Our Darcy Trophy match tomorrow against Bray has also fallen victim to the weather. All you supporters can enjoy a lie in instead.
Interclub News
Fitzgibbon Cup match off!!
Our Fitzgibbon Cup match tomorrow has been cancelled.
Woodbrook has been declared unplayable.
Keep an eye out for rescheduled match.
Darcy Trophy and Fitzgibbon Cup teams for Sunday
Two interclub matches for you all to enjoy this Sunday.
First up are Karl Holmes Darcy Trophy team at 7.30am with a home match against Bray.
Our lineup is as follows:
Singles:
Jamie Anderson
Shane O’Connor
Dan O’Byrne
Foursomes:
Alan Condren/Dylan Holmes
Adam Packman/David Byrne
Then at 1.10pm our Fitzgibbon Cup team do battle with Woodbrook. The format is foursomes matchplay with 3 matches at home and 3 away. Our selection is as follows:
Home
Barry O’Leary/Henry Gilbert
Eddie Lonergan/Shane Power
Alan Keane/Ruadhan Murray
Away
Ray Crotty/Ollie Nolan
Ray Nolan/Kevin Barry
Walty Gilbert/Shane Nolan
All support welcome both in Greystones and Bray. You can also follow the scoring on the live scoring app.
Best of luck to both teams.
Fitzgibbon Cup team victorious
On a cool day our Fitzgibbon Cup took on Bray golf club. Paul Keane again sent out a team with some new pairings. After a difficult start to most of the matches Greystones ran out clear winners by a margin of 4.5 to 1.5. The results were as follows:
Home
Ollie Nolan & Ray Crotty won 3&1
Brian Murray & Kevin Barry won on 18
Diarmuid MacGabhann & Mark A Byrne lost 7&6
Away
Ray Nolan & Gary O’Connor 2up
Chris Boylan & Keith McDonnell 2&1
Walter Gilbert & Des Cullen match halved
Congratulations to the team and management. Next match is on Sunday 3rd March versus Woodbrook at 1.20pm. All support welcome.
Fitzgibbon Cup team to play Bray
Paul Keane will send our Fitzgibbon Cup team out to do battle with Bray Golf Club on Sunday 25th February at 1.20pm. There will be three foursomes matches at home and three away. After a creditable draw with Old Conna it would be nice to get a win under our belts here.
The team is as follows:
Home
Ollie Nolan & Ray Crotty
Brian Murray & Kevin Barry
Diarmuid MacGabhann & Mark A Byrne
Away
Ray Nolan & Gary O’Connor
Chris Boylan & Keith McDonnell
Walter Gilbert & Des Cullen
All support welcome on the day. Matches can be followed on Smart golf app
Darcy Trophy team overcome Powerscourt
On a rare pleasant day of late our Darcy Trophy team travelled to Powerscourt for an early start. In what was a tight match overall as two matches finished on 18 and two more on 17 Greystones came out on top by a score of 3 to 2. This means that Karl Holmes squad have qualified for the semi finals with two matches to spare.
Results today were as follows:
David Byrne won 4&3
Darren McCormack lost 2&1
Toby Murphy lost 2&1
Alan Condren/Adam Packman won 1 up
Shane O’Connor/Will O’Riordan 2up
Next match is home to Bray on Sunday 3rd March and all support would be welcome.
Darcy Trophy away to Powerscourt
Another weekend means another interclub match. On Sunday it’s the turn of the Darcy Trophy team to represent our club. Karl Holmes will be hoping to mastermind a win away at Powerscourt Golf Club. The team is as follows:
Singles:
David Byrne, Darren McCormack, Toby Murphy
Foursomes:
Alan Condren/Adam Packman
Shane O’Connor/Will O’Riordan
Tee off is 8am and all support would be most welcome. Live scoring also available via the SmartGolf app
Fitzgibbon Cup vs Old Conna
Today our Fitzgibbon Cup team began the defence of their trophy against Old Conna with three matches at home and three matches away. Paul Keane sent out some new pairings with one eye on this year’s Barton Cup. Our pairings at home were
Collie Dunne/Henry Gilbert
Chris Boylan/Keith McDonnell
Barry O’Leary/Gary O’Connor and away were
Walter Gilbert/Des Cullen
Rob Hurley/Fergal Duffy
Eddie Davis/Colm Mulcahy
In what was a tightly fought match it ultimately finished in a 3-3 all draw.
The match results were as follows
Collie Dunne/Henry Gilbert lost 3&2
Chris Boylan/Keith McDonnell won 2&1
Barry O’Leary/Gary O’Connor won 5&3
Walter Gilbert/Des Cullen won 3&2
Rob Hurley/Fergal Duffy lost 2&1
Eddie Davis/Colm Mulcahy lost on 18
A respectable draw and we move on to the next match on Sunday 25th February with tee off at 1.20pm. Again all support would be welcome home and away.
Fitzgibbon Cup campaign begins
Our Fitzgibbon Cup team gets the defence of their trophy underway this Sunday with a match against Old Conna. Tee-off at Old Conna is at 12.30pm and 1pm at Greystones. The format is foursomes matchplay with 3 matches at home and away. Our team is as follows:
Home Pairs
Collie Dunne & Henry Gilbert
Chris Boylan & Keith McDonnell
Barry O’ Leary & Gary O’ Connor
Away Pairs
Walter Gilbert & Des Cullen
Rob Hurley & Fergal Duffy
Eddie Davis & Colm Mulcahy
All support would be welcome. If you are unable to attend you can follow the match on the live scoring app which can be found at the bottom of the front page of our website.
Darcy Cup success versus Woodbrook
Karl Holmes sent his team out to do battle this morning. It was a day for wooly hats and mittens.
Alan Condren led out the team in the singles matches followed by Adam Packman and Dylan Holmes. The foursomes followed this with David Byrne partnering Jamie Anderson and Dan O’Byrne with Toby Murphy.
It turned out to be a convincing 5-0 win for Greystones, with Alan and Dylan both winning 5 & 3. Adam then completed the singles with a 2 & 1 win. In the foursomes David and Jamie had a convincing 5 & 4 win followed by Dan and Toby completing the clean sweep with a 2 & 1 win.
The next match will be against Powerscourt away on the 18th February.
