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Captain Mark’s Day 2024

The highlight of the Men’s Calendar took place on Saturday and Friday with Captain Mark McAleer’s prize taking place.

Keith and his staff had the course in pristine condition. With approximately 250 players over the two days taking part the competition was fierce. In tough conditions of wind and showers, the scoring was of a high standard.

With burgers from our BBQ and drinks at the half way point and then ice cream at the 7th we were all well looked after.

The dinner was a sumptuous affair and congratulations to Ali, Olivia and Liz and the rest of the catering team on a wonderful meal.

Paul, Jackie and all the bar staff team looked after everything in the hydration department.

Thanks to Davey and all the lads in the pro shop for their work over the two days and in preparation for the day.

Also all the work by our juniors acting as spotters was greatly appreciated.

Thanks also to Nick and the rest of the staff in presenting the clubhouse and surrounds so well.

Finally thank you to Jim Melody and Jenny for all their work on the administration side.

These days don’t happen without everyone pulling together.

Captain Mark was introduced to the dinner by President John Langrell and the night was MC’d by Vice Captain Paul Cahill.

Entertainment was provided by Paul Howard of Ross O’Carroll Kelly fame and despite him not finding any “Rock” students (they kept very quiet) to poke fun at he made everybody laugh. Further entertainment was provided by our musically “talented” members led and encouraged by Killian “killer” O’Dowd.

So onto the winner. With a marvellous score of 41 points Alvin Gunning was announced as the winner to a standing ovation. In what was obviously a proud moment you could see how much it meant to Alvin by listening to his speech. A very popular winner indeed.

In 2nd place and only a point behind was Alan Byrne and in 3rd again only another point adrift was John Darcy.

A new initiative this year was the introduction of a Captains Prize to the Youth and Intermediate members and this was held on Friday morning. This was won by Daragh Browne with a brilliant score of 42 points ahead of Conor McAleer on 38.

Congratulations to all the prize winners which are listed below.

  • Winner Alvin Gunning (33) 41 pts
  • Runner Up Alan Byrne (14) 40 pts
  • Third John Darcy (14) 39 pts (back 9)
  • Fourth Sean Woodcock (33) 39 pts
  • Gross & Frazer Cup Adam Packman (0) 33 pts
  • 5th Pete Murray (17) 39 pts
  • 6th Paul Keane (11) 38 pts (last 6)
  • Class 1
    • 1st Des Cullen (9) 38 pts (back 9)
    • 2nd Ray McDonnell (9) 38 pts
    • 3rd Jason Hackman (4) 35 pts (back 9)
  • Class 2
    • 1st Conor White (14) 37 pts
    • 2nd Jim Wood (12) 36 pts (last 6)
    • 3rd Pat Gormley (11) 36 pts
  • Class 3
    • 1st Seamus Clancy (18) 36 pts
    • 2nd John Brophy (18) 35 pts (back 9)
    • 3rd Dara Cummins (16) 35 pts
  • Class 4
    • 1st Eddie Joynt (20) 37 pts
    • 2nd Quentin Teggin (26) 36 pts
    • 3rd Larry Behan (34) 36 pts (last hole)
  • Past Captain’s Sean Woodcock (33) 39 pts
  • Longest Drive Conor White
  • Nearest Pin Darragh Corrigan 5 feet
  • Putting Comp Neil Kavanagh 3 Under
  • Front 9 Paul P Byrne (18) 22 pts
  • Back 9 John Commons (26) 22 pts
  • Intermediates/ Youths
    • 1st Darragh Browne (8) 42 pts
    • 2nd Conor McAleer (5) 38 pts
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Barton Cup into last 16

Ray McDonnell and his Barton Cup team are through to the last 16 of this year’s event after a great match with some wonderful golf being played. The opponents were Beech Park who are a known as a tough nut to crack. Ray was looking after affairs away and Paul Keane was in charge in Greystones.

At home we had Chris Boylan with Keith McDonnell and Alan Keane with Ruadhan Murray. In Beech Park it was Ollie Nolan with Kevin Barry, Des Hickey with Rob Tierney and Shane Nolan with Eddie Davis.

Chris and Keith got away to a great start and were 4 up through 6 holes but were pegged back by their opponents who won 7 and 8. So 2 up heading down the lane. Behind them Alan and Ruadhan had lost the first but recovered by winning 3 of the next 4 holes to get into a 2 hole lead. They extended their lead to 3 on the 9th.

