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Greystones hosted a Leinster region qualifying round for the Irish Boys Interclub Championship this morning.

Our new club professional, Davie Lewis took charge of the team and with a home qualifier came the expectation that qualification should be possible.  No pressure for Davie however…

On a very blustery morning, the team included a mixture of youth & experience, or rather youth with experience and youth with less experience.

First out was the ever reliable Jamie Anderson who posted a solid 35 followed by Jack McGovern who shot an excellent 39.  Jack’s score was the best score of the 50 players who teed it up in the qualifier. Tom Murray, our third man out shot a great 37 and Marc Lawless who struggled early on but stuck at it and never gave up shot 28.  Our fifth man, Milo Doyle came in with a very creditable score of 33 on his first main team outing for the club after putting in a great performance in the substitute match in the Under 15 competition last week in Blainroe.

Greystones total of 111 made us the leading qualifier with our neighbours Bray clinching the second qualifying spot with a score of 105.

Well done to Davie and all involved.

A reminder that all first round matches in the Club Championship & Frank Talbot must be played by tomorrow night.

Tee times have been reserved tomorrow afternoon for any matches that have not yet been fixed (16:40 – 17:20 ) but it will be unlikely that such a facility will be available in further rounds due to the availability of tee times.

 

Chris Boylan & Niall King teeing it up against David O’Brien & Robert Hennessy this afternoon in the Frank Talbot.

 

The 2020 Haughton Trophy winner was decided yesterday as part of the GOY3 Medal competition.

2019 Class IV Cup winner Cian McNaughton ran out the winner shooting 69 , beating 2019 President’s Prize winner Michael Dempsey by one shot.  One shot further back on 70 was 2019 Class I Cup winner Philip Dempsey.

Many congratulations to Cian who rushed back from a staycataion to take part in the event.

 

The Haughton Trophy, instigated by Stephen Cahill in 2006,  is presented By Ken Haughton in recognition of the top golfer from among the winners of the following competitions in the preceding year:

Captain’s Prize winner, President’s Prize winner, Gold Medal winner, Golfer of the Year, Class Cup Winners and the Residents’ Cup winner.

 

The 2020 Haughton Trophy winner will be decided as part of the GOY3 Medal competition this weekend.

The Haughton Trophy, instigated by Stephen Cahill in 2006,  is presented By Ken Haughton in recognition of the top golfer from among the winners of the following competitions in the preceding year:

Captain’s Prize winner, President’s Prize winner, Gold Medal winner, Golfer of the Year, Class Cup Winners and the Residents’ Cup winner.

Covid 19 restrictions meant that we were unable to run Golfer of the Year for 2020 so the players who will compete for the 2020 Haughton Trophy are as follows:

Captain’s Prize Winner – Stephen O’Brien

President’s Prize Winner – Michael Dempsey

Gold Medal Winner – Diarmaid MacGabhann

Class I Cup Winner – Philip Dempsey

Class II Cup Winner –  Neil Lawless

Class III Cup Winner – Jonathan Kirwan

Class IV Cup Winner – Cian McNaughton

Residents’ Cup Winner – Stephen O’Brien

 

Very best of luck to all.

Congratulations to all who qualified for President Pat O’Neill’s prize.

 

Click here for the round 1 draw and here for competition rules.

 

Good luck to all.

After an 8 month delay due to Covid 19 restrictions 2020 Club President Liam O’Shea saw his prize settled this afternoon.

In brilliant sunshine Liam saw Mike McGrath and Michael Dempsey tee it up.  Michael D definitely brought his A short came to the final and his excellent chipping and putting proved the decider when beating Mike on the 16th.

Congratulations to both players on reaching the final and to Liam for presenting a fantastic prize.  Special congratulations of course go the Michael Dempsey – 2020 President’s Prize winner.

Mike McGrath, 2020 President Liam O’Shea and Michael Dempsey.

Many congratulations to our three teams who began the 2021 campaigns this afternoon and who all won their matches in style.

First up was the Junior Cup team managed by Colm Mulcahy & Eddie Lonergan who set the tone for the day with a great 3 – 2 Victory over Elm Park.  Three home wins from Harry Kirk (6&4), Alan Keane (4&2) and Diarmaid MacGabhann (4&3) sealed the win.  Donal O’Gallagher, a last minute call up after Ray Nolan pulled out through injury came up short away in Elm Park and Dylan Holmes lost 3&2 despite a very solid round of 2 over to that point.

Tom Kelly’s Metropolitan Cup team were next out against Milltown Golf Club.  With 4 matches at home and three away Tom had no less than three players pull out through injury over the past three days but came up with the winning formula (The Magnificent 7, as he referred to his team ). Craig Hazleton won at home 6&5 and Dom Brodeur pulled off a fantastic win away 8&6 to get the ball rolling but things got considerably tighter for the remainder of the matches.  Ben Crowley secured the third point away, winning on the 18th and with Trevor Philips and Stephen Bourne still on the course at home and player/manager, Frank Rennix also on the course at Milltown, up stepped debutante Luke McLoughlin to secure the all important 4th match point on the 19th hole.  A stunning tee shot to 6 feet did the trick for Luke.

Jimmy Bruen manager Alan Byrne opted to go the away leg at Woodbrook while assistant manager Fergal Duffy looked after the home matches. An emphatic 5&4 home win for the Paul Keane and Ian Mullally partnership gave Greystones our first point on the board. This was followed by another great 3&2 home win for Brian Murray and Jamie Anderson.  Mark Byrne & Dave Mangan came up just short at Woodbrook, loosing 2&1 and, after a great fightback, Michael Smullen & Ray McDonnell narrowly lost on the 18th.  So 2 all in the rubber and Collie Dunne & Tom Sheehy were one down on the 18th tee box.  Collie hit a monster drive to leave Tom 60 yards to the pin while the Woodbrook pair were on the 10th fairway but not far from the 18th green.  Tom hit a great pitch to 12 feet and Woodbrook pitched to 15 feet below the hole.  A good put had Woodbrook 2 feet from the hole but crucially, having played an additional shot.  Collie calmly putted to the hole for a picky up (have two, take two) and the win and the match moved to the 19th.  Both teams were short right off the tee and a deft chip by Collie and nerves of steel from Tom, holing a 6 footer sealed the third win for the club.

Congratulations to all the managers / players today and thanks to the supporters who came out to enjoy some great sporting entertainment.

Onwards an upwards !

 

Congratulations to the leading 64 qualifiers from Friday & Saturday qualifying for President Pat O’Neill’s Prize.  Draw will follow.

 

President Pat O’Neill’s qualifiers