Old County Pitch & Putt Club

The Player of the Year, Champions Chase comes to a climax this weekend with the Anniversary Trophy.  It is a crucial weekend as both the Ladies and Gents is a duel between two players for the No 1 spot. In the Ladies, Vera Glennon holds a slender 10 point lead over Kathleen Condron and with both Ladies in separate grades, the points for the grade prizes will prove decisive.  In the Gents, Stephen Murray leads Tom O’Reilly by 15 points.  Tom is making a late charge to retain his crown and with both players capable of winning the overall, it really is hard to call.

The points available in the Anniversary Trophy are;

Anniversary Trophy: Winner 50 pts, 36N: 35 pts, 36G: 30 pts, 18N: 20 pts

After the Sean McDermott Cup and Tom Doyle/Anne Keane Trophies, the player of the year is starting to fall between a handful of players.  There are a couple of big competitions left with the GAA & Ladies Handicap matchplay plus the 50^th Anniversary Trophy so plenty of points are still available.

After the club matchplay, a chase 100 event, we have a new leader in the gents chase with Ross O’Reilly moving ahead of Stephen Murray by 10 points. Both Conor Walsh and Tom O’Reilly have also brought themselves into contention.  In the ladies chase there is no separating Vera Glennon or Kathleen Condron after the club matchplay with both ladies winning their respective grades.  They are along way ahead of Lucy Quinn in 3^rd place.

There are still plenty of points available from now to September starting with the Sean McDermott Cup next week.

The Officers Prize offered 100 points to the winner in the race to the Champions Chase but none of the players at the top of the leaderboard in either the Ladies or Gents, managed the win.  They did however gain valuable points in the grade prizes.  The big loser in the gents was Jamie Power who got no points and now trails the leader Stephen Murray by 30 points.   All the leading ladies gained points but we are still tied at the top between Kathleen Condron & Vera Glennon.   The next club major is the Club Matchplay and this will play a big role in deciding who becomes the Ladies and Gents Player of the Year winner with 100 points to each winner and valuable runner-up & semi-finalist points.  The entry form is on the clubhouse noticeboard and the draw takes place on Saturday 6^th August.