Greystones Golf Club

Co.Wicklow, Ireland

Junior Editor

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

Junior Results – 25 June 2023

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Blues (18 holes):

  1. Leo Murphy 37pts (back 9)
  2. Stella Doyle 37pts
  3. Tom Murphy 35pts

Reds (14 holes):

  1. Jane Lumley 37pts
  2. Emma Haugh 35pts
  3. Garret Keogh 33pts

Whites (6 holes):

  1. James Long 13pts (last 3)
  2. Mason Melody 13pts (last 2)
  3. Rory Power 13pts

7Ups (6 holes):

  1. Ava Melody 17pts
  2. Oscar Maguire 13pts
  3. Vanessa Gulliver 9pts

Handicap Cuts:

  1. Garret Keogh 36 to 30
  2. James Long 36 to 33
  3. Mason Melody 51 to 48
  4. Rory Power 54 to 51
  5. Ava Melody 51 to 36
  6. Oscar Maguire 42 to 39

Well done to all the winners – some great scores in windy conditions! The prizegiving was held in the Clubhouse after, so please collect your prize next Saturday if you missed this.

The Junior Committee

Junior Results – 17 June 2023

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Blues (18 holes):

  1. Senan Dowdall 48pts
  2. Daniel Garvey 43pts
  3. John Byrne 40pts

Reds (14 holes):

  1. Emma Haugh 38pts
  2. Ollie Packman 32pts
  3. Cillian McInerney 29pts

Whites (6 holes):

  1. William Byrne 17pts
  2. Tom Farrell 14pts
  3. Aoife Dempsey 13pts

7Ups (6 holes):

  1. Mossie Quilter 16pts
  2. Oscar Maguire 14pts
  3. Harry McGeehan 13pts

Handicap Cuts:

  1. William Byrne 51 to 36
  2. Tom Farrell 33 to 27
  3. Aoife Dempsey 23 to 20
  4. Mossie Quilter 54 to 42
  5. Oscar Maguire 48 to 42
  6. Harry McGeehan 33 to 30

Category Changes:

  1. Ollie Packman to Blues – new handicap 28
  2. Cillian McInerney to Blues – new handicap 28

Some great scores and congrats to everyone. Big shout out to Ollie and Cillian on moving up to Blues! Prizegiving was held in the Clubhouse after the competition so please collect your prize next Saturday if you missed this.

We had what we believe was a record 55 boys and girls playing yesterday! Many thanks to Neil, Caroline, Pat, Richard and Derek for seeing everyone out and marking cards.

The Junior Committee