The second Order of Merit event of 2023 saw 164 different players competing in what would have been the hottest average temperatures we have ever played in. This quadrimestre repeated last year in that a clear leader in Div 2 was promoted into Div 1 during the event. This event was composed of 11 games and the 'cut-off' handicap for Division 2 dropped marginally to 18.6, with anyone lower being in the Division 1 category. A total of 33 players managed to complete the full 4 qualifying games with 12 managing to hit the maximum 6 game tally & and extra 8 managing 5 games.

Brian Platt took an early lead after 5 solid rounds but he never managed a 6th round and was chased down by Colin Walters. Colin was looking a certainty to win until Steve Fitpatrick continued his excellent form this year and gained promotion from Div 2. Colin's score of 147pt would have been good enough to win other OOM trophies and, even had he been able to play a 6th game, it is very unlikely Brian Platt could have caught him. This however, was no normal quadrimestre and Steve Fitpatrick's magnificent tally of 154pts took the Div 1 trophy.

​We had some fine scoring again this Trimestre with 9 (qualifying) scores of 40+ points with the standout score being the 46pts from Graham Field. There was 1 score of 44 points, 1 score of 43pts, 1 score of 42pts, 1 of 41 points, plus 4 others of 40 points.