Interclub Comps 2015

Ciaranra

Cill Dara beat Waterford to reach prov towns final great achievement if we can win this two years in a row

OffalyMedic

ILGU Mid-Leinster Junior Cup Semi-final
Birr v Tullamore in the Heritage.
Winners Birr

I'm one very happy golfer this morning, waking up knowing we are in the district final We had a great match yesterday winning one game on 18, and two on 17 with the other two games on 19 and 18 when called in.

I was last out for our team and got off to a great start and was 2up after 2. Played some really good golf tee to green but because the course was so busy yesterday I got no chipping practise in before the match and it was very obvious as my distance control even with the short chips was very poor. Thankfully my opponent was having an off day in and around the greens too.

From the 3rd hole on our game was very up and down but I managed to do enough to remain at least 1up throughout.

One of the big turning points for me was on 10, a par 5, i was one up and hit a cracker of a drive down the middle, opponent layed up infront of bunkers leaving 100+yard into green, i was 168m from the middle and said to myself i'd nothing to loose so took out the 4hybrid and let it rip and landed right in the middle of the green, took my two putts for birdie to go 2up and my confidence got a huge lift too.

Was back to only 1up after making a balls of 9i into tough 16th green and loosing the hole but thankfully a good 8i to the front of the green on 17 and 2putts was enough to win the hole, and my match and for an overall team win!!

Cant wait until the 29th of August now, playing enniscorthy or new ross in the district final in Tullamore. We have a great advantage as tullamore is only 30mins away from us, we all know it very will, in fact 2/5 of us have country membership there. The fact we can sleep in our own beds and all the night before will make a difference too.

This is my first major win in golf and would nearly go as far as saying it was as good as winning the senior camogie county final for the first time ever last year!! (If you know me you'd know how big that is) :P

ballyk

Ballykisteen reached the Munster semi-final of the Jimmy Bruen for the first time ever on Sunday and won 4-1 against Lee Valley to get to the Munster final. However a defeat to Ballybunion on the same score was to be their lot in the final.

Rikand

ballyk wrote: »

Ballykisteen reached the Munster semi-final of the Jimmy Bruen for the first time ever on Sunday and won 4-1 against Lee Valley to get to the Munster final. However a defeat to Ballybunion on the same score was to be their lot in the final.

Still a great achievement Ballyk. Were you on the team yourself ?

Myksyk

Irish Junior Cup North Munster final ... Woodstock lost to Limerick yesterday in Dromoland GC 3.5 - 1.5. Good match. Good young team from Limerick. Interesting to see how they go from here.

Rikand

Myksyk wrote: »

Irish Junior Cup North Munster final ... Woodstock lost to Limerick yesterday in Dromoland GC 3.5 - 1.5. Good match. Good young team from Limerick. Interesting to see how they go from here.

Limerick are well set in the Senior Cup as well, arent they ? Is there any overlap in the two teams do you know ?

mafc

Ciaranra wrote: »

Cill Dara beat Waterford to reach prov towns final great achievement if we can win this two years in a row

Lost 3-2 to Naas on Sunday in Leinster quarter finals of Jimmy Bruen. Very tight match that went to the 18th. One putt decided it. Great performance by the Cill Dara lads.

Myksyk

Rikand wrote: »

Limerick are well set in the Senior Cup as well, arent they ? Is there any overlap in the two teams do you know ?

Don't know to tbh. I know nearly all the team are off 4 or less so could well have representatives on the Snr Cup team. Definitely one lad off 2.

ballyk

Rikand wrote: »

Still a great achievement Ballyk. Were you on the team yourself ?

It was a great achievement Rikand considering we are a small club with very few single figure golfers. I wasn't involved myself.

Kingswood Rover

mafc wrote: »

Lost 3-2 to Naas on Sunday in Leinster quarter finals of Jimmy Bruen. Very tight match that went to the 18th. One putt decided it. Great performance by the Cill Dara lads.

Hard luck, A what a season for Cill Dara, good luck in the Prov Towns final.

TLOA72

Jimmy bruen connacht final to be played tomorrow between castlebar and galway bay.

TLOA72

Gort win pierce purcell in connacht and castlebar win the jimmy bruen

Rikand

TLOA72 wrote: »

Gort win pierce purcell in connacht and castlebar win the jimmy bruen

Westport win the Junior Cup.

Westport beat us in the Semi-Final. They've a serious team. Half the team were on their Senior Cup team who were also excellent.

Tuam win the Kenny Cup

Rikand

Senior cup provincial finals for ulster leinster and munster this weekend.

Limerick and monkstown into final in munster.

