Sunday 17th May
A busy day and a mixed bag for the Greystones teams.
First out were the Metroplolitan Cup team who had an away fixture against Beechpark GC in the second round. Four home and five away always makes for a tough fixture but team managers Gerry Kileather and John Kilmartin put our a strong team. With an earlier start time at Greystones all looked in good shape as Jack Joyce put a point on the board ( 4&3 ), followed by Shay Hoey ( 4&3 ) and Con Thomas ( 2&1). The last home match was then won by Kieran Dowdall ( 4&3 ) to give Greystones a 4 nil lead. News began to filter back from Beechpark and it looked difficult from early on. In the end despite their best efforts Ray McDonnell, Cathal Cooney Cian Gilmore, and Peter Burke lost their matches and Paul McKnight had to withdraw during the match due to an injury. The Metro panel has put in big effort this year and many thanks to Gerry, John and all the squad. Roll on 2016.
The Best Cup team took on Glen O’ the Downs. Team manager Gerry Browner picked a strong team and he needed to playing three matches away from home. The two home pairs were Ciaran Daly & Conor Ahern and Michael Gaughran & Neil Lawless. Ciaran & Conor won 2 up and Michael & Neil were called in all square on 18 as our three away pairs had all won their matches. Maurice Bracken & Conor Fleetwood won 2 up, Paul Cahill & Tom O’Sullivan won 1 up and Nigel Robinson & Heremon O’Farrell won 3&2. A fantastic result.
Our Ladies Junior Foursomes team were out against Newlands in the second round of the competition. Up against a very strong opposition our ladies Helge Hayden-Smyth & Amanda Lawless, Mags Smith & Ciara Marmion and Roisin Norris & Monica Smith had it all to do having gone down 3 nil in the first leg of this round. It wasn’t to be as the ladies lost the first two matches and Helge & Amanda were called in
Last out was our Cullen Cup team managed by Mary Hutch and Michael Keating. This first round match was against Old Conna and was held in Greystones. In a tightly contested tie Ray Nolan & Polly O’Reilly went down ( 5&3 ) and Walter Gilbert & Trish Sheil also lost ( 3&2 ). Wins by Shane O’Connor & Lisa Croke ( 4&3 ) and Diarmuid MacGabhann & Emma Hanley ( 5&3 ) meant that the tie came down to the last match. Sean McParland and Betty Barker were giving 9 shots and had to come from 3 down to win 3&1 thanks in no small part to a great put held by Betty on the 16th and a brilliant approach shot to three feet by Sean on the 17th.
