Greystones Golf Club

Co.Wicklow, Ireland

Junior Results

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

Results For The President’s Prize For Juniors – 9 September 2023

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President’s Prize for Girls:

  1. Emma Haugh 34pts

President’s Prize for Boys:

  1. John Byrne 40pts (back 9)

Gross:

  1. Will O’Riordan 69 (level par…..great shooting Will!)

Blues:

2. Tom Murphy 40pts

3. Cameron McConnell 38pts

Reds:

  1. Aoife Dempsey 33pts
  2. James Power 29pts
  3. Chloe Creedon 28pts

Whites:

  1. Mason Melody 16pts
  2. Rory Power 15pts
  3. Dan Finnegan 13pts

7Ups:

  1. Donnacha Cribben 14pts
  2. Ava Melody 11pts
  3. Emily Murphy 10pts (last 3)

Handicap Cuts:

  1. James Power 36 to 33
  2. Mason Melody 42 to 26
  3. Rory Power 45 to 36
  4. Dan Finnegan 48 to 45
  5. Donnacha Cribben 54 to 48
  6. Ava Melody 36 to 34

Well done to all of our prize winners in our third and final major of 2023, President Marguerite’s Prize for the Juniors, with Emma Haugh taking home the girls prize with a great score of 34pts and John Byrne winning the boys prize with an outstanding score of 40pts (and just pipping Tom Murphy on the back 9). Will O’Riordan won the gross with a great level par round of 69.

A massive thank you to our President, Marguerite, for her support of the Junior section in GGC and her very generous prizes today. We had a record 61 boys and girls playing in a Junior major and Marguerite was on the first tee to see every group off. It was great to see so many parents at the prize giving, with the results again expertly called by our Junior Girls Captain, Isabella, and our Junior Boys Captain, Jamie.

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

And to Anto, Martin, Sinead and John for getting all of the boys and girls off on time and marking the cards. As always, we can only run successful competitons with the help of parents!

The Junior Committee

 

 

 

Junior Results – 2 September 2023

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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

Junior Results – 26 August 2023

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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

 

Junior Results – 19 August 2023

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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