Greystones Golf Club
Co.Wicklow, Ireland
Toby Murphy is flying the Irish and Greystones flag in the Italian Under 16 Boys Championship. The event is taking place at Golf Club Biella Le Betulle in Piedmont, Italy.
144 players are representing 16 countries as follows: Italy, Czechia, South Africa, Austria, France, England, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Scotland, Wales, Switzerland, Norway, Finland and of course Ireland.
Toby shot an 85 to be in 124th place. The lead is held by Perrino Paolo (Italy) with a round of 68(-5).
Three of our young members took to the first representing the club in the quarter finals of the Leinster Under-15 Interclub competition.
The side picked was as follows:
Ruadhan Murray, Dylan Cavazza and Conor Dignam.
Dylan had a great start to the afternoon and found himself 4 up after 9 holes.
Conor also started well and was 3 up heading to the back 9.
Ruadhan had a more difficult match on his hands and despite winning the first hole he found himself 3 down at the turn.
Dylan lost 10 but won 12 and 14 to run out a 5 & 4 winner. 1-0 to Greystones.
Conor lost ten but won 11 to get back to 3 up. Both players swapped 12 & 13 which left Conor still 3 ahead with 5 to play. The Newbridge player won 15 to keep the pressure on Conor, however Conor responded with a win on 16 to win 3 & 2. Greystones 2-0 up.
At this point Ruadhan was called in from the 15th where he was 2 down after mounting a fightback winning 12,13 and 14 after finding himself 5 down after 11 holes.
Next up for Greystones will be Edenderry before the 15th September with Greystones having the home draw.
Congratulations to Dylan Holmes on winning the 36 hole Scratch Cup in Woodbrook GC.
After shooting level par in the first round he lay 2 off the lead held by James Temple.
Dylan then got off to a blistering start with 4 birdie’s in the first 6 holes. Two further birdies on the back 9 and a round of 67 gave Dylan a two shot win over James Temple.
Jamie Anderson also represented Greystones today and finished in tied 11th place on a score of 6 over after returning a 77 in the morning and a 73 in the afternoon.
You can see all the results here:
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After a pennant filled month September starts with another chance of a Leinster South Pennant. Our Leinster Mixed Foursomes team are in the Grange GC for their Leinster South Final against Newlands GC. Regina Barry and Paul Keane and the team would love your support. Kick off is 11am with four matches to decide the winner.
Later on Our Under 15s boys interclub team take on Newbridge GC in a quarter final match. All 3 matches are in Greystones. The first match will be away at 2.30pm. All support would be welcome.
Wear your colours wherever you are going and as usual if you can’t make it you can follow the scoring on the app.
Greystones Golf Club are Fred Daly All Ireland Champions.
Royal Portrush were the opponents again in a rerun of last years final. Last year ended in heartbreak but this time the result went Greystones way.
First out was Will O’Riordan who was all square after 6 holes and then found himself one down at the turn.
Next up was Dylan Holmes and he took control of the match early on. Four up through 5, the Portrush opposition pulled one back on 7. Still Dylan was 3 up after 9.
Jamie Anderson was next on the tee box. Jamie was in a tight battle where the lead changed hands several times. He found himself one up after 4 holes and was still one up heading for the back 9.
Toby Murphy came next and this was another tight match. Toby established a two hole lead early on after 3 holes. After an exchange of holes Toby was also one up heading for the last 9 holes.
Milo Doyle was last out and he also got into an early lead and was 1 up after 4 and remained one up after 9.
Onto the back nine and Will lost ten to go 2 down, however he fought back with wins on 11 & 12 to be all square. His Portrush opponent then won 3 of the next 4 to run out 3 & 2 winner. One nil to Portrush.
Dylan kept his foot on the accelerator into the back nine and won 11,12 & 14 with no reply from his opponent. A 6 & 4 win and it was one all.
Jamie was in a right battle. Losing 10 to return to all square was followed with two halved holes. Jamie then found 6th gear and won 13,14 & 15 and despite his opponent winning 16 a half on 17 was enough to run out 2 & 1 winners. Two one Greystones.
Milo was pegged back to all square after 11. He got his nose in front again on 12 and his opponent swiftly brought it back to level again on 14. Milo again went ahead on 15. One up with three to play.
