Gents Competition Results

Following our Fred Daly win over Edmonstown yesterday we had three more matches out this afternoon.

First out were our Men’s Junior Cup team who played Rathfarnham. Managers, Ray Crotty & Brian Frawley and their panel have been working hard in preparation for this tie and, with three matches away needed their players to be at their best today.

Brain Frawley was out first in Greystones and got off to a slow start, finding himself four down through five holes after four straight losses from the second. Wins on seven and nine bookended a loss on the eighth and Brian headed to the tenth three down.  He was finding his rhythm at this stage and got good halves on the tenth and eleventh and gto back to just one down with wins on twelve and thirteen. His tee shot on the fourteenth found the bunker however, and he was only just inside his opponent after his bunker shot and was back to two down after the Rathfarnham man held his birdie putt.

The very experienced match player, Chris Boylan was second out at home and had to polar opposite of starts to Brain. Chris was four up after five and turned three to the good. Wins for Chris on the tenth and eleventh had him in full control and a par on thirteen was enough to win the hole and the match 6&5.

1-0 Greystones

Meanwhile in Rathfarnham, Toby Murphy took up where he left off yesterday in the Fred Daly. Toby played excellent golf by all accounts. Like Chris at home, Toby turned three up and also won the tenth and eleventh holes to go five up. Halved holes from there to the fourteenth and the match was won, 5&4.

2-0 Greystones

Second out away was Harry Kirk who was playing great and two up after the front nine.

Our final player in Rathfarnham today was Chris Lawless who, like Toby and Harry started well to go three up after five. Chris was pegged back to one up after nine but after winning ten to get a two hole buffer looked like he was in control of his match also.

Back at home, Brian had halved the fifteenth but had lost the sixteenth to a par to lose his match, 3&2.

2-1 Greystones

As this was unfolding, Harry had hit the pro button and won ten, eleven and twelve to go to five up and just needed two halves on the thirteenth and fourteenth to win his match 5&4 and the tie for Greystones.

Chris had won the thirteenth to go three up with five to play when called in.

An excellent performance all round by all involved.

Straight after our men’s Junior Cup team, Jacinta Dean’s Women’s Senior Foursomes team took on Grange.

On paper this looked like it might be a one horse race with no shots being given but with the Grange players having a significant handicap advantage over our Greystones team.

It was hoped that a last minute home pairing swap by Jacinta might somehow spoil the party however when the team sheets were exchanged they showed that, our home pairings were each twelve shots higher than their opponents while in Grange it was a more even affair.

First out at home were Sophie Lumley & Mary Lockhart. Both Greystones players were playing well but in particular Sophie was fantastic today. They turned an impressive five up and despite a loss on the tenth were in total control. They won the eleventh, a clutch five foot putt from Mary for a half on twelve kept the momentum, and when Mary found the green with their second shot on thirteen, with their opponents in trouble, it was enough for a brilliant 6&5 win.

1-0 Greystones

Shauna Siefried was out second, playing with Iris Haughton and again both players were in great form with Shauna excelling. Despite losing the ninth Shauna & Iris were two up after nine. The tenth was halved and when Grange won the eleventh, against the run of play it took a great bunker shot to four feet from Iris on the twelfth to restore the Greystones advantage to two holes.

Meanwhile, in Grange, Aishling Marmion & Niamh Kielty were in a tight match early doors with three wins each, including an eagle win for Greystones on the third, through the first six holes. From there however Aishling & Niamh took command and were two up after nine and were playing like they were not going to relinquish their advantage.  Excellent play from both players from eleven to thirteen resulted in three wins and their half on the fourteenth closed their match and the tie with an impressive 5&4 away win.

2-0 Greystones

Shauna & Iris were two up on the thirteenth when called in.

Congratulations to Jacinta, Lisa Croke (who looked after the Greystones side of the tie today) and all the team on a very impressive performance. With our girls junior Captain Isabella, due back next month after two months golfing in the US, to augment the team it’s onwards and upwards.

Finally this afternoon Deirdre Ahern and her Carton Cup team headed for Kilmashogue to play the previously postponed away leg of this tie.

Last week the team, most of which were having their first taste of competitive inter-club matchplay, went down 5-0 at home and were hoping for a better result in the away fixture.

As last time, Deirdre put Pauline Short-Foley out first. Pauline had lost 3&2 last time out but this week, despite being two down after five, won the next three holes to take a one hole lead and played great to halve the ninth to win her match and the first Greystones point.

Mary Nohilly had lost narrowly last week and played well again today but was up against a strong player who won the first four and was in control from there on. Mary had a great win on the sixth but a loss on the seventh closed the match out for Kilmashogue, 4&2.

