Old County Pitch & Putt Club

Anthony Carroll and Stephen Murray will be the Old County flag bearers this weekend when the curtain comes down on the big championships for 2017. Both came through the strokeplay qualifiers at the weekend and learnt their fate when the PPUI announced the draw for the last 32 on Monday. Stephen will take on Collinstown's Liam Buckley whilst Tony Carroll will start against Ryston's Darren Keogh. Both were drawn in the same half but in different quarters. The action tees off in Navan on Saturday morning at 11.30 and the guys will need to win two matches to make it through to last 8 on Sunday morning. The guys would welcome some support if people have time to head down the N3 on Saturday morning. we wish both players the very best of luck.

Returning to the scene of his Dublin matchplay triumph just three weeks ago and a day after missing out on a place in the Leinster Matchplay finals, Charlie Egan produced a stunning display to win the scratch cup at his former home. Charlie shot rounds of 47 and 43 in his opening 36 holes to lie three shots behind Lucan's Anthony Malone heading into the final round.  Charlie produced another phenomenal round in the final round finishing with a 45, but it only told half the story, Charlie finished -6 for the last 5 holes and that included a chip in on the 18th to land a share of the lead and a play-off with the early leader Anthony Malone. In the 6 hole play-off, Charlie finished -4 and that was enough to continue his excellent month of September, Charlie also won the 36 Gross at the Anniversary trophy in between his two wonderful outside wins. 

On the same day Charlie won the Dublin Matchplay, Pauline Balfe won the ladies one and Pauline too enjoyed her return to Erins Isle as a 48 2nd round was enough to propel Pauline to 2nd place finishing just shy of the All Ireland champion Ger Ward. The recently crowned Player of the year continues to improve and 2018 could be very exciting years for both these players, both inside and outside the club. The win for Charlie comes just a week after Stephen Murray picked up the last 18 prize with a 46 in Glenville last Sunday. 

The committee have scheduled a Ways & Means Meeting to take place on Thursday 28th September at 8pm to discuss the following;

Club Committee - filling vacant positions before AGM 2017

Grounds - Maintenance & Upkeep, Grounds Chairman position

Juvenile Section - What does the future hold?

Any member who is interested in contributing to the above meeting with ideas or thinking about going forward for committee should attend.  It is vital that members realise the importance of this meeting to insure the smooth running of the club.