Away from home their was a mixed start. Ollie and Kevin got off to a flyer and were 3 up after 6 despite losing the 1st. This lead was extended to 5 after 9 and the point looked safe.

Des and Rob were in arrears early, 2 down after 5, and despite winning the 7th they were 4 down after 10 holes.

Shane and Eddie also were under pressure despite winning the 2nd and found themselves 3 down after 9.

Back home Keith and Chris reeled off 3 halves at the start off the back 9 before winning 13 and 14 before finishing the match on 15.

At the same time Ollie and Kevin finished off their match in Beech Park. They won ten to extend their lead to 6 and despite losing 12 they won 13 for a resounding 6&5 win. So two nil to Greystones.

Des and Rob were fighting back and with 4 wins on the bounce from 11 to 14 they were back to all square. Shane and Eddie lost 11 and then fought back with two wins on 12 & 13 to get 2 down.

On the back 9 at home Ruadhan and Alan extended their lead by winning 10 & 12. Beech Park made a great birdie on 14 to extend the match but a half on the 15th was enough to win 4&3 and the get the precious 3rd point.

So with the match won Des and Rob were called in at all square while Shane and Eddie were 2 down with 5 to play.

Thanks go to Beech Park for their hospitality and for the sporting game.

Congratulations to Ray and his team on a great win against a tough team.

 

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Boys U-15 beat Killiney

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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Boys Junior Foursomes in Bray

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

Final day in Lough Erne

On the final day of the Irish Senior Men’s Close Amateur Championship Alan Condren started the day one off the lead held by Shane Kenneally (Kinsale).

On a day when again there was very few rounds under par the winning score was 3 over par. Alan had a tough day and shot 78 which left him on a total of +7. The winner was Shane Kenneally (Kinsale )with a score of +3.

 

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Greystones boys in Delgany

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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More interclub matches this weekend

On an already busy weekend with Captains Mark McAleers prize taking place on Saturday we have several interclub events also taking place.

On Friday our Junior Foursomes take on Bray at 11.30am. Two pairs will represent us in Bray in foursomes matchplay. The results of both matches are combined to reveal the winner. Pete Anderson will be looking after the team on the day. Representing us on the day will be Will O’Riordan,Milo Doyle, Toby Murphy and Marc Lawless.

On Saturday morning our Barton Shield team will take on Edmondstown at 8am in Druids Heath. Again it’s a foursomes matchplay competition where the combined score from both matches will give us the winner. The team is managed by Karl Holmes.

On Sunday at 3pm Ray McDonnell will send his Barton Cup team out to take on Beech Park. We have 2 matches at home and 3 away.

Finally on Monday at 3pm the Old Conna Seniors team will take on Kilmashogue in the 2nd round at home in Greystones. A win will mean the team would progress to the finals day in Old Conna in August. The format is a team of twelve playing in 6 pairs in fourball, the best 5 cards will count and the away side will add 5 courtesy points to their total. The team is managed by Dermot Whiston and Pete Murray.

All the teams would welcome your support both home and away. Please wear your colours to show your support.

Scoring in the matchplay events will be available on the scoring app.

Alan Condren contending in Lough Erne

Day 2 in Lough Erne was cut day. Alan Condren entered the day with a 3 shot lead. On a day where only 3 players broke par The cut came at +13 with 37 players making it through to the 3rd and final round.

Alan shot a 2 over 74 to finish on 1 over. This puts Alan in 2nd place one off the lead which is held by Shane Kenneally (Kinsale)

Our other representative Tom Byrne unfortunately missed the cut in tied 71st.

 

Best of luck to Alan tomorrow.

 

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Alan Condren leads after day 1

At Lough Erne the first day of the Irish Senior Men’s Close Amateur Championship took place today. Alan Condren and Tom Byrne were representing Greystones.

At the end of day one Alan holds a three shot lead from 5 players. The chasing pack are David Mulholland (Castlerock), Patrick Madigan(Tramore), Noel Crawford (Mourne), Alan Duffy(Royal Tara)and Karl Fitzsimons(Killeen).

Tom Byrne shot 86 and is tied 67th.

Best of luck to both Alan and Tom in the 2nd round on Thursday.

 

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Ulster U-18s Amateur Open Championship

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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