Greystones’ Under 15 team head to Blainroe this afternoon for round 1 of the 2021 campaign.
This is the first leg of a two leg match with 5 matches in each tie.
Tee off is at 4.30 this afternoon. Best of luck to all involved.
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Greystones Teams – The gift that keeps on giving – Pierce Purcell win out
Mark Byrne’s Pierce Purcell team took on Delgany this afternoon and it turned into the clichéd game of two halves…
With two matches away and three at home our first home pairing of Rob Tierney & Stefan Florin got off to a flier 3 up after 3 and kept their feet on the gas to win 6&5. Our second home pair of Martin Commons & Conor Whelan came up against a very strong Delgany pair and lost by a similar margin on the 13th. Meanwhile up in Delgany, Alan Byrne & Gerry Browner played steady golf to win 6&4, while the unfortunate pairing of Denis Duff & John Comer came up against a Delgany pairing who both played the games of their lives to run out comfortable winners.
So two big wins for each side and honors even…
Our last pair at home, Stephen O’Brien & Eoin Mullen didn’t have the best of starts losing the 1st, 2nd and 3rd. As the saying goes, the best place to be 3 down is after 3 and they fought back to bring it to 1 down through 6 and got it to 2 up after 11. At this stage it was clear that this was going to be the deciding match and Delgany played good golf to bring the match to all square after 16. The 17th was halved in fives so it was, as is so often the case, off to the 18th tee to decide the tie winners.
Both tee shots on the 18th found trouble, Greystones on the left and Delgany on the right but Stephen played the better lay up and Delgany played their third shot into the green first. They found the bunker to the left of the green and Rob played a nice chip to the left edge. A decent bunker shot just caught the downslope past the pin and ran to the bottom of the green. Still Delgany to play first. A fantastic putt from the bottom tier to the flag on the top tier left them 3 feet for a six. Stephen rolled his putt to 18″ and when Delgany missed theirs it was handshakes all round.
Another great win. Congratulations to all involved.
Next up will be the Under 15s who play Blainroe on Tuesday.
2019 Haughton Cup Winner – Cian McNaughton
The 2020 Haughton Trophy winner was decided yesterday as part of the GOY3 Medal competition.
2019 Class IV Cup winner Cian McNaughton ran out the winner shooting 69 , beating 2019 President’s Prize winner Michael Dempsey by one shot. One shot further back on 70 was 2019 Class I Cup winner Philip Dempsey.
Many congratulations to Cian who rushed back from a staycataion to take part in the event.
The Haughton Trophy, instigated by Stephen Cahill in 2006, is presented By Ken Haughton in recognition of the top golfer from among the winners of the following competitions in the preceding year:
Captain’s Prize winner, President’s Prize winner, Gold Medal winner, Golfer of the Year, Class Cup Winners and the Residents’ Cup winner.
Prize giving for Davie’s Pro Prize to ladies this evening Sunday 20th June
Two firsts for 2021…
Sunday sees our first major prize giving and also the first prize from new Professional Davie Lewis.
There was a crammed timesheet on Thursday for Davie’s prize to the ladies, his first prize to members as Greystones Pro.
The prize giving for this event will be held on Sunday 20th at 17.30 in the walled garden of the club.
All are welcome – come and support our new Pro.
Pierce Purcell this afternoon, Sunday 20th at 2.30
Alan Byrne’s Pierce Purcell will begin their campaign this Sunday at 2.30. Playing local rivals Delgany we have three matches at home and are hoping for another good result.
All support welcome but if you can’t make it you can follow the match using the live scoring web page
Haughton Trophy 2020 decider this weekend…
The 2020 Haughton Trophy winner will be decided as part of the GOY3 Medal competition this weekend.
The Haughton Trophy, instigated by Stephen Cahill in 2006, is presented By Ken Haughton in recognition of the top golfer from among the winners of the following competitions in the preceding year:
Captain’s Prize winner, President’s Prize winner, Gold Medal winner, Golfer of the Year, Class Cup Winners and the Residents’ Cup winner.
Covid 19 restrictions meant that we were unable to run Golfer of the Year for 2020 so the players who will compete for the 2020 Haughton Trophy are as follows:
Captain’s Prize Winner – Stephen O’Brien
President’s Prize Winner – Michael Dempsey
Gold Medal Winner – Diarmaid MacGabhann
Class I Cup Winner – Philip Dempsey
Class II Cup Winner – Neil Lawless
Class III Cup Winner – Jonathan Kirwan
Class IV Cup Winner – Cian McNaughton
Residents’ Cup Winner – Stephen O’Brien
Very best of luck to all.
Another Win for Greystones in Fred Daly…
Barry Massey’s Fred Daly played Milltown this evening in round 1 of the 2021 competition. We head into the compettion this year with a very young team, basically our under 15 team plus (a veteran at this stage !) George O’Brien.
It’s always tricky with three matches away and while we got away to a great start, as usual you never know till the tie is over. Tonight we were able to rely on our home players Jack McGovern, who won the first match of the tie 3&2, and William O’Riordan who followed up quickly with a 2&1 victory. Meanwhile, away from home George got the job done winning 4&3, with Dylan Holmes on the course at dormie 3 up after producing a string of 4 birdies in a row, and Jamie Anderson 3 up after 14.
A great victory for all involved.
Fred Daly update
Barry Massey’s Fred Daly team tee it up against Milltown tomorrow, 17th June with Peter Anderson looking after the away team.
This is a very young team, in fact it is for the most part our 2021 U15 team playing in this U18 competition but they are all exceptionally talented and hopes remain high to progress.
Tee off is 17.10, tow matches at home and three away. You will be able to follow this match on the scoring app ( click on the link on the home page of this website ).
Best of luck to all.
Greystones Ladies come up trumps in Delgany
Another day another match for Greystones. After a great day for the men’s teams yesterday, it was the turn of the Ladies who played Delgany in the first round of their Revive Active campaign.
Hayley Mulcahy & Sandra Cotter got the Greystones team off to a flying start, winning the first match out 4&3 at home. It would have been a mistake however to take this result as an indication of how all the matches might finish. Delgany leveled the tie as Mary Hutch and Nicky Brooks just came up short 3&1 after a very strong fight back away from home. Quickly after that however Jacinta Dean & Áine O’Rourke who like Hayley & Sandra were playing at home, restored the Greystones lead, winning on the 18th. There were two matches remaining on the course in Delgany; Mary Lockhart & Regina Barry were 1 down and Marguerite Hamill who was paired with Orla Delaney held a slender lead so it was all to play for. In the end both final pairings won on the 18th giving Greystones a 4 – 1 win, a great achievement with three matches away on a tricky away course.
Congratulations to all involved.
