Interclub News

On a bright blustery day our Irish Mixed Foursomes team were talking part in the Leinster South semi-final against Blainroe GC. There was to be 2 matches in each venue and in the event of a playoff it would be played in Blainroe. Regina Barry was looking after affairs in Greystones while Paul Keane was in charge away from home.

At home Des Hickey and Helen Creedon were out first followed by Alan Keane and Geraldine O’Shea. Away we had Walter Gilbert with Aine O’Rourke and Ray Nolan with Sandra Cotter.

Both pairs at home were ahead at the turn, Helen and Des 3 up and Geraldine and Alan were one up.

Away from home Sandra and Ray were  2 down after 9 while Aine and Walter were 2 up also after 9. So things were looking good but still a lot of golf to play.

Des and Helen extended their lead to 4 on ten but the Blainroe came back hard winning three on the bounce at 11,12 and 13.

Alan and Geraldine were pegged back to all square on ten but then won 12 and 13 to lead by 2.

In Blainroe Ray and Sandra’s opponents extended their lead to 3 after 10 holes. The Greystones pair won 12 but lost 14 to be 3 down again. Walter and Aine won 10 and 11 to go four up. The Blainroe combination immediately came back with wins on 12, 13 and 14 to get back within one hole.

Des and Helen won 14, lost 15 and halved 16 to remain one up. At this point Ray and Sandra were beaten 4 & 2 when Blainroe won on 16. One nil to Blainroe.

Des hit a fine drive down 17 while the opposition put it in the right hand bunker. Helen hit a fine shot onto the green putting the pressure on the Blainroe pair. They left it in the bunker and despite a fine third shot Greystones closed out the match 2 & 1. One all.

Geraldine and Alan had now got to the 17th one up. Both pairs were down the right but Greystones were unable to go for the green. While Geraldine played out to the fairway Blainroe went for the green and came up short in the water. Alan then hit the green in 3.

While all this was going on Aine and Walter came down the 18th in Blainroe one up and won the 18th to win 2 up. Two one to Greystones.

All we needed was a half point now and Geraldine and provided that with a half on 17 which guaranteed the half point.

So 2.5 to 1.5 in favour of Greystones.

Congratulations to Regina, Paul and all the team on getting to another final for the club.

The Leinster South final will be on Sunday 1st September with time and venue to be confirmed.

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On Sunday our Irish Mixed Foursomes take on Blainroe in the Leinster South semi final. The match starts at 2.30pm with 2 matches at home and 2 away. Blainroe have home advantage in the event of a playoff.

Monday afternoon sees our Old Conna Seniors team take part in the finals day. The Greystones team are attempting to win this event for the third year in a row. Four teams have qualified for the day. The other 3 teams are Bray, Druids Heath and Milltown.  First tee-off is 1pm.

Next up is our Fred Daly who are seeking an All Ireland pennant to go along with their Leinster one secured in Wicklow last month. The venue for the All Ireland’s is Warrenpoint GC. On Tuesday they will play Edenderry in the quarter finals. Match starts at 10am on Tuesday. If successful on Tuesday the semi finals and final are on the Wednesday.

All support welcome for all the teams and wear your club colours.

Live scoring for Mixed Foursomes and Fred Daly will be available on the live scoring app.

Our Barton Cup team were up against Castle GC in their last 8 match on Sunday afternoon.

Castle had the home advantage of 3 matches at home and 2 in Greystones. Ray McDonnell had selected the following team:

At home Chris Boylan/Keith McDonnell and Alan Keane/Ruadhan Murray while away Ollie Nolan/Kevin Barry, Shane Nolan/Craig Hazelton and Diarmaid MacGabhann/Henry Gilbert.

At home Chris and Keith got off to and were 5 up after 9 holes. Alan and Ruadhan were also in good position at the turn as they were 2 up on their opposition.

