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Ladies Leinster Trophy
From a group of 50 different clubs in South Leinster Greystones beat Naas to reach the final.
Greystones had a big win against a strong Naas team. Playing in Greystones Ann Clarke won 7 & 5. Trudy Bolton 3 & 2 and Grace Dodd 5 & 3 Great start.
In Naas Deirdre Ahern won 3 & 2. A defeat for Marguerite Hamill, who has won all matches to date. Joyce Kirwan was all square after 17 and very happy to be called in.
Caddies in Greystones were Anne Browner, Orla Rushe & Áine O’Rourke. Caddies in Naas were Iris Haughton, Frances Twomey & Sandra Cotter.
Great to see so many supporters in Greystones, President, Vice President. Captains, Vice Captains, Club Manager Jim & many more. Thanks to Von McDonald who went to Naas with Polly O Reilly to manage there. Mary Cahill managed in Greystones.
The final is scheduled for 29th September in Blessington GC v Malahide.
Professionals Prize for Juniors – 17 August 2024
We hosted our second major of the year, Davie’s Professional Prize for the Juniors, today. We had 71 boys and girls playing (possibly a new record?) and there was a great evening in the clubhouse after for the prizegiving.
Our Mens Captain, and former Junior Convenor, Mark McAleer was on hand to introduce Davie and our Junior Boys Captain, Dylan Holmes, to call out the results and present the prizes. The overall winner was Ruadhán Murray with 38 points / 71 gross, beating Jane Lumley on countback. Well done Ruadhán on a great score. The gross prize was won by Will O’Riordan who topped off a great week having also won the Wicklow Boys on Tuesday!
Well done to all of our prize winners and our category winners – James Ward in Reds, Ava Melody in Whites and Sean Hughes in 7Ups.
A big thank you to Davie who gives so much time to our Juniors, and also to Ben and Keith. The year round coaching which they provide is evident to see in the progress all of the boys and girls are making. Thank you also Ali, Liz, Olivia and Holly for feeding everybody, and Paul, Áine and the team behind the bar.
Also thank you to all of our starters and card markers today – we can only run weekly competitions for the Juniors with the help of parents!
Best of luck this week to Karl, Pete, Michael and all of the Fred Daly panel – Dylan Holmes, Jamie Anderson, Will O’Riordan, Toby Murphy, Jack McGovern, Milo Doyle, Ruadhán Murray and Marc Lawless – who play Edenderry in the All-Ireland quarter final on Tuesday in Warrenpoint GC. The whole club is behind you guys!
And finally, best of luck to Shauna, Isabella, Toby and Ruadhán who play the final round of inter-provincial matches for the Leinster U18, U16 and U14 teams this week in Roscrea. Play well guys!
Blues (18 holes):
- Overall winner – Ruadhán Murray 38pts (back 9)
- Jane Lumley 38pts
- Aoife Dempsey 36pts
Best Gross:
- Will O’Riordan 72
Reds (9 holes):
- James Ward 23pts
- Noah Thompson 22pts
- Hugh Taylor 22pts
Whites (6 holes):
- Ava Melody 14pts (last 3)
- Jack Delmar Anderson 14pts
- Evan Barry 13pts (last 3)
7Ups:
- Sean Hughes 15pts
Handicap Cuts:
- James Ward 30 to 20
- Noah Thompson 20 to 12
- Hugh Taylor 18 to 10
- Ava Melody 42 to 36
- Jack Delmar Anderson 45 to 39
- Evan Barry 27 to 25
- Sean Hughes 42 to 31
- Vanessa Gulliver 39 to 36
- Charlie Dodson 21 to 18
- Alex Hamilton 32 to 26
- Alex Porter 28 to 26
There will be some category changes also this week with details to follow.
