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A schools Leinster pennant for St. David’s and two of our junior girls

Congratulations to St. David’s School who won the Irish School Girls Junior Championship Leinster South pennant yesterday.

Our two Greystones GC girls, Shauna Sefried and Stella Doyle came up trumps for the St. David’s team in Hermitage GC yesterday shooting 33 points and 35 points respectively in very tough conditions. The win was all the more impressive as the format was a three person team, with the best two to count and the St. David’s team comprised of only two players. Shauna and Stella now go on to the All-Ireland final in Milltown G.C. next April.

Tough day for our Under 15 lads….

Hard luck to Davie Lewis, Ben Crowley and their great under 15 team who heartbreakingly came up just short today for the second year in a row as they lost in the Leinster final to Roganstown Gold Club.

Davie and Ben have had a tough couple of weeks. Our first leg, played at Greystones two weeks ago left us facing a 3:2 deficit before today. On the upside we were welcoming back our lowest handicap player, Jack McGovern who had been unavailable for the first leg, which would move the playing order for the remaining matches and there was a great confidence in the squad.

Unfortunately, Jack injured his wrist during the week and ended up with a heavy strapping and had to withdraw. To make matters worse our number three player, William O’Riordan injured his hand on the morning of the match and ended up needing stitches. This of course where having a squad comes in and Davie and Ben had no hesitation in calling Ruadhán Murray and Conor Dignam back to the match day team both having played very well in previous rounds.

Out first was Conor who played well but faced a player who played away beyond his handicap today. Conor never really got a grip on the match and turned five down after nine holes. He never gave up and certainly didn’t make it easy for his opponent, however it was first blood to Roganstown on the thirteenth by a margin of 7&5.

Milo Doyle was out third today. Milo has been great all through the campaign and faced the same opponent he faced in the first leg of the final. On that occasion Milo came out on top, however today it was a different outcome. At five down through nine it was clear that it would be a struggle for Milo to get anything from the match and so it turned out to be, with Roganstown running out winners 7&6.

Two nil to Roganstown early doors and now they only needed one more match to lift the title while we needed to win the remaining three to force a playoff.

Our second player out today was Ruadhán Murray and he got off to a fine start, winning the first three holes. He was still three up after seven holes but was back to just one up after losses on the eighth and ninth and then on the tenth Ruadhán injured his back and it looked briefly like he may have to concede his match. He lost the tenth to go all square but he worked hard for two halves on the next two holes and, as his back pain eased he played great to win the thirteenth and fourteenth to go back to two up. Despite a loss on the fifteenth he didn’t panic at all and a half on the sixteenth followed by an excellent win on the very difficult par 3, seventeenth closed his match out 2&1.

Marc Lawless was out in fourth position. Marc had come from three down with three to play in the first leg only to lose on the nineteenth and today he found himself two down after just three holes. Wins on four and five leveled the match and holes were traded over the rest of the front nine and the match turned, as it had began, all square. Marc won the tenth to go one up and had a good opportunity to double his lead on the eleventh but he three putted in the wet and windy conditions to halve the hole. It was a similar story on the par three twelfth where Marc’s opponent had found water off the tee and had to take a drop. Mark failed to capitalise however and the hole was halved. He did win the thirteenth to go two up but lost fourteen and sixteen to find himself back to all square. The seventeenth was halved and the pair headed to the eighteenth where an excellent birdie, Marc’s fourth of the day closed the match with a Greystones win, 1up.

Meanwhile, Toby Murphy of anchor man today was having a ding dong match. Toby struggled off the tee a bit on the front nine and it was only his never give up attitude that had the match at just one down at the turn. The Roganstown lead was doubled with a win for them on the tenth and it was nip and tuck on eleven which was halved. On twelve, Toby made an incredible up and down for another half from over the back of the green and thirteen was also halved.On the fourteenth Toby looked in a strong position to win the hole with his opponent facing a tough bunker shot and Toby within ten feet however, as often happens in matchplay, the Roganstown man held the bunker shot and Toby had to hole a ten footer just to half the hole. The match went dormie after we lost the sixteenth. Toby won sixteen with a shot and hit a great tee shot, right over the pin on the seventeenth. His opposition’s shot was equally good and, crucially was under the hole. Toby’s putt didn’t drop and ran out to two feet after the Roganstown player had putted to six feet. To be fair to the player he was equal to the task and rolled in an excellent putt to half the hole and win the Leinster pennant for Roganstown.

Congratulations to Roganstown. Greystones had put up and excellent fight, in very difficult conditions and look forward to next year’s campaign.

Special mention of Davie and Ben and all the work they put in this year.

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Best of luck to our Under 15s today

David Lewis & Ben Crowley will be heading to Roganstown with their Under 15 team this afternoon to play the second leg of this Golf Ireland Leinster final.

The boys will be up against it today, trailing as hey do by 3:2 after the home leg in Greystones two weeks ago, but they are well capable of turning it around.

Live scoring is available on the scoring web page.