Leinster quarters were on this morning.
Semis this afternoon are ::
Dun laoire vs portmarnock
Nuim vs Royal dublin

Rikand

Ulster on tomorrow

Rikand

Our own gorfield into the final of munster Barton shield again. Muskerry vs Shannon in final

Norfolk Enchants_

Rikand wrote: »

Our own gorfield into the final of munster Barton shield again. Muskerry vs Shannon in final

And Muskerry scrape through, despite their big guns not firing;).

A New earth

Portmarnock bt Dun Laoghaire 3.5/1.5

N.U.I.M. bt The Royal Dublin 3.5/1.5

Golfgorfield

Norfolk Enchants_ wrote: »

And Muskerry scrape through, despite their big guns not firing;).

We have 4 big guns.

Norfolk Enchants_

Golfgorfield wrote: »

We have 4 big guns.

Thankfully for you, some are bigger than others:p.

Rikand

Good luck to our own Shaunac in the Ladies Junior Cup representin' Birr tomorrow

Ciaranra

Cill Dara lost to tullamore in prov towns final
It was 9-9 after 2 legs we lost on the last putt of 3 hole play off
Another good year for club in inter club
On a personal note I won my 2 games in the final��

OffalyMedic

Rikand wrote:

Good luck to our own Shaunac in the Ladies Junior Cup representin' Birr tomorrow

Ahh thanks Rikand!! Texts are starting to come in now and nerves kicking in!! Hoping my game clicks tomorrow and we'll be well into the celebrations at this time tomorrow

Kingswood Rover

Ciaranra wrote: »

Cill Dara lost to tullamore in prov towns final
It was 9-9 after 2 legs we lost on the last putt of 3 hole play off
Another good year for club in inter club
On a personal note I won my 2 games in the final��

Hard Lines C, great run again this year, it looks like we will have a decent squad ourselves for this next year would love us to get a run at it again.

Ollieboy

We won the Uden Cup yesterday at Hollystown.. yipee... sore head this morning.

Sorry, Corrstown Golf Club.

mickelson

Ciaranra wrote: »

Cill Dara lost to tullamore in prov towns final
It was 9-9 after 2 legs we lost on the last putt of 3 hole play off
Another good year for club in inter club
On a personal note I won my 2 games in the final��

will you stay off 9 to play in prov towns next year or have you gone below 9.

wellpastit

9 is the lowest h,cap in Cill Dara

Ciaranra

That all depends on how well I play

ballyk

shaunac93 wrote: »

Ahh thanks Rikand!! Texts are starting to come in now and nerves kicking in!! Hoping my game clicks tomorrow and we'll be well into the celebrations at this time tomorrow

How did it go?

OffalyMedic

ballyk wrote:

How did it go?

Don't ask!!


We got well bet but one positive I can take out of it is I played well and really enjoyed the occassion.

Level par through 5 and 4 up, going stead for whole front 9. Got to 9 a par 3 3 up and my birdie putt to win lipped out and unfortunately missed the putt back and instead of going 4up through 9 I was only 2up. Momentum swong and my game turned to ****e!! Proceded to loose the next 3 holes (4 in a row and found myself 1 down). Had a little chat with myself after blaring my 3rd chip in a row on 14 and then opponent found water on par 5 15, so I took full advantage and bombed one down the middle, she dropped about 280m from green and laid up to about 150m I took out the 3 metal and landed it on the green with maybe a 20ft putt and then we got called in!!! So in my head I would have won that hole, brough it back to all square and have gone on to play my favourite hole I was going to win I swear!! Down in other 4 games though so didn't make much of a difference

ballyk

Ballykisteen won the county final of the Belvedere Cup (scotch foursomes competition for handicaps 18 and up) on Tuesday night, beating Slievenamon in Cahir Park. It's the first ever win in this competition for the club. We got beaten in the county final a few years ago when I was on it.

Golfgorfield

Played the o meara yesterday, bit of an early practice round with the rest of the Muskerry Barton Shield team, the place is in lovely nick again, greens amazing so hopefully the weather is as good as last year, anyone else on here going is in for a treat that's for sure!

Rikand

Golfgorfield wrote: »

Played the o meara yesterday, bit of an early practice round with the rest of the Muskerry Barton Shield team, the place is in lovely nick again, greens amazing so hopefully the weather is as good as last year, anyone else on here going is in for a treat that's for sure!

We've been up for a practice ourselves in Athlone for the Senior Cup. Course is in great shape. Really looking forward to next week. When we're up for our practices, I'll see if i can get out to watch ye play in the Barton

Golfgorfield

Rikand wrote: »

We've been up for a practice ourselves in Athlone for the Senior Cup. Course is in great shape. Really looking forward to next week. When we're up for our practices, I'll see if i can get out to watch ye play in the Barton

Great, were off at 11.00 Wednesday in the Semi final hopefully the GUI learned from the mistakes of last year and it runs a bit better.

pinkdoubleeagle

Golfgorfield wrote: »

Great, were off at 11.00 Wednesday in the Semi final hopefully the GUI learned from the mistakes of last year and it runs a bit better.

