Greystones Golf Club

Co.Wicklow, Ireland

Junior News

Day 1 of the Connacht U-18 Championships

We had 6 young golfers representing Greystones Golf Club at the Connacht U-18 Championships this week which is taking place at Castlebar Golf Club.

Shauna Seifried and Isabella Stewart are taking part in the girls section while Will O’Riordan, Jack McGovern, Jamie Anderson and Dylan Holmes are in the boys competition.

After day 1 Will is at level par and tied 9th. Jack and Dylan are both 1 over and tied 15th while Jamie is +2 and tied 24th.

Isabella shot +5 to be tied 12th and Shauna returned a score of 10 over to be tied 22nd.

 

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Toby Murphy competing across the Irish Sea

One of our young members, Toby Murphy, has traveled to the UK to take part in the McGregor Trophy at the West Essex Golf Club.

The field is made up of 144 competitors from Australia, Spain, Denmark, England, Czechia, Northern Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Austria, Netherlands and Republic of Ireland are taking part.

Toby started with a one over par 72 on Tuesday and followed it up with another 72 on Wednesday.

He has comfortably made the cut which came at top 40 and ties. The final 36 takes place on the one day. Toby’s progress can be followed on the link below.

As we all know it’s a small world and sure enough a former Greystones Golf Club member was present at West Essex GC. Steven Massey is a member of the club and can be seen wishing Toby all the best below

 

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Greystones well represented at Connacht U-18s

Our young members are on their travels again this week. This week sees the Connacht U-18 Boys and Girls Amateur Open Championship take place in Castlebar. First round starts on Wednesday morning.

Representing Greystones are Isabella Stewart, Shauna Seifried, Dylan Holmes, Will O’Riordan, Jack McGovern and Jamie Anderson.

Scoring will be updated here each evening however you can follow it on the link below.

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Junior Singles Winners

Open Week’s Junior Singles, kindly sponsored by Aubrey and Angela Shaw of Provident Insurance Group, took place today for boys and girls.

Prizes were awarded as follows:

  • Boys 18 holes: Winner Cillian McInerney (34) with 34 points
  • Girls 18 Holes: Winner Sinead Seifried (47) with 41 points
  • Junior Reds: Winner Hugh Taylor (20) with 35 points
  • 9 Hole: Winner Mathew Byrne (17) with 11 points

 

Junior Results – Captain’s Prize – 13 July 2024

We hosted our first major of the year today, Ciara and Mark’s Captain’s Prize for the Juniors. We had an incredible turnout of 67 boys and girls playing in great playing conditions, as evidenced by the fantastic scoring across all of our categories.

Our Junior Girls Captain Sophie Lumley and Junior Boys Captain Dylan Holmes were on hand to call out the results and present the prizes with Ciara and Mark, ably assisted by our Junior Convenor Neil Lawless who did a great job in organising our first major of the year.

Congratulations to Emma Haugh who won Ciara’s prize for the girls with a great score of 38pts, and to Cillian McInerney who won Mark’s prize for the boys with a brilliant score of 43pts! A Captain’s Prize is an incredibly hard prize to win, so well done guys.

Blues:

1 (Boys) Cillian McInerney 43pts

1 (Girls) Emma Haugh 38pts

2 John O’Boyle 40pts

3 JP Lynch 39pts

Gross: Conor Dignam 39pts

Reds (9 holes):

  1. Chloe Creedon 26pts (last 3)
  2. Devin Kelly 26pts
  3. Sinead Seifried 24pts

Whites (6 holes):

  1. Noah Thompson 16pts
  2. Sean Farrell 15pts
  3. Sean Nunan 14pts

7Ups (6 holes):

  1. Farrah Keogh 16pts
  2. Oran Guilfoyle 14pts
  3. Ben McFadden 13pts

Handicap Cuts (a long list!):

