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Paul Keane’s Fitzgibbon Cup team take on Powerscourt tomorrow (March 19th).  Three home matches will tee off beginning at 13.30 with the first of the three away matches teeing off in Powerscourt at 13.15.

The team has won it’s opening two fixtures and will be aiming to continue the good form tomorrow.

All support is welcome and there will be live scoring via the club live scoring page.

There was another good showing for our Fitzgibbon team this afternoon (5th March).

Paul Keane’s team took on Castle with three home and three away matches.

Captains John and Celine saw the team off in Greystones while President Marguerite was in Castle to support the away team.   First out at home were Murt Davis and Declan Murray who found themselves four down after nine and five down one hole later. Despite a rally with wins on twelve, thirteen and fifteen it was a bridge too far and the match finished with a Castle win by a margin of 3&2.

Our second pairing of Chris Boylan and Mark A. Byrne out fared much better. Although this match proved to be very tight for the front nine ( all square through nine ), the local pair turned it on win three wins on the trot from the eleventh and closed the match with a win on the fifteenth, 4&3.

Our final pair of Alan Keane and Robert Clarke ( who was only called in this morning after a late withdrawal ) were one down at the turn and had to battle hard to win their match on the eighteenth, 2&1.

Meanwhile in Castle, David Kirby and Craig McCormick were hoping to pick up where they left off last week in Foxrock.  They lost the first three holes however and the Castle pair maintained that advantage till the tenth when our lads pulled one back. From there on it was all Greystones and the pair notched up another fine win, 2&1.

Second out were Brian Murray and Walter Gilbert. Brain and Walty were two up through five, but in truth should have been five up at that stage.  They played great from the start and closed with an emphatic 5&4 win.

Our final pairing of Eddie Davis and Michael Joyce, halved the first and won the second to go one up.  This was to be the only time they were up in the match however.  They lost three holes on the trot from the fourth to go two down and remained so after nine.  Wins on ten and eleven brought the match back to friendly and holes were traded from there on in but unfortunately the match went to Castle win a win on the eighteenth – 2 up.

So overall a good day for the management and squad with a 4:2 victory overall, following on from the 4.5 : 1.5 victory last week V Foxrock.  Next up will be Powerscourt on March 19th.

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Well done to both our teams who played today (26th Feb).

First out were our Darcy Cup men’s team, managed by Karl Holmes and Dermot Whiston, who faced Druid’s Heath in Greystones.  The lads were up early to tee off at 07.30 and were led out by Dylan Holmes who turned on the style with an early 7&5 win.  Jamie Anderson was our number 2 player today and despite playing well, went down 2&1.  Jamie’s undoing was on the first nine and even a level par back nine wasn’t enough on the day to eke out a win.  Out third was Darren McCormack who was in a tight match all the way through, turning one up but unfortunately a loss on the eighteenth meant his match was halved.

In our foursomes matches we had David Byrne and Toby Murphy who were out first and controlled their match from the get-go. David & Toby eventually won easily by a margin of 5&4. In contrast, our second pairing of Dan O’Byrne and William O’Riordan had a tough day and never got a hold of their match.  A loss on the ninth had them three down and they fared no better on the back nine, losing 4&3 in the end.

2 1/2 : 2 1/2 was a decent result in the end and ensures a semi final spot for this team.

Later this morning Paul Keane had our Fitzgibbon team in action for their first outing of 2023. Playing Foxrock with three matches home and three away, we had a staggered start with a 10:50 start away and a 13:30 home tee time.

Away from home our first pairing were David Kirby & Craig McCormack who, after finding themselves one down after two, went on a run of five wins in a row on holes three through seven and dominated from there to win their match 5&4. Barry Massey & Walter Gilbert were out next and had an even easier route to their 6&4 win, not loosing a single hole in the match in what was an impressive performance.  Our final pairing of Ben Crowley & Michael Joyce had a much different encounter.  Five down through ten holes the pair looked dead and buried. They had their first win on the eleventh and stuck to the task from there, securing a good halved match with a winning par on the eighteenth.

So 2 1/2 : 1/2 from the away team in the bag…..

Meanwhile, in Greystones, our second pair of Chris Boylan & Mark A. Byrne looked unbeatable early doors and so it turned out to be with the pair winning easliy, 7&6.  Our first pair, Des Cullen & Trevor Phillips also looked a good pairing on paper and they delivered in spades today, winning their match comfortably 4&3. Our final pair of Derek O’Regan & Fergal Duffy were three down after nine but got their match back to one down after twelve. Unfortunately losses on the thirteenth and fourteenth had them back to three down when they were called in.

A good performance for the Fitzgibbon team on their 2023 debut…

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