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Halloween Family Scramble

Ladies and Junior Girls

Sarah Kelly:

Thanks to everyone who took part in the Junior Girls/ Ladies event last Sunday.

It was a great success with lots of good quality golf, fun and chats along the way!

Lovely to see so many of our junior girls out playing and interaction with the ladies.

Congratulation to our runners up Laura Dillon , Clara Colgan, Trish Ryan and Gemma Dillon and to the winners on the day Sadhbh Kenny, Orna Kenny, Alma Moran and Sarah Kelly.

Special thanks to the ladies who volunteered their time on the day and to the restaurant staff who looked after us so well.

We’re hoping to make this an annual event to encourage the junior girls to get out playing with the ladies and to participate in more of the ladies club competitions.

See some pictures of the day.

The Junior Committee

Junior Inter-club – 2024 Summary

From multiple contributors, Sean, Adrian and Kevin.

Good progress in Junior Inter-club, culminating in 4th place in the Junior Sixes All-Ireland final in Grange golf club. It was the most successful campaign ever for a number of the teams.

**Fred Daly ::

Format – Under 18 boys, 5 singles matches off scratch. Matchplay.

Castleknock entered it for the first time and lost in the first round to Westmanstown 3-2 after a tight match.

**Boys Foursomes ::

Format – Under 18 boys, 4 players in 2 sets of foursomes, handicap limit 12, shots apply. Matchplay.

Castleknock defeated St. Annes in the 2nd round and lost narrowly (away) to Forrest Little in the quarter final.

**Boys Inter-club ::

Format – Under 18 boys, 5 singles in the 5-24 handicap range, 18 hole stableford, best 3 count. One-day event.

Castleknock finished mid-table.

**Girls Inter-club ::

Format – Under 19 girls, 3 singles, max index allowed is 39.9 with no dropdown, best 2 count. One-day event.

An excellent 5th place finish for the girls, they were only a few shots away from winning the pennant.

**Boys U15 Inter-club ::

Format – Under 15 boys, 3 singles, handicap limit of 18 for under 14s and a limit of 14 for under 15s, shots apply. Matchplay.

A deserved first round win away to Roganstown was followed up by a tight loss at home to The Island.

**Liffey Valley League:

Another great year for our Juniors playing in the Liffey Valley League. We were in the running to retain our Trophy until the last outing but unfortunately just fell short. Overall we have 6 courses participating (Castleknock, Hermitage, Westmanstown, Newlands, Lucan and Millicent). This gave a huge opportunity to our Juniors to play across the summer in some great courses with other golfers of similar age and standard to themselves. The feedback was extremely positive across all events.

**Golf Sixes:

The Junior 6’s team came 4th overall in the All-Ireland Competition, having progressed through the Leinster qualifier in Hermitage, the Leinster final in Millicent. They lost out to the eventual winners by 2 shots on the day and were awarded a pennant. An excellent outcome only 2 years after the inception of the Junior 6’s section in the club.

Congratulations to the Junior Club and their Junior 6’s team who were awarded a pennant for 4th place on Sunday last at Grange Golf Club. Team members Tom Bredin, Alex Doyle, Joshua Hammond, Joe Bruen, Zoe Elliott, and Cara O’Donovan finished 2 shots behind the winners.

An amazing performance from the team and squad over the year. Great day for our Junior Club and the future of our club is bright.

All Ireland interclub Junior 6’s

From Adrian Doyle

Hi all,

Sunday is an exciting day for the club as our Junior 6’s team contest the All-Ireland final in the Grange GC in Rathfarnham with the first tee time at 1.30pm.

Our youngest interclub team of Tom Bredin, Alex Doyle, Joe Bruen, Joshua Hammond, Zoe Elliott and Cara O’Donovan will take part in the first national final for the Junior club.

The team welcomes all support including members, junior members and parents.

Golf Ireland have given guidance for spectators so please read. https://static.clubhouse.golfireland.ie/clubs/1000/uploads/championships/spectators%20parents%20policy.pdf

Thanks and we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Sunday.

Regards,

Junior Committee

Junior Captains’ Prize 2024

Photos for Junior Captains Prize HERE

See Results HERE

Leinster Final

From Adrian Doyle

Well done to our Junior 6’s of Joshua Hammond, Joe Bruen, Tom Bredin, Alex Doyle, Zoe Elliott and Cara O’Donovan who came second (by a shot) in the Leinster Final to progress to the all Ireland Final on the 22nd September in the Grange GC. There was a strong field of 13 teams today and they will be up against the best 7 teams in Ireland on the day.

Leinster qualifier in the Hermitage

Adrian Doyle: 24th July.

Well done our Junior 6’s team of Tom Bredin, Alex Doyle, Joe Bruen, Oisìn Collum, Cara O’Donovan and Zoe Elliott who came second (by a shot) in the Leinster qualifier in the Hermitage today. They have qualified from a field of 10 clubs to make the Leinster final in Millicent on the 12th August!

Update on Junior and Interclub Match play 1st July Sean Bredin

Well done to the boys on their victory over St Anne’s today in the Under 18 Foursomes. Some fantastic golf on display.

David Haughey

Jimmy Bruen 20th June

Jack O’Neill & Eoghan Bredin played their part in the club’s win against a strong Killeen Castle team tonight.

“***Liffey Valley League***

Next Sunday (May 26^th) Castleknock will be hosting the first outing in this year’s Liffey Valley League competition for 2024.

The dates for the competition are as follows;

Castleknock May 26th at 1.30pm

Newlands June 27th

Hermitage July 1st at 10am

Lucan July 12th at 10am

Millicent July 22nd at 11am

Westmanstown August 12th at 10 am”

***Matchplay extension***

Due to impending state and other exams, the committee has decided to extend the deadline for the first round of both the singles and team matchplays to the 30th June.