  1. Devin Kelly 36 to 20
  2. Noah Thompson 33 to 21
  3. Sean Farrell 33 to 24
  4. Farrah Keogh 48 to 36
  5. Oran Guilfoyle 27 to 21
  6. Ben McFadden 54 to 48 (first cut, well done Ben!)
  7. Jack Daly 22 to 20
  8. Matthew Byrne 36 to 34
  9. Robbie Watchorn 36 to 26
  10. Annie Dillon 48 to 39
  11. Amy Murphy 33 to 27
  12. Conor O’Farrell 33 to 27
  13. Iseult Naidoo 51 to 48
  14. Charlie Dunne 54 to 51
  15. James Ward 33 to 30
  16. Donnacha Cribben 54 to 51

Category Change:

  1. Sean Nunan to Reds (well done Sean!)

Congratulations to all of our winners, and thank you to all of the parents and boys and girls who attended the prizegiving in the Clubhouse after the competition. Our majors are special days and it was great to see everyone after.

A huge thank you to Ciara and Mark, for both your prizes today and your ongoing support for Junior golf in GGC. We have a Junior Section that is the envy of many clubs!

Thank you also to Paul, Jackie and the team behind the bar and also to Ali, Liz, Olivia and the team in the kitchen who fed and watered everybody.

We also had a busy week in the provincial championships. Will O’Riordan was just pipped at the finish line when he was beaten in a play-off for the Munster U18 Boys after shooting a great final round of 2 under par 69, playing his last 6 holes in 3 under par. This followed Will’s 3rd place finish in the Leinster U18 Boys a few weeks ago – great golf Will! Dylan Holmes was tied 22nd, while Jamie Anderson and Toby Murphy also played. And well done to Dylan, Jamie and Will who played for our Mens Senior Cup team today in a great win over Lucan in the Leinster South Area quarter-final.

Isabella Stewart shot a final round of 73 to finish tied 5th in the Munster U18 Girls and Shauna Seifried finished in 12th place after a final round of 79 (Sinead is following you Shauna after a great score today!). Well done ladies!

Up in Tyrone, Ruadhán Murray shot a 77 to finish in 8th place in the Ulster U14 Boys. Ruadhán will make his interprovincial debut in 2 weeks time for the Leinster U14s when they play Ulster. Well done Ruadhán!

The Junior Committee

Senior Cup team defeat Lucan

Our Senior Cup team were up against Lucan Golf Club in the quarter finals of the Leinster South Area. The venue for all four quarter finals was Edmondstown Golf Club.

Karl Holmes named the following team Dylan Holmes, Will O’Riordan, Alan Condren, Jamie Anderson and David Byrne.

First away was Dylan and in a tight game was all square through 9 holes after winning the 8th. Will was up next and after an eventful week in Cork he was in difficulties on the front 9 and was 2 down at the turn.

Alan was out 3rd and was 3 up after 4 holes and after losing the 8th was still 2 up heading for the 10th hole. Jamie was 4th in line and got off to a great start and was 3 up after 9 holes.

Finally David took to the tee and was level through 3 but then took over the match and won 4 holes in a row. David then swapped holes with his opponent and was 4 up after 9.

So with Greystones up in 3 matches things were looking good but you can never count your chicken’s in golf.

Dylan won 4 of his next 5 holes to take command of his game and gained the first point after winning 16 to win 4&2.

Will could not wrestle control of his match back from his opponent and was defeated 4&2. One all.

Alan won the 12th to go 2 up again and swapped a couple of holes with his opponent before closing the match out 2&1. Two one to Greystones.

David won the 12th to go 5 up and finished the match off 5&4. Three one to Greystones and Jamie was called in while 2 up with 3 to play.

Congratulations to Karl and his team. The next round will be on the 11th August at Rathfarnham Golf Club where the opponents will be Blainroe. Dun Laoghaire and Elm Park were the other winners on the day.

Further details will be posted here when available.

 

 

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Will O’Riordan pipped in play-off in Munster

Four Greystones members were still in the field as the Munster U-18s Amateur Open Championship entered its final day.

In the Boys Will O’Riordan was tied 3rd and Dylan Holmes was tied 26th entering the final day .