Lady Captain Amanda’s prize to the Junior Girls

Well done to all the girls who took part in Lady Captain Amanda’s prize to the junior girls this afternoon ( Sunday 25th ).

There was a great turnout and many thanks to Patrice Dowling and Helen Creedon for looking after the event so efficiently . Unfortunately Iris Haughton couldn’t attend today’s event due to a family bereavement.

The winner of the main 9 hole event was Lili McInerney who shot 20 points off 28, beating Stella Doyle (23) on the last six. In third place was Shauna Seifried (10) who shot 19 points with Laura Haugh (25) in fourth with 18 points.

Shauna also won the longest drive while nearest the pin was won by Vanessa Guilliver.

Shauna’s sister Sinead was first in the sixes comp, with Aoibheann Dowdall in second and Vanessa Gulliver in third place. In joint forth were Aoife Dempsey and Amy Murphy.

The Sixes longest drive was won by Aoibheann Dowdall.

Lady Captain Amanda was on hand to see all the girls of the tee and present them with their prizes.

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Half time in Under 15 Leinster final

It’s half time in the Under 15 Leinster final and Greystones find ourselves 3:2 down before heading to Roganstown in a couple of weeks for the second leg.

Davie and Ben would have been hoping to take a lead to Roganstown but we played a very strong team here today and, while we might have won 4:1, we might also have lost by the same margin.

First out today was Ruadhán Murray who had been quite excellent in his first two matches for the team, winning early on both occasions but today Ruadhán came up against a good player in excellent form. Ruadhán won the first hole but from there, through a combination of some excellent play by his opponent and a few bad bounces, he found himself behind the 8 ball at five down through seven holes. He didn’t give up however and halved the next five holes before loosing the thirteenth after bouncing straight left off the fairway to behind a tree. One point on the board for Roganstown 6&5.

Milo Doyle was out next and, despite loosing the first Milo was in great form today. He immediately pulled his deficit back with a win on the second and was two up after six. His tee shot on the seventh found the bunker on the corner and when he left the ball in it after his first bunker shot in the bunker it looked like he might loose the hole. His second bunker shot however almost pitched in the hole and stopped within three feet for a tap in par and an unexpected win. The ninth and tenth were traded, Roganstown winning the ninth and Greystones winning the tenth to maintain the three hole lead but Milo’s opponent was dogged and he then won the eleventh, back to two. Twelve was halved and Milo played the thirteenth well to win and get back to three up. Losses on fourteen and fifteen had Davie and Ben on tenterhooks but they needn’t have worried. Milo won the sixteenth and birdied the seventeenth to close out the match 3&1.

Marc Lawless would be the first to admit that early on in his match he didn’t quite have his A game today and he found himself three down after just four holes. Marc being Marc however he stayed in the match and won the fifth, sixth and seventh ( holing a twenty footer ) to get back to all square. The match remained all square at the half way point before, once again Roganstown forged a three hole lead with wins on ten, thirteen and fourteen. Three down and four to go Marc was in bother but typical of him he battled back, winning the fifteenth, sixteenth before birdying the seventeenth to once again square the match. Marc hit a great drive up eighteen and was well ahead of his opponent. The flag was on the lower tier today and the Roganstown boy hit a fantastic shot to fifteen feet. Marc pulled his approach slightly and his ball found the top tier, leaving Marc a really tricky putt. He hit a good putt to twelve feet. Roganstown’s putt stopped within a couple of inches of the hole so Marc faced his twelve footer to keep the match alive. He hit a super putt and was walking it into the hole from six feet !!. Off to the nineteenth. Marc’s tee shot was unlucky to just fall into the bunker right while his opposition’s ball was just shot right of the green with the pin on the front. Marc’s bunker shot ran out to fifteen feet while the Roganstown ball was pitched to four feet. Marc had to watch his putt roll agonisingly past the hole and his opponent kept his nerve to hole out and secure the very hard fought for point.

William O’Riordan was out number four today and faced an excellent young player. This was a very tight match with seven of the first ten holes halved and, after a win with a birdie two for Roganstown on the eleventh, the match was still all square. Never one to be over awed by anything William stuck to his guns, winning the twelfth to go one up and then holing a long range putt for a half on the thirteenth. He held another tricky putt on the fourteenth to extend his lead before winning the fifteenth to go dormie three up. He secured the half he needed on the sixteenth to win a much needed point for the team

Toby Murphy was our anchorman this afternoon and, like Marc, played well but probably didn’t quite have his A game today. He was slogging it out, fighting like a dog to stay in the match and turned all square. A win on the tenth got his nose in front but this was short-lived as he lost the eleventh and twelfth to go one down. His tenacity was to the fore as he ground out halves on the thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth but on seventeen his tee shot went away right and he ended up having to chip out to the thirteenth fairway. Toby’s third shot caught a tree at the fourteenth tee box and he was lying four after chipping on the green. A textbook par for the Roganstown man was enough to win the hole and the match 2&1.

