Sunday 27th of August
Singles Stableford
No played= 12
1st Deirdre Ahern(15) 36pts
Two’s Draw – €6 per 2
Terri Cullen, Janet Devin, Kathy Breslin
Ladies Competition Results
All-Ireland finals begin for Greystones next week
A note for members to remind all that our Fred Daly (under 18 boys) team and our Irish Junior Foursomes (under 18 boys) will compete in the All-Ireland finals on Tuesday (29th) & Wednesday (30th) next week.
Tee off for the first Fred Daly match on Tuesday morning is at 09.10 when the boys face an exceptional Douglas G.C. team who are the reigning Munster East champions in their quarter final. Then, in the afternoon, the Junior Foursomes team will tee off against Monkstown G.C. team ( also the Munster East champions) at 13.47.
Best of luck to Peter Anderson and both squads.
The following Saturday (2nd September) Regina Barry and her Minor Cup team head to Callan G.C. where they will play Lee Valley in their All-Ireland quarter final. Regina’s team will begin play at 10.am.
Best of luck to Regina and the team.
Wicklow Girls’ winner 2023 – Emma Haugh
Many congratulations to Emma Haugh who became only the second name on the Wicklow Girls‘ trophy, and the first Greystones winner of this event, when she won it this afternoon after a brilliant score of 41 points, playing off 30.9.
The event was played in bright sunshine today with girls from Wexford GC, Arklow GC, Powerscourt GC, Bray GC, Foxrock GC, The Carrickmines GC, Killiney GC and of course Greystones GC competing for the fantastic prizes and of course the Wicklow Girls Trophy.
This event is generously sponsored by Wood Group Homes and, ex Lady Captain and President, Carmel Wood was on hand this afternoon to present the prizes.
Greystones players, Sophie Lumley (13) and Shauna Siefried (10) were second and third with 37 points and 35 points respectively and Aliya Davis (31.9) from Foxrock GC was fourth with 34 points.
Defending champion, Ellen Larkin (Powerscourt GC) won the gross prize and Jane Lumley (Greystones) won the front nine with 18 points while Ciara Staunton ( Bray GC ) won the back nine with the same score.
Longest drive was won by Ellen Broderick (Bray GC) with the nearest the pin being won by Aliya Davis (Foxrock GC ) and each won a Titliest hat signed by Leona Maguire – thanks Leona!
In conjunction with the main event today, Neil Kilgallon from Golf Ireland ran a Girl’s Development Academy for girls with higher handicaps or who were just at the very beginning of their golfing careers. Thirty five girls from all over Leinster enjoyed putting, chipping and long game clinics ( thanks to our PGA Professional David Lewis and his team ) before heading off to play a nine hole scramble.
After golf the girls enjoyed a barbque in the Greystones walled garden before the prize giving ceremony.
Lady Captain Celine and a dozen other lady members did Trojan work all day to make sure that the event ran without a hitch as of course did Liam and Jenny in the office, Ali and his team in the kitchen along with Paul and Jackie in the bar.
Special thanks to Neil Lawless and his Junior committee for their support of the event.
We look forward to the 2024 event being bigger and better yet again.
Thursday 24th August – Singles Stableford
Thursday 24th August
Singles Stableford
No.played: 32
1st Iris Haughton (19) 40 pts
2nd Sile Mullin (34) 38 pts (back 9)
3rd Bernadette McGowan (25) 38 pts
Two’s Results – €11 per 2
1st Geraldine Nelson, Bernadette McGowan
14th Bernadette McGowan
9 Holes Singles (back 9)
No.played: 14
1st Anne Crotty (14) 17 pts (last 6)
Two’s Results – €14 per 2
14th Eileen O’Donovan
Ladies Shotgun & Lunch and EDIT presentation August 22nd
Many thanks to Shauna O’Neill and Paul from Edit, Laser & Skin Clinic who gave a most informative talk after lunch this afternoon on the interesting skin treatments that they off from their Sandyford clinic.
Before a very nice lunch two nine hole scrambles were played with prizes on offer compliments of Shauna and her Edit team.
