Revive Active & Metropolitan teams do the business once again

Congratulations to Lisa Croke and her Revive Active team who took on Blainroe this afternoon.  Lisa’s team had a tough task with three matches away from home and just two in Greystones but was hopeful after the excellent performance of the team against Coollattin earlier in the month.

First out at home were Aisling Marmion & Amanda Lawless. Both players were in fine form and got off to an excellent start winning the first and third to take an early lead. The Greystones’ pair got into trouble on the sixth and the hole went to Blainroe but a half on seven followed by an excellent win on the eighth restored their advantage to two holes. Nine was halved the Aisling & Amanda walked down the lane with a two hole advantage.

The usually extremely strong pairing of Jennifer Moore & Aine O’Rourke were next to tee it up but it was soon clear that their opposition were also very strong. Despite a win on the third, Jennifer & Aine found themselves two down through seven holes, but still playing well and they earned two excellent wins on the next two holes to level their match after the front nine.

In Blainroe, Mary Hutch & Sandra Cotter were out together once again and lost eight and nine to be one down after the first nine holes. They got ahead after wins on ten and eleven but were back at all square immediately after a loss on the twelfth. Both pairs were playing well and the thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth were all halved and it was clear that either pair could win the match.

Niamh Keilthy & Joyce Kirwan were out second away from home and were also in a tight match. The front nine was halved but Blainroe got their noses just in front, but only just, with a win on the par four eleventh. The home pair doubled this lead on the very next hole and maintained this lead after fourteen.

Our final pair this afternoon was that of Deirdre Ahern & Orla Delaney who got off to a flyer, two up through two but lost six, seven and nine to run one down.  Deirdre & Orla bounced straight back however, winning the first two holes on the back nine, as they had done on the first, to get back ahead.

Our Metropolitan Cup team, managed by Ed Davis were also in action this evening, playing Slade Valley. As with the Revive team the odd match was away from home, so another tough assignment.

At home, Ed had picked Gavin Nolan to lead the way. Gavin lost the first two but got one back with a good win on the third.

David O’Toole was out next and started with a win in par on the first and a bogey was enough to win the second – a great start.

Third out was Trevor Phillips who lost the first but made a good halve on the second.

In Slade Valley, Walter Gilbert was out first with Craig Hazelton next to the it up. Mark A. Byrne was out number three and the man who won the deciding match against Old Conna in the last round, John Egan, brought up the rear.