Away from Ollie and Kevin were 2 down early on but fought back well to be 1 up as they headed to the tenth. Shane and Craig were up against it early on but after winning the 8th were 3 down heading to the back nine. Diarmaid and Henry had their backs against the wall also after a difficult start which left them 5 down after 5 holes.

Meanwhile at home Chris and Keith kept the pressure on their opponents by winning the tenth and they confirmed Greystones first point when they won the 12th to win 7&6.

Alan and Ruadhan’s opposition fought back to be level after winning 10 and 14.

Castle quickly got two points on the board when Henry and Diarmaid were beaten on the 11th and Shane and Craig lost on 13.

Ruadhan and Alan continued to battle and won the 15th to go back to one up.

Back in Castle GC Ollie and Kevin extended their lead on 11 to 2 up. However there was plenty of golf left to play. Two great approach shots by the Castle on 12 & 13 led to two wins and the match was all square. The par 4 14th was halved after a fine pitch shot from Kevin. From there Castle GC won 15, 16 and 17 to win 3&1 and progress to the next round. Unfortunately Alan and Ruadhan despite winning 16 to go dormie two up were called in.

Congratulations to Ray and his panel on a great campaign and I’m sure they will be back again next year.

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On a beautiful sunny day our Senior Cup team were hoping to have a long day ahead of them.

First up were Blainroe in the semi final. The format was five singles matches with first to three points advancing to the area final in the afternoon. Karl Holmes selected the following team David Byrne, Alan Condren, Dylan Holmes, Darren McCormack and Jamie Anderson.

Alan produced the first point winning 7 & 6. Another point followed when Dylan won 4 & 3. The final was within touching distance. Jamie lost his match 4 & 3. Now 2-1.

Darren had battled back from 3 down to be all square at the turn. However he was two down after 14. Meanwhile David had been in a to and fro battle where there was never more than two holes between the pair. David closed out the match and the tie by winning the 18th to go 2 up. At this point Darren was called in from the 15th at 2 down.

So the team were through to the final where regular opponents Dun Laoghaire awaited.

A change in personell and order were made and the following team represented Greystones in the final: Jamie Anderson, David Byrne, Alan Condren, Dylan Holmes and Will O’Riordan.

This was always destined to be a close and hard fought encounter and so it proved to be.

At the half way point Jamie was 4 down, David 2 up, Alan 1 down, Dylan 3 up and Will all square. As it stood the match was level and it was all to play for on the back nine.

Jamie started his fightback with wins on 10, 11 and 13 to get back to one down. He kept the pressure on his opponent and finally got back to all square on the 18th.

While Jamie went to the 19th David who had been pegged back to one up after 15 was playing the 18th and was one up. Both David and his opponent hit great drives and approach shots to the 18th. At this point word filtered back that Jamie had won on 19 to put Greystones one nil up. David went close with his birdie attempt but his opponent also missed to give Greystones their second point. The blue pennant was tantalisingly close.

Dylan was 3 up after 14 holes but opponent kept fighting and had got it back to one down after 17. Will  had been all square after 12 and after a succession of halved holes he edged ahead on 17.

At this point Alan was playing 18 and was one up. Alan and his opponent both hit fine drives and approach shots to the green. The Dun Laoghaire man needed to win the hole to extend the match. He missed the put and conceded the match to Alan. So that was 3-0 and another pennant for the club. Dylan and Will were both called in while one up.

Congratulations to Karl and all the players and assistants who have contributed throughout the year. Thank you to the caddies today Craig McCormack, Peter Anderson, Dan O’Byrne, Eddie Lonergan, Adam Packman and Ray Crotty.

It was great to see so many supporters there today and just to mark your card the All Ireland finals will be in Carlow from 28th to 31st August. Further details will be forthcoming when times and dates are confirmed.

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Our Senior Cup team defeated Blainroe this morning in the Leinster South semi final and will take on Dun Laoghaire at 3.45pm. Venue is Rathfarnham Golf Club.

All support welcome and wear your colours.

