Old County Pitch & Putt Club

The Leinster strokeplay was on in Collinstown at the weekend and although we had no winners, Lennon Blake put in a great performance in the Inter championships  and was in contention going into final round but was just a bit too far off the pace and could not get the round he needed. Likewise on Stephen Murray was joint 2nd after 18 and he too made the final 18 but on a day of good scoring in the midlands, he was unable to push on for podium finish. He too though can take great encouragement as he looks to the National S/P Qualifiers later this month. 

The Ladies are in action in Kilbeggan and Pauline Balfe is our sole representative. Who can forget Pauline won the Strokeplay & Matchplay Inter Titles in 2018. However as she plays in the Senior grade it will be a tough assignment to repeat it but you can be sure Pauline will give it a real go on the West Meath Course. The Gents Inter & Junior events are in Collinstown on Saturday. We have Rob Berney fresh from his Dublin success, Lennon Blake and conor O'Shea representing the club here and we expect them all to do really well here. The Top 12 will qualify for the final round here. 

Then on Sunday George McGreal after a memorable win on Sunday in RGSC will be joined by Tom O'Reilly, Karl Murphy and Stephen Murray. George won in Glenville in 2010 and Stephen Murray was runner up the previous year in Bellewstown. We wish them all well and will keep you posted on how they do.  

Old County closed in on semi final place with an excellent home win over Loughlinstown on Thursday night. The Ladies lost the reverse 5-1 and knew they needed to better that result in order to give themselves a better head to head with Loughlinstown. The Doubles went very well with Old County winning the 1st one on the 10th and 2nd one on the 13th. In the singles all the players were giving shots to their opponents and they needed to play well to claims win. In Match 1 Old County won it on the 15th, Match 2 was even more convincing winning on the 14th. Match 3 looked to be comfortable only for Loughlinstown to strike back and Old County player held firm to win on the 16th. Match 4 and Old County player was giving a massive 6 shots and although they were 3 up with 3 to play the Loughlinstown player had shots on the last three holes, they managed to win them to avoid the whitewash but the result was a great one and should be enough to see ladies through. Their final group game is away to Glenville on Monday night. We wish them well there. 

WE had a terrific amount of cards played at the weekend and a huge thanks to all who braved the weather and showers. The Results are below some very good scoring as well. Well done to our winners. 

Gents Seniors: 18 Nett:   Kevin Corcoran: 45 pts 

Gents Seniors: 18 Gross: Tom O'Reilly   45 pts 

Gents Inter 18 Nett: Lennon Blake  49 pts 

Gents Inter 18 Gross: Harry Holmes 40 pts (o.b.9)

Gents Junior 18 Nett: George Lamon 47 pts 

Gents Junior 18 Gross: Joe Byrne 33 pts (o.b.9)

Ladies A 18 Nett: Madeline Nugent  42 pts 

Ladies 18 Gross: Pauline Balfe 34 pts 

Ladies B 18 Nett: Kathleen Condron 46 pts 

Ladies B 18 Gross: Gertie Heffernan 26 pts.