CROKES FOOTBALLER (U -15 2011) - WINS GOLF JUNIOR TITLE
John Molyneaux - son of Des and Elaine Molyneaux, played football with Kilmacud Crokes up to U-15. However, John had to give up football at U-15 due to golfing commitments. He has represented Munster at U15 Inter Provincial level in 2012. He currently plays off 4 handicap.
His most recent success as a member of the All IReland winning Junior Cup team is described below. Well Done John !
18th September - All Ireland Semi win:
http://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/ballybunions-young-guns-book-place-in-decider-29589981.html
The Kerry club, bidding to win the competition for the first time, were rewarded for fielding five teenagers as they defeated a gallant Laytown & Bettystown team by 3.5 to 1.5 on the opening day of the AIG Cups and Shields finals.
Star of the show was the youngest of the Ballybunion players, John Molyneaux Jnr, who belied his 16 years to clinch the key match against the Laytown & Bettystown club.
Molyneaux, a grandson of legendary GUI official John Molyneaux, and also a member of Stackstown in Dublin, had to go to the 20th before he defeated Rory O'Gorman. That result put Ballybunion in today's final against a strong Westport side who ousted Slieve Russell – also by 3.5 to 1.5.
The Kerry team's captain John Maher was proud of his Munster champions. Four of the players – Molyneaux, Senan Carroll, Richard Hanley and Jason Lynch – are Leaving Cert students, and one – Frank Geary Jnr – is in his first year of college.
"It's amazing. It's the youngest team we've ever put out," said Maher. "We're in uncharted territory now, but the lads are confident without being cocky."
19th September : All Ireland Final Final win
Ballybunion claimed a first green pennant for 34 years in winning the Junior Cup for the first time at the AIG sponsored GUI All Ireland Cups and Shields at Royal Tara Golf Club this afternoon.
The Kerry club, who fielded a team of schoolboys, the eldest of whom was 18 years of age, triumphed in emphatic fashion in beating Westport.John Molyneaux Jnr again led the way by claiming a hard-fought point in the top singles against Ronan Hehir, closing out the match with a birdie on the home green.
Frank Geary Jnr and Richard Hanley also prevailed in their respective matches and the final two games on the course were called in at that point with Ballybunion leading in both.
Junior Cup Final: Ballybunion bt Westport 4-1 (Ballybunion names first): J Molyneaux Jnr bt R Hehir 2 holes; F Geary Jnr bt J Healy 3/1; S Carroll halved with R Mahon; R Hanley bt T Bree 3/2; J Lynch halved with S Larkin.