Please click HERE to read an annual report from the Junior Section in what has been a very exciting year for Junior golf at the club.
Junior Committee
Please click HERE to read an annual report from the Junior Section in what has been a very exciting year for Junior golf at the club.
Junior Committee
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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
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.