Toby meanwhile had been establishing a three hole lead by winning 11 & 12. Portrush again fought back winning the 13th. Toby again went 3 up on 14. Again his opponent pulled one back on 15. However Toby was not going to be denied and two halves on 16 & 17 gave him a 2 & 1 win and the third point Greystones required to finally get their hands on the Fred Daly All Ireland Pennant.
At this point Milo was called in while he was one up after 16 holes
Congratulations to Pete Anderson and all his assistants and of course special thanks to all the players who have participated not just this year but in the journey to get to this achievement. Enjoy the celebrations!
Greystones Fred Daly team successfully negotiated their semi final against Ballybunion this morning. Winning the results were as follows:
Will O’Riordan won 6 & 5
Milo Doyle won 7 & 6
Jamie Anderson won 4 & 3
Dylan Holmes dormie 2 up called in
Toby Murphy 4 up after 13 called in
The final is on this afternoon starting at 1.45pm in Warrenpoint against Royal Portrush. If you can please get up there and support the team.
Peter Anderson selected the following players to take on Edenderry in the All Ireland Quarter final at Warrenpoint GC:
Will O’Riordan, Dylan Holmes, Jamie Anderson, Toby Murphy and Milo Doyle.
The boys done the management of their club proud advancing with a final score of 4-1.
Will in the top match won 5&4, Dylan won 1 up, Jamie 3&2, Toby was 1up through 16 when he was called in.
Next up is a semi final match against Ballybunion GC tomorrow with the first match out at 8.10am.
All support welcome and wear your colours.
As usual scoring will be available on the app.
Thank you to Tom Byrne and Michael Joyce for the photographs.
Our junior boys capped off a great day for the GGC junior section with a comprehensive 4-1 win over Woodbrook GC this evening.
With home advantage, we started each match one hole down, but under the excellent guidance of new team manager Anto Byrne, the boys played some great golf on a lovely evening to record a fine win.
Match 1 – Aaron Hickey & John Byrne won 5&4
Match 2 – Dylan Cavazza & Harry Greenan won 2&1
Match 3 – Adam Moore & Jack Daly won 4&3
Match 4 – JP Lynch & Nathan Byrne won 3&1
Match 5 – Ollie Packman & James Power lost 3&2
Harry, Jack, Nathan and James made their competitive debuts for GGC this evening and special thanks to Dylan and Ollie, who followed up their heroics this morning in the U15s win over The Castle GC by playing again this evening!
Our next match is against Blainroe with details to follow.
The Junior Committee
Today in Tipperary Golf Club Emma Haugh was representing Greystones GC in the Ryan Cup. In a field of 29 Emma finished tied 14th with a score of 33 points. In the gross competition Emma finished 9th with a score of +14.
The tournament was won by Eileen Sheehan (Doneraile) with 45 points while the gross prize was won by Ella Cantwell (Esker Hills) with a score of +3.
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George O’Brien brought his team to Castle GC this morning in what looked like a very tough assignment.
Dylan Cavazza, Ollie Packman and Ruadhan Murray were selected by George for the match.
Dylan got off to a blistering start winning his first three holes. After a couple of shared holes Dylan got back on the winning trail and won 4 in a from the 6th to the 9th. He did not stand on ceremony and finished off his match by taking the 11th hole to win 8 & 7. One nil to Greystones.
The Castle player took an early lead against Ruadhan but he recovered quickly winning the 5th and 7th to go one up. Castle returned to level with a win on the 9th. After a couple of halved holes at the start of the back 9 it became a to and fro affair with both players winning 2 holes each and were still all square after 15 holes. Ruadhan got himself ahead again by winning the 16th.
Ollie Packman was making his debut for the club today and despite an early blitz from his opponent, who won the first two holes, Ollie settled into the match and won 6 and 7 to get back to all square. He then took the lead on 11. His opponent fought back by winning 15 to level the match again. Ollie then won 16 and 17 to close out the match 2 & 1. A fine win on his debut.
This made it two nil and Ruadhan was called in at one up after 16.
Congratulations to George and his team who are now into the last 8. Their next opponents will be either Tulfarris or Newbridge.