Will finished really strong and was 3 under for his last 6 holes to record his second 69 of the week to finish on 2 under. This meant Will was in a playoff as the leader, Daniel McKenna (Co. Louth) shot 77.

In the playoff the Louth man hit it stone dead on the first playoff hole for birdie to Will’s par. Will was one of only three players to have two under par rounds during the championship.

Congratulations to Will on a great performance over the three days.

Dylan had a final round of 76 to finish on a total of +12 and in tied 22nd.

Isabella Stewart and Shauna Seifried entered the 3rd round in tied 7th and tied 12th respectively.

Shauna shot 79 to finish 18 over and in 12th place. Isabella had a one under 73 to finish at +8 and tied 5th. The Championship was won by Lucy Grattan (Tralee) at level par.

Well done to all the Greystones Juniors who are representing the club so well every week.

 

 

Day 2 Munster U-18s

On the 2nd day of the Munster U-18s Amateur Open Championship took place today at Muskerry Golf Club.

In the boys section Will O’Riordan went into the day tied for the lead. In round two Will shot a 73 to leave him on level par and tied for 3rd place.

Dylan Holmes made the cut on the number at +7 and tied for 26th.

Toby Murphy and Jamie Anderson both unfortunately missed the cut. Toby shot 77 to finish on +8 while Jamie carded a 78 to finish at +13.

Leading the boys is Daniel McKenna (Co. Louth) with a 2nd round 65 leaving him on -8 with a 6 shot lead.

In the girls section Isabella Stewart and Shauna Seifried went into round 2 in 4th and tied 12th respectively. After a 2nd round of 83 Isabella is now tied 7th at 9 over. Shauna Seifried shot an 82 to be +13 and tied for 12th place.

Leading the girls section is Lucy Grattan (Tralee) at 5 under.

 

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Captains Prize for Juniors – Saturday 13 July 2024

Our Captains Ciara Marmion and Mark McAleer will host their Captain’s Prize to the Juniors this Saturday, 13 July.

Both Ciara and Mark are massive supporters and advocates of our Junior Section, with Mark previously holding the position of Junior Convenor. This is the first of our three majors this season and we are looking to have as many of our juniors playing as possible.

The timesheet is now live. If lines fill up for your category, please contact the pro shop and they will add more lines.

The entry fee is €10 to include food afterwards.

The prize giving will take place at approx 8.30pm in the clubhouse and as ever, it would be great to have a big turnout of both players and parents. Our majors are as much about the social aspect of our extensive Junior golf programme, including for the parents, so please try and make the prize giving.

The Junior Committee

Will O’Riordan tied for lead while Isabella Stewart in 4th in Muskerry

Muskerry Golf Club, designed by the legendary Alistair McKenzie, is the venue for the Boys and Girls Munster U-18s Amateur Open Championship this week. Greystones have 6 young golfers representing the club over the next few days. There are 46 competitors in the girls and 94 in the boys.

Isabella Stewart and Shauna Seifried in the girls and Toby Murphy, Will O’Riordan, Dylan Holmes and Jamie Anderson in the boys.

After round 1 Isabella is in 4th place on level par while Shauna is tied 12th at 5 over. The lead is held by Lucy Grattan (Tralee) and Gemma McMeekin (Royal Portrush) at 3 under.

Over in the boys championship Will O’Riordan is tied for the lead after the first round with a wonderful round of 2 under. Will is tied with 3 others. The joint leaders with Will are Daniel McKenna (Co. Louth), Rory Gallagher (Galway Bay) and Ronan O’Keefe (Monkstown).

Next up is Toby Murphy at 2 over in tied 19th. Dylan Holmes is +4 in tied 35th and Jamie Anderson is 6 over in tied 45th.

Tomorrow is cut day and the tee times for our boys and girls are as follows:

  • 8.30am Jamie Anderson
  • 10.30am Will O’Riordan
  • 11.10am Dylan Holmes
  • 12.50pm Toby Murphy
  • 2.00pm Shauna Seifried
  • 3.50pm Isabella Stewart

Best of luck to them all.

 

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