Gents Competition Results

Padraig Croke & Pat O’Neill picked a strong team for their opening match of the 2023 JB Carr competition, played yesterday evening (25th April). All matches were played in Greystones.

First out were Paul Keane & Tom Sheehy who got off to a slow start, three down through six but upped their game from there, winning four holes without reply from that point to the thirteenth to move to one up. A loss on fifteen squared the match once again and so it stayed till the Greystones pair made an excellent par on the eighteenth to secure the win.

David Kirby & Martin McNulty were out second and were one up at the half way point and stormed on from there, to win on the sixteenth 4&2.

Third out were Barry Massey & Gerry Browner who plotted their way around, never being behind, to win their match 4&3.

Martin Nolan & David O’Toole were also too strong on the day for their opponents, winning 5&4 while Walter Gilbert & Brian Fawsitt were all square after thirteen holes when called in.

So a 4.5 – 0.5 win for Greystones.

Well done to Padraig, Pat and all the team.

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On Thursday (20th April) Joe O’Brien and his Super Senior team headed to our neighbours, Delgany in the second round of the competition having beaten Woodbrook 4-1 in the first match of the campaign.  The team worked hard to get a draw, 2 1/2 to 2 1/2 and now sit just behind Wicklow, both having played two matches.  Wicklow have seven points while we have six and a half.  Next up for Joe and his team are Wicklow, which will be played next month.

Following up on this good result, Pat O’Dowd’s Best Cup team faced Ashbourne this afternoon (Friday 21st).  Pat’s men had home advantage, with three matches in Greystones but faced a tough afternoon nonetheless.

Away from home, both pairings of Quentin Teggin & Jim Kinsella and Joe Grennan & Martin McNulty lost narrowly on the eighteenth however while the lads were battling away in Ashbourne, the home team were turning on the style.

George Hughes & Pat Tracey won on the seventeenth while Kishor Borkhtaria & Barry Walsh finished their match on the fifteenth.  Performance of the day however goes to Jimmy Hempenstall & Emmet O’Brien who finished their match on the eleventh by a whopping margin of 9&7.

Well done to Joe, Pat and all involved in the matches.

Paul Keane’s & Dermot Whiston’s Fitzgibbon Cup team faced a strong Bray team in the final of the competition at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club today.

Paul has used 23 players during this Barton Cup rehearsal, but it would be wrong to suggest that a win in this competition wasn’t a priority at this point.

First out today were Brian Murray & Walter Gilbert who won the opening three holes to take a commanding lead at this early stage. Holes four & five were halved and Bray pegged them back to just one up with wins on six & seven. The lead was back to two after a fine win on eight but nothing was being given up easily today and the Bray pair then won two on the trot to get back to level. It was clear that this match could go either way.

Our second pair of Ray Crotty & Eugene Strong found themselves two down after just three holes but stuck at it and got the match all square with wins on four and six, before going into a one hole lead through seven. This lead was short-lived however and the match turned to the back nine all square after Bray had won the eighth.

Back on eleven Brian & Walty managed a good win, but as happened earlier their slender, one hole lead was short lived with Bray fighting back straight away, winning the tricky twelfth.  Thirteen & fourteen were halved and the Greystones pair then took control of the match, winning fifteen and seventeen for a 2&1 win and the first point of the day for Greystones.

Greystones 1 – Bray 0

In the second match Ray & Eugene were very much the stronger pair in their match on the back nine but they still had to fight hard for their 3&2 victory and a crucial second point for Greystones.

Greystones 2 – Bray 0

Ben Crowley & Niall Stokes were in the fourth match and looked in total control after winning three holes on the bounce at the tail end of the front nine to turn three up.

Barry Massey & Trevor Phillips were third to tee it up and while they got off to a slow start, loosing the first two holes, these two experienced players weren’t about to give up and had a one hole lead by the eight tee.  A run of three losses from eight through ten however left them with an uphill battle and Bray just managed to keep their noses in front to the end, winning 2&1.

Greystones 2 – Bray 1

Our final pair of Murt Davis & Declan Murray played steady golf at the back of the field, trading holes throughout the front nine in yet another tight match, reaching the back nine, as they began, all square.

While all eyes had been concentrating on the other matches, Ben & Niall had found themselves in a dogfight with their Bray opposition showing that they weren’t to be discounted. The Bray men notched up five wins without reply to move to two up after fourteen. Another fight back from Ben & Niall brought the match back to where it began with just two holes remaining. The seventeenth went to Bray however and Ben & Niall found themselves dormie one down.

Meanwhile Murt & Declan halved the first five holes on the back nine and were quickly looking like they might be the deciding match.  The pair had to really dig deep to win the sixteenth and an excellent win on seventeen had Greystones dormie two up.

So after almost five hours of excellent (if nail biting) golf it came down to this…

Greystones leading 2 matches to 1, dormie one down in the fourth match and dormie two up in the last match – what a finish.

Ben & Niall won the eighteenth to halve their match but an excellent par on the seventeenth for Murt & Declan was enough to half the hole, win the match, and settle the tie.

FIRST PENNANT OF THE YEAR FOR GREYSTONES !!!

Congratulations to, Paul & Dermot and all involved in the campaign.

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