What were the problems last year?

Golfgorfield

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

What were the problems last year?

1 Toilet on the whole course. Hundreds of spectators, women, children etc

Extortionate food/accomodation prices.

Presentations taking an hour per comp.

Teething problems for the first year hopefully.

pinkdoubleeagle

Golfgorfield wrote: »

1 Toilet on the whole course. Hundreds of spectators, women, children etc

Extortionate food/accomodation prices.

Presentations taking an hour per comp.

Teething problems for the first year hopefully.

Jaysus. The course is so far away from the clubhouse that they need to get sone portable ones in obviously.


Agree on the condition of the course. Never seen it looking so well. A great course for matchplay

Rikand

Best of luck to our own Golfgorfield who is playing for Muskerry in the Barton Shield today. They are playing against Royal Dublin. You can follow the live scoring here ::

http://gui.intelligentgolf.co.uk/barton

The All Ireland Junior Cup is also on today, the scoring can be followed here ::

http://gui.intelligentgolf.co.uk/junior


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Disclaimer :: Dont mention Golfgorfields' real name on boards.ie - He's easy to figure out, but dont mention it anyways. Cheers

Rikand

Barton Shield

Muskerry beaten by Royal Dublin in one semi-final
Galway beat North West in the other Semi-final

Galway Vs Royal Dublin tomorrow. Will hopefully get to see some of that when I'm up there tomorrow

Rikand

The GUI also have a twitter feed going for anyone who wants to see pictures, blogs, other things from all the matches

https://twitter.com/GUIGolf

AGC

Rikand wrote: »

Barton Shield

Muskerry beaten by Royal Dublin in one semi-final
Galway beat North West in the other Semi-final

Galway Vs Royal Dublin tomorrow. Will hopefully get to see some of that when I'm up there tomorrow

Very good comeback by the Galway lads in match 2. They were 4 down at one stage.

Ben1977

Rikand wrote: »

Barton Shield

Muskerry beaten by Royal Dublin in one semi-final
Galway beat North West in the other Semi-final

Galway Vs Royal Dublin tomorrow. Will hopefully get to see some of that when I'm up there tomorrow

What time are you out tomorrow Rikand?

Rikand

Ben1977 wrote: »

What time are you out tomorrow Rikand?

Just practicing tomorrow ben. Senior Cup is on 8 am Friday morning though for anyone who is around and wants to come cheer on athlone

Ben1977

Rikand wrote: »

Just practicing tomorrow ben. Senior Cup is on 8 am Friday morning though for anyone who is around and wants to come cheer on athlone

Good luck, hoping to pop in at some stage

pinkdoubleeagle

Royal Dublin running away away with the Barton Shield

Rikand

RD won it well in the end.

Greenisland beat Westport on the last green. Fella had to hole a tricky downhill 4 footer.

Gort play Thurles in the pierce Purcell final tomorrow

Golfgorfield

Rikand wrote: »

RD won it well in the end.

Greenisland beat Westport on the last green. Fella had to hole a tricky downhill 4 footer.

Gort play Thurles in the pierce Purcell final tomorrow

Good luck to ye tomorrow, ye will have plenty of the neutral support

pinkdoubleeagle

Club golf is nearly finished at the elite level of this form of golf. When you see packed teams like Maynooth today playing with a team of internationals with no club base, you have to wonder what is going on with GUI affiliation.

Would be interesting to see how many of the Royal Dublin team that won the Barton Shield were juniors in the club?

Kingswood Rover

Yea, never understand the Uni's have golf teams, do they actually have ciomps and use another clubs facilities? If not are they not just golf societies.....time to stretch the point..... so could one not register their golf society with the GUi because there is a load of really talented artisans from say Grange, Foxrock or where ever that drink here in Mulligans of Poolbeg st....I can see the headlines now...Inner city pub beats countries elite golf clubs. Joking aside great win for Greenisland a fellow nine holer reminds me of Vartry Lakes GC winning the Barton Cup from nowhere in 2001.

Golfgorfield

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

Club golf is nearly finished at the elite level of this form of golf. When you see packed teams like Maynooth today playing with a team of internationals with no club base, you have to wonder what is going on with GUI affiliation.

Would be interesting to see how many of the Royal Dublin team that won the Barton Shield were juniors in the club?

Athlone
Skerries
Stackstown
Cork
Co Sligo
Rosslare
The island
Balcarrick

These clubs are to be thanked for the junior development of their squad.

They have 12 players all who would get on most club teams, its a terrifying prospect for the future. Not any fault of RD they are entitled to take as many good players as they like, its the system that allows them to.