Old County Pitch & Putt Club

Ladies and Gentlemen we had a stableford competition this weekend (06 August to 08 August).  Thank you to everyone who braved the elements to get out to play. The results are as follows:

Gents Senior 18 Nett: Brendan Fitzpatrick  44 points

Gents Inter 18 Nett: Christy Broe  45 points

Gents Junior 18 Nett: Denis Grace  43 points (o.b.6.)

Ladies A 18 Nett: Agnes Redmond  42 points

Ladies B 18 Nett: Ann McFarlane  40 points

Well done to the winners. Next weekend we have a Sweepstake on Friday and Saturday and on Sunday we have our Club Strokeplay Championship 2021.

Ladies and Gentlemen the following are our Club fixtures for the next few weeks:

August 13 and 14 (Friday/Saturday): Singles Strokes Sweepstake

August 15 (Sunday): Club Strokeplay

August 20 to 22 (Friday to Sunday): Singles Strokes

August 23 (Monday): Sean McDermott Mixed Foursomes Matchplay (this will run over a few nights depending on number of entries)

August 27 to 29 (Friday to Sunday): Singles Strokes

September 3 to 5 (Friday to Sunday): Singles Strokes

Septemeber 10 to 12 (Friday to Sunday): Anne Keane and Tom Doyle Trophies

September 13 (Monday): GAA (men) and Ladies Club Handicap Matchplay (this will run over a few nights depending on number of entries)

Ladies and Gentlemen last weekend we had our Captains Prize Competition. Thank you to everyone who turned up to support the competition, over 180 cards were played over the weekend. Some fantastic scoring, in particular the overall nett winner, 10 shots clear of the rest of the field, playing off a handicap of 10 and a score of 76 Nett, Congratulations Jack McKinlay. Brilliant.

Shout out to Andy Lowe also with a gross score of 87 to win the overall gross prize and to President Agnes Redmond who continues her good form, winning the ladies 36 Nett overall with 90.

The Full list of winners from the weekend are as follows:

Overall 36 Nett:  Jack McKinlay  76

Overall 36 Gross:  Andy Lowe  87

Gents Senior 36 Nett:  Gary McGreal  90

Gents Senior 36 Gross:  Tom O'Reilly  90 (o.b.9.)

Gents Senior 18 Nett:  Stephen Power  44

Gents Inter 36 Nett:  Ken McKinlay  86

Gents Inter 36 Gross:  Dave Redmond  99

Gents Inter 18 Nett:  Liam Comerford  45

Gents Junior 36 Nett:  Michael Quinn  87

Gents Junior 36 Gross:  Thomas Blair  111

Gents Junior 18 Nett:  Matt McCann  44 

Ladies 36 Nett Overall:  Agnes Redmond  90

Ladies A 36 Nett:  Vera Glennon 94

Ladies A 36 Gross:  Pauline Balfe  110 (o.b.6.)

Ladies A 18 Nett:  Peggy Lawlor  45 (o.b.9.)

Ladies B 36 Nett:  Margaret Collins  99

Ladies B 36 Gross:  Lucy Quinn  134

Ladies B 18 Nett: Teresa Keating  51

Juveniles 18 Nett: Archie McKinlay  46

The Buffer zone as computed by the PPI National Handicap System for the weekend was 92 to 98. (In other words anyone with a nett score of 99 or higher gets 0.1 added back to their handicap and anyone with a nett score of 91 or lower has their handicap reduced by 0.1 for every shot they are below 92). Anyone who's Nett score falls between 92 and 98 has no change to their handicap.

Once again thank you to all who played.

Ladies and Gentlemen just a note to congratulate Pauline Balfe on representing the Club so well at the weekend at the 2021 National Matchplay Championships in Ryston.

Pauline won her last 16 match on Sunday morning against Helen Greagsby of Ierne by a score of 2&1. In the quarter final on Sunday afternoon Pauline was up against Liz Quinn of Collinstown (the current National Strokeplay Champion 2020).  Pauline held the lead for most of the first 18 by the narrowest of margins but was unable to hold on with Liz playing superbly and eventually winning the match by a margin of 4 & 3.

Well done Pauline a great effort. Roll on the 2021 National Strokeplay later this month.