Clear winners of the front nine were Lady Captain Celine, Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Stella Purcell & Debbie Byrne but the back nine prize had to be decided by ballot after two teams ended on exactly the same score and could not be separated by any normal count-back conventions. As luck would have it a representative of Golf Ireland was in the Clubhouse finalising preparations for the Wicklow Girls to give guidance on the matter.
As it turned out President Marguerite’s team of herself, Orla Rush, Susan O’Dwyer and Helge Hayden-Smyth were drawn as winners with Mary Gavin’s team of Mary, Ita Ryan, Jacinta Deane and Catherine Collins being the unlucky ones today. Both teams had 32.6 nett scores.
Ladies Scramble Tuesday the 22nd of August
Ladies Scramble sponsored by Edit Laser
Teams played: 24
Front Nine Winners:
Celine Joyce 31.6 strokes net
Deirdre Fitzpatrick
Debbie Byrne
Stella Purcell
Back Nine Winners
Orla Rush 32.6 strokes net
Susan O’Dwyer
Helga Hayden-Smith
Margueritte Hamill
Sunday Singles
Sunday 20th August
Singles Stableford
No Played 30
1st Grace Dodd (30) 40 pts
2nd Sinead Fagan (48) 37 pts
3rd Anne Costello (24) 36 pts
Two’s Draw – €10 per Two
Lisa Croke, Amanda Lawless, Emma Hanley
Thursday 17th August- Betty de Mangeat Fourball V Par
Thursday 17th August
Fourball-Betty De Mangeat
No Played: 52 (26 teams)
1st Shauna Seifried (9) 5 up
Sophie Lumley (12)
2nd Marguerite Hamill (14) 4 up (back 9)
Orla Delaney (21)
3rd Von McDonald (30) 4 up (last 3)
Betty Barker (28)
Two’s Results – €10 per 2
1st Jacinta Deane
5th Sophie Lumley, Sheenagh Sullivan
14th Sophie Lumley
16th Áine O’Rourke
9 Holes Singles
No Played: 28
1st Pamela Fitzgerald (22) 23 pts
2nd Pauline Short Foley (20) 18 pts (Last 6)
3rd Sinead Fagan (25) 18 pts
Two’s Draw – €7 per 2
Mary Gavin, Gail Dempsey, Betsy Carvill, Helen Murphy
Sunday 13th August – Singles Stableford
Sunday 13th August
Singles Stableford
No.Played: 6
1st Anne Costello (24) 35pts (Back 9)
Two’s Draw – €4.50 per Two
Joan Joynt, Catherine Collins
Ladies bring home two Leinster South Golf Ireland pennants !!
What an afternoon – at 13.00 Regina Barry’s Minor Cup team headed to Beech Park and then, at 1415, Jacinta Deane’s Senior Foursomes’ team were in action in Druids Glen against Old Conna, having won their semi final this morning.
With two Leinster South pennants up for grabs it was going to be a busy and stressful afternoon..
MINOR CUP V BEECH PARK ( Hosted by Bech Park )
Regina Barry and her Minor Cup squad were unlucky this afternoon to have to play the final on their opposition’s home turf.
Beech Park had been selected by Golf Ireland as the venue for the final and, as it happened, the Beech Park team made it to the final themselves.
Helen Creedon lead the way this afternoon and got off to a good start at two up after three but was hauled back to a level match by the halfway point having lost the eight and ninth holes. Helen got to two ahead once again with wins on eleven and twelve but fourteen went to the home team.
Out number two was Joyce Kirwan who was in top form today from the off. Joyce was four up after the opening six holes and, while she was pegged back to just two ahead after losing the seventh and ninth holes this was no more than a blip in an otherwise fantastic performance. Ten went to Greystones, as did thirteen, fourteen and fifteen to secure a 5&3 win.
Janet Devin was up against it today, coming up against a very strong player. Despite playing well, Janet turned four adrift and got little or no luck on the back nine, going down 6&4 to level the tie one apiece.