So we all had off to Roganstown for the second leg on Sunday October 9th, trailing 3:2 but with all to play for. Tee off will be 13.00 on the 9th.

Many thanks to all the supporters who came out to support the lads this afternoon.

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Under 15’s in action tomorrow at 12.30 in Leinster final

Best of luck to Davie Lewis’s under 15 team tomorrow in the first (home) leg of their Leinster final. The team face very tough opposition from Roganstown Golf Club but hopefully our boys can get a good start tomorrow in the home leg.

Tee off is at 12.30 and live scoring will be available but all on-course support will be most welcome.

Three trophies decided today…..

Congratulations to Maurice & Harry Phelan, who today beat Brian & Tom Murray in a close run match to win the 2022 Father & Son Trophy. Brian & Tom were two down after six but had turned the match around by the tenth tee at which time, they were one up. The match remained tight however and Maurice & Harry fought back to win on the seventeenth, 2&1.

The Frank Talbot fourball trophy was also decided this afternoon. Veteran, Eugene Corrigan had teamed up with Pete Murray this year and they made it all the way, beating Paul Byrne & Philip Dempsey to win the final this afternoon. Eugene & Pete played well and, with the benefit of shots had their noses in front pretty much the whole way. Pete and Eugene were two up after thirteen and wins on fourteen and fifteen settled the match by a margin of 4&3.Congratulations to Eugene & Pete.

L-R: Champions, Eugene, Pete with Paul & Philip

Last out this afternoon was our 2022 Glenavy final with Mary Hutch & Henry Gilbert taking on previous winners, Aideen & Barry O’Leary. This afternoon was a tightly contested affair with the match still delicately poised after fourteen with just one hole in it, in favour of Aideen & Barry. This match also went as far as the seventeenth with Aideen & Barry holding on to their slender lead to come out on top.

Junior sixes in finals on Saturday

Best of luck to our Junior Sixes team who have made it to the finals of this Golf Ireland competition this Saturday.

These are our youngest team who will no doubt feature in years to come in our senior Greystones panels.

Best of luck to our six players:

Emma Haugh, Dylan Cavazza, Jane Lumley, Ben Beggan, Sinead Seifried and John Byrne.

Under 15 boys move to the final

Congratulations to David Lewis and his team who, yesterday, progressed to the final of this Golf Ireland Leinster competition.

The boys faced an uphill battle yesterday, playing Carlow with three matches away but they came up trumps with an excellent win and some fine individual performances. Davie looked after the home pairs while Ben Crowley traveled to Carlow with the team. President Neville, Lady Captain Amanda and Vice Captain John were all at the matches to lend support.

At home we had William O’Riordan out first. William is one of a group of players who have been so unlucky in the past 3 years not to win this pennant and he was well up for the fight. Turning three up after wins on the eighth and ninth holes, he went four up with another win on the tenth and managed his match well from there to win 3&2 after a fine win on the fifteenth hole and a lip out for a birdie half on the sixteenth.

This wasn’t the first point on the board for Greystones however. In Carlow, Ruadhán Murray was playing a blinder. He won the first hole before loosing two on the bounce to go one down through three holes.He then went on to win the next nine holes to close his match 8&6.

Toby Murphy was playing second at home and turned two down, losses on eleven and twelve took the match to four down but Toby being Toby, he dug in, winning the next three holes before an unfortunate loss on the sixteenth had him dormie two down.

Our second man out in Carlow was Milo Doyle who like Toby, was down at the halfway stage. Milo turned three down and, also like Toby, Milo fought hard to get the match back to one down with four to play with wins on the thirteenth and fourteenth. He lost the fifteenth and could only halve the sixteenth and was, again like Toby, dormie two down.

It was all getting very tight…

Our final match saw Marc Lawless playing third in Carlow. Marc is having a great year and played well again yesterday. He was two up through nine but from there the match got extremely tight with both sides perhaps sensing that it could be the decider. Holes were halved from the tenth through the thirteenth before Marc exerted a little extra pressure with a win on the fourteenth to go three ahead with four to play. The fifteenth was halved but Marc found trouble on the sixteenth to go back to two up but crucially with only two holes let to play.

So… two points in the bag and dormie two down in two and dormie two up in the final match – all very exciting for those lucky enough to be there.

The first of the remaining points went to Carlow with Toby coming up just short, winning the seventeenth but only halving the eighteenth to loose 1 down.

Milo also won his seventeenth to take his match to the eighteenth tee but didn’t have to finish as Marc came up trumps with a well earned half on his seventeenth to win his match 2&1 and the point that takes the lads to the Leinster final..

May congratulations to David, Ben and all the squad.

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Another chance for a Leinster pennant ….

Best of luck to David Lewis’ Under 15 boys team who face a tough draw tomorrow in the semi final of this Golf Ireland event.

The boys play an always strong Carlow team and have three matches away from home.

This is the fourth year in a row to reach this stage and hopefully the team can get the job done tomorrow.

Live scoring for the Boys Leinster Under 15 semi final match is available by clicking here.

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