We are getting our 2021 Interclub campaigns off with a bang this Sunday with no less than three of our teams teeing it up in the afternoon.
First up however, at 14.10 is the final of 2020 President, Liam O’Shea’s Prize which had to be delayed due to travel restrictions last year. Michael McGrath and Michael Dempsey will contest the final in what is likely to be a tight match. Best of luck to both players. Saturday will have given us the 64 qualifiers for 2021 President Pat O’Neill’s Prize so best of luck to everyone competing in the qualifier on Saturday (and in the overflow on Friday). At 14.20 Colm Mulcahy’s Junior Cup team play their first-round match against Elm Park. With three matches at home Colm will be hoping for a good performance from what looks like an extremely strong team. Following the Junior Cup, Tom Kelly’s Metropolitan Cup team face Milltown, again with three matches at home. Tom is also fielding a very strong team with Frank Rennix is looking after the away matches. Tee off for the first Metro match is 15.00. Last but definitely not least, Alan Byrne will lead his team in the Jimmy Bruen first round. We are up against Woodbrook in this competition and Alan is confident that he has picked a team that can win the tie. Tee time for match 1 is 15.40. Greystones Ladies kick off their Revive Campaign on Monday 14th June against local rivals, Delgany. First tee time is 14.00 The great news is that spectators (max 100) are permitted under new Covid 19 guidelines and what better way to spend an afternoon than watching live matches and cheering on your home club teams. For those who can’t make it we have a new way to follow the match scoring remotely. You can check the progress of the matches by visiting our website and clicking on “Interclub Matches Live Scoring”. You can also access the page from the link below: https://club.smartgolfsystems.com/interclub/b20c9c5e-fb65-48c1-9cfe-4e57ffe4df3a Other upcoming matches: Fred Daly V Milltown – 17th June (17.10) |
Interclub News
Junior Cup Quarter Final – Sunday October 4th
JUNIOR CUP TEAM – QUARTER FINAL
Vs Kilkenny Golf Club – Sunday, 4th October 2020
Home Panel – Tee Off 2 pm Away Panel – Tee Off 2 pm
Mark Byrne Tom Byrne
Alan Keane Harry Kirk
Chris Lawless Jamie McDonald
Diarmaid MacGabhann
Martin Nolan
Team Managers: Colm Mulcahy
Gavan McGirr
Club Colours to be worn.
Under Level 2 restrictions spectators are permitted. Please check in at the Proshop in Greystones if you attend. Anyone attending in Kilkenny will be recorded by Gavan on the day.
Junior Cup Team Through To Quarter Finals
Many congratulations to our Junior Cup team who have won through to the quarter final stage of this year’s competition. The team of Alan Keane, Niall Byrne, Diarmaid MacGabhann, Harry Kirk, Jamie MacDonald and sub Mark Byrne secured a fantastic victory over Lucan yesterday.
Under the management of Colm Mulcahy and Gavan McGirr we won 3.5 to 1.5 with 3 of the matches away from home.
The quarter final takes place next Sunday 4th October vs Kilkenny and this time Greystones have 3 of the 5 matches at home.
Under 15s move to Leinster semi finals
Congratulations to our under 15 team who beat Wexford this afternoon 3.5 to 1.5 in a very exciting match. With 3 matches away this was always going to be a tough assignment but Toby Murphy and Jamie Anderson ( The Postman ) came up trumps in Wexford with William O’Riordan narrowly missing out. Meanwhile at home Jack McGovern halved his match and Dylan Holmes came up with a spectacular 4 on the 17th to win his match and claim victory for the team.
Our semi final opposition are yet to be determined.
Greystones Under 15s and Wicklow Cup teams record wins ….
Greystones U15s played Blainroe on Thursday 13th and had an excellent 4-1 win in ideal conditions, with three of the matches being played away. Well done to Jamie Anderson, Dylan Holmes, Toby Murphy, Jack McGovern and Calum McNulty. The next match will be a Leinster quarter final – opponents to be confirmed.
Later in the afternoon we played Old Conna in the Wicklow Cup. We had a much younger team than our opponents and played really well to recorded a 3-2 result, winning 2 matches, halving two and losing one. Well done to Daragh Rush, Milo Doyle, Brook Mangan, Kevin Dillon, Sean McCormack, Marc Lawless, Emmet Gulliver and Tom Murray.
