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Our Irish Mixed Foursomes team progressed to the last four of the Leinster South Area today defeating Druids Heath by 2. 5 to 1.5.

Regina Barry and Paul Keane selected the following team, at home were Des Hickey and Helen Creedon along with Alan Keane and Geraldine O’Shea. Away from home were Ray Nolan and Sandra Cotter along with Kevin Barry and Bernadette McGowan.

Des and Helen established a healthy early lead winning their first 5 holes and despite the Druids Heath pair winning three holes before the turn Helen and Des ran out comfortable 5 & 4 winners.

Our other home pair Geraldine and Alan had a real to and fro match. 2 up after four, then 2 down after eight. They won the 9th to be one down at the turn. Druids Heath regained there 2 hole lead on ten. Alan and Geraldine then turned the screw and won 5 of their next 6 holes to win 3 & 2.

Away in Druids Heath our second pair out were Bernadette and Kevin. They won the 1st hole but then ran into a run of wins by their opposition and found themselves 5 down after 9. The Druids pair did not ease up and finished off the match on the 13th by a margin of 6 & 5.

Sandra and Ray were off to a flier like Helen and Des and were 4 up after four. The Druids pair fought back well to be only one down after 12 holes. Ray and Sandra then put the tie beyond Druids by winning 13 & 15 which gave Greystones the half point they needed to progress.

Congratulations to Regina and Paul and their team. Next up will be Blainroe or Elm Park before the 18th August.

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Our Fred Daly team, lead by Peter Anderson, head for Wicklow Golf Club on Saturday morning to take on Stackstown GC in the Leinster South Final. This is the first opportunity of a Golf Ireland pennant this year and the team would appreciate all the support you can give. Get there in your club colours and watch some great golf. Kick off in Wicklow GC is at 11am.

Saturday afternoon our Irish Mixed Foursomes team will be playing against Druids Heath. This is a quarter final match in the Leinster South section. Tee off in Greystones is 3.05pm and in Druids Heath at 3.40pm. Greystones have the home draw in the event of a playoff. Team is managed by Regina Barry and Paul Keane. Again all and any support would be welcome at both venues.

Then on Sunday it’s the first time out for the Powerscourt Cup team. Opponents will be Old Conna who have the advantages of 3 matches at home and 2 in Greystones. Stephen O’Brien and Trevor Phillips are the managers for this one and again would appreciate support at both venues.

Our Barton Cup and Leinster Men’s Fourball teams were both taking part in last 16 matches today.

Barton Cup

First up was Ray McDonnells Barton team who were up against the K Club. Greystones had home advantage so had three matches at home and 2 away. Ray selected the following team:

Home: Chris Boylan and Keith McDonnell, Alan Keane and Ruadhán Murray, Diarmaid MacGabhann

Away: Ollie Nolan and Kevin Barry, Shane Nolan and Craig Hazelton.

Chris and Keith led off at home and were one down early on but made a significant move by winning 6, 7 and 8 to be two up after 9.

Alan and Ruadhán got into an early lead and were 2 up after 5 holes however the opposition then won 7 & 8. The Greystones pair then restored their 2 up lead by winning 9 and 10.

Diarmaid and Henry were in a to and fro match winning 3 holes and losing 2 to make the turn at one up.

Away from home where the team were being looked after by Paul Keane the first away were Ollie and Kevin. After 6 holes the Greystones pair were one up and maintained that lead after 9.

Shane and Craig were up against it early on and were 3 down after 8 holes but then got two holes back winning 9 and 10.

Back home Keith and Chris kept the pressure on their opposition by 10 & 11 to be 4 up. Both pairs then traded two wins each over the next 4 holes for the Greystones lads to claim the first point 4&3.

Ruadhán and Alan were in a dogfight after the K Club pair won 11 & 12 to be all square. Greystones won 13 and the K Club pair won 16 for the match to be all square. Greystones won 17 when the opposition missed a shortish putt. Ruadhán hit a long drive down the right and when the K club put their ball in the right hand bunker Alan produced a fine shot close to the pin. When the opposition failed to hole their bunker shot they conceded the match. 2-0.

At this point Henry and Diarmaid were one down standing on the 18th tee. Away Kevin and Ollie were dormie 3 up and Shane and Craig had mounted a fightback and were all square after 15.

After a fine drives by Henry and the opposition the K Club pair made the green but had a tricky putt from the top of the green. Diarmaid hit a lovely shot in very close but the putt had a big break. A 3 putt from the K Club pair and we were off up to the 19th.

Away Ollie and Kevin were now playing 18 one up. Shane and Ollie were now one up after 16.

As Diarmaid was hitting his shot to the 19th green word was coming through that Ollie and Kevin were on the last hole in 3 and were looking good. Diarmaid hit a shot on 19 which was even closer than his 1st hole. The opposition also made the green. As the players made their way pass the ladies tees there was a shout of joy from Ray McDonnell as word came that Ollie and Kevin had won their match on 18. At this point Shane and Craig along with Henry and Diarmaid were called in which resulted in a 4-1 win. Congratulations to Ray and his team who are now in the quarter finals. The next opposition are the Castle GC and the match has to be played by 11th August.

Leinster Men’s Fourball

Gerry Browner’s Leinster Men’s Fourball were also in a last 16 match against Woodbrook were we had home advantage in the event of a playoff. At home Michael Whelan and Macdara Cummins were with Andy Nolan and Brook Mangan. Away from home Dermot Barry and John Smith were with Michael O’Neill and Conor Lucey. The away team were being looked after by John Browner.

Macdara and Michael were one down early on but then won two holes midway through the front 9 but lost the 9th to be all square. Andy and Brook were also down early on, 2 down through 5, but fought back with 4 holes won in the next 6 which left them 2 up through 11.

Away from home Dermot and John were also under pressure early on and found themselves 3 down after 5 holes. They then won 6 & 8 but lost 9 to be 2 down at the turn. Michael and Conor got off to a flier winning the first two holes. Woodbrook fought straight back winning the 4th and 5th. Greystones snuck ahead again on the 6th. Woodbrook however seized control then by winning 8,9 and 10 to go 2 up.

Back in Greystones Michael and Macdara were in a ding dong match with holes being swapped between the two pairs. Greystones won 12, 14 and 16 while Woodbrook won 11, 13 and 17. The last hole was halved so both teams get half a point each.

Brook and Andy won and lost a hole to remain 2 up through 15 holes.

In Woodbrook, John and Dermot went 3 down at the 11th. The Greystones pair won 12 and 14 but wins for Woodbrook on 13 and 15 gave them the win 3&2. In the 2nd match in Woodbrook, the home pair kept the pressure on with wins on 12 and 13 to go 4 up and a couple of halved holes gave them the point they needed to progress to the next round.

Andy and Brook were called in at dormie 2 up at this point.

Commiserations to Gerry Browner and his team.

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