Yet more positive news from our strong junior section with terrific wins for both our Under 15s and Fred Daly teams last weekend. On Sunday, the Fred Daly team beat Bray 3-2 in the 3rd round to progress into the last 8 of the competition. Prior to that, inspiration must have been drawn from our Under 15s who overcame Naas in the 3rd round of the Leinster matchplay competition. With the matches tied 5 all, Greystones won on the 22nd hole in near darkness to progress. Well done to all of the players, managers, supporters and the coaches on a fantastic season so far. The many hours of sacrifice and practice so far are clearly paying rich dividends. We will post details of upcoming matches once they are confirmed.
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Fred Daly and U-15s
The Under 15s play their 2nd leg of their last 16 tie against Naas (away) on Saturday with a 4pm kick-off. We are leading 3-2 heading into this leg so fingers crossed that the team can come away with a positive result. The Fred Daly team are also in action this weekend against our neighbours Bray on Sunday. This is a last-16 match, with 2 games at home starting at 2pm and 3 away matches starting at 3.30pm. Best of luck to both teams in what is a big weekend for our juniors.
Continued success for our teams
Greystones teams are continuing to perform well. The All Ireland Mixed Winning team kept up their excellent form with a very strong showing against Edmondstown. Greystones won both home matches and won 2 of the 3 matches away (we were also up in the remaining tie when they were called in). Next up for Jennie and Gavin’s team is an encounter with Milltown. Unfortunately, the winning run of our men’s fourball side came to an end on Saturday with a narrow (3-2) loss against the Grange. The Barton Shield team qualified on Saturday at Old Conna and defeated Charlesland on Sunday. However, we came up just short against Dun Laoghaire on Sunday afternoon. On Monday, the Ladies Boyne Trophy team put in a superb performance to beat Druids Heath (4-1) and our Super Seniors team also won 4-1 against Knockanally, although that may not be sufficient for them to qualify for the semi-finals.
More teams in action this weekend
Several of our teams play this weekend and as ever please come out to support your club home and away. The All Ireland Mixed Champions play Edmondstown on Friday at 4.00pm. We have 2 matches at home and 3 away. Saturday promises to be a busy day on the men’s side with both the Leinster Fourball (vs Grange) and the Barton Shield teams in action. The shield team start qualifying at 8.45am in Old Conna with the Fourball matches kicking off at 3.40pm.
Win for the ladies junior foursomes
Well done to Marguerite Hamill’s Junior Foursomes team who defeated Edmondstown on Monday last (2-1) at Milltown.
Good weekend for Greystones teams
Our teams fared well over a busy weekend of interclub golf. First up, the Cullen Cup team overcame Borris to progress to the next round after a strong home performance. The first 3 games were won with the other 2 matches called in. The Fred Daly team beat Blainroe to progress into the latter stages with another fine performance. Unfortunately our Pierce Purcell team failed to get through qualifying at Roundwood on Saturday. On Sunday, our Metropolitan team put in a strong display to advance (beating Foxrock). The weekend was capped off by superb wins by the Ladies Minor and Junior Cup teams, beating Rathfarnham (3-2) and Grange (4-1), respectively. Best of luck to the ladies Junior Foursomes team who play Edmonstown today.
Greystones teams in action this weekend
A busy weekend ahead for our teams. First up, the Cullen Cup team (defending champions 2015 and 2016) start their campaign against Borris on Friday with all 5 games at home. The squad are chasing a third successive win in this competition and are now unbeaten since 2014 (a run of 8 successive rounds). Best of luck to Betty, Colm and the panel in chasing a hat trick. The AIG Pierce Purcell Shield gets underway on Saturday with qualifying in Roundwood. The team managed by Padraic Croke will be hoping to go one better than last year after narrowly missing out in the first regional qualifier. Our Metropolitan team are also in action with 9 singles matches against Foxrock (home and away) on Sunday. On the junior side, following the brilliant win last weekend by our under 15s, their senior counterparts play in the Fred Daly on Saturday against Blainroe. Once again, lets hope our teams have a successful weekend and please come out to support the players, caddies and managers.
Big revival by the Revive team
An afternoon of high drama for the Ladies Revive Active team, who staged a dramatic late comeback to see off neighbours Bray 3-2 on Sunday, May 7. Trailing 1-4 for the vast majority of the afternoon and with holes rapidly running out, our 2 home pairs put in strong finishes to win 2 from 2 at home. Away from home however, the real turnaround was performed by Mary Hutch and Haley Mulcahy who were 3 down through 11 but fought back to win 5 of the last 7 holes to ensure our path into the next round. This follows a series of comebacks from our teams already this year. Well done to all panel members and to the manager Ciara Marmion.
Impressive display by the Under 15s
Our Under 15 team put in a huge performance to beat Killiney 5-0 in Greystones on Sunday afternoon to progress to the last 16 in Leinster. Following a 3-2 deficit in the 1st leg, this was an exceptional display by all members of the panel. It has been a fantastic start to the year for our junior teams (the Fred Daly team play next Saturday), with the hard months of practice and coaching throughout the Winter and Spring paying rich dividends so far.
Revive and U-15s in action this Sunday
On Sunday next (May 7), the Ladies Revive team, managed by Ciara Marmion play against Bray. There are 2 matches at home with 3 away starting at 1pm. On the juniors side, our Under 15 team, managed by Michael Joyce play Killiney in the 2nd round (trailing 3-2 after the 1st leg) with a 2.10pm start. Please come out to support your club if at all possible.
