Old County Pitch & Putt Club

The updated player of the year points table for both the ladies and gents is below.  The table now shows that the Tom O’Reilly cannot be caught in the gents which mean he has now completed a hat trick of player of the year titles, fantastic achievement.  The runner up spot looks a 4 man battle and should be interesting to the end of the season.  The ladies player of the year shows Pauline Balfe out in front and looks odds on to win be first player of the year title, a well-deserved win.  Pauline can be caught but for that to happen Vera Moore must win the handicap matchpaly and Anniversary Trophy.

The remaining events are as follows;

Singles Strokes

GAA/Ladies Handicap Matchplay

Singles Stableford

Anniversary Trophy

Current Standings

Following the Officers Prize and Club Matchplay the points have been added to the player of the year tables.  In the Gents competition, Tom O’Reilly has commanding lead, some say an unassailable lead but he can be caught.  There are potentially 185 points available over the remaining two months so Kevin, Jamie and Mal can topple him if they pick up the two big prizes remaining.  There are 4 weekend competitions to play along with the GAA Matchplay and the Anniversary Trophy so the points are there but can Tom be stopped from winning?!

In the Ladies competition Pauline Balfe has a nice lead but just like the gents there are points available for the chasing pack.  The top 8 in the Ladies can get enough points to make an impression on the table and overall Pauline but like Tom, they need to stop her winning a prize.

Leaderboard

Following the Club Strokeplay the player of the year points have been allocated to the players and the shape of both the Ladies and Gents tables has changed dramatically. Tom O’Reilly has established a solid lead of 150 points and in the Ladies Pauline Balfe has shot to the top, 110 points ahead of 2^nd place. The duos lead may seem unsurmountable but with the Officers Prize and Club Matchplay just around the corner things could look a lot differently come the middle of August.  The points on offer over the next 3 weeks are as follows;

Officers Prize: Winner 100 pts, 36N: 60 pts, 36G: 50 pts, 18N: 40 pts

Club Matchplay: Winner 100 pts, Runner Up: 80 pts, Semi-finalists: 40 pts

Current Standings

After the points for the Captains Prize have been allocated to the prize winners, the shape of the Ladies and Gents Player of the Year, Champions Chase makes interesting reading.

Some might say that is not the case in the Gents as Tom O’Reilly is out in front yet again by 110 points no less!  The season is only beginning in terms of the Club Majors and the big points are still available with the likes of Anto Parsons, Eric Byrne, Dave Parsons, Matt McCann and Kevin Bermingham all capable of winning their respective club strokeplays and closing that gap.  They currently make up the top 6.   There are some players not on the leaderboard as of yet who are capable of doing the club strokeplay and matchplay double to fire themselves right into contention so there is a serious amount of pitch & putt to be played over the summer.

The Ladies table is looking hotter than the cover of FHM magazine with just 25 points separating 1^st to 4^thspot.  The new leader is Teresa Keating following her great win in the Captains Prize.  Another Lady making a charge is Lucy Quinn and she will be looking at the club strokeplay as a great opportunity to move closer to the top likewise Pauline Balfe who is finding her top form.  Like the gents with the club strokeplay coming up, this will give plenty of players the opportunity to get the big points and make an impression on the table.  An intriguing month ahead………

The club strokeplay offers the following points; Winner 100 Pts, Runner up 80 pts, Third: 60 pts, Fourth: 40 pts, Extra 10 pts for last 18 winner.

Current Standings