Interclub Matches Update
Update: Inter Club Team Golf 2020
This weekend sees the belated start to Inter Club Team Golf in 2020. Four Greystones Golf Club Teams are in action over the coming weekend. First up are the Jimmy Bruen Team managed by Alan Byrne and his assistants Pat O’ Regan and Dave Mangan, who are playing Powerscourt Golf Club in a home and away fixture on Friday 24th July 2020. There are three matches at home and two matches away in Powerscourt. Both sets of matches tee off at 16:20. The team selected to represent Greystones Golf Club against Powerscourt in the first round of this competition is as follows:
Home:
Diarmuid MacGabhann & Brian Murray
Ray Holden & Derek O’ Regan
Alan Keane & William O’ Riordan
Subs Trevor Phillips & Thomas Kealy
Away:
Tom Sheehy & Mark Byrne
Ian Mullally & Harry Kirk
Subs Mick Farrelly & Marc Hamilton
Next up are the Senior Cup team managed by the Selection Committee who play Wicklow Golf Club on Sunday 26th July 2020. Here we have two matches at home and three away. Both sets of matches tee off at 15:00. The team selected to represent Greystones Golf Club against Wicklow in the first round of this competition is as follows:
Home:
Alan Condren (Captain)
David Byrne
Sub: Shane O’ Connor
Away:
Eddie Lonergan
Niall Gaffney
Daniel O’Byrne
Sub: Donal O’ Gallagher.
Next in action on Sunday representing Greystones Golf Club are the Pierce Purcell Team managed by Mark Byrne who have been drawn against Charlesland Golf Club. In this match we have three matches at home and two away. Both sets of matches tee off at 15:30. The team for the Pierce Purcell has yet to be announced.
Finally, on Sunday the Junior Cup team managed by Colm Mulcahy take on Druids Heath in the first round. In this competition we have three matches at home and two away in Druids Heath. Both sets of matches tee off at 16:20. The team representing Greystones Golf Club against Druid Heath is as follows:
Home:
Diarmuid MacGabhann
Alan Keane
Martin Nolan
Subs Mark Byrne & Fergus Wheeler
Away:
Chris Lawless
Harry Kirk
Subs Danny O’ Connor & Jamie McDonald
So a busy weekend ahead for the club in terms of Inter Club Team Golf and I would just like to wish all our players and managers the best of luck and of course it goes without saying that all support for the teams would be most welcome.
Many Thanks,
Simon Keane
Team Convenor.
Interclub Competitions Update
Inter Club Competitions 2020 Update
Following a directive from the GUI/ILGU all interclub golf has been suspended until 29th March 2020.
Darcy Trophy Update
Darcy Trophy Match Powerscourt V Greystones in Powerscourt March 1st 2020.
Greystones played their fifth group match in the Darcy Trophy away to Powerscourt yesterday in incredibly tough conditions. The conditions together with the early start of 7.30am made this a daunting prospect but for the fifth time in this competition the Darcy team were equal to the challenge.
David Byrne set the tone for an impressively resilient performance with a 6&5 win in the opening singles and our Team Captain Alan Condron won his singles match 3&2. In the last match on the course Eddie Lonergan and Daniel O’ Byrne secured a hard fought halve to ensure the overall match was drawn at 2 &1/2 points each.
This leaves Greystones unbeaten and top of our group with 7 points from five matches. We have won both our home matches and drawn our three away matches. Our final match is at home to Druid’s Heath on March 15th and all support would be very welcome.
Finally many thanks to President Liam O’ Shea, Kieran O’Carroll and Colm Mulcahy for coming up to Powerscourt and supporting the team. As always it was very much appreciated.
Darcy Trophy Update
Report on Elm Park V Greystones 23/02/2020.
Greystones played their rescheduled Eamonn Darcy Trophy match on Sunday 23rd of February in Elm Park Golf Club. Greystones went into the match defending an unbeaten record in this year’s competition and emerged unbeaten as they halved the match with Elm Park with 2.5 points each. Alan Condren, our team captain, and Donal O’Gallagher both won their singles matches and Eddie Lonergan and Niall Gaffney halved their foursomes after a magnificent up and down on 18th to win the hole and square their match.
Many thanks to Captain David Kirby, President Liam O’ Shea and Kieran O’ Carroll for supporting the team on the day which was very much appreciated.
We have now put ourselves in a great position to qualify for the final day in Dun Laoghaire on April 5th 2020 with two games of the league format remaining. We are away to Powerscourt next Sunday, the 1st of March and at home to Druids Heath on a date yet to be arranged. The match against Powerscourt next Sunday tees off at 7:30am and all support for this important match would be most welcome.
Jimmy Bruen Team
If you are interested in playing for the Jimmy Bruen Team please add your name to the notice in the men’s locker room.