On a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon our Jimmy Bruen and Barton Cup teams got their 2024 campaigns underway.
First up was the Jimmy Bruen under the joint manager of Michael Keating and Gerry Kenny. In what was expected to be a difficult tie against Dun Laoghaire the Greystones team were fast out of the blocks. The two away pairs (Derek O’Regan/Fergal Duffy and Conor McAleer/Peter Nolan) developed early leads and were never caught. At home Collie Dunne and Rob Tierney again went ahead early on in the round and ran out comfortable winners by 5&4. Brian Murray and Kevin Barry were level through 9 and rattled off 5 wins in a row to win 5&4 also. So a final result of 3.5 to 0.5 in favour of Greystones.
Match results as follows:
Home
Collie Dunne/Rob Tierney won 5&4
Brian Murray/Kevin Barry won 5&4
Away
Conor McAleer/Peter Nolan won 6&5
Derek O’Regan/Fergal Duffy 5 up through 12 when called in.
Ray McDonnells Barton Cup team were next up and had an equally impressive win against Macreddin. With 3 matches away and 2 at home it can be a tricky thing to get through to the next round. Again our two matches got up early in their matches, both pairs birdieing the 1st, and were never headed by their opponents. Away from home it was a bit of a mixed bag. Match one were ahead early and kept their opponents at arms length staying ahead until they were called in after 14 holes. Match two got into an early lead but we’re then hit by run of losses which resulted in defeat on 15. Match 3 was a very comfortable affair, despite being all square through 5 they then won 6 of the next 9 hole to win on 14.
Match results as follows
Home
Chris Boylan/Keith McDonnell won 6&5
Eddie Lonergan/Shane Power won 3&2
Away
Alan Keane/Ruadhan Murray 2 up through 14 when called in
Ray Crotty/Ollie Nolan lost 4&3
Craig Hazelton/Shane Nolan won 6&4
Congratulations to both teams and keep an eye out for the next round of matches.
