Old County Pitch & Putt Club

 

Ladies and Gentlemen the following is an update from the Dublin County Board following Saturdays PPI Annual Convention

 

By the way notice is up on the Clubhouse wall, Outiside Competitions Board re the upcoming Dublin Leagues. Closing date is 22 March 2023. Get your name down on the list, an opportunity to play other Dublin courses in April and May. Our own Stephen Murray is Dublin Board Competitions Secretary. Lets all support the new Leagues. This is the first year of the Dublin leagues post Covid. Get your name down on the list, lets get the Dublin Leagues up and running and make it a great success.  None of us are getting any younger. Seize the day. Put your name down for everything. Play your part in trying to make Old County Dublin Champions 2023.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen we have completed the 8 Weeks of the Group Stages of the Winter Leagues. Not much happened in Week 8, it proved to be a difficult scoring weekend with only 5 of the 10 teams improving their scoring.

In Group A Team Bermingham managed to improve their score by 3 shots to finish on 203 under par, topping the group and making it through to next weekends final. 

Team O'Reilly in 2nd place in the group failed to improve on their score in week 8 (remaining on 187 under par) resulting on them missing out on a place in the final by just 5 shots (finishing 5 shots behind the Group B winners)

No changes in the other positions in the Group with Team Fitzpatrick finishing their campaign in 3rd spot on 180 under par, Team Canning 4 shots further back on 176 under par and Team Redmond complete the group on 159 under par.

In Group B Team Glennon improved their score by 1 shot to finish Group leaders on 192 under par and make it into next weekends final. 

Team McGreal finished the group in 2nd place on 181 under par, Team Power 3rd on 168 under par, Team Comerford 152 under par and Team Murray on 136 under par.

So next weekend Team Bermingham (Kevin, Denis, Agnes and Marie) will battle it out with Team Glennon (Ian, Brian, Kathleen and Pat) to see who will be Winter League Champions 2023. The best 3 players scores over the weekend will count towards the teams overall score for the Final. Best of luck to both teams.

The winter sweepstakes continue as normal next weekend so get out there and continue your warm up for the new season.

A link to the Team scores and Group Tables can be found below. Have a good first week of March everyone.

Week 8 Winter League Group Tables

Week 8 Winter League Scores

 

Ladies and Gentlemen the results for Weekend 24 to 26 February 2023 are as follows:

Gents Senior (+3 to -3) 18 Nett:  Kevin Corcoran (h/c -3)   47

Gents Class 2 (-4 to -9) 18 Nett:  Denis Grace (h/c -3)   45 (o.b.9.)

Gents Class 3 (-10 to -16) 18 Nett:  Sean Fitzsimons (h/c -14)   43

Ladies A (0 to -13) 18 Nett:  Ann O'Shea (h/c -7)   46 (o.b.3.)

Ladies B (-14 to -21)  18 Nett:  Peggy Lawlor (h/c -14)   39

Well well well some fine stuff there. Shout out to Denis with a hat trick of wins, 3 weekends in a row, not many have done that over the years. Good stuff by Ann also with her 3rd win of the winter campaign, two 2's in the last 3 holes getting her over the line. Well done Sean on your 2nd win of the winter. Great shooting Peggy to claim first win of the Winter. What can I say about Mr Corcoran, comes out of hibernation to win on his first weekend back. Excellent stuff. 

Congratulations to all the winners. Just 2 more weekends left on the temporary greens.  

Ladies and Gentlemen we have now completed Week 7 of the Winter Leagues with just the one week to go now before the Final.

In Group A Team Bermingham had an excellent weekend with a score of 36 under par, improving their overall team score by 13 shots to lead on 200 under par. It would take some extraordinary scores by other teams in Week 8 for them not to make the final.

Team O'Reilly had the best score of the weekend and the best weekend score of any team over the 7 weeks so far, with a 39 under par bringing their team score to 187 under par. They would need to score at least 30 under par next weekend to have a chance of making the final as they find themselves 4 shots behind the Group B leaders. They could even have a chance of catching the GRoup A leaders if they can post another 39 under par.

The 3 remaining teams in Group A will be trying to avoid the wooden spoon next weekend.

 In Group B Team Glennon improved their score by 4 shots with a 33 under par to give them an overall total of 191 under par. They have been the most consistent team over the 7 weeks with their lowest score at 29 under par and their best at 34 under par. 

Team McGreal maintain 2nd place with 175 under par and would need a 37 under par next weekend to have any chance of making the final. Team Power remain in 3rd spot and Team Comerford have moved into 4th place (there was a 3 shot correction to their team score from previous week, one of their last weeks cards only being discovered in the abyss of the competitions box this weekend), putting Team Murray in the wooden spoon position going into the final weekend. 

So thats where we are at going into the last weekend of the Group stages. A link to the Scoreboard and Group tables can be found below. Have a good week everyone.

Winter Week 7 Scoreboard

Winter Week 7 Group Tables