Greystones Golf Club
Co.Wicklow, Ireland
Monday 6th February
Four Person Team
1st Jamie McDonald (4) 67 pts
Michael O’Rorke (4)
David O’Toole (8)
Kevin Barry (7)
2nd David Kirby (4) 66 pts
Diarmuid Murphy (9)
Niamh Rooney (14)
Joan Kirby (16)
3rd Des Cullen (4) 62 pts (Last7)
Robert Heap (2)
Emmett Hedigan (4)
Chris Carlile (9)
Hole in One
5th Joyce Kirwan
Two’s – €29 per Two
1st Oliver McCann
5th Martin Commons, David O’Toole, Brian Redmond
11th Jamie McDonald
Monday 6th February
9 Hole Singles
1st Heber O’Farrell (9) 17 pts
Two’s Draw – €6 per Two
John Smith, Suzzanne Allen, Regina Connaughton
Sunday 5th February
Sunday Singles
1st Warren Marmion (25) 40 pts
2nd Neil Lawless (16) 39 pts (Back 9)
3rd Jimmy Hempenstall (23) 39 pts (Back 9)
4th Gearoid McKenna (26) 39 pts (Back 9)
Gross Eddie Lonergan (2) 35 pts
Two’s – €11 per Two
1st Martin Commons, Tony Gorman, Luke McLaughlin
5th Denis Duff, Eddie Davis, Clive Woollam
11th Dave Martin
16th Eddie Davis
Sunday 5th February
9 Hole Mixed Singles
1st Keith Walsh (8) 19 pts (Last 6)
2nd David Fagan (11) 19 pts (Last 6)
Two’s – €10 per Two
1st Brian Murray, Des Cullen
5th Michael Cawley
Saturday February 4th
Fourball – 13 Holes
1st Liam Moulton (4) 35 pts (last 7)
Michael Joyce (8)
2nd David O’Brien (7) 35 pts
Robert Hennessy (19)
3rd Stephen O’Brien (10) 34 pts (last 7)
Sean Woodcock (19)
4th Dave Martin (1) 34 pts (last 7)
Michael McGrath (13)
Two’s Results – €11 per 2
5th Collie Dunne, Robert Hennessy, Trevor Phillips, Keith Lewis, Sean Brolly
14th Stephen Dempsey, Michael Smullen, Derek O’Regan, Seanan O’Duchon
16th John Carroll, Michael Joyce, Niall Stokes, Keith Lewis, Michael McGrath
Saturday February 4th
Back 9 Holes Singles
1st Peter Fry (10) 20 pts
2nd Denis McGrane (9) 18 pts (last 6)
3rd Brian Murray (3) 18 pts (last 6)
Two’s Results – €34 per 2
14th Denis McGrane
Wednesday February 1st
9 Holes Singles
1st Julian Keown (2) 17 pts
Two’s Draw – €10 per 2
Jim Wood Jnr
Wednesday February 1st
Fourball 13 Holes
1st Finbarr Fay (11) 33 pts (last 3)
Dan Ryan (16)
2nd Stephen A Aherne (7) 33 pts (last 7)
Ed Murtagh (13)
3rd Conor Fleetwood (16) 33 pts (last 7)
Conor Aherne (12)
4th Ronnie Cotter (15) 33 pts (last 6)
Jim F Ryan (13)
Two’s Results – €11 per 2
5th Gerry Kenny, John Commons, Donal O’ Gallagher, Dan Ryan, Joe Aherne, Conor Fleetwood, Niall Crosbie, Niall Crosbie
14th Philip Nolan
16th Richard Bourne, Peter Burke, Larry Darcy, Ronnie Cotter, Larry Darcy, Pat Raftery, Murt Davis
Karl Holmes’ Darcy Trophy team remain unbeaten at the halfway point of the first stage of the 2023 competition after a workmanlike win this morning when Powercourt came to Greystones.
Leading from the front today in the singles, Dylan Holmes put up an excellent performance against the number one Powerscourt player. Dylan lost the first but recovered straight away with a win on the second and a win on eight saw him nudge into a one hole lead. This lead looked odds on to double on the ninth green but an excellent up and down from his opponent ended up being enough to win the hole and the pair turned all square. Dylan showed his metal on the back nine however, winning both the tenth, eleventh and fifteenth to win 3&2 after a sub par round of golf.
Dylan’s point was not the first on the board however. Shane O’Connor was out third in the singles this morning and his putter was on fire. Shane held absolutely everything in a fine display to win early doors by a margin of 6&5.
Our second man out, David Byrne was in a tougher match and was without his usual A game today. Despite a great start (two up after three), three losses on the trot from there had him one down. He won the seventh but lost the ninth and the tenth to find himself two down. David being David, he fought back, winning the twelfth and fifteenth to get the match back to all square and a par on seventeen was enough to go one up playing the last. An errant tee shot opened the door for his opponent unfortunately which he duly took advantage of and the match ended all square.
Our two foursomes pairs both halved their matches. Daniel O’Byrne and Niall Gaffney got off to a strong start, three up through three and looked in control of the match at the turn at two up. They were two up again on the seventeenth tee but unfortunately they lost both the seventeenth and eighteenth to halve the match.
In contrast, our final pairing of Adam Packman and Darren McCormack found themselves two down at the turn but they got themselves back to all square after the thirteenth. Holes were traded from there on in with a par on the last for the Greystones pair enough to secure the final half in the match.
Having previously secured a win against Druids Heath away and a half V Woodbrook at home, today’s 3-1/2 to 1-1/2 win puts us in a good position at the half way stage, remaining the only undefeated team in our group.
Well done to Karl and all the players.
Sunday 29th January
Sunday Singles
1st Martin Commons (19) 42 pts
2nd Derek McCormack (9) 40 pts
3rd Andrew Nolan (16) 39 pts (Back 9)
4th Peter Nolan (10) 39 pts (Back 9)
Gross Eddie Lonergan (2) 36 pts
Two’s – €9 per Two
1st Andrew Nolan, Barry D O’Leary
5th James Hoey, Barry D O’Leary
11th Eddie Lonergan
14th Andrew Nolan, Ray Houlden, Alan Condren, Eddie Lonergan
16th Andrew Nolan
Sunday 29th January
Mixed 9 Hole Singles
1st Michael Keating (7) 21 pts (Last 2)
2nd Graham Kennedy (10) 21 pts (First 2)
3rd Patrick Hennessy (10) 21 pts
Two’s – €45 per Two
1st Michael Keating
Saturday 28th January
13 Holes Singles
1st Seanan O’Duchon (7) 32 pts
2nd Michael Dempsey (9) 31 pts (last 7)
3rd John Behan (16) 31 pts
4th Martin Nolan (5) 31 pts
5th Gavin Campbell (12) 30 pts
6th Michael McDonnell (11) 29 pts (last 6)
7th Pat O’Regan (11) 29 pts
8th David O’Toole (9) 28 pts
Two’s Results – €8 per 2
1st Michael Dempsey, Finbarr Fay, Eddie Joynt, Stefan Florin, Marc Hamilton
5th Julian Keown, Sean O’Gorman, John Hynes, Colm O’Donovan, Alan Byrne, Michael Gaughran, Liam Moulton, Dave Kirby, Martin Nolan, Gavin McGirr, Brian Murray
16th Sean O’Gorman, Ray Nolan, Michael Smullen, Keith Lewis, John Comer