The Junior Committee
Junior Results – 10 August 2024
Blues (18 holes):
- Ollie Packman 41pts
- Daniel Garvey 39pts
- Garrett Keogh 36pts
Reds (9 holes):
- Max Mahady 21pts (last 3)
- Patrick Murray 21pts
- Sal Maxwell 20pts
Whites (6 holes):
- William O’Neill 17pts
- Evan Hatton 14pts
- Hugo Henley 12pts
7Ups (6 holes):
- Elijah Davis 13pts
- Bobby Tierney 13pts
- Sean Hughes 11pts
Handicap Cuts:
- Max Mahady 26 to 20
- Patrick Murray 32 to 26
- Sal Maxwell 36 to 32
- Daniel Cunningham 28 to 26
- Mason Melody 34 to 32
- Hugh Taylor 20 to 18
- William O’Neill 54 to 39
- Evan Hatton 27 to 21
- Elijah Davis 27 to 24
- Bobby Tierney 48 to 45
Congrats to all winners. Please pick up your prize next Saturday if you missed the prizegiving.
The Junior Committee
Leinster Men’s Senior Interclub lose to Naas
Our Men’s Leinster Senior Interclub team were playing there 3rd round against Naas Golf Club. Trevor Phillips was looking after things in Naas while Stephen O’Brien was in charge at home. The team selected were as follows:
Home:
- Neil Lawless and Paul Creedon
- Michael Whelan and Macdara Cummins
Away:
- Colm Drew and Conor Lucey
- Dermot Barry and Andy Nolan
Naas got off to a good start in the first game and we’re two up after 7 holes. They added another win on 9 to be 3 up against Neil and Paul.
In the second game Michael and Macdara were two down after 3 but won 4 of the next 5 holes. Naas pulled one back on 9 for Greystones to be one up at the turn.
Meanwhile away in Colm and Conor were up first and got away to a steady start and were all square after 4 holes. They won 2 and lost one of the next three and were one up after 9.
Dermot and Andy had a tough start and found themselves 2 down after 4 but steadied the ship and remained 2 down after 9.
At home Paul and Neil were looking to reel in their opposition and started well by winning the tenth. However wins by Naas on 13 and 16 meant Naas went one ahead after a 4&2 win
Macdara and Michael also won ten to go 2 up. Another win on 13 put them in control but two quick wins by Naas on 14 and 15 made things interesting again. A win on 17 closed the match out 2&1 and levelled the tie at one all.
All eyes now were on Naas as they had started half an hour later.
Andy and Dermot won the tenth to trim the deficit to one. Unfortunately that was as close as they got as Naas pressed home their advantage by winning 12, 15 and 16 to win 4&2. Naas now were 2-1 up.
Last match out were Colm and Conor. They extended their lead to 2 by winning the 11th. Naas had their backs against the wall and came out fighting and won the 13th, 15th and 16th to go one up. A half on 17 was all Naas needed to guarantee the half point they needed to progress to the next round.
Commiserations to Trevor and Stephen and the team and best of luck to Naas in the next round.
Junior Results – Captain’s Prize – 13 July 2024
We hosted our first major of the year today, Ciara and Mark’s Captain’s Prize for the Juniors. We had an incredible turnout of 67 boys and girls playing in great playing conditions, as evidenced by the fantastic scoring across all of our categories.
Our Junior Girls Captain Sophie Lumley and Junior Boys Captain Dylan Holmes were on hand to call out the results and present the prizes with Ciara and Mark, ably assisted by our Junior Convenor Neil Lawless who did a great job in organising our first major of the year.
Congratulations to Emma Haugh who won Ciara’s prize for the girls with a great score of 38pts, and to Cillian McInerney who won Mark’s prize for the boys with a brilliant score of 43pts! A Captain’s Prize is an incredibly hard prize to win, so well done guys.
Blues:
1 (Boys) Cillian McInerney 43pts
1 (Girls) Emma Haugh 38pts
2 John O’Boyle 40pts
3 JP Lynch 39pts
Gross: Conor Dignam 39pts
Reds (9 holes):
- Chloe Creedon 26pts (last 3)
- Devin Kelly 26pts
- Sinead Seifried 24pts
Whites (6 holes):
- Noah Thompson 16pts
- Sean Farrell 15pts
- Sean Nunan 14pts
7Ups (6 holes):
- Farrah Keogh 16pts
- Oran Guilfoyle 14pts
- Ben McFadden 13pts
Handicap Cuts (a long list!):
- Devin Kelly 36 to 20
- Noah Thompson 33 to 21
- Sean Farrell 33 to 24
- Farrah Keogh 48 to 36
- Oran Guilfoyle 27 to 21
- Ben McFadden 54 to 48 (first cut, well done Ben!)
