Greystones Golf Club
Co.Wicklow, Ireland
On Sunday at 2.30pm our Men’s Leinster Trophy team managed by Mark Byrne will take on Coollattin GC. This is a 3rd round match after victories over Lucan and Powerscourt.
Coollattin have the home draw so have four matches at home and Greystones have three at home.
All support welcome home and away. Please wear your colours and as usual live scoring will be available on the app.
This Sunday afternoon Gerry Browner assisted by his brother John sent our Leinster Fourball team to take on Newlands GC.
Newlands had the advantage of having the playoff at their course in the event of a draw.
Starting in Greystones Michael Whelan and Macdara Cummins were one down early on but with wins at the 5th and 6th they went 1 up and stretched that to 2 up after 9. Gavin Campbell and Brian Fawsitt were all square through 6 holes but Newlands took control after that winning the next 4 holes.
Away from home John Burke and Michael O’Neill won the 1st but we’re quickly behind with Newlands moving in to a 3 hole lead after 8. Andrew Nolan and Brook Mangan got off to a fast start and were 3 up through 5 holes.
Back in Greystones Michael and Macdara put a point on the board as they took control of their match and won 5&3. Newlands quickly leveled the match by closing out the 2nd match in Greystones 4&3.
In Newlands John and Michael battled manfully by winning 15 and 16 but eventually were defeated on 17. Meanwhile Andy and Brook brought the match level at 2-2 by winning the 16th hole and winning 3&2.
As a result of the new rules we now had a playoff. Andy and Brook has been nominated before the match had kicked off and Brook brought the win home by parring the first playoff hole.
Well done to Gerry and his team on a well deserved win.
Our Fred Daly were up against near neighbours on Sunday afternoon. Bray had the advantage of the home draw so we had 3 matches in Bray and 2 at home. At home we had Toby Murphy and Milo Doyle while away Dylan Holmes, Will O’Riordan and Jamie Anderson.
After 9 holes at home Toby had a two hole advantage and Milo was all square. Meanwhile in Bray at the turn Jamie had opened up a sizeable advantage and was 5 up. Dylan was 1up and Will was 3 down.
After the turn Toby powered on and delivered the first point with a 6&4 win. Jamie followed suit in Bray winning 5&4. The other 3 matches were extremely tight and Dylan finally put his opponent away 2&1 which gave Greystones the required 3 points. Milo was called in while all square after 16 and Will was called in while 1 down through 16.
Up next will be Edmondstown or Carton House.
Michael Keating and Gerry Kenny sent their Jimmy Bruen team out to take on the Castle GC team on Sunday afternoon. With two matches to take place at each venue Castle had the home advantage of a playoff in the event of a tie. At home Rob Tierney and Collie Dunne led off and got off to a good start and were 2up as they went down the lane. Next up was George O’Brien and Gary O’Connor. An up and down front nine left the Greystones pair two down at the turn. Away from home Derek O’Regan and Peter Nolan were first up followed by Ray Nolan and Trevor Phillips. Both matches were very tight with no big advantage for either side over the early stages.
At home George and Gary fought on but went down 3&2. Away Ray and Trevor were eventually beaten 2&1 while Derek and Peter gained a half point but this was enough for Castle to go through. Rob and Collie were 4 up through 13 when they were called in
After a marathon semi-final Inesa and Donal O’Gallaghers run at the Killiney Mixed Foursomes came to an end. The match went all the way to the 19th before the Rathfarnham pair Stan Lew and Arlene Brislane edged past the Greystones pair.
Commiserations to Inesa and Donal who will surely give it another go next year.
The final is tomorrow between Stan Lew and Arlene Brislane (Rathfarnham) and Rita and Harry McAlinden (Bray) at 3pm.
Plenty of interclub action to get your teeth into this weekend.
On Sunday our Jimmy Bruen team managed by Michael Keating and Gerry Kenny take on Castle GC. Home matches kick off at 2.10pm while the away matches are at 1.45pm.
