Old County Pitch & Putt Club

It was semi-final night on Thursday evening and you needed to be there early to catch the action.  Lennon Blake who put an end to Tom O'Reilly 18 match winning run in the Quarter finals knocked out the last senior in the draw, Karl Murphy  3 &2. Lennon has been in excellent form and will take some stopping. Lennon had booked his place in the final before the 2nd semi-final got underway. Brendan Fitzpatrick is a superb pitcher and on form is a hard man to stop. Tom Brewster has not got to play too much recently but it was a very competitive affair and Brendan just got on front in the back nine. He completed the job on the 17th to win 2 &1. 

In the Ladies Vera Glennon the holder was up against Madeline Nugent. Madeline with a few shots used them well and edged 2 ahead but by the middle of the back nine Vera was back level. Madeline though crucially won the 15th and made her shot count on the 16th to go dormey 2 up. Vera could not find the birdie she needed on the 17th and Madeline was through. In the final she will play Deirdre Curran. Deirdre was up against the in form Kathleen Condron. Kathleen struggled tonight and failed to discover her recent form but Deirdre was rock soild and took full advantage as she might light work of the shots she was giving. She completed the job 4 &3. Deirdre and Madeline and Lennon and Brendan will meet over 36 holes on Friday evening. We hope to see a great crowd down to cheer them on. The presentation will follow  and the Officers presentation will follow. 

 

Ladies Handicap Matchplay Final ( Over 36 Holes)

Madeline Nugent  Vs Deirdre Curran (1)

GAA Matchplay Final ( 36 Holes)

Brendan Fitzpatrick vs Lennon Blake (1)

 

Ladies Handicap Matchplay - Semi Finals to be played 23.08

Madeline Nugent  (2) bt Vera Glennon 2&1

 D.Curran bt K.Condron (3)  4 &3

 

Ladies Handicap Matchplay - Quarter Finals

Ladies Matchplay - Quarter Finals  - To be played 21.08.

D.Curran bt V.Moore (2)

V.Glennon bt J.Redmond (8)

K.Condron (2) bt T.Keating

M.Nugent bt Agnes Redmond

Ladies Handicap Matchplay - Round 1 Draw   - () indicates number of shots player will receive . Matches to be played 20.08

D.Curran(2) bt L.Whelan

M.Nugent bt A.O'Shea (-)

K.Condron bt S.Fitzsimons(3)

V.Glennon(1) bt P.Balfe

Ag.Redmond bt J.McGreal (6)

T.Keating bt A.Smith (2)

V.Moore bt A,sargent (3)

Bye: J.Redmond

 

GAA - Semi Finals - 23.08

 L.Blake (5) bt K.Murphy

B.Fitzpatrick bt T.Brewster (3)

 

GAA - Quarter Finals - 21.08.18

K.Murphy bt C.Broe (5)

B.Fitzpatrick (3) bt P.McGreal

T.Brewster (4) bt T.Lynam

L.Blake (7)  bt T.O'Reilly

GAA  1st Round Matches to be played 20.08.18 - () - Indicates shots player will receive

P.McGreal  bt A.Parsons (2)

T.Brewster (2) bt T.Balfe

B.Fitzpatrick bt  T.Byrne (4)

C.Broe (5) bt K.Bermingham

L.Blake bt Co'Shea (1)

T.Lynam  bt C.Parsons (6)

K.Murphy bt  L.Comerford (3)

T.O'Reilly bt M.Kellett (8)

GAA Handicap Matchplay  - Preliminary Round. to be played 20.08 () - indicates shots player receives

Match 1:  T.Lynam(2) bt K.Corcoran

Match 2:  T.O'Reilly bt H.Holmes (8)

Match 3: K.Murphy bt T.Parsons (9)

Match 4: L.Blake bt  K.Keatinge(5)

Match 5: B.Fitzpatrick (3) bt  A.Lowe

A Number of Old County players will tee it up on Saturday at the Irish Open in Seapoint. Paul Griffin, Andy Lowe, George McGreal, Anthony Parsons, Paul McGreal and Stephen Murray will be a group of 162 players from home and abroad taking part in the 2 day event. Stephen Murray was runner up to Frank Dineen at the inaugral Irish open and that is the cloeset we have come to getting our hands on the title. It will be a very strong field in Termonfeckin, but we wish the guys well and will keep you posted on their progress. 

We will have a number of visitors playing the club over the coming week. A contingent from Catalonia taking part in the Irish Open over the weekend will play in the club this afternoon from around 2.30OM. Then on Saturday after our competition finishes a group from Ahernes Pitch & Putt Club will enjoy a game in the club & some refreshments and then next Wednesday our oldest sponsors Sundrive Credit Union will have an evening on the course. There is no restriction in our members playing when these groups are on the course but please respect them and allow them to play the course. Thanks for your co-operation and hopefully they will enjoy the visit to us. 

The presentation of Prizes for Officers Prize will take place after the GAA / Ladies Handicap Matchplay finals on Friday evening. We hope to have Angela Farrell in attendence to present the Pat O'Byrne Cup to Kathleen Condron. The Full list of winners are below. WE would ask where possible for all winners to please attend the Presentation. 

OFFICERS PRIZE RESULTS 2018

Winner: Kathleen Condron 82.

36 Nett Winners:

Gents Senior:  Tom O'Reilly 85

Gents Inter: Peter Walsh 87

Gents Junior: Tony Byrne 89

Ladies A: Vera Glennon 87

Ladies B: Alice Sargent 93

36 Gross Winners:

Gents Seniors: Andy Lowe 92

Gents Inters: Tommy Lynam 98 (o.b.9)

Gents Juniors: Joe Byrne 114

Ladies A: Pauline Balfe 106

Ladies B: Teresa Keating 128

18 Nett Winners

Gents Seniors:  Gary McGreal 44

Gents Inters: Gerry Clarges 41

Gents Juniors: Tom Mulvey 42

Ladies A: Deirdre Curran 44

Ladies B: Vera Moore 47