Saturday 19th September
So here is our last teams update for 2015.
Yesterday our Jimmy Bruen Leinster Champions took on Castlebar in the All-Ireland semi final. Sean Hynes and Oliver Frawley had left no stone un-turned in terms of preparation. The panel had played the Carton House course 4 times and were ready for battle. Unfortunately on the day it wasn’t to be and Castlebar won out to get to the All-Ireland final. Our first pairing of Con Thomas & Jack Joyce had won in every round so far in this campaign and despite shooting 5 over for 17 holes lost 3&1 to a very strong pair who shot 1 over. Fantastic scoring for Jimmy Bruen. Paul Keane & Ben Hynes were out second and also came up against strong opposition loosing out 5&3. Our ray of hope was our pairing of Keith Lewis & Pete Murray who were level par for the first 10 holes and won out comfortably 7&5. Speaking of rays – our third pairing of Ray McDonnell & Gavan McGirr had a tough day against another strong Castlebar pair and lost their match on the 14th, 5&4. With the match lost our final pairing of Eugene Strong & Cian Gilmore were called in on the 15th where they were 2 up.
So this is the year end wrap up after a fantastic performance by the GGC teams and managers. Special thanks to our teams convenor Paul Keane who has done such a wonderful job in 2015.
Jimmy Bruen – An All-Ireland semi finalists and Leinster champions – pennant
Cullen Cup – champions – a mixed pennant
Ladies Minor Cup – Leinster Semi-finalists
Brennan Cup – Semi-finalists
Under 15s – Leinster quarter finalists
Best Cup – Leinster quarter finalists
Wicklow Cup – Semi-finalists
Barton Cup – beaten in round 3
Metropolitan Cup – beaten in round 3
