Old County Pitch & Putt Club

Ladies and Gentlemen the Turkey Competitions start this weekend, yup only 78 days, 13 hours and 31 minutes to Christmas at time of writing. As Lance Corporal Jones says in Dads Army, "Don't Panic Don't Panic Don't Panic Mister Mainwaring":-)

The Turkey Competitions will run for approximately 10 weeks and will be singles competitions with 5 Sections, based on handicap (3 gents sections and 2 ladies sections). There will be a best 18 Nett Winner in each Section each weekend. Bonus shots will be in operation. A player will get one bonus shot for each weekend they Return a card to the Competitions Box (don't be sticking it in your ass pocket and bringing it home like. That won't do you any good). A player may buy a maximum of 2 bonus shots for each weekend they dont play (€2 each). The winners of each section each weekend will be cut 3 shots.

An example, a 3 handicapper plays this weekend and doesnt win. The following weekend when he plays he will play off 4.

Another example, a 3 handicapper plays this weekend and wins. The following weekend when he plays he will play off 1 (3-3 +1).

Best of luck everyone. Get out there and enjoy. 

Ladies and Gentlemen last Saturday we held our Paddy McQuaid Scramble. Thank you to everyone who played, great to see so many participating, there was a real buzz about the place. Feedback from members was very positive to the event, hopefully next season we can incorporate a few more scrambles into our Competions Calendar. The results are as follows:

18 Nett Winners with a score of 32.5 is the team of:

Kevin Bermingham

Brian Gorman

Ann O'Byrne

Alex Grace

18 Gross Winners with a score of 42 is the team of:

Paul Griffin

Tony Byrne

Ann O'Shea

Congratulations to the Winners great scoring.

Ladies and Gentlemen, yesterday Sunday 3^rd October 2021 we hosted our Old County Christy Broe Scratch Cup. Fantastic to welcome back so many players from different clubs throughout Ireland for the first time since 2019. Over 25 different Clubs participated some visiting from nearby and others coming from afar. Thank you all very much for your support its very much appreciated.

Play started from 8.30am with the last 3 ball finishing shortly after 7pm as darkness descended. The man himself, Christy Broe, was there to welcome old and new friends to the Club.

We hope everyone who played enjoyed the day, feed back on the standard of the course and the quality of the greens was very positive throughout the day. A lot of work goes into the Course, from Stephen Murray’s expertise together with the hard work of the rest of the grounds team. Hats off to yeee all.

Thank you very much to our sponsors, Capital Credit Union, for your generous support.  Also thank you to those who helped on the day, to Eugene who did a fantastic job on freshening up the Club house, painting the walls in the run up to the event.

Finally to mention Kevin Bermingham, our Competitions Secretary who was receiving texts from all hours of the day and night for the last 2 weeks as the timesheet filled up and changes were made right up to the last minute. On the day itself Kevin was there from 8am till after 8pm to make sure everything ran smoothly. Incredible dedication to Old County.

On to the results from the day.  Congratulations to all the winners and once again thank you to everyone who participated and also to those who couldn’t make it on the day but sent across their entry fee.  The results are as follows:

Overall Winner : Sean Goggin (MacBride) 90 (46, 44, 18 under par)

Gents Senior Winner:  Anthony Malone (Lucan) 91 o.b. 18, (47, 44, 17 under par)

Gents Senior Runner Up: Jason Larkin (Portmarnock) 91 o. b .18.  (46, 45, 17 under par)

Gents Inter Winner: Owen Cotter (Ballinlough) 95 (47, 48, 13 under par)

Gents Inter Runner Up: Rob Berney (Old County) 103, (54, 49, 5 under par)

Gents Junior Winner: Paul Luz (Old County) 115 (59, 56, 7 over par)

Gents Junior Runner Up: Kevin Murphy (Ballinlough) 116 (62, 54, 8 over par)

Ladies Scratch to 10 Winner: Glenda Hoey (R.G.S.C) 102 (51,51, 6 under par)

Ladies 11 to 21 Winner: Ann O’Shea (Old County) 119 o.b. 18, (62, 57, 11 over par)

Best Final 18: Stephen O’Reilly (Hillview) 44

We look forward to seeing you all again next year. Thank you.

Ladies and Gentlemern after a week of chopping and changing as at this morning (8.00am Friday 1st October we have 8 places available for Sundays scratch cup. They are as follows:

12.15 - 1 place

15.00 - 1 place

15.24 - 3 spaces

15.36 - 2 spaces

15.48 1 space.

If anyone out there would like one of those time slots please text Kevin Bermingham on 087 413 5814. Also if anyone listed on the sheet cannot play Sunday please be good enough to let us know by contacting Kevin by text.

The updated time sheet as at 8am Friday 01 October is linked below:

Old County Current Time Sheet

Thank you very much