On day 2 Toby Murphy had a slightly better round than day 1 and returned an 83 for a total of 168 which unfortunately meant a missed cut.
The tournament is led by Paola Perrino with a total of 141.
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Irish Seniors through to European semi finals
After two rounds of strokeplay the 2024 European Senior Men’s Team Championship entered the matchplay stage. The top 8 teams qualified for the quarter finals.
Ireland, with Alan Condren, were up against Scotland and were victorious by 4-1 and will now play Sweden in the semi final on Friday
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Toby Murphy represents Greystones in Italy
Toby Murphy is flying the Irish and Greystones flag in the Italian Under 16 Boys Championship. The event is taking place at Golf Club Biella Le Betulle in Piedmont, Italy.
144 players are representing 16 countries as follows: Italy, Czechia, South Africa, Austria, France, England, Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Scotland, Wales, Switzerland, Norway, Finland and of course Ireland.
Toby shot an 85 to be in 124th place. The lead is held by Perrino Paolo (Italy) with a round of 68(-5).
Alan gets an Albatross in Bulgaria!!
While playing in the 2024European Senior Men’s Team Championship Alan Condren found that rarest of birds with an albatross on the 465 metres Par 5 17th at Blacksearama Golf course. This moved Alan up to tied 21st place at 3 over par. Rupert Kellock (England) leads the way at 10 under par after a second 67.
While the Irish team still lie in second place behind England they have closed the gap to just two shots from 7 after round one.
European Senior Men’s Team Championship
The 2024 European Senior Men’s Team Championship began today in Bulgaria with our own Alan Condren representing Golf Ireland.
There is both an individual and a team element.
Alan recorded a 3 over 75 today which left him in a tie for 45th. The lead is held by Rupert Kellock (England) at 5 under.
Ireland lie 2nd in the team event on a team total of one over. England lead the team event at 6 under par.
Scoring can be followed using the link below.
https://www.ega-golf.ch/events/livescoring?fbclid=IwY2xjawFEQxtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUakXbee4OaQ6xVtbnZPYBpQ9Nr9dOu_G9LP1sQ6qh7rRVWKf6P-OfUAMA_aem_iBiYQPaLSvbElG21-eV7Vw&sfnsn=mo#/competition/4705918/leaderboard/4329431
Alan Condren representing Ireland in Bulgaria
Best of luck to Alan Condren who is representing Golf Ireland in Bulgaria this week in the European Senior Teams Championship.
The following team was selected:
- Stephen Browne (Hermitage)
- Alan Condren (Greystones)
- Shane Kenneally (Kinsale)
- Joe Lyons (Galway)
- Eddie McCormack (Galway Bay)
- David Mulholland (Castlerock)
- Captain – Brian Hutchinson (Donaghadee)
- Manager – Matt Donohue (Portumna)
Updates to follow during the week.
https://www.golfireland.ie/news-detail?newsarticleid=1497&tags=Seniors
Another Leinster Pennant!!
The Grange GC was the venue for the Irish Mixed Foursomes Leinster South Final where Greystones were to take on Newlands GC.
Under the guidance of Regina Barry and Paul Keane the following team were representing Greystones GC:
- Des Hickey and Helen Creedon
- Geraldine O’Shea and Alan Keane
- Ray Nolan and Sandra Cotter
- Aine O’Rourke and Walter Gilbert.
The Grange GC was in immaculate condition for the match and the golf played by both teams was of equal standard.
Helen and Des led the team out and despite finding themselves 2 down after 5 holes they fought back to be one up after 9 holes.
Next up were Alan and Geraldine who started strong winning the first 3 holes. Newlands won the 5th and 6th but the Greystones pair reasserted themselves winning 8 and 9 to be 3 up heading to the 10th.
Sandra and Ray were 3rd up and got off to a tough start and were 3 down after 6. They won the 7th to be 2 down at the turn.
Walter and Áine were last out and got off to a great start and were 2 up through 4. Despite the Newlands pair Walter and Áine won the 7th, 8th and 9th to be 4 up heading for the back 9.
Geraldine and Alan continued their great play winning 10 and 12 to be 5 up. A couple of halves gave Greystones their first point by a margin of 5 & 4.
Des and Helen also kept the pressure on their opponents extending their lead to 2 up after 11. Newlands got a hole back on 12. Again the Greystones pair exerted the pressure on their opposition by winning 14 & 15. Again Newlands came back with a birdie on 16. A par on 17 was enough for Helen and Des to win 2 & 1 to put Greystones two nil up and only needing a half to claim the pennant.
Ray and Sandra found themselves 3 down despite winning the 10th. The Greystones pair were not going to throw in the towel and won 14, 15 and 17 to get back to all square.
Áine and Walter went further ahead by winning 11 and were now 5 up. The Newlands pair responded with 4 wins in a row and suddenly Greystones were one up.
So we needed a half point whether it was from Ray and Sandra or Walter and Áine. As it transpired, Walter and Áine halved 17 at the same as Sandra and Ray won 18 to give Greystones a 3.5 to 0.5 win.
So another blue pennant for the club and an opportunity to get the covered Green All Ireland pennant. The quarter finals will take place in Oughterard on Saturday 13th September. Further details will follow.
Congratulations to Regina Barry and Paul Keane along with all the squad on bringing another pennant back to the club.
Under 15s progress to Semi-finals
Three of our young members took to the first representing the club in the quarter finals of the Leinster Under-15 Interclub competition.
The side picked was as follows:
Ruadhan Murray, Dylan Cavazza and Conor Dignam.
Dylan had a great start to the afternoon and found himself 4 up after 9 holes.
Conor also started well and was 3 up heading to the back 9.
Ruadhan had a more difficult match on his hands and despite winning the first hole he found himself 3 down at the turn.
Dylan lost 10 but won 12 and 14 to run out a 5 & 4 winner. 1-0 to Greystones.
Conor lost ten but won 11 to get back to 3 up. Both players swapped 12 & 13 which left Conor still 3 ahead with 5 to play. The Newbridge player won 15 to keep the pressure on Conor, however Conor responded with a win on 16 to win 3 & 2. Greystones 2-0 up.
At this point Ruadhan was called in from the 15th where he was 2 down after mounting a fightback winning 12,13 and 14 after finding himself 5 down after 11 holes.
Next up for Greystones will be Edenderry before the 15th September with Greystones having the home draw.
Holmes captures Woodbrook Scratch Cup.
Congratulations to Dylan Holmes on winning the 36 hole Scratch Cup in Woodbrook GC.
After shooting level par in the first round he lay 2 off the lead held by James Temple.
Dylan then got off to a blistering start with 4 birdie’s in the first 6 holes. Two further birdies on the back 9 and a round of 67 gave Dylan a two shot win over James Temple.
Jamie Anderson also represented Greystones today and finished in tied 11th place on a score of 6 over after returning a 77 in the morning and a 73 in the afternoon.
You can see all the results here:
https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/10906272077212310190
Mixed Foursomes and Under 15s looking for your support
After a pennant filled month September starts with another chance of a Leinster South Pennant. Our Leinster Mixed Foursomes team are in the Grange GC for their Leinster South Final against Newlands GC. Regina Barry and Paul Keane and the team would love your support. Kick off is 11am with four matches to decide the winner.
Later on Our Under 15s boys interclub team take on Newbridge GC in a quarter final match. All 3 matches are in Greystones. The first match will be away at 2.30pm. All support would be welcome.
Wear your colours wherever you are going and as usual if you can’t make it you can follow the scoring on the app.
