Greystones Golf Club

Co.Wicklow, Ireland

Junior News

Flogas Junior Irish Open Final Day

Jamie Anderson went into the final round of the Flogas Junior Irish Open at Moyvalley GC in a tie for the lead.

Despite another under par round of 71 to finish 9 under he was overtaken by Benjamin Oberholzer (Clandeboye GC) who carded a 5 under 67 for the second day in a row to finish on 11 under. Jamie ultimately finished third at 9 under after 3 sub par rounds.

Milo Doyle had his best round of the week today, a 73, to finish on 6 over in 15th place and Will also had his best round of the week, a 70, to finish on 8 over and in 17th place.

All the scoring can be found on the link below.

 

https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10421737588518830192

Day 2 Flogas Irish Junior Open

Jamie Anderson has got himself into a tie for the lead in Moyvalley GC after a 2nd round of 69. This gets him to 8 under and tied with Caelen Coleman (Galway Bay Golf Resort). Jamie will tee-off at 9.30am tomorrow.

Milo Doyle returned a 75 to finish on 5 over par and in 17th place. Milo will tee off at 8.50am.

Will O’Riordan carded a 78 to finish on 10 over par and in 19th place. Will will tee -off at 8.40am.

The third round takes place tomorrow.

Best of luck to Jamie, Milo and Will.

Scoring can be followed on the link below.

https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10421737588518830192

Flogas Irish Junior Open

The first round of the Flogas Junior Open took place today at Moyvalley GC.

We have three representatives from Greystones taking part.

Will O’Riordan had a four over par 76 to be in 19th.

Milo Doyle has a 2 over 74 to be in tied 14th.

Jamie Anderson is right in contention after shooting a five under 67 which included 6 birdies. This has Jamie in 2nd place one off the lead which is held by Caelan Coleman (Galway Bay Golf Resort) on 6 under par.

2nd round takes place on Thursday with Will out at 8.40am, Milo at 8.50am and Jamie at 9.30am.

Best of luck to all three.

Scores can be followed using the link below.

https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10421737588518830192

Junior Scramble Results – 19 October 2024

We held our 27th and final Junior Competition of the 2024 season this afternoon. Nearly 70 boys and girls played in near perfect conditions and we managed to get 15 of the 17 groups in before the light faded. The final two groups just about finished before total darkness fell!

It was great to see so many stay for the prizegiving, and a big thank you from everyone in the Junior Section to our Lady and Men’s Captains, Ciara and Mark, for their attendance.

The prizegiving started with a very special presentation from Lady Captain Ciara, who presented Aoife Dempsey with a Golf Ireland Gold Medal for the best Girls WHS handicap progression over the season. Aoife had a phenomenal year on the course and this is a very well deserved award. Well done Aoife, we are all very proud of you!

Then over to our Junior Convenor, Neil, who announced next year’s Junior Captains. Shauna Seifried will hold the office of Junior Girls Captain, with Will O’Riordan taking over the reigns as Boys Captain. Two upstanding Junior members who have both had great seasons on the course!

And then on to the results, expertly called by our Boys Captain, Dylan Holmes. Big congratulations to our winning team, a mix of Blue, Reds and White, covering all of our Junior categories. Well done Ruadhán, Max, Tom and Caoileann on a great score led by some LPGA tourlike putting from Caoileann!

  1. Ruadhán Murray, Max Mahady, Tom Lawlor & Caoileann Murray
  2. Will O’Riordan, Patrick Murray, Seán Nunan & Bobby Tierney
  3. Jamie Anderson, James Power, Mason & Ava Melody
  4. Dylan Holmes, Aaron Byrne, Tom Farrell & Ben McFadden

The proceedings ended with some lovely words from our Mens Captain, Mark, who as a former Junior Convenor has always been a massive supporter of Junior golf in GGC.

As ever, a big Junior Section thank you to Jackie, Freddie and all the bar staff for keeping everybody watered and Ali, Olivia and all in the restaurant for feeding everybody!

So that’s a wrap on 2024 team and tournament golf. We will be in touch soon regarding our Winter coaching programme and in the meantime, we hope to see you all in the Club next Saturday evening for the pennant awards, where our Junior’s provided the Club with three pennants this year, including our first ever Green Pennant from the outstanding Fred Daly team.