Also on Sunday our Fred Daly team managed by Peter Anderson take on Bray GC. Matches at both venues will start at 3.30pm.
On Monday the Leinster Fourball led by Gerry Browner take on Newlands GC. Matches start at 3pm.
All support welcome and please wear your club colours. Live scoring will be available on the scoring app.
Our Super Seniors team traveled to Woodenbridge looking for a win to get their qualifying hopes back on track. Joe O’Brien and Pat O’Dowd sent out the following team:
Walter Gilbert/Pete Murray
Tom Purcell/Pat O’Dowd
Peter Burke/Eddie Joynt
Cathal Cooney/Jerry Teehan
Sean O’Gorman/Kevin Cahill
As the day progressed Greystones we’re up against it with only one pair(Peter and Eddie) up around the half way point. Sean and Kevin were battling away at all square.
Woodenbridge started to rack up the points as Tom and Pat lost on 13, then Walter and Pete lost on 16. Peter and Eddie got one on the board for Greystones on 16. Woodenbridge then got the winning points beating Cathal and Jerry on 16 also. Sean and Kevin carried on and secured a half point on 18.
Hard luck to Joe, Pat and all the team.
On a breezy Saturday morning our Barton Shield team took to the course in Blainroe to qualify in the top four to progress to the next stage.
12 teams were in attendance. Representing Greystones were Adam Packman with Alan Condren and David Byrne with Dylan Holmes. The format was foursomes strokeplay with both cards to be counted. At the end of the day Greystones got through “by the skin of their teeth”(direct quote from Manager Karl Holmes) with a count back on the best card getting the team through on a back 9 countback.
Well done to Karl and his team.
Our ladies Senior Foursomes team were also in qualifying in Blainroe lead by Jacinta Deane. Their were four teams to qualify with two cards to count from three. Unfortunately Greystones missed out in fifth place by two shots.
Hard luck to Jacinta and her team.
Our Leinster Senior Men’s Interclub team took on Woodenbridge on Friday afternoon. This competition is a fourball matchplay event with two matches at home and away.
At home Dermot Barry and Conor Lucey were first up followed by Neil Lawless and Paul Creedon. In both matches Woodenbridge took early leads but Greystones recovered to lead at the turn.
Meanwhile in Woodenbridge Michael Whelan and Macdara Cummins lead the way followed by Andy Nolan and Dermot Whiston. Michael and Macdara were involved ina tight affair, after 9 holes they were 2 down but still well in the game. Andrew and Dermot were involved in a very up and down match where no holes were halved on the front nine and had developed a 3 hole lead. The lads kept their foot on the gas and despite Woodenbridge winning two holes late on Greystones closed the deal on 16. At home Dermot Barry and Conor Lucey won 10 & 11 to go 3 up. After this a few holes were swapped to and fro and Greystones picked up another point on 17.
In Woodenbridge Michael and Macdara were level through 17 holes. Macdara then played 3 beautiful shots to 18 to close out the match.
Neil and Paul at home swapped holes over the back nine and were still one up through 16 holes when the match was called in.
Overall result was 3.5 to 0.5.
Congratulations to Trevor Phillips and Stephen O’Brien and their team.
Final results were as follows:
Home
Conor Lucey/Dermot Barry won 2&1
Neil Lawless/Paul Creedon 1 up through 16 when called in
Away
Dermot Whiston/Andrew Nolan won 4&2
Michael Whelan/Macdara Cummins 1up
Heading into the 3rd round of the Irish Senior Men’s Amateur Open Championship at Moyvalley Alan had a share of the lead with Gianluca Bolla of Italy. They were both 3 under.
It took a great round from Stephen Browne (Hermitage) of 4 under to push Alan back into joint second with Shane Kennedy (Kinsale). On the day Alan shot a one over 73.
In consolation Alan did win the 55+ category
