Interclub News

Pat O’Dowd’s Best cup played Ashbourne in the second match this afternoon in Greystones.  This was a home and away tie with Greystones having home advantage.

Our first away pairing Paul Cahill & Maurice Bracken made easy work of their match winning 8&7 and the second pair away in Ashbourne of Jimmy Hempenstall & Brian O’Connor were 1 up on the turn and kept the pressure up to win on 17.  Two points from two for the away squad.

At home Dermot Whiston & John Cogavin went through 6 with a 2 hole advantage eventually running out 3& 2 winners.  Dermot’s & John’s point secured the tie with Chris Corrigan & George Hughes and John Carroll & Michael Caughran still on the course 1 up and 3 up respectively.

Another great result for Greystones G.C.

Congratulations to Liam O’Shea and his Super Senior team who played Blainroe this afternoon.  All 5 matches were played in Greystones which can sometimes add some additional pressure and this afternoons match went to the wire.

Our first pair, Ray Hogan & Julian Pollard found themselves all square after 6 and the match stayed tight to the 17th where we lost 2&1 to a strong pair from Blainroe.  Our second pairing of Cathal Cooney & Jerry Teehan came up against two fine players and despite also playing extremely well lost on the 17th.

Liam’s middle pair of Eddie Joynt & Pat Raftery got off to a blistering start, 5 up after 6 and stayed in command to win out 4&3.  Frank Coleman & Alan O’Sullivan went through 6 at 1 up and ended up with a great win 4&2.

It all came down to Larry Darcy and Denis ” Killer” Cromie in the last match.  All square through 16, the Greystones pair won 17 & 18 to win their match and secure the tie.

Congratulations to all involved. Pressure is for tyres Liam !

Our Under 15s began their campaign with a 5 nil win away to Blainroe in the first leg of their first round tie.  This is a handicapped competition and inevitably shots are given when you field a team of low men which was the case today.

Mark Lawless got off to a blistering start and opened the Greystones account with an excellent 8&7 win, followed by Jamie Anderson who finished his match on the 14th.  Not to be outdone, Dylan Holmes also finished his match on the 14th.  With Jack McGovern and William O’Riordan left on the course, things got a bit tighter.  William won 15 & 16 to go dormie and on the signature 17th par 3 missed out on a hole in one by what looked to be less than an inch after hitting a glorious shot and finished his match there.  Jack teed it up on the par 5 18th at 1 up.  His opponent hit a monster drive and Jack had to hit ( an excellent ) lay up to 30 yards from the rough.  Blainroe’s man hit a great second shot but caught the green-side bunker.  Jack pitched to 10 feet and his opponent hit a bunker shot to 20 feet. Typically, as happens in matchplay,  Blainroe holed the putt for birdie.  Jack showed tremendous character to follow him in for birdie also to win the match and give Greystones clean sweep.  Milo Doyle was our reserve player today and also won out 5&4 in the reserve match. A note of thanks to the very young Blainroe team for the sporting manner in which all the matches were played and to the club for their hospitality.

Barry Massey’s Fred Daly played Milltown this evening in round 1 of the 2021 competition.  We head into the compettion this year with a very young team, basically our under 15 team plus (a veteran at this stage !) George O’Brien.

It’s always tricky with three matches away and while we got away to a great start, as usual you never know till the tie is over.  Tonight we were able to rely on our home players Jack McGovern, who won the first match of the tie 3&2, and William O’Riordan who followed up quickly with a 2&1 victory.  Meanwhile, away from home George got the job done winning 4&3, with Dylan Holmes on the course at dormie 3 up after producing a string of 4 birdies in a row,  and Jamie Anderson 3 up after 14.

A great victory for all involved.

Another day another match for Greystones.  After a great day for the men’s teams yesterday, it was the turn of the Ladies who played Delgany in the first round of  their Revive Active campaign.

Hayley Mulcahy & Sandra Cotter got the Greystones team off to a flying start, winning the first match out 4&3 at home.  It would have been a mistake however to take this result as an indication of how all the matches might finish.  Delgany leveled the tie as Mary Hutch and Nicky Brooks just came up short 3&1 after a very strong fight back away from home.  Quickly after that however Jacinta Dean & Áine O’Rourke who like Hayley & Sandra were playing at home,  restored the Greystones lead, winning on the 18th.  There were two matches remaining on the course in Delgany; Mary Lockhart & Regina Barry were 1 down and Marguerite Hamill who was paired with Orla Delaney held a slender lead so it was all to play for.  In the end both final pairings won on the 18th giving Greystones a 4 – 1 win, a great achievement with three matches away on a tricky away course.

Congratulations to all involved.