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Our Pierce Purcell team were up against Ballinascorney Golf Club in the latest round of matches. Jim Wood’s team had 2 matches away and 2 at home but importantly Ballinascorney had the home draw in the case of a playoff.

At home representing Greystones were Keith McDonnell with Rob Tierney and Henry Gilbert with Dermot Barry who were being looked after by Gerry Browner. Away from home were Robert Clarke with Colm O’Neill and Stephen O’Brien with Shane Power. Jim Wood was looking after things away from home.

On a dull cool evening brightened by Rob Tierney’s colourful golf shoes (see photos) the home team got off to great starts and Keith and Rob were 3 up at the turn and Henry and Dermot were in complete control being 5 up heading to the tenth tee.

Away from home things were much tighter. Colm and Robert were all square after 9 while Stephen and Shane were just the one down.

Henry and Dermot picked up the first point on the 14th soon followed by Rob and Keith winning on 17 after a spirited comeback by their opponents. So 2-0 to Greystones and a wait for results from Ballinascorney. It was looking promising as Rob and Colm were all square heading down 18 needing just a half to progress. However Ballinascorney forced a win on 18. 2-1 now. Stephen and Shane were now dormie 2 down needing two wins to get that vital half point, again Ballinascorney prevailed and won 3&1.

Colm and Robert were our nominated pair for the playoff and took on their opponents on their 19th hole of the day. Again Ballinascorney prevailed on progress to the next round.

Commiserations to Jim and his team on what was a dramatic campaign involving a reinstatement to the competition, a playoff win and defeat.

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Our Super Seniors were up against Arklow golf club in the last of the round robin matches on Monday afternoon. Arklow were searching for a victory to progress to the next round.

Joe O’Brien sent out the following pairs:

Walter Gilbert and Ray Hogan

Peter Burke and Eddie Joynt

Tom Purcell and Vincent Prendergast

Kevin Cahill and Sean O’Gorman

While all matches were quite close as the day progressed eventually Arklow ran out 5-0 winners. The margin of the overall victory does not reflect how close the individual matches were. The match results were as follows:

Walty /Ray lost 2&1

Tom/Vincent lost 3&2

Cathal/Jerry lost on 18

Peter/Eddie lost 3&2

Kevin/Sean lost 2&1

Commiserations to Joe O’Brien and Pat O’Dowd on a tough campaign and I am sure they will be back again next year.

A busy Sunday was on the cards with Senior Cup qualifying, Mixed Foursomes, Ladies Junior Cup and Men’s Leinster Fourball taking place.

At 7.50am Greystones started the day off with Alan Condren hitting the first tee shot on a cool overcast morning. Will O’Riordan, Dylan Holmes, Jamie Anderson and David Byrne completed our side. Eight other teams were also taking part. Greystones produced five really good scores ranging from 2 under to 2 over. Alan and Will both shot 2 under, Jamie 1 under, David 1 over and Dylan 2 over. Our best 4 cards gave us a grand total of 4 under par. This proved to be more than good enough as the next best cumulative score was Blainroe with 10 over. Congratulations to Karl and his team as they go onto the next round.

Ladies Junior Cup were up next against Dun Laoghaire represented by Jennifer Moore, Mary Lockhart, Deirdre Ahern at home and Niamh Keilthy and Iris Haughton away. Greystones ran 3-2 winners winning the 3 matches at home.

Next up was the Irish Mixed Foursomes against Milltown. At home we had Des Hickey with Helen Creedon, Alan Keane with Geraldine O’Shea and away Walter Gilbert played with Aine O’Rourke and Ray Nolan played with Sandra Cotter. Alan and Geraldine had a superb win by 9&8 with the highlight being a 25 foot birdie by Geraldine on the 9th hole. Des and Helen won on 15. Meanwhile in Milltown Aine and Walter won 2&1 which meant Ray and Sandra were called in while 1 up after 16 holes.

Greystones won 3.5 to 0.5. Congratulations to Regina Barry and Paul Keane and their team.

Last up were Gerry Browners Leinster Men’s Fourball against Rathfarnham. At home Macdara Cummins and Michael Whelan were with Andy Nolan and Brook Mangan while away were Michael O’Neill and Conor Lucey with Dermot Barry and John Smith.

A tight match ensued with both sides picking up a point away from home. At home Macdara and Michael lost 2&1 after a very tight affair, meanwhile Andy and Brook were 4 up through 9 and eventually ran out 5&4 winners. Away in Rathfarnham Michael and Conor were narrowly beaten by one hole. John and Dermot were all square through 9 holes but then surged into a 3up lead by winning 3 holes in a row. Rathfarnham quickly took back 2 holes but a win on the 17th gave Greystones the point to make it 2-2.

The drama now returned to Greystones were the playoff match would take place. Brook and Andy were a nominated play off pair and they halved the 19th.  On the 20th hole Brook found the long grass on the left at about the 150metre mark and with his partner in trouble he played a remarkable shot which hung onto the green from where he made a solid 2 putt to move Greystones through to the next round.

Congratulations to Gerry and his team.

Another successful weekend for the club with hopefully more to come.

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