Junior Results – 26 August 2023
Blues (18 holes):
- JP Lynch 47pts
- Leo Murphy 42pts
- Dylan Cavazza 41pts
Reds (14 holes):
- Garret Keogh 33pts
- Aoife Dempsey 27pts
- Jane Lumley 25pts
Whites (6 holes):
- Tom Farrell 15pts
- Devin Kelly 14pts
- Sam Kavanagh 10pts
7-Up (6 holes):
Rained off, no entry fee next week if you played and paid today!
Category Change:
- Garret Keogh from Reds to Blues
- Tom Farrell from Whites to Reds
Handicap Cuts:
- Devin Kelly 33 to 27
Congrats to all of our winners on some great scoring today in pretty wet conditions, and to Gar and Tom on moving categories – great golf guys! Please collect your prize next week if you missed the prizegiving.
It has been a great season for our Junior section and we broke our 2023 attendance record today with 62 boys and girls playing. The Junior Committee believes this is the most juniors to ever play in a Saturday competition in GGC in our 128 year history!
The Week Just Gone…..
It was another momentous week for the Junior Section with Dylan Holmes and our Boys Junior Captain, Jamie Anderson, leading the charge as the Leinster U-18 team were crowned 2023 All-Ireland Provincial Champions. Dylan and Jamie played 6 matches each, including winning 2.5 points from the three foursomes matches they played together. Cousins in arms!
Not to be outdone by our “senior” juniors, our Junior Sixes team of Aoife Dempsey, Jane Lumley, Emma Haugh, John O’Boyle, James Long and Jack Daly, under the astute management of Martin Haugh, qualified for the All-Ireland finals which take place at Grange Golf Club on 17 September. Brilliant work guys!
And then to cap all of this off, Emma Haugh won the 2023 Wicklow Girls on Thursday with a great score of 41 points. Emma is the first Greystones winner in the second year of what we hope will turn into a big Girls event, with Shauna Siefried placing second and Sophie Lumley just behind in third. Well done ladies on filling the podium!
Then finally, our U-15 Boys team of Toby Murphy, Ruadhán Murray and Conor Dignam put in a great performance to beat Stackstown 3-0 to reach the semi-finals and keep the dream alive for another year. An impressive win from all three under the youthful and energetic management team of Ben Crowley and last years Junior Boys Captain, George O’Brien.
And the Week Ahead……
As we reach the business end of the golf season, we have a massive week ahead.
Toby Murphy, Will O’Riordan and Jack McGovern tee-off tomorrow when our Mens Junior Cup team play Monkstown GC in the All-Ireland quarter-finals in Youghal GC with a 12.00 tee time. Three juniors starting in a five-man team! The very best of luck lads.
Then on Tuesday, our 10-man squad, ably led by our star U-18 interprovincials Dylan and Jamie, play the All-Ireland quarter-finals of both the Fred Daly (Boys U-18 at 9.10) and Irish Junior Foresomes (Boys U-18 at 13.27) at Castletroy GC in Limerick. Best of luck to Dylan, Jamie, Toby, Jack, Will, Stephen, Marc, Milo, Conor and Ruadhán. With Karl Holmes and Peter Anderson managing both squads, this is a fantastic achievement for everyone at GGC as we chase a Green pennant on two fronts.
The Junior Committee