The Dublin Co. Board U-16 Open

The Dublin County Board U-16 Juvenile Open, sponsored by Maldron Hotel Tallaght, was played in Glenville Pitch and Putt Club today, the 13th July.

What a great day we had!! The course was immaculate, as is the norm for this wonderful test of pitch and putt! A hugethanks to Glenville P&P Club for facilitating this event on their fantastic course. The weather matched the course on a lovely day up the Kiltipper Road, and there was some great scoring!!

29 players took to the 1st tee for 36 holes of Strokeplay. This is a great figure and the Dublin County Board were delighted to welcome players from the neighbouring counties of Meath, Westmeath, Kildare and Offaly. A big thanks to all that travelled and contributed to make this a very enjoyable day for all the juveniles.

This event is the 3rd of a rota within Leinster for the young juveniles. Having already played the Meath one in Navan and Westmeath in Kilbeggan next up is the Kildare U16 Open in St Bridget’s P&P Club on Sat 27th July.

The different categories for girls, boys and ages seen a number of players in each section which is great to see!!

The first card was set for 10am and it was great to see eager juveniles up well in advance of this and wanting to get playing.

The winners on the day were:

Dublin U16 Juvenile Open Champion 2019​Jack Buckley, Collinstown, Westmeath

Girls Winner​​​​​Sophie Farnan, Skyrne, Meath

Girls Runner-Up​​​​​Eimear Ahern, Lucan, Dublin

Boys 14-15 Winner​​​​Jason Brady, Poulaphoca, Kildare

Boys 14-15 Runner-Up​​​​Oisin Horan, Glenville, Dublin

Boys Under 14 Winner​​​​Luke Kilpatrick, Glenville, Dublin

Boys U14 Runner-Up​​​​Conor Mullins, Westmeath

A special thanks goes to all the girls and boys who took part in what was a great atmosphere and a hugely enjoyable day!!!