Áine O’Rourke began well and was one up after the first five but her opponent obviously found something in her game at this point and ran off five straight wins from the sixth through the tenth to go four ahead. The next two were traded, one apiece before Áine struck back with two consecutive wins on the thirteenth and fourteenth. Two down with four to play unfortunately became dormie three down as Áine lost fifteen and the match concluded on the next hole 4&2.
Our final player this afternoon was Bernadette McGowan and this match was tight tight from the very start. After six holes it was all square without a single hole been halved however the back nine tussle ultimately went to Beech Park as the seventh, eight and ninth all went to the home team. Bernadette was not giving up however and took the match to her opponent on the back nine, winning the opening three holes to once again level the match. The pair went back to trading holes on the next two and incredibly, the first half of the match came on the fifteenth.
Up ahead on the course, Helen was fighting hard to maintain her slender, one hole lead and halved fifteen, sixteen and seventeen to get to dormie one up. If Helen could get over the line it looked like the incredibly tight last match might settle to tie in the end. Needing just a half on the last, Helen went one better, winning the hole, and her match 2 up.
So, all square and Bernadette’s dogfight of a match was now the decider.
The first halved hole of the match on fifteen was followed by another on the sixteenth but Bernadette won the seventeenth to take what could be a crucial one hole advantage to the eighteenth tee.
At this stage nerves among the supporters were beginning to shatter and when the eighteenth went to the home team we were facing yet another Minor Cup grandstand finish. On the nineteenth it was Bernadette who once again held firm, parring the hole to win her match and the pennant for Greystones !!!
Well done to Regina and all her team.
WOMENS’ SENIOR FOURSOMES V OLD CONNA ( Hosted by Druids Heath )
After a superb performance this morning when they beat a very strong Edmonstown team in the semi-final, Jacinta Deane made a just one change to her team for the final against Old Conna this afternoon. Old Conna were going to be tough assignment also, having beaten the well fancied Elm Park in the second semi-final this morning.
Jacinta stuck with the opening pair of Aisling Marmion & Niamh Kielthy who had won their match 5&3 this morning. Aisling & Niamh started as they had finished this morning and streaked into a four hole lead after four holes, before being pegged back one hole when they lost the fifth. The Greystones pair respond to the loss on five with wins on both the sixth and seventh holes and turned five ahead after two well earned halves on eight and nine. It’s never over till it’s over however and ten went to the Old Conna pair – four up. Eleven and twelve were halved but another win for Old Conna on thirteen further reduced the lead – three up.
Trish Shiels came in for Deirdre Ahern for this afternoon’s match to play alongside Sophie Lumley and what a start this new pairing had this afternoon. They won the first five holes in a row and halved the sixth, seventh and eighth before moving into a six hole lead with another win on the ninth. There was no easy way back for the Old Conna pair at this point and Sophie & Trish certainly gave them little opportunity, winning ten and eleven to finish the match 8&7. A super performance.
Our final pair was that of Shauna Siefried & Mary Lockhart. In this match the Greystones pair lost the opening two holes but got back to winning ways on the third to get the match to just one down. Four and five were halved before the Old Conna two hole lead was restored with another win on the sixth. At this point Shauna & Mary mounted an impressive fight back winning the seventh, halving the eighth before winning the ninth to level the match heading for the back nine.
Greystones needed just one point to claim the Leinster South pennant but were going to have to fight hard to get it.
Mary & Shauna won the tenth to get ahead for the first time in the match and maintained this slight advantage till the thirteenth, with halves on eleven and twelve before doubling the lead with a win on thirteen.
Up ahead Aisling & Niamh reasserted themselves with a win on fourteen to get to dormie four up but lost fifteen to be dormie three ahead and when Mary & Shauna also won the fourteenth to go three up it was a case of who might win the last, vital point first.
As it turned out, Aisling & Niamh halved sixteen to win 3&2 at much the same time as Mary & Shauna won the fifteenth to win their match 4&3.
A fantastic performance by Jacinta and the whole team – brilliant stuff, another blue pennant for the club in 2023.