Two of our teams are in action on Sunday and would appreciate your support.

Up first at 10am in Rathfarnham Golf Club our Senior Cup team take on Blainroe in the semi final of Leinster South section. Success in the morning would result in taking part in the area final that afternoon at 3.45pm. Dun Laoghaire and Elm Park are contesting the other semi final.

At 2pm our Barton Cup team will be looking to advance to the last four. The opponents on Sunday are Castle GC and they have the home advantage of 3 matches while 2 matches will take place in Greystones.

Players and managers of both teams would appreciate all support that you can provide. If you are attending please wear your club colours.

Best of luck to both teams.

If you cannot attend follow the scoring on the scoring app.

Our Powerscourt Cup team were up against Old Conna GC in a second round match. Format is scotch foursomes and Old Conna had the advantage of 3 matches at home and 2 in Greystones.

Trevor Phillips and Stephen O’Brien selected the following team. At home Andy Nolan with Billy Byrne and Pete Murray with Michael Bolton, away from home Dermot Barry was with John Burke, Jonathan Kirwan with Dermot Whiston and Michael Whelan with Colin Watchorn.

Dermot and John had a good start and were 2 up after 4 but were pegged back straight away to be level after 6. Old Conna took the lead on 9 to be one up.

Jonathan and Dermot went one down after 2 but  won 4 of the next 5 holes to be 3 up after 7. Old Conna won the short 8th to get back to 2 down at the turn.

Michael and John were last up away from home and were up against it early on. Two down after 2, then 4 down after 6. As hard as the lads fought they were 6 down after 9.

At home Andy and Billy were up 1st and after halving the first and second they lost the next four. They then won 7 & 8 to be two down through 9.

Pete and Michael were away next and were quickly 2 up after 3. There opponents then won 4 & 5 to be level again. Pete and Michael won the 8th to be one up heading down the lane.

In Old Conna Michael and Colin were in an impossible position and Old Conna picked up their first point by winning 11 & 12.

Dermot and John who had been one down after 9 went two down on the 12th. Old Conna extended their lead to 3 on 14. Two halves confirmed another point for Old Conna.

Jonathan and Dermot lost ten and twelve to be back to level. They then lost 15 and won 16 to remain level. A half on 17 sent the match down 18 all square. Greystones needed a win to keep the match alive however Old Conna took the win and match.

Andy and Billy were called in at 3 down through 12, while Pete and Michael were called in 3 up through 12 as well.

Commiserations to Stephen and Trevor and the team.

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Our Irish Mixed Foursomes team progressed to the last four of the Leinster South Area today defeating Druids Heath by 2. 5 to 1.5.

Regina Barry and Paul Keane selected the following team, at home were Des Hickey and Helen Creedon along with Alan Keane and Geraldine O’Shea. Away from home were Ray Nolan and Sandra Cotter along with Kevin Barry and Bernadette McGowan.

Des and Helen established a healthy early lead winning their first 5 holes and despite the Druids Heath pair winning three holes before the turn Helen and Des ran out comfortable 5 & 4 winners.

Our other home pair Geraldine and Alan had a real to and fro match. 2 up after four, then 2 down after eight. They won the 9th to be one down at the turn. Druids Heath regained there 2 hole lead on ten. Alan and Geraldine then turned the screw and won 5 of their next 6 holes to win 3 & 2.

Away in Druids Heath our second pair out were Bernadette and Kevin. They won the 1st hole but then ran into a run of wins by their opposition and found themselves 5 down after 9. The Druids pair did not ease up and finished off the match on the 13th by a margin of 6 & 5.

Sandra and Ray were off to a flier like Helen and Des and were 4 up after four. The Druids pair fought back well to be only one down after 12 holes. Ray and Sandra then put the tie beyond Druids by winning 13 & 15 which gave Greystones the half point they needed to progress.

Congratulations to Regina and Paul and their team. Next up will be Blainroe or Elm Park before the 18th August.

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