Thursday 7th September
Singles Stableford
No. Played: 32
1st Patricia Moore (27) 44 pts
2nd Geraldine Nelson (25) 39 pts
3rd Fiona Coleman (28) 37 pts (Back 9)
Two’s Draw – €8 per Two
Denise Toolan, Helen Creedon, Anne Benson, Sarah Quilter
Ladies Competition Results
Thursday 7th September – 9 Hole Singles
Thursday 7th September
9 Hole Singles
No. Played: 28
1st Catriona Shanahan (22) 18 pts
2nd Lorraine Dunleavy (14) 17 pts (Last 3)
3rd Fiona Dutton (21) 17 pts (Last 6)
Two’s – €28 per Two
5th Linda Walsh
Hard luck to Women’s Senior Cup team
Hard luck to Jacinta Dean and her Women’s Senior Cup team who fell just short to an extremely strong Munster team from Douglas G.C. this morning in their All-Ireland semi-final.
The match was played in Dun Laoghaire in almost perfect conditions with an early 8 am tee off for the opening match.
Out first were Aisling Marmion & Niamh Keilthy who faced the Douglas no.1 pairing. Aisling & Niamh got off to a slow start and by the time they found their rhythm their opposition had control of the match. The Douglas pair were relentless while the Greystones pair struggled a little on the greens and match finished 9&7.
Match two saw Sophie Lumley & Trish Sheil up against another strong pair. Douglas won the opening two holes, but both Greystones players were playing well and they squared the match with wins on four and five. The match was tied after nine, Douglas having won the eighth after a Greystones three putt for bogey, but Greystones responded immediately with a win on nine. Sophie & Trish then won the tenth to get their noses ahead for the first time in the match but the Douglas opposition threw in two pars in succession to win eleven and twelve to get back ahead.
The third pairing out today for Greystones was that of Shauna Seifried & Mary Lockhart. Shauna & Mary also found themselves two down after two but won the fourth with a par to reduce the deficit to just one. Unfortunately the putts just weren’t dropping for the Greystones girls and Douglas won five and six to get to three up and were starting to look in control. As with our first two pairs, Shauna & Mary were also finding it difficult on the greens and three putts on nine and eleven plus a missed birdie putt on twelve turned possible wins to halves and kept the match at three up to Douglas. Thirteen went to Greystones but Douglas closed out the match and the tie by a margin of 4&3 with further wins on fourteen and fifteen.
Sophie & Trish were back to just one down after fifteen when called in.
It was a great achievement for Greystones to get to the All-Ireland semi-final and the blend of youth and experience has certainly worked this year. Aisling, Sophie and Shauna have certainly been fantastic additions to the team from the junior section and with Junior Captain, Isabella Stewart still to come back into the team the future looks bright.
Well done to Jacinta and all the squad on their achievements this year and here’s to 2024.
Saturday 26th August – Singles Stableford
Saturday 26th August
Singles Stableford
No. Played: 4
1st Therese Garvey (22) 35 pts
Two’s Draw – €4
Lynn Smullen
Tuesday 5th September – 9 Hole Singles
Tuesday 5th September
9 Hole Singles
No. Played: 8
1st Geraldine Hickey (16) 17 pts
Two’s Draw – €4 per Two
Mary Hennessy, Audrey McCann
Tuesday 5th September – Singles Stableford
Tuesday 5th September
Singles Stableford
No. Played: 43
1st Monica Smith (30) 37 pts
2nd Patricia Moore (27) 36 pts
3rd Deirdre Fitzpatrick (35) 35 pts (Back 9)
4th Hazel Thompson (34) 35 pts (Back 9)
Two’s Draw – €7 per Two
Ann Clarke, Anna Fenston, Angela Shaw, Karen Purcell, Orla Rush, Janet Redmond
President Marguerites prize to the ladies – Prize giving
President Marguerite’s prize to the ladies took place yesterday in bright sunshine and the excellent scores reflected this.