Avril O’Farrell was out third, as last time, and like Pauline was anxious to have a different result to the home leg where she had lost 3&1. Today, Avril was solid and held her nerve after losing the seventh and eight to see the match go level, to score a great win on the ninth and win her match 1up.

Debutante, Celine Marmion was out next and played very well, to win the first but her experienced opponent settled in from there and despite Celine’s best efforts the match went to Kilmashogue 3&2.

Deirdre’s final player today was yet another debutante, Teri Cullen. Like Celine, Terri won the first and halved the next three holes, playing very well. Her opposite number was also playing well and got a bit of a head of steam up from there and the match went to Kilmashogue by a margin of 3&1.

So a 3-2 win for Kilmashogue but a great performance by all the Greystones players. Hard luck, but well done to Deirdre and all her squad.

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Monday 22^nd May

Open Singles

1^st     Richard Sweeney (18)                                   43 pts

2^nd    Brian Burke (10)                                              37 pts

Two’s – €7 per Two

1^st     Daniel Hatton Jr.

5^th     John Lynch, Brian Burke, Jamie Farrell

16^th  John McDonald

Incredibly, the four inter-club matches played this afternoon brought the total played so far this year to just shy of fifty …

Our Men’s Senior Cup team, managed by Karl Holmes were first out at 13.50, playing Wicklow.  Karl’s team had three matches at home and two away.

First out at home and leading from the front was David Byrne and at this stage we know what to expect from him. He started fast and had a five shot lead by the tenth, not having lost a hole at this stage. David was six up after eleven and despite losses on the twelfth and fourteenth was able to close his match out 5&3 with a win on fifteen.

This was not however our first point on the board. Karl put Dylan Holmes out second this afternoon and he turned in another fine performance, three up after the front nine, wins on ten and fourteen gave him his win 5&4.

Our anchorman at home today was Shane O’Connor. Shane lost the first two holes but found his rhythm from there and had the match back to all square two holes later. He powered ahead from this point, turning three up. A loss on the thirteenth was immediately cancelled with a win on the fourteenth and when the fifteenth was halved the match was dormie.

Meanwhile, we had had a staggered start today with the Wicklow match only teeing off at 15.00.  Adam Packman was first to play and a good up and down out of the bunker on the first for par earned him a half, the second was also halved in par, after a somewhat fortuitous bounce into the green for Adam’s second shot. The pair also shared the third but four and five went the way on the home player and another loss on eight and a half on the par three ninth had Adam three down heading out the country.

Behind Adam, Darren McCormack was playing steady golf. A win on the second was undone by a loss on the fifth and six and seven were also traded. Darren hit a fantastic second to the eighth hole and won the hole and repeated this on the ninth, hitting an excellent iron to five feet.

Adam was on the tenth green and Darren had teed off the same hole when word came through from Greystones that Shane had won the sixteenth to secure a 4&2 win in his match and an overall 4-1 in the tie.

Well done to Karl and all the team.

Straight after the Men’s Senior Cup our Ladies’ Senior Cup team, managed by Mary Kavanagh took to the course at 14.00 to play Arklow.

With most of her panel available, bar our girls Junior Captain Isabella who is still in a golf camp in the US, Mary was able to field her strongest team today, however given our ladies handicap range it was suspected that this was always going to be, at best, a learning curve.

As it turned out however the progress that has been made within the ladies section over the years is starting to bear fruit and the match turned out to be far from a dead rubber.

Aishling Marmion was back in action after her exams and was first out at home today and was in great form. Aisling had put in a stellar performance in the Senior Cup last year and repeated the performance today, going one better however as she won a well earned point for the Greystones team. Aisling turned four up and completed her victory with a win on fourteen for an impressive 6&4 win.

1-0 Greystones

Another young player who has shown such promise and is now very much delivering, Sophie Lumley, was out after Aishling. Sophie lost the ninth to turn just one behind her Arklow opponent. She found herself two down after the eleventh but bounced straight back, winning the twelfth. The game ebbed and flowed a bit from there with a win for Arklow on thirteen and for Sophie on fifteen to have Arklow just one ahead heading for the sixteenth.

Our final player at home was the talented Shauna Seifried who emulated the Lady Captain’s win in the Challenge Cup on Friday winning by an outrageous margin of 9&7, not having lost a single hole.

2-0 Greystones

Mary had sent her more experienced players to Arklow. Mary Hutch was first out playing a five handicapper in a flat match.

After Mary, Jennifer Moore was our final match away. Jennifer was also in a tough battle as she was matched against a seven handicapper, again with no shots being given.

