Old County Pitch & Putt Club

it was fine weekend of regular season and with Sean McDermott Cup being played on Sunday. It was just a sweepstake event to finish the season off. Results are listed below, but fitting our Player of the year Tom O'Reilly was among the winners. Well done to Hughie Barnwell, great to see him among winners and David Redmond and in the ladies the two Vera's, quite a weekend for Vera Glennon winning the Sean McDermott Cup with Peter. Vera Moore too had a fine season as well

Sweepstake Results

Congratulations to Tom O'Reilly and Pauline Balfe who will be crowned players of the year for 2019. The duo have been so consistent all season and their just rewards is to finish the season as the club Number 1 players. There is still points up for grabs at the Sean McDermott Cup on Sunday but not enough to dislodge Tom & Pauline. Tom unusually did not win a club major. However he was runnr up at the Strokeplay and won the Top Gross at the Captains and he won the Tom Doyle. Tom's most memorable moment was his 39 score at the strokeplay in August. He was also runner up in the GAA matchplay earlier this month. Pauline too has been very consistent in the club majors and was winner of the Club Matchplay and runner up in the Strokeplay as well. Pauline too was a member of the Dublin Inter County team and she again performed well in scratch cups. The runners up Conor O'Shea and Vera Glennon too were excellent. Vera was our strokeplay winner, Handicap Matchplay winner, performed well in the Club Matchplay and a number of the Chase II events. She Matched Pauline almost all the way and nearly caught her at the end. Conor O'Shea what a year for him. winner of the GAA Matchplay, the Gents Inter Matchplay and runner up in the Dublin Matchplay, his game continues to improve and 2020 could be a very exciting year for him with lots to look forward to.   We will update final points total after our final weekend. We will announce too presentation dates as well to our winners and runners up but well played to Tom & Pauline on a fantastic consistent year. 

POTY 2019

The Final Chase II event of the season took place last weekend. It was extended over extra weekend due to the death of one of our members son and the inclement weather.  Our winners are listed below. Tom O'Reilly was once again in the winners, what a year for Tom who continues to shoot brilliant low scores each weekend he won the 36 Gross with a fantastic 87. Tom's brother Liam our Captains Prize winner was in equally hot form with a 90 nett and Kevin Berminghmam too was among the winner, Jim would be so delighted to have Kevin winning in his event after the great friendship / respect  they shared for many years.  In the Inters, two more gents who knew and worked with Jim so well was the evergreen "Christy Broe" and David Redmond two stalwarts of the club they won the 36 Nett and Gross Prizes and Stephen Keatinge is another to follow in his fathers footsteps and what it means to support the club and serve it so diligently he wins the 18 Nett prize.

In the juniors we had Brian Birrell who is really finding his best game and 2020 promises to be an exciting year for him on this evidence, our former president Michael Quinn and Rob Ryan were all in the winners enclosure here. 

In the ladies again we saw three really hard working commitee people claim prizes in Kathleen Condron, Ann O'Shea and Noeleen O'Reilly. and three great supporters of the many competitions in the club Teresa Keating, Pauline Balfe and Vera Glennon.    These all picked up the graded prizes. 

The winner though with a fine 84 nett in very challenging conditions was Luke Birrell. Luke was a player with a lot of promise but gave up the game due to work and  school committments. He is back and great to see him winning this event. A promising player with a great attitude on the course. Well done Luke, Jim would be delighted to see Luke win his trophy. The Presentation of Prizes along with the Trophy will be held during a break in the Sean McDermott Cup on Sunday roughly around 12,30. We hope to have members of the Byrne family in attendance and we really would love to see all our winners there if possible, Jim's committment to the club was unquestionable over 51 years and  I know how much it would mean to the family to have the winners present to receive their prize. Well done to all and a big thanks to all who played over last 2 weeks. 

Anniversary Trophy - Jim Byrne Memorial Cup: 

Winner: Luke Birrell: 84N

Gents Senior 36 Nett: Liam O'Reilly 90N

Gents Senior 36 Gross: Tom O'Reilly  87

Gents Senior 18 Nett: Kevin Bermingham 46N (o.b.9)

Gents Inter 36 Nett: Christy Broe 99N

Gents Inter 36 Gross; David Redmond  111

Gents Inter 18 Nett: Stephen Keatinge 48N (o.b.9)

Gents Junior 36 Nett: Brian Birrell 89 (o.b.9)

Gents Junior 36 Gross: Rob Ryan 112

Gents Junior 18 Nett:  Michael Quinn 43N

Ladies A 36 Nett: Pauline Balfe 90 

Ladies A 36 Gross: Vera Glennon 107

Ladies A 18 Nett: Ann O'Shea 47

Ladies B 36 Nett: Kathleen Condron 91N

Ladies B 36 GRoss: Teresa Keating 122

Ladies B 18 Nett: Noeleen O'Reilly 45. 

With just two big events left the Anniversary and the Sean McDermott Cup. Tom O'Reilly and Pauline Balfe are in the ascendency. Conor O'Shea and Vera Glennon have closed the gap but the top 2 might hang on. Conor knows Karl Murphy and Stephen Power are in pursuit of 2nd place. Our winner may well be known after the Anniversary Results are released. 

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