Greystones’ Under 15 team head to Blainroe this afternoon for round 1 of the 2021 campaign.
This is the first leg of a two leg match with 5 matches in each tie.
Tee off is at 4.30 this afternoon. Best of luck to all involved.
Interclub Results
Greystones Teams – The gift that keeps on giving – Pierce Purcell win out
Mark Byrne’s Pierce Purcell team took on Delgany this afternoon and it turned into the clichéd game of two halves…
With two matches away and three at home our first home pairing of Rob Tierney & Stefan Florin got off to a flier 3 up after 3 and kept their feet on the gas to win 6&5. Our second home pair of Martin Commons & Conor Whelan came up against a very strong Delgany pair and lost by a similar margin on the 13th. Meanwhile up in Delgany, Alan Byrne & Gerry Browner played steady golf to win 6&4, while the unfortunate pairing of Denis Duff & John Comer came up against a Delgany pairing who both played the games of their lives to run out comfortable winners.
So two big wins for each side and honors even…
Our last pair at home, Stephen O’Brien & Eoin Mullen didn’t have the best of starts losing the 1st, 2nd and 3rd. As the saying goes, the best place to be 3 down is after 3 and they fought back to bring it to 1 down through 6 and got it to 2 up after 11. At this stage it was clear that this was going to be the deciding match and Delgany played good golf to bring the match to all square after 16. The 17th was halved in fives so it was, as is so often the case, off to the 18th tee to decide the tie winners.
Both tee shots on the 18th found trouble, Greystones on the left and Delgany on the right but Stephen played the better lay up and Delgany played their third shot into the green first. They found the bunker to the left of the green and Rob played a nice chip to the left edge. A decent bunker shot just caught the downslope past the pin and ran to the bottom of the green. Still Delgany to play first. A fantastic putt from the bottom tier to the flag on the top tier left them 3 feet for a six. Stephen rolled his putt to 18″ and when Delgany missed theirs it was handshakes all round.
Another great win. Congratulations to all involved.
Next up will be the Under 15s who play Blainroe on Tuesday.
Another Win for Greystones in Fred Daly…
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.
Greystones Ladies come up trumps in Delgany
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.
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.
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.
Darcy Trophy Update
14th January 2020
Please see below the table after round 2
Metropolitan Champions 2018
Congratulations to our Metropolitan Cup team who defeated Portmarnock on Saturday over 2 legs to win 10-8. After winning the first leg 8-1, Greystones faced an early onslaught by Portmarnock who won the first 5 matches as well as the final 2 games to leave the matches all square at 8-8 with just 2 games left on the course. That left Shay O’Keefe and John Egan needing to win at least one point with holes running out. First up, Shay won on the 18th where a superb long-distance lag putt effectively closed out his match. Shortly after, John Egan managed to also win on 18 to win the Club’s second pennant of the year. A big congratulations to all of the panel, players, caddies, the team manager Martin Commons, our conveynor Paul Keane and of course Barry Davis. Several months of hard work has paid off!
For more on the match see the report by the GUI here:
https://www.golfnet.ie/news/gui/leinster/3543/metropolitian-trophy-greystones-are-champs
