Interclub Results

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.

Darcy Trophy Match Powerscourt V Greystones in Powerscourt March 1^st 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 15^th 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.

Report on Elm Park V Greystones 23/02/2020.

Greystones played their rescheduled Eamonn Darcy Trophy match on Sunday 23^rd 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 18^th 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 5^th 2020 with two games of the league format remaining. We are away to Powerscourt next Sunday, the 1^st 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.

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 18^th 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

Greystones Metropolitan Cup team put in a stunning opening leg performance in the Metro final to beat Portmarnock 8-1 on Saturday. 6 of the 9 matches went the distance with Greystones also winning 1 match on 19 (thanks to James Hoey) and a further match on 20 (thanks to Eddie Davis). With awful weather conditions throughout the strong finish by all is testamount to the team spirit built up by manager Martin Commons and the entire panel. The return leg is on Saturday week (August 25) in Portmarnock.