The first Order of Merit event of 2024 saw 217 different players (WOW) competing across 13 games and the 'cut-off' handicap for Division 2 was 18.8, with anyone lower being in the Division 1 category. A total of 51 players managed to complete the full 4 qualifying games with 22 managing to hit the maximum 6 game tally & 13 managing 5 games.

Division 2 was a much closer affair than Division 1, with our eventual winner having to keep a close eye on the rampaging Dave Hughes who made a late rally. In the end it proved to be not quite enough with Dave taking 2nd place with 141 points and Harry Rice hung onto 3rd place with 135 points. Congratulations to our Division 2 winner, Paul Best whose 143 points proved enough in the end.

We had 15 (qualifying) scores of 40+ points with Ron Weller really showing his class by achieving 2 of them. The standout score was 44pts, achieved by Iain Stewart & Rob Henshaw, but there were also: 1 score of 43 points, 2 scores of 42 points, 2 of 41 points, plus 8 scores of 40 points.