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Senior Home Internationals Day 2
On day 2 Alan Condren was again paired with David Mulholland for their match against the Welsh pairing of Mike White and Chris Dinsdale. The Irish pair won their match 4 & 2 but unfortunately Ireland lost their other two foursomes matches this morning so are 2-1 down heading into the afternoon singles.
Alan Condren took on Alan Jones in the afternoon singles and again recorded another win by the margin of 6 & 5 to pick up his fourth point from four matches. Singles wins by Tony Cleary, Karl Bornenann and David Mulholland gave Ireland a 4-2 winning margin in the singles and an overall victory over Wales by 5-4 on the day.
Tomorrow brings another match, this time against England who have also won both previous matches. Alan is again paired with David Mulholland in the morning foursomes and they are up against the English pairing of Stuart Brown and Kevin Parkes.
Scoring can be followed on the below link.
https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10955673583774366156
Slides from Information Evening 10th September
Ladies Revive Active Fourball
The Revive Active Fourball Team played their Leinster Semi Final on Sunday 15th September against Killeen Golf Club, not to be mistaken for Killeen Castle Golf Club. The weather was good and the sun shone for the most part.
The pairings at home were Jennifer Moore & Emma Haugh and Shauna Seifried & Anne Browner.
And playing away were Amanda Lawless & Sophie Lumley and Mary Lockhart & Joyce Kirwan.
This being a semi final it was, as expected, tight most of the way but Greystones got an early point on the board with Jennifer & Emma winning the first home match 6 and 5, what a fabulous early point on the board. After that it was neck and neck with Sophie & Emma being 1 up through 17 they halved their match on 18 for a ½ point on the board. Mary & Joyce played their hearts out but when you are losing holes to straight birdies and pars what can you do. They were superb taking the home team to 18.
Back in Greystones the last match was Shauna and Anne. It was nip and tuck all the way but the great duo finally managed to finish the game 2 up on the 17th. What a great score for Greystones who are now in the Leinster Final in Mullingar on Saturday 5th October. We wish them the very best and details of the start time will be sent out to all members once we have been informed by Golf Ireland.
In the meantime don’t forget the Leinster Women’s Trophy Final is on Sunday 29th September at 10am in Baltinglass Golf Course. I’m sure the team would love to have as much support as possible and sure isn’t it only over the mountains!
Alan Condren playing in Home internationals
The Senior Men’s Home Internationals are taking place at Castlerock Golf Club in Northern Ireland on the Mussenden course.
This morning Alan Condren was paired with David Mulholland in the morning foursomes against the Scottish pair Derek Paton and Stewart Henderson. Alan and his partner were never behind and won their point with a 4 & 2 win. This contributed to Ireland bringing a lead of 2 to 1 into the afternoon singles.
Alan faced Derek Paton again in the singles and just like the morning foursomes he was never behind and completed a 2 & 1 victory.
It was a good day for the Irish who won the singles 5 to 1 which made the margin of victory 7-2 against the Scottish.
Tomorrow morning brings another celtic derby against the Welsh. Alan is again selected with David Mulholland and they will take on the Welsh pairing Mike White and Chris Dinsdale.
Scoring can be followed on the link below.
https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10955673583774366156
Leinster Development selection for Greystones Pair
Golf Ireland panels for 2025 have been announced and it’s great news for two of our young members. Will O’Riordan and Toby Murphy have both been selected Golf Ireland development and high performance panels for the 2025 season.
Toby has been selected in the Under 17 boys South East Performance Development panel and Will in the Under 18 boys high performance panel.
Congratulations to both boys and their families and best of luck for the 2025 season.
Further details available with the link below.
https://www.golfireland.ie/news-detail?newsarticleid=1531&tags=High%20Performance
Leinster Under 15s through to final
George O’Briens young team are one step from another pennant for the club this year.
On Saturday they took on an Edenderry team who came with a great reputation.
Representing Greystones were Ruadhan Murray, Dylan Cavazza and Conor Dignam.
Ruadhan was all square after 5 holes but then took control of the match winning six of the next 8 holes and despite losing the 14th he won his point on 15 with a 4 & 3 win.
Dylan was up next and even though he was two down after 5 holes he did not panic and won 7 of the next 8 holes and with a half on 14 ran out the 5 & 4 winner.
Conor was all square after 6 and then won 7, 8 and 10. His opponent fought back to one down with wins on 11 & 13. They swapped holes on 15 & 16 for Conor to remain one up. At this point Conor was called in as Greystones had the two points they required to advance to the final.
The final will be held in Baltinglass GC on Sunday 29th September with further details to follow.
Best of luck to George and all the team.
3 winners 51 years apart
A nice moment was captured in Greystones Golf Club when three former winners of the Woodbrook Scratch Cup met.
Jimmy Hackman was victorious in 1973, Alan Condren in 2015 and most recently Dylan Holmes this year.
Irish Mixed Foursomes campaign comes to an end
On a wet September day our Irish Mixed Foursomes team lead by Regina Barry were up against Millicent GC in the All Ireland Quarter Finals.
Representing Greystones were Helen Creedon and Des Hickey, Ray Nolan and Sandra Cotter, Walter Gilbert and Aine O’Rourke, Alan Keane and Geraldine O’Shea.
Des and Helen were out first and they were quickly into a lead. Two up after six was extended to three up after 9.
Sandra and Ray were next up and despite losing the first two holes they fought back to all square after six holes. Both sides won two holes each after that to still be all square after 10 holes.
Walter and Aine took to the course next and were all square after 4 with both sides winning two holes each. Their opponents then won 3 holes in a row from 6 to 8 to take a three hole lead. The Greystones pair fought back with two wins on 9 & 11 to return to just one down.
Geraldine and Alan were last up and after both sides winning two holes each they were all square through 6. The Millicent pairing then took control of the game by winning 5 of the next 6 holes to be 5 up after 12.
Helen and Des continued their good form and won 10, 11 and 13 to extend their lead to 6 holes with 5 to play and gaining the first point for Greystones.
Alan and Geraldine won the 13th but Two halved holes gave Millicent the point with a 4 & 3 win.
Aine and Walters opponents extended their one hole lead to 4 by winning 12, 13 and 14. The Greystones pair won 15 but a win for Millicent on 16 gave them a 3 & 2 lead and their second point.
This meant Ray and Sandra needed to win their match to set up a playoff. The Millicent pair won 13 and Greystones responded with a win on 15. All square again. A win for Millicent on 16 meant the Greystones pairing needed to win the last two holes. Unfortunately a half on 17 gave Millicent the half point they needed to progress to the All Ireland Semi Final.
Commiserations to Regina Barry and Paul Keane and all the players who represented Greystones in the run to the last 8 this year.
Irish Mixed Foursomes in Oughterard
Our Irish Mixed Foursomes team head to Oughterard on Saturday morning for their All Ireland Quarter final meeting with Millicent GC
First tee off is 10.03am and all support would be welcome. Wear your colours and as usual if you can’t make it you can follow the match on the scoring app.