Seventy one ladies played and the event was won by Deirdre Aherne (16) with 40 points, beating Ann Clarke (29) on the back nine.
Iris Haughton (18) was third with 37 points and Geraldine Nelson (24) was fourth with this same score.
Sophie Lumley (13) took the gross prize with 29 points.
Class winners were, Class 1, Shauna Seifried (11) – 35 points, Class 2, Patricia Moore (27) – 36 points, Class 3, Grace Dodd (30) – 36 points and Kate Bambrick (37) – 31 points.
Despite her driver breaking in two as she addressed her ball on the first, Trudy Bolton (29) managed an excellent 21 points to win the front nine prize and Trish Shiel (16) won the back nine with 20 points.
Niamh Keilthy won nearest the pin on the 14th and Sophie Lumley won the longest drive.
President Marguerite was on hand to present her prize to Deirdre after the prize giving dinner last night.
End of the campaign for Women’s Minor team
Hard luck to Regina Barry and her Minor Cup team who just came up short this morning when playing Munster’s Lee Valley in the quarter finals of this competition.
After an excellent campaign to get to this point, Regina and her team came up against an extremely tough team this morning. The Lee Valley side boasted a couple of players whose 2022 handicap bore little or no relationship to their current playing handicap, but, as they say, they’re the rules!
Out first was Helen Creedon who got off to a good start at two up through five and turned three up. The back nine was where her opponent came into her own however and, despite playing some excellent golf, Helen went down 3&1.
Out number three was Patricia Moore who had been called in as cover for the injured Janet Devin. Patricia was two ahead after three but was back to all square at the turn. As with Helen’s match, the back nine was where Lee Valley got going and Patricia’s match ended 3&2 for Lee Valley.
Out fourth was Áine O’Rourke. Áine was up against an extremely powerful young player who made few mistakes and when she did had the power to recover with ease. Áine did little wrong in the first six holes to be fair but still found herself five down. Her opponent had a little wobble on seven and eight and Áine capitalised winning both holes but she had a mountain to climb and her match ended 5&3 to give Lee Valley the overall tie victory and the opportunity to play in the All-Ireland finals in Westport.
Still out on the course at this stage were Joyce Kirwan, who was out second and Bernadette MCGowan who played in the anchor position today.
Joyce Kirwan won the first and was never behind in her match. She turned three up, having won seven, eight and nine, and was dormie one up and in prime position on the eighteenth, when called in.
Bernie was playing a girl who was a full ten shots lower than her competition handicap but Bernadette was in great form herself today and wasn’t going to put off by this. Bernadette went two up through three and turned all square. When called in she was one up after fourteen.
Once again, hard luck to Regina and her entire squad, who put in such an effort over the duration of the competition.
Another big day for Women’s Minor Cup team on Saturday ( 2nd Sept )
Best of luck to Regina Barry and her Minor Cup team who travel to Callan Golf CLub in Kilkenny tomorrow (Sat 2nd) to play Munster’s Lee Valley in their All-Ireland quarter final.
Up for grabs is a trip to Westport to play in the All-Ireland semi-finals & final on 21st & 22nd of this month.
Regina has left no stone unturned in the planning for this match and hopefully we will all be travelling up the N5 later this month to support the team.
Tee off is at 10 am.
Tuesday the 29th of August – Ladies Results
Tuesday 29th of August
Ladies Waltz
No played 42 (14 Teams)
1st Niamh Keilthy (9) 72 pts
Iris Haughton (16)
Sophie Lumley (12)
Two’s – €8 per 2
5th Sophie Lumley, Mary O’Keeffe
14th Niamh Keilthy, Nuala Mahon
16th Therese Garvey
Ladies 9 Hole Stableford
No Played 6
1st Mary Hennessy (15) 16 pts
Twos Draw – €5 per Two
Bernadette O’Broin
