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Great turnout for Junior scramble today..
Well done to all our juniors who took part in a fun scramble 9 hole this afternoon at the club. Over 40 girls & boys played in what might have been the only dry day of the week.
Final Ladies’ trophy winners decided
Unfortunately our very wet summer caused a number of our Ladies’ competitions to be delayed this year, missing the Annual Dinner & Prize-Giving night. Thankfully all have been decided at this stage and these trophies will be presented at the Ladies’ Christmas Tea on December 7th.
The winners of the competitions which had been delayed are as follows:
Senior Scratch Cup – Jennifer Moore
Junior Scratch Cup – Sandra Cotter
Minor Scratch Cup – Joan Joynt
Sandra’s win in the Junior Scratch Cup was enough for her to pip Jacinta Dean by just two points for Golfer of the Year.
Congratulations to all.
What a year for teams !
Photographer Charlie Sharkey was in for a busy day yesterday as he arrived to Greystones to take the team photographs for the Greystones 2023 winners. A total of nine pennants were won by our Ladies, Gents and Junior teams, a fasntastic haul that is unprecedented and, perhaps is unlikely to be repeated. Toby Murphy had nearly as long a day as Charlie, having featured in four winning teams himself.
Congratulations to all the winners, and all those who pulled on the Club shirt throughout the year.
Elvis en-route to Greystones Golf Club
Bookings now open by calling the Bar / Restaurant for a not to be missed evening on Saturday November 4th.
Mark Connaughton wins Golfer of the Year
Congratulations to Mark Connaughton who came up on the outside to pip Captain’s Prize winner, David Fagan into second place for Golfer Of The Year.
Mark’s win in the Class Cup coupled with his Medal 7 win and his Medal 4, 7th place earlier in the year was enough to get him into the number one spot when it mattered most.
Mark finished on 240 points with David on 230.
In third place was Michael Gaughran who scored 220 points.
Well done to Mark and to all those who featured on GOTY leaderboard.
Greystones Girls and Boys in action in the Senior Schools today (13th Oct )
We had nine players in action across the girls & boys senior schools qualifier today which was played in Newlands Golf Club.
Best of the results was a great win in the individual girls championship where Shauna Seifried took first place, shooting a round of 12 over, beating Isabella Stewart into second place (13 over). Sophie Lumley finished in sixth. Emma Haugh (13th ) and Stella Doyle ( 33rd )were also representing their schools in the event today.
Best of the boys was Jamie Anderson (11th) who shot 6 over with William O’Riordan (16th) shooting 9 over. Also competing in the boys’ event today were Jack McGovern (19th) and John O’Boyle (33rd).
There was team success for both the Greystones girls and the Greystones boys with St. David’s finishing in 3rd place (girls) and St Michael’s also finishing 3rd (boys).
Well done to all our juniors who participated today.
Under 15 Boys in dramatic Leinster final win
After two successive losses in the Leinster final of the Under 15 Boys, Greystones won the pennant yesterday ( Saturday 7th October ) after a brilliant performance from the team.
Heading into the second leg of the final with a 2-1 deficit our lads made home advantage count as they beat a very good Blainroe team in a playoff.
Ben Crowley managed the team until he turned Pro last month and since then George O’Brien has been the man on the course with the team, both overseen by Head Professional, David Lewis.
There was just one change made after the first leg, the in form, Dylan Cavazza coming in for Conor Dignam, who had contributed throughout the campaign . Ruadhán Murray and Toby Murphy retained their places on the team for the home leg. Conor and Tom Murphy were subs on the day.
Dylan, who was getting four shots in his match, was out first on Saturday and got off to a great start, two up through three. He lost the fourth but from there he played fantastic golf and it was clear from early on that there was only going to be one winner of this particular match. Five up through nine became six up through eleven, before the match closed with a 7&5 victory for Dylan on the thirteenth. An excellent performance.
Out third was Toby Murphy. Toby had been a member of the team who lost out to Roganstown in the final last year and it was obvious that he was going to do his damndest not to loose his match this year. He was giving four shots but was on fire. Toby turned three up and was three under on his own card when he closed his match 6&5 on thirteen, after an almost flawless performance.