Both away players acquitted themselves very well, Mary turned three down but was playing well and was back to two down by the thirteenth.  Losses on thirteen and fourteen and it looked like Mary’s day was done but she played the next three really well and won all three to get the match back to just one down playing eighteen.  Unfortunately for Mary her great work was undone when she lost the last to give Arklow their first point of the day.

2-1 Greystones

Jennifer started slowly, losing the first three before bouncing back with a win on four and she turned two down. She got the match back to all square after twelve but local knowledge came to the fore over the next two holes and despite a great win on the fifteenth the Arklow player had just too much and won the sixteenth to close the match 2&1.

2-2 

Meanwhile back in Greystones Sophie who was up against a player with a much lower handicap came undone on the sixteenth and seventeenth to lose her match 3&1.

Congratulations to Mary and all the players who put in such a great performance today. Arklow may have won but they knew that they were in a match.

And then it went from Senior to Minor.  Regina Barry put out a strong Minor Cup team to play Ballinascorney in the first round of this competition.

Helen Creedon got the match underway at home and was in great form today. Helen was two up after four but her opponent changed gear from the sixth to the tenth at which point Helen was two down. She got her nose back in front however by the fifteenth with three wins from four holes. A loss on fifteen squared the match once more but Helen made a great par for a win on the sixteenth. One up with two to play…

Second out was Aine O’Rourke who has been performing well for various teams so far this year. It was a case of once more with feeling today, as Aine got to two up through the first nine before hitting the pro button on the back to win her match and get a point on the board for Greystones with a 5&3 win.

Bringing up the rear at home this afternoon was Michelle Knapp. Michelle was in a tough match but had edged ahead by one after nine. She lost ten but from there Michelle made few errors and a win on the sixteenth was enough to win her match 4&2 after an excellent performance.

In Ballinascorney, Joyce Kirwan was first out and there was a very evident home course advantage today, it wasn’t to be Joyce’s day as she faced a really strong local player. Ballinascorney got their first point on the board with a win on the thirteenth.

Regina picked Ann Clarke to play the anchor role away from home and once again Ann was up against a good player with good local knowledge. Ann was three down after five but fought back to level the match after eight however as the match headed into the back nine it was all Ballinascorney and they won their second point on the fourteenth.

With the match now at two all it was coming down to Helen’s match. Helen’s one hole lead was gone after getting into trouble off the tee and the pair headed to the eighteenth with the whole tie now in the balance.

On eighteen Helen hit a great drive and it was the Ballinascorney player’s turn to find trouble off the tee. Helen found the left edge of the green in three and hit a great putt from there to the pin which was bottom right today and her bogey putt missed narrowly – in for a six which was matched by her opposition.

On to nineteen and nerves were jangling. On nineteen Ballinascorney, hit a good shot but misclubbed and went to the back of the green with the pin at the front.  Helen’s tee shot came up just short right – an excellent miss under the circumstances. The Ballinascorney player hit a decent putt from where they were but it ran passed the hole leaving themselves an eight footer back.  Helen hit a brilliant putt which was conceded for a par and when Ballinascorney missed their eight footer the match and tie was settled.

A great win for Regina and her team.

Our final match today was that of Deirdre Ahern’s Carton Cup team who played their home leg of their match against Kilmashogue, their away leg was to have been played earlier this month but had to be postponed till the 28th of this month due to a waterlogged course.

For the most part this would have been these players’ first chance to play inter-club matchplay and while the result might not have been as they would have hoped, all thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Deirdre’s team, for this nine hole competition, was lead out by Pauline Short Foley who played well and was well in contention until losing the sixth and seventh with the match finishing 3&2.

Second out was Mary Nohilly who lost the first three holes but responded brilliantly by winning the next three to level the match. Unfortunately Mary fell foul of the seventh and also lost the eight to lose her match 2&1.

After Mary, Avril O’Farrell was next to play. Avril also found herself three down through three but won the sixth to get the deficit back to two. The seventh was halved but, like Mary, Avril unfortunately lost the eighth for a 3&1 loss.

Fourth out was Fiona Tilson who was one ahead after three but it was all Kilmashogue from there with their player playing really well and getting whatever rub of the green that was going to finish the match 3&1.

Fionnuala Meehan was the last Greystones player to head for the first tee box this afternoon. Fionnuala was down early in her match, having lost the second and third holes but played the fifth great for the win. The sixth was halved but Fionnuala lost seven and a half was enough for Kilmashogue to finish the match 2&1.

Some excellent play today from Deirdre’s team – onwards and upwards.

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