie and Dylan have big shoes to fill next year!

Thankfully as Neil said during the prizegiving, this is not the end of the season as our Junior coaching programme continues tomorrow in the Driving Range for Reds and Whites. Please encourage your children to continue playing during the darker winter months, and we look forward to 2024 being another great year of golf for all of our Juniors.

The Junior Committee

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Autumn & Winter Junior Coaching 2023

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Please see link to our Autumn / Winter coaching for our Junior Reds and Whites from 1pm in Greystones Driving Range starting this Saturday, 28 October 2023 and running for six consecutive Saturdays until 2 December 2023. Please note the times – first of three groups from 1pm. Parents roster also included under each group. Coaching is being provided by Ben and Keith, our two Assistant Professionals.

Junior Coaching – Autumn & Winter 2023

As ever, we need parents to help out to ensure the smooth running of coaching sessions – with safeguarding requirements, we need 6 parents for the first group and 8 parents for the second and third groups. The plan is that we have three parents with the first group each week and four parents with the second and third groups each week. We have one parent for the first group, seven for the second group and six for the third group. Ideally each parent who volunteers oversees their group every second week. So we need more volunteers, particularly for the first group. Please PM me if you can spare an hour every second week.

We need to have one parent in the shop at the Driving Range when the boys and girls arrive. This parent needs to check the child in on the attendance list, help to get the money paid (€7 per bucket, thanks again to Karl for the generous discount!) and the child out of the shop and down to the bays at the end of the range. The same parent gets all of the children back into the shop and signs them out as they are collected at the end of the session. We need to ask the parents to come in with the child at the start and to come into the shop to collect them at the end of the session.

We have to be mindful that the Driving Range is not part of GGC is and is a private business running as a standalone commercial business, so we cannot allow the boys and girls to leave the Driving Range unaccompanied under any circumstances.

The other 2 or 3 parents are required at the bays with each monitoring three/four bays. Essentially they just need to ensure:

  • the children are not running up and down between bays and running off down to the shop;
  • when a child is hitting a shot the other child stands out of the bay if sharing;
  • the children do not leave the front of the bay to retrieve a ball on the gravel/grass in the front of the bay;
  • if a child needs the bathroom the “signing in” parent goes with them and waits in the shop. We just need to ensure the child comes back into the range; and
  • at the end of the session all the children are brought back into the shop and wait to be collected.

We will be holding a second round of Winter & Spring coaching starting in late January / early February 2024 and will be in touch in the New Year in advance.

Thank you,

Declan Murray & The Junior Committee

Junior Results – 14 October 2023

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Blues (9 holes):

  1. Daniel Garvey 23pts
  2. Leo Murphy 18pts
  3. Ruadhán Murray 16pts

Reds (9 holes):

  1. James Long 21pts
  2. Robbie Watchorn 21pts (last 4)
  3. Aoife Dempsey 20pts

Whites (6 holes):

  1. Sinead Seifried 15pts
  2. Tom Lawlor 12pts
  3. Sam Kavanagh 11pts

7Ups (6 holes):

  1. Oscar Maguire 11pts
  2. Vanessa Gulliver 11pts
  3. Hugo Shearer 10pts

Handicap Cuts:

  1. James Long 36 to 30
  2. Robbie Watchorn 36 to 30
  3. Sinead Seifried 42 to 31

Congrats to all winners. Please collect your prize next week if you missed the prizegiving. Our winter coaching programme will start in a few weeks and we will be in touch over the coming days with further details.

The Junior Committee

Junior Results – 7 October 2023

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Blues (18 holes):

  1. Jane Lumley 38pts
  2. Aaron Hickey 37pts (back 9)
  3. Daniel Garvey 37pts

Reds (9 holes):

  1. James Long 18pts
  2. Aoife Dempsey 17pts
  3. Aaron Byrne 15pts

Whites (6 holes):

  1. Sam Kavanagh 11pts (back 3)
  2. Rory Power 11pts (back 2)
  3. Devin Kelly 11pts

7Ups (6 holes):

  1. Mossie Quilter 12pts
  2. Ava Melody 8pts
  3. Vanessa Gulliver 8pts

Well done to all. There was no prizegiving due to the U15 trophy presentation, so please collect your prizes next Saturday.

The Junior Committee

Junior Results – 23 September 2023

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Blues (18 holes):

  1. Leo Murphy 41pts
  2. Daniel Garvey 37pts (back 9)
  3. Aaron Hickey 37pts

Reds (14 holes):

  1. Chloe Creedon 30pts (back 7)
  2. Lili McInerney 30pts
  3. Laura Haugh 28pts

Whites (6 holes):

  1. Eden Stroh 13pts
  2. Tom Lawlor 9pts
  3. Emily Farrell 7pts

7Ups (6 holes):

  1. Olivia Holmes 11pts
  2. Ava Melody 9pts (back 3)
  3. Emily Murphy 9pts

Handicap Cuts:

  1. Eden Stroh 54 to 51

Congrats to all in very difficult conditions. Please collect your prize next Saturday if you missed the prizegiving.

The Junior Committee

Junior Results – 16 September 2023

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Blues (13 holes):

  1. Emma Haugh 27pts
  2. Jane Lumley 20pts

Reds (9 holes):

  1. Aoife Dempsey 16pts
  2. Tom Farrell 15pts
  3. Davie Harmon 11pts

Whites (6 holes):

  1. Evan Barry 13pts
  2. Harry Greenan 12pts
  3. James Long 10pts

7Ups (6 holes):

  1. Freddie Gormley 7pts
  2. Hugo Shearer 5pts
  3. Beckett Hodgins 4pts

Handicap Cuts:

  1. Evan Barry 30 to 27

Well done to all in very difficult conditions! Please collect your prize next week.

Our Under-15 boys team play the first leg of their Leinster Final against Blainroe GC away at 2pm next Saturday, 23 September, followed by the home leg two weeks later in Greystones GC on 7 October. The boys had a great win at home last Sunday against New Forrest by 2.5 to 0.5 points. Following the disappointment of the last few years, including losing two finals, we need as much support as we can!

The Junior Committee