Junior News

Day 2 is cut day at the Connacht U-18 Amateur Open Championship in Castlebar. The girls section were out first this morning. Shauna Seifried carded an 84 to have a two round total of +22 and is tied 26th. Isabella Stewart shot a 4 over par 76 for a total of +9 to be in 11th place. The cut came at +25. The lead is held by Kate Dillon (Oughterard) at 5 under which gives her an 8 hole lead.

In the boys section Will O’Riordan is again in contention after shooting a four under par 68 and is in 3rd place at -4.

Jamie Anderson also made the cut after carding a level par round today to have a total of 2 over.

Unfortunately Jack McGovern and Dylan Holmes both missed the cut with totals of +5

Louis Goodman (Co. Louth) has the lead at -8 after a 71 today.

Best of luck to Will, Jamie, Isabella and Shauna tomorrow.

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Those that made the cut at the McGregor Trophy had 36 holes to look forward to on day 3 at the West Essex GC.

Toby Murphy went into the 3rd round at 2 over par and added a 73 in the third round to be +4 for the first three rounds. Toby went on to produce a 3 under par round of 68 which ended with an eagle on the 18th. This resulted in Toby finishing in a very creditable tied 13th place from an original field of 144.

The overall winner was Yago Horno (Sotogrande) with a score of 13 under.

Congratulations to Toby on a great performance over the four rounds.

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We had 6 young golfers representing Greystones Golf Club at the Connacht U-18 Championships this week which is taking place at Castlebar Golf Club.

Shauna Seifried and Isabella Stewart are taking part in the girls section while Will O’Riordan, Jack McGovern, Jamie Anderson and Dylan Holmes are in the boys competition.

After day 1 Will is at level par and tied 9th. Jack and Dylan are both 1 over and tied 15th while Jamie is +2 and tied 24th.

Isabella shot +5 to be tied 12th and Shauna returned a score of 10 over to be tied 22nd.

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One of our young members, Toby Murphy, has traveled to the UK to take part in the McGregor Trophy at the West Essex Golf Club.

The field is made up of 144 competitors from Australia, Spain, Denmark, England, Czechia, Northern Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Austria, Netherlands and Republic of Ireland are taking part.

Toby started with a one over par 72 on Tuesday and followed it up with another 72 on Wednesday.

He has comfortably made the cut which came at top 40 and ties. The final 36 takes place on the one day. Toby’s progress can be followed on the link below.

As we all know it’s a small world and sure enough a former Greystones Golf Club member was present at West Essex GC. Steven Massey is a member of the club and can be seen wishing Toby all the best below

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Our young members are on their travels again this week. This week sees the Connacht U-18 Boys and Girls Amateur Open Championship take place in Castlebar. First round starts on Wednesday morning.

Representing Greystones are Isabella Stewart, Shauna Seifried, Dylan Holmes, Will O’Riordan, Jack McGovern and Jamie Anderson.

Scoring will be updated here each evening however you can follow it on the link below.

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Our Senior Cup team were up against Lucan Golf Club in the quarter finals of the Leinster South Area. The venue for all four quarter finals was Edmondstown Golf Club.

Karl Holmes named the following team Dylan Holmes, Will O’Riordan, Alan Condren, Jamie Anderson and David Byrne.

First away was Dylan and in a tight game was all square through 9 holes after winning the 8th. Will was up next and after an eventful week in Cork he was in difficulties on the front 9 and was 2 down at the turn.

Alan was out 3rd and was 3 up after 4 holes and after losing the 8th was still 2 up heading for the 10th hole. Jamie was 4th in line and got off to a great start and was 3 up after 9 holes.

Finally David took to the tee and was level through 3 but then took over the match and won 4 holes in a row. David then swapped holes with his opponent and was 4 up after 9.

So with Greystones up in 3 matches things were looking good but you can never count your chicken’s in golf.

Dylan won 4 of his next 5 holes to take command of his game and gained the first point after winning 16 to win 4&2.

Will could not wrestle control of his match back from his opponent and was defeated 4&2. One all.

Alan won the 12th to go 2 up again and swapped a couple of holes with his opponent before closing the match out 2&1. Two one to Greystones.

David won the 12th to go 5 up and finished the match off 5&4. Three one to Greystones and Jamie was called in while 2 up with 3 to play.

Congratulations to Karl and his team. The next round will be on the 11th August at Rathfarnham Golf Club where the opponents will be Blainroe. Dun Laoghaire and Elm Park were the other winners on the day.

Further details will be posted here when available.

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Four Greystones members were still in the field as the Munster U-18s Amateur Open Championship entered its final day.

In the Boys Will O’Riordan was tied 3rd and Dylan Holmes was tied 26th entering the final day .

Will finished really strong and was 3 under for his last 6 holes to record his second 69 of the week to finish on 2 under. This meant Will was in a playoff as the leader, Daniel McKenna (Co. Louth) shot 77.

In the playoff the Louth man hit it stone dead on the first playoff hole for birdie to Will’s par. Will was one of only three players to have two under par rounds during the championship.

Congratulations to Will on a great performance over the three days.

Dylan had a final round of 76 to finish on a total of +12 and in tied 22nd.

Isabella Stewart and Shauna Seifried entered the 3rd round in tied 7th and tied 12th respectively.

Shauna shot 79 to finish 18 over and in 12th place. Isabella had a one under 73 to finish at +8 and tied 5th. The Championship was won by Lucy Grattan (Tralee) at level par.

Well done to all the Greystones Juniors who are representing the club so well every week.