We hope to see you all back for the 2025 season with competitions starting in late March or early April. With the huge number of Juniors playing every week, we will need more support from parents to ensure that we can continue to successfully run our weekly competitions. We averaged 60 boys and girls playing every Saturday and we really need to broaden the parent support group involved in this.

The Junior Committee

 

 

 

 

 

Junior Scramble Rules & Timesheet – 19 October 2024

The timesheet for tomorrow’s scramble is in the link below. This is our 27th, and final junior competition of the 2024 season.

Please note your tee times and try to arrive at least 30 minutes in advance for practice and to get acquainted with your playing partners.

GGC – Junior Scramble – 19 October 2024

Food will be served in the restaurant from 5.30pm and the prizegiving will be at 6.45pm. We will also be presenting prizes from the last few weeks Junior competitions along with a few spot prizes.

The timesheet is now closed and unfortunately due to the numbers playing (72), we cannot accommodate any more lines given light constraints.

To squeeze so many boys and girls in, we are teeing off in 8 minute gaps. It is essential that there is NO SLOW PLAY so that everybody can finish before it gets dark. The Blues in each Group will be responsible for ensuring the necessary speed of play is observed and will also act as team captains – encouraging their Red and White playing partners is expected!

So this means the following rules:

  • Blues tee off first, then Reds must be ready immediately, and once the Red tees off, the White must walk straight to the edge of the fairway to tee off – please do not wait for your Blue and Red partner to be with you before you tee off
  • One practice swing (MAXIMUM!) – no exceptions or penalties will be applied to scores from observers on the course
  • For those using rangefinders, please make sure you are the first member of your group to the ball to measure the distance and DO SO QUICKLY
  • Each player should have their club out of their bag and be ready to hit IMMEDIATELY after their playing partner hits – do your practice swing while you are waiting
  • No walking up to the green to see the distance of pitches / chips
  • Very quick lining up of putts – no big discussions! If in doubt, aim straight for the cup….
  • Finally, ONE TEE SHOT PER TEAM MEMBER IS REQUIRED

As this is a 9 hole scramble, we are actively encouraging parents of Whites to act as caddies. This is the last Junior competition of the year, so please where possible caddy for your son or daughter who is in the White category. You have your Saturday evenings back from next week!

Entry is €5 to cover prizes and food and must be paid in the pro-shop before tee-off.

We appreciate some children may have to stick around for a while after their round, but as this is the last Junior event of the year we would like to see them all there for the prizegiving and also as many parents present as possible.

The Junior Committee

Greystones Juniors Leading the Charge in Leinster Schools Qualifying Events

We had a lot of our Junior members playing in Leinster schools junior and senior events in recent weeks with more Greystones players in the prizes as the season draws to a close.

Last week in Lucan in the senior qualifying event, Chloe Creedon won the girls net prize with an amazing score of 43 points, while Will O’Riordan came fourth in the boys gross with a 74. Two GGC representatives out of 96 and both in the prizes! Well done guys.

https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10975421602178562420

This week in Bray in the junior qualifying event, Ruadhán Murray won the best gross with a two over par 73 (out of 65 boys) while Aoife Dempsey and Emma Haugh came second and third in the girls gross (out of 35 girls). Great golf guys! Some great scores also from our other junior members.

https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10917248054914480352

Under 15s triumph in Baltinglass

Our Leinster Under 15s Interclub team were in a wet and wild Baltinglass GC this morning to take on Carton House in their final.

George O’Briens team were as follows: Ruadhán Murray, Dylan Cavazza and Conor Dignam.

Both Conor and Dylan got off to great starts with both lads being ahead at the turn. Dylan was 2 up and Conor 1 up.

Ruadhán found himself one down at the turn and his opponent extended it to a two hole advantage on the 10th. Two halves on 11 & 12 left the Carton House player two up.

Dylan Cavazza extended his lead to 3 up on the 10th and put the first point on the board for Greystones with further wins on 12 & 13 which gave him a 5 & 4 win.

Meanwhile Conor Dignam also put further distance between him and his opponent with wins on 10 & 11. Despite his opponent winning two holes, Conor won 14 & 16 to win 3 & 2 which gave Greystones the 2nd point they needed to win the pennant.

