Junior News

On Monday Greystones had four players representing Leinster in the Boys and Girls U-18s Interprovincial matches at Muskerry Golf Club. On the boy’s panel were Dylan Holmes and Will O’Riordan while Isabella Stewart and Shauna Seifried were on the girls team. On the day Will was listed as a sub.

Both Leinster teams were taking on Connacht. In the Boys, Dylan won his match on 17 to clinch the match overall 3-2. Over in the girls match, Isabella and Shauna played together and won on 18 in a comprehensive 5-0 win.

Congratulations to both sides and our players on their victories.

Today in Newtown Stewart Golf Club Ruadhan Murray was representing Greystones in the Ulster U-14’s Amateur Open Championship.

In a field of 47 players Ruadhan shot 7 over for a very creditable tied 8th place. Ruadhan was 4 over on the front 9 and 3 over on the back 9.

The Championship was won by Ollie McEvoy (Ballycastle) with a score of 2 over.

Well done to Ruadhan on a very good performance.

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On Sunday afternoon our U-15 boys team took on Killiney under the management of George O’Brien.

John O’Boyle, Conor Dignam and JP Lynch were representing Greystones. All 3 players got off to great starts and were all in commanding leads after six holes. They kept the accelerator down and all increased their leads before the turn. JP was 7 up, Conor 8 up and John 6 up as they made their way to the back 9.

All 3 matches were finished quickly with the following results:

JP Lynch won 9&7

Conor Dignam won 8&7

John O’Boyle won 7&6.

Congratulations to George and his team and best of luck in the next round.

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On Friday our Boys Junior Foursomes team went over the head to take on Bray Golf Club. Representing us were Will O’Riordan with Milo Doyle and Toby Murphy with Marc Lawless. The format combines the scores of both matches.

Will and Milo were one down through 9 holes while Toby and Marc were two down after 9 holes. So that meant Greystones were a combined 3 down with 18 holes to play.

In Toby and Marc’s match Bray quickly won 3 holes early in the back 9 to go 5 up. In Will and Milo’s match Bray got to 3 up after 14 holes. Despite Toby and Marc winning the 15th hole Bray won the match overall 7 up with 6 to play

The Irish Boys Interclub Leinster South Area Finals took place in Delgany on Thursday. There were 16 clubs represented with 5 players on each team.

Representing Greystones were John Byrne, John O’Boyle, Leo Murphy, Tom Murphy and Adam Moore. The 3 best cards counted towards each teams total.

Greystones finished in sixth place with a total of 102 points. The day was won by Blainroe with an excellent total of 119.

Our scores on the day were:

John Byrne 38, John O’Boyle 33, Leo Murphy 31, Tom Murphy 24 and Adam Moore 23.

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On the final day of Ulster U-18’s Amateur Open Championship we had 5 players representing Greystones.

In the girls championship Isabella Stewart and Shauna Seifried had made the cut after 2 rounds. In the third round Isabella shot 78 and Shauna shot 86. As a result Isabella finished up on +16 in 9th place and Shauna up with a score of+30 in tied 14th.

The Championship was won by Kayleigh Mulholland (Moyola Park) with a score of +4.

In the Boy’s championship Jamie was the leading Greystones competitor going into the 3rd round at level par and 2 off the lead.

In the 3rd round Toby Murphy shot 80, Dylan Holmes had a score of 79 while Jamie Anderson carded a 75.

This resulted in Jamie gaining a very creditable 6th place at 3 over. Dylan finished with a total of +12 in tied 34th while Toby finished tied 38th with a score of +13.

The boys championship was won by Stuart Nesbitt(Royal Portrush) at level par.

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Round 2 of the Under 18’s Boys and Girls Amateur Open Championship took place today.

In the boys section after today’s round Jamie Anderson has moved into tied 5th after a 3 under 69. The lead is held by 2 players at level par.

Dylan Holmes is tied 25th at 5 over with Toby Murphy after rounds of 75 & 78 respectively.

Unfortunately Will O’Riordan missed the cut.

In the girls championship Isabella Stewart is in 8th at +10 and Shauna Seifried is tied 14th at +16. The lead is held by Kayleigh Mulholland (Moyola Park) at 3 under.

Third round to take place on Wednesday.

Follow the scoring using the link below.

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Yesterday Juniors from Greystones Golf Club were representing us across the breadth of the country.

In Elm Park the Leinster Girls U-18 Ria Kenny Trophy was taking place. Doireann Dowdall and Jane Lumley from Greystones were taking part. Doireann finished tied 12th and Jane tied 22nd.

Meanwhile across the country the Connacht U-14 Boy’s Amateur Championship was being played in Ballinascorney Golf Club. Dylan Cavazza finished tied 13th and John O’Boyle finished tied 19th. Unfortunately Ruadhan Murray had to withdraw due to injury.

Well done to all.

At the Hilton Templepatrick golf resort Greystones are being represented in the U-18 Boy’s and Girl’s amateur championship by Isabella Stewart and Shauna Seifried in the Girls section and Will O’Riordan, Dylan Holmes, Toby Murphy and Jamie Anderson in the Boys.

The winner will be decided over three rounds of strokeplay. There are 44 entrants in the girls and 98 in the boys.

After round 1 the girls championship is being led by Kayleigh Mulholland (Moyola Park) at 6 under. Isabella Stewart is tied 5th at 4 over and Shauna Seifried is tied 8th at 6 over.

Meanwhile in the boys championship the lead is held by 3 players at 2 under with our own Toby Murphy tied 4th at 1 under. Dylan Holmes is next up at tied 22nd at 2 over, Jamie Anderson is tied 29th at 3 over and Will O’Riordan tied 67th at 7 over.