Our second match on Saturday had Ruadhán Murray matched up against the same Blainroe player that he had beaten on the eighteenth two weeks ago to win the all important away point in the first leg. The Greystones leg was just as tight in this flat match. Ruadhán got to two ahead with an excellent par on the sixth but losses on eight and nine had the game all square heading to the back nine. The back nine started in the same vein with ten and eleven halved before Ruadhán got his nose ahead once again with a good win on twelve. A narrowlly missed four foot, par putt on thirteen squared the match once more before an excellent par putt on fourteen had Ruadhán ahead again. Fifteen and sixteen went to Blainroe and the golfing Gods were obviously looking down on the Blainroe player as his ball skipped across the water on seventeen, finding the bunker behind the green. Ruadhán had been in trouble off the tee and when his opponent played an excellent bunker shot for a tap in par the game was done 2&1 and the overall tie was 3-3.
Toby, who had been hitting balls since his early finish was ready to go on the first tee for the three hole playoff. Josh, his opponent, missed the green right while Toby hit his iron to twelve feet and had a picky up par to go one up. On the second Toby split the fairway with a great drive leaving himself not much more than a hundred yards to the pin. Josh, meanwhile was in the left rough and was only able to find the right rough with his recovery shot. Toby hit a beautiful iron to ten feet and, with two for the win it was game over – a brilliant performance.
This pennant win means that our Junior Boys have won the three major Leinster titles this year, Under 15, Junior Foursomes and Fred Daly and in addition our underage Sixes girls & boys team also won a Leinster pennant – outstanding. Congratulations to all those involved, a fantastic achievement.
Ladies Annual Dinner
Congratulations to all the 2023 prize winners who were presented their trophies by Lady Captain Celine last night at the Ladies’ Annual Dinner.
A great night was had by all, with (half of) ABBA on stage providing the entertainment.
Best of luck to our Under 15 Boys team tomorrow ( Sat 7th Oct )
Best of luck to Ben Crowley’s Under 15 Boys team who take on Blainroe in the second leg of the Leinster final.
Blainroe hold a slender 2-1 lead after the away leg.
Tee off in Greystones tomorrow is at 13:30.
Golf Ireland Committee Vacancies
Golf Ireland are seeking Expressions of Interest to fill vacancies on their Finance Committee, Governance Committee and Development & Club Support Committee.
Golf Ireland was established to create a single governing body for golf on the island of Ireland. It became fully operational in January 2021 and has almost 400 affiliated golf clubs. Its strategy is to administer the game of golf on the island, provide development services to clubs and promote equality, openness, and accessibility to all.
Expressions of Interest are now invited from applicants who consider they possess the skills and experience to be members of:
· Finance Committee: provides advice and guidance to the Board of Golf Ireland to ensure robust and effective financial controls and procedures are in place in the organisation.
· Governance Committee: provides advice and guidance to the Board to ensure that robust and effective governance procedures are in place in the organisation.
· Development & Club Support Committee: helps to ensure Golf Clubs are receiving adequate support in the form of staff contact, resources and educational workshops. Promotes the Women in Golf Charter and provides guidance to clubs on becoming sustainable in their practices.
Application process
Applicants shall clearly state their name, contact details and a short bio of max. 150 words outlining their skills and experience relevant to this role. Expressions of interest will be considered by the Board of Golf Ireland who will then nominate candidates to the respective Committee.
Expressions of interest should be submitted by email to volunteers@golfireland.ie with the subject line “Finance Committee Application” / “Governance Committee Application” / “Development & Club Support Committee”.
A panel may be formed from the Expressions of Interest for future vacancies on these Committees.
The closing date is 5pm on Friday 13th October 2023
Ryder Cup Sunday at Greystones Golf Club
What a great win for team Europe this afternoon and those lucky enough to get to watch it on the giant screen in the club got to witness the success of Luke Donald’s team in all it’s glory.
The nine hole scramble event held early this morning ahead of the Ryder Cup pitted team Europe ( captained by Lady Captain Celine with Junior Girls’ Captain, Isabella as team vice captain ) against Team USA ( captained by Captain John with Junior Boy’s Captain, Jamie as his vice-captain ). As it turned out, thankfully, this was the only success that Team USA had today with a USA win by a 356 to 351 scoreline.
The front nine two person team event was won by Brian Burke with his guest, Siobhan Whelan (Delgany) who beat Evan Dalton and his guest from Dun Laoghaire, Alexander Flynn into second place.
The back nine competition was won by Phillip and Aoife Dempsey with Finbarr Fay and Tommy Kealy in runner up spot.
Many thanks to Ali, Olivia and the catering team and to Paul Lee and the bar crew for serving up a great brunch to the players.
