Old County Pitch & Putt Club

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.

Today would have marked the staging of our scratch cup. A brand new slot in prime time June. Looking out at the weather it was a cloudy start and the sun was to come out in the afternoon. It would have been reasonable to assume the crowds might have come and competition would have been intense. Despite the drought conditions the course too would have played well and offered a challenge to the players. Alas it wasn't to be. So we take a quick look back at August 18th 2019. The 1st staging of the Christy Broe scratch cup. The numbers were not too bad and the weather was ok too, but the day was really about one man who was there from 8am to greet the early starters and spent the whole day there thanking everyone who came to support the day. Just 13 days previous the club had hosted the Dublin County Board Scratch Cup and another icon of Dublin pitch & putt John Smith was there like Christy to thank all those who played in his event. We would have liked an Old County winner in that one, Karl Murphy came close just three shots shy of the all conquering  JR Crangle at his score of -24. JR was to miss Christy's one but Karl's game had gone up another notch in those 13 days and although he did not lead after 36 holes another OC favourite George McGreal had that honour Karl was well placed on his shoulder and Karl dug deep to learn from the DCB one and delivered a stunning 45 in his final round to win by a shot. George finished on -22 and Gary McGreal on -21. It was a top three for Old County. Karl spoke so well at his speech he knew just what the day meant to Christy and he was overjoyed to win his 1st scratch cup and for it to be the 1st staging of the Christy Broe scratch cup make it that bit extra special. Irene and young  Christopher and grandson Jack  were there to see the presentation and pose for photos with Karl. It was the perfect end to the perfect day for Christy. The 2020 event would have been on the eve of Christy's birthday and I'm sure he would have enjoyed spending it in the club with friends.  You can look back at the 2019 event by clicking here. We hope Christy has a great birthday on Monday and who knows whether we can still host it in 2020. We live in hope if not hopefully 2021 will be extra special.  2019 event  

Karl receives the trophy from Christy in 2019

The Broe family with winner Karl.

Our  Scratch Cup was renamed after our long time & devoted member  Christy Broe.  Christy name is well known throughout pitch & putt circle for the many roles he has held and his dedication to the sport. In addition to his long tenure as Dublin County Board Chairman,  Christy was inducted into the PPUI Hall of Fame in 2009 as recognition of this service. 

The 1st staging of the Christy Broe Scratch cup was held in 2019. Our sponsors on that occasion was National Autoports who were with us throout out the previous 10 years. Christy was on hand to meet and greet all who took part and presented all of the winners with their prizes. It was a great honour that the 1st winner was an Old County gent with Karl Murphy winning 

In 2020 with the Covid Virus at its peak we had no scratch Cup. The Scratch Cp returned in 2021 and a late date of 03rd October was chosen. We saw our 1st outside winner of the Scratch Cup ( since it was renamed) it was Sean Goggins who has been a staunch supporter of our scratch cup for many years.  Sean  carded an impressive 90 to seal the top prize. 

Our most recent one again saw a new date and a nice on in high Summer and it was a local Old County player who took the top prize with Andy Lowe Triumphing with a 93.  He just saw off the previous winner in 2019  Karl Murphy to add a third new name to the cup.   

We will announce 2023 date in due course and see if we get a new winner or a repeat from Karl / Sean and Andy. We hope to see Christy on top form on the day as well with some fine weather to boot. 

Christy pictured at the start of Proceedings at the 1st Tee box.

Karl won the Inaugral one with a score of 139. 

Winner: Karl Murphy

Christy pictured with winner Karl & wife Irene, son Christopher and grandson Jack. 

We had our 1st Singles Open in over 30 years from Thursday to Saturday. We were delighted with the number of cards that were played. Weather was mixed but  players still came out. Winners are below Old County unless stated. Presentation of Prizes after the Scratch Cup on sunday. 

Gents Senior 36 Nett:    Liam O'Reilly   87 Nett

Gents Senior 36 Gross  Karl Murphy  89 Gross

Gents Senior 18 Nett:  Stephen Murray   43 Nett

Gents Inter 36 Nett.  Conor O'Shea  86 Nett

Gents Inter 36 Gross  Liam Comerford  99 Gross

Gents Inter 18 Nett.  Luke Birrell   43 Nett

Gents Junior 36 Nett  Joe Byrne   (Ierne)  91 Nett

Gents Junior 36 Gross  Richard walsh  (Trim)  113 Gross

Gents Junior 18 Nett.  Peter McCann (OldCastle) 41 Nett

Ladies 0-10: 36 Nett  Maree O'Toole (Shandon)  90 Nett

Ladies 0-10 36 Gross  Pauline Balfe  111 Gross

Ladies 0-10 18 Nett   Vera Glennon 50 Nett

Ladies 11 -21 36 Nett   Kathleen Condron 91 nett

Ladies 11 - 21 36 Gross  Agnes Redmond - 122 (o.b.6)

Ladies 11 - 21 18 Nett:  Vera Moore  45 N