Jim Wood with the assistance of John Burke sent his Pierce Purcell team out to take on Straffan. At home Michael Joyce was paired with Shane Power while Robert Clarke joined Colm O’Neill. Away from home Rob Tierney was with Stephen O’Brien and Gavan McGirr joined Neil Lawless. It turned out to be a tough day at the office with Straffan edging ahead overall at the half way point.
Straffan went further ahead as the evening progressed and won the match 3.5 to 0.5 or so it seemed. The drama was not over as it emerged that Straffan had erred with their handicaps and Golf Ireland awarded the match to Greystones. An unusual way to get through to the next round but hopefully the team can use this piece of luck and go on a run in this competition.
The match results were as follows:
Home
Robert Clarke/Colm O’Neill list 2&1
Michael Joyce/Shane Power lost 6&5
Away
Gavan McGirr/Neil Lawless list 5&3
Rob Tierney/Stephen O’Brien were 2 up through 15 when called in.