- Jack Daly 22 to 20
- Matthew Byrne 36 to 34
- Robbie Watchorn 36 to 26
- Annie Dillon 48 to 39
- Amy Murphy 33 to 27
- Conor O’Farrell 33 to 27
- Iseult Naidoo 51 to 48
- Charlie Dunne 54 to 51
- James Ward 33 to 30
- Donnacha Cribben 54 to 51
Category Change:
- Sean Nunan to Reds (well done Sean!)
Congratulations to all of our winners, and thank you to all of the parents and boys and girls who attended the prizegiving in the Clubhouse after the competition. Our majors are special days and it was great to see everyone after.
A huge thank you to Ciara and Mark, for both your prizes today and your ongoing support for Junior golf in GGC. We have a Junior Section that is the envy of many clubs!
Thank you also to Paul, Jackie and the team behind the bar and also to Ali, Liz, Olivia and the team in the kitchen who fed and watered everybody.
We also had a busy week in the provincial championships. Will O’Riordan was just pipped at the finish line when he was beaten in a play-off for the Munster U18 Boys after shooting a great final round of 2 under par 69, playing his last 6 holes in 3 under par. This followed Will’s 3rd place finish in the Leinster U18 Boys a few weeks ago – great golf Will! Dylan Holmes was tied 22nd, while Jamie Anderson and Toby Murphy also played. And well done to Dylan, Jamie and Will who played for our Mens Senior Cup team today in a great win over Lucan in the Leinster South Area quarter-final.
Isabella Stewart shot a final round of 73 to finish tied 5th in the Munster U18 Girls and Shauna Seifried finished in 12th place after a final round of 79 (Sinead is following you Shauna after a great score today!). Well done ladies!
Up in Tyrone, Ruadhán Murray shot a 77 to finish in 8th place in the Ulster U14 Boys. Ruadhán will make his interprovincial debut in 2 weeks time for the Leinster U14s when they play Ulster. Well done Ruadhán!
The Junior Committee
Alan Condren contending in Lough Erne
Day 2 in Lough Erne was cut day. Alan Condren entered the day with a 3 shot lead. On a day where only 3 players broke par The cut came at +13 with 37 players making it through to the 3rd and final round.
Alan shot a 2 over 74 to finish on 1 over. This puts Alan in 2nd place one off the lead which is held by Shane Kenneally (Kinsale)
Our other representative Tom Byrne unfortunately missed the cut in tied 71st.
Best of luck to Alan tomorrow.
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Ladies Junior Cup
The Junior Cup team did battle against Arklow on Sunday 16th June.
The home team of Shauna Seifried, Mary Lockhart and Deirdre Ahern stole the show with three amazing wins against tough opposition. Niamh Keilthy and Marguerite Hamill fought hard in very tough windy conditions in Arklow.
Special thanks to all the caddies who helped keep nerves at bay and to the players and subs who gave up their time to practice and play. You’re a great bunch. Onwards and upwards now to the quarter final against Dun Laoghaire.
Intermediate Foursomes
The Intermediate Foursomes team took on Lucan on Sunday 9th in their quarter final round, managed by Orla Delaney Another wet & windy day in both venues but didn’t stop Greystones who had 3 wins against a very strong Lucan team.
Playing at home were Amanda Lawless & Áine O’Rourke along with Marguerite Hamill & Joyce Kirwan who had very comfortable wins. Great golf played by both pairings.
Geraldine O’Shea & Helen Creedon along with Jacinta Deane & Trisha Moore played away & the standard of golf was exceptional from both pairings. Jacinta & Trisha went 5up & finished on the 15th & with 2 birdies & multiple pars left their opponents speechless . It was a pleasure to watch them all play
Next round is semi final against Rathfarnham on Saturday June 29th
Boyne Trophy 2024
What a day!!
Our ladies played against Milltown in the first round of the Boyne Trophy 2024 on Sunday 19th May. The Ladies came away having won two matches (Deirdre and Joyce 6 & 4) (Iris and Orla 5 & 4).
Trish and Anne had a nail biting finish up to the 20th hole missing out narrowly.
It was a well fought day by all, we are extremely proud of each of the ladies. Greystones was well represented and We are looking forward to 2025.
