On Sunday afternoon Mark Byrne’s Men’s Leinster Trophy team took on Coolattin GC in a 3rd round match.
There were 3 matches in Greystones and 4 away. First up at home was Keith McDonnell who got off to a quick start and was 3 up through 6. Ruadhan Murray was up next and was 3 up through 8. Last up for the home side was Trevor Phillips and again he got off to a very positive start and was 2 up through 9 holes
So while things were looking good at home the going was proving more difficult away from home. Fergal Duffy was up first and was 2 down at the turn, Colm Mulcahy was 1 up through 9, Paul Keane followed and was down early on and unfortunately had to withdraw injured on the 10th hole. Last up away was Eddie Davis and while level early on he was 2 down after 9 holes.
Keith and Trevor put points on the board early winning 5&3 and 6&4 respectively. Coollattin were level quickly with Paul’s injury and Eddie being beaten on 14.
Ruadhan Murray made it a clean sweep at home winning 2&1. Fergal was then beaten 4&3 leaving the match level at 3 points each.
So the final match left was in Colm Mulcahy’s hands. Colm extended his lead to 2 up after 10 but then the Coollattin man turned the match around and quickly developed a 3 hole lead. Colm then fought back winning 16 and 17. Unfortunately the Coolattin man took the last and won 2up.
Commiserations to Mark and his team on a hard fought loss.