At this point Ruadhán Murray was called in as his teammates had the points in the bag.

To get to the final the team had beaten Killiney, Wicklow, Castle, Newbridge and Edenderry.

Congratulations to George O’Brien who was assisted through the year by Ben Crowley and Chris Lawless. Thanks also to Davey Lewis and his team and the junior convenor Neil Lawless.

Well done not just to the lads today but also Ollie Packman, John O’Boyle and JP Lynch who played and won matches throughout the campaign.

 

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Schools triumph for Greystones boys

The Leinster Post-Primary Schools Senior Boys and Girls Championship took place at Old Conna GC last Thursday. Their was both a gross and nett competitions for both girls and boys. There was a field of 17 in the girls and 83 in the boys.

The great form of our young players carried on with Greystones players filling first place in both the boys gross and nett sections.

The nett prize was won by Conor Dignam with 38 points to win by one from another Greystones player John Byrne and Delgany member William Walshe. Other Greystones members finished in the following positions:

Dylan Holmes tied 4th 36 pts

Jamie Anderson tied 16th 33 pts

Milo Doyle & John O’Boyle tied 22nd 31pts

Ruadhan Murray tied 34th 29 pts

Toby Murphy tied 43rd 28 pts

The gross prize was won by Dylan Holmes with a gross score of 38 pts to win by one from William Walshe. Jamie Anderson finished in tied 3rd with 32 points.

Milo Doyle tied 12th with 27 pts

Toby Murphy and Conor Dignam tied 15th with 26 pts

John O’Boyle and Ruadhan Murray tied 21st with 24 pts

John Byrne tied 25th with 23 pts

In the girls section Shauna Seifried finished 2nd in the gross section with a score of 23 pts, the winner was Maebh McLoughlin with 30 pts. In the nett section Shauna finished 13th with 28 pts.

Congratulations to all the prize winners and the future looks good for our junior section.

The scoring can be viewed on the link below.

https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10978530836076329020

Congratulations Isabella!!

Congratulations to our past girls Captain Isabella Stewart who has been awarded a golf and academic scholarship to Seton Hall University in New Jersey which commences in the autumn of 2025.

Isabella plans to study Quantitative Economics and Econometrics as well as play Division 1 golf in the Big East Conference.

Isabella has been a junior member since 2019 and has continued to improve under the guidance of the then junior girls convenor Iris Haughton and then assistant pro Barry Davis. Isabella always had her sights set on going to the US to play collegiate and she is determined to do everyone proud.

Congratulations again to Isabella, her parents and everyone who has helped her on the journey so far.

 

Underage Interprovincial results

Underage Interprovincials for 2025 were played over the course of the summer at a few different locations as opposed to previous years when they would all be played over 2 or 3 days at one location.

The Leinster U-18 Girls finished 1st and both Isabella Stewart and Shauna Seifried played on that team.

Toby Murphy was on the U-16 team who also finished 1st and Ruadhan Murray represented the U-14 boys as they also topped their category.

Leinster U-18 Boys finished 4th with both Dylan Holmes and Will O’Riordan on the team.

Congratulations to all from Greystones GC on  representing their province.

The overall results can be found on the following link.

https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10747559894233151638

Chance of more pennants!!

On Sunday 29th September at Baltinglass GC two Greystones teams have a chance to pick up two more pennants.

First up are the Ladies team at 10am in the Women’s Leinster Trophy Final against Malahide GC.

At 11am our Under 15s Interclub team take on Carton House in the Leinster Under-15 Interclub final.

All support welcome and wear your club colours.

Live scoring can be followed on the scoring app.

Leinster Development selection for Greystones Pair

Golf Ireland panels for 2025 have been announced and it’s great news for two of our young members. Will O’Riordan and Toby Murphy have both been selected Golf Ireland development and high performance panels for the 2025 season.

Toby has been selected in the Under 17 boys South East Performance Development panel and Will in the Under 18 boys high performance panel.

Congratulations to both boys and their families and best of luck for the 2025 season.

Further details available with the link below.

https://www.golfireland.ie/news-detail?newsarticleid=1531&tags=High%20Performance