The final Order of Merit event of 2023 saw 179 different players competing across 10 games and the 'cut-off' handicap for Division 2 moved to 18.9, with anyone lower being in the Division 1 category. A total of 45 players managed to complete the full 4 qualifying games with 24 managing to hit the maximum 6 game tally & and extra 7 managing 5 games.

John Boyle took an early lead and looked a 'dead cert' to take the title, however, he failed to play more than 4 games and his 4th game score of 28 proved to be his downfall. John was challenged by Gordon Hutchinson, Iain Stewart, Terry Wallington and Colin Hynd but none of them could take the title. Jonathan Webster managed to grab 3rd place on the final day by achieving 145pts with Gordon taking second with 147pts but no-one could catch Steve Fitzpatrick, who managed to retain the OOM Div 1 title with a robust 149pts. 

We had the highest ever quantity of 'high scores' this Trimestre, with 19 (qualifying) scores of 40+ points. The standout score being the 44pts from Jonathan Webster, but there were also: 4 scores of 42pts, 8 of 41 points, plus 6 others of 40 points. Special congratulation go to: Harold Clarke, Henrik Tonnisen & Gail Duffield who each recorded 2 scores of 40+ within their qualifying rounds.