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Rankings for season 2024/2025 – for 2024 please click HERE

Men's Rankings

Rank	Player	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Total
1	Adam Maher	140	100	50	290
2	David Hogan		125	130	255
3	Bob Moynihan	75	85	50	210
4	Alan McBennett	50	110	15	175
5	Gary Boylan	80	25	70	175
6	Conor Brady	40	60	70	170
7	Sean O'Neill	25	50	75	150
8	David Earle	50	50	35	135
9	Paul Ferns	60	60		120
10	Stevie Dempsey			110	110
11	Robbie Warren	70		40	110
12	Gavin Geraghty	100			100
13	Keith Kelly		70	25	95
14	Shane Sheridan	45	50		95
15	Martin Dunne			90	90
16	Marc Rowan		60	25	85
17	Terry Parker	80			80
18	Pearse Mulvany	40		35	75
19	Darren Johnson	75			75
20	Cody Murtagh			70	70
21	James Carroll		55	15	70
22	Michael Folan	35	25	5	65
23	Killian Ronan	35	15	15	65
24	Dylan Kirwan		25	35	60
25	Sean Tighe	60			60
26	Darren Redmond			55	55
27	Alan Kelly		50		50
28	Gerard Cunningham	15	35		50
29	Barry Sinnott	50			50
30	Jimmy Molloy		5	45	50
31	Shane Kenny	30	15		45
32	Paul Roache	25	15	5	45
33	Michael Scally			45	45
34	Michael O'Brien	25	15		40
35	Glenn Hurney	15	25		40
36	Kevin Brady	15	15	5	35
37	Eoghan Mc Grath		35		35
38	Jason Collins	15	5	15	35
39	Brian Mclean	35			35
40	Tristan O'Mahony	15	15		30
41	Marc Lynam	15	15		30
42	Dean Berry	15	15		30
43	Jake Rossiter		15	15	30
44	Billy Cummins	15	15		30
45	Alan Doyle	15		15	30
46	Jeff Ratledge	15	15		30
47	Wayne Doyle	25			25
48	Jamie Lavelle	25			25
49	Kevin McWeeney			25	25
50	Paul Lynch	25			25
51	Glenn Cole	25			25
52	Evan McDonnell		25		25
53	Ryan Whelan	15	5		20
54	Matthew Dunne	5		15	20
55	Mick Connors	5	15		20
56	Jude Roche	5	15		20
57	Oscar Martin	5	15		20
58	Allan Rossiter	15			15
59	Thomas Elliott	15			15
60	Darren Wasson	15			15
61	Colin Dempsey			15	15
62	Dillan Butler	15			15
63	Dominic O Connor	15			15
64	John Maher	15			15
65	John Lawlor			15	15
66	Alan Lea	5	5		10
67	Leo Araujo		5	5	10
68	Ryan Fox		5	5	10
69	Adrian Hammond	5			5
70	Noel Lacey	5			5
71	Lee Whelan	5			5
72	James O'Connell	5			5
73	Barry Keane	5			5
74	Dylan Chubb			5	5
75	Alan Jordan			5	5
76	Stephen McTague			5	5

Ladies Rankings

Rank	Name	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Total
1	Sandra Bryan	100	70	70	240
2	Yvonne McMahon	45	60	60	165
3	Aoife King	80	25	60	165
4	louise jordan	40	80	30	150
5	Carrie Randle		25	55	80
6	Margaret O'Driscoll		80		80
7	Sarah Moran	15	15	35	65
8	Megan Randle		45	5	50
9	Elizabeth Lynch	45			45
10	Mags Carr	15		25	40
11	Tracey Hennessey	40			40
12	Carolyn Whelan	15	5	15	35
13	Olive Butler		25	5	30
14	Ella O’Connor	5	5	15	25
15	Miki Finnin	5	15	5	25
16	Sandra Mc Cann	15	5		20
17	Angela Briggs		15	5	20
18	Penny Pears	5		15	20
19	Amy marrone		15		15
20	Sharon Fleming		15		15
21	Suzanne Randle		15		15
22	Lynda Curley	5			5

Seniors Rankings

Rank	Name	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Total
1	Jason Ward	140	100	25	265
2	Harvey Lavelle	70	125	15	210
3	David McDonnell	90	100	15	205
4	Andrew Yeates	50	40	110	200
5	Greg Clarke	55	25	110	190
6	Glenn Fewings	110	5	35	150
7	Sean Wynne	5	40	100	145
8	Martin Carolan	80	60		140
9	Richard O'sullivan	50	80		130
10	Ray Gorman	25	35	55	115
11	Shay Redmond		70	40	110
12	James Moran	25	50	35	110
13	Mark Wilson			100	100
14	Stephen Mullett	15	15	70	100
15	Paddy Murphy	50	15	25	90
16	Martin Keogh		75	15	90
17	Paul Kelly	90			90
18	Jason Mahon	45	35	5	85
19	Charles Dunne	15	50	15	80
20	Gerard Farrelly	25	40	15	80
21	Mark Carrick	15	5	55	75
22	Richie Lawlor	70			70
23	Paul Ryan	5	15	50	70
24	Robbie Elliott			70	70
25	Michael Fitzpatrick		40	25	65
26	Philip Mcgrath		35	25	60
27	Noel Lacey		35	25	60
28	James Rowe	15	5	35	55
29	Craig Verdon	25	15	15	55
30	Wayne Brennan	15	15	25	55
31	Dave Curry	5		50	55
32	Kevin Walsh	25	15	15	55
33	Mark Collins	15	25	15	55
34	Peter O'Hagen	35	15		50
35	John Clarke		45	5	50
36	Chris Sunderland			50	50
37	Shay Holleran	25	25		50
38	David Ryan	50			50
39	richard o sullivan			50	50
40	Trevor Rooney	5	25	15	45
41	John Meehan		25	15	40
42	David Fuery	35			35
43	Dan Marrone	15	5	15	35
44	Peter O'Toole	25	5		30
45	Steve O'Driscoll (NN Sports)	15	15		30
46	Darren Kelly	15	15		30
47	Dave Ryan			25	25
48	Ian Armstrong	15	5		20
49	Ger Dunican	5	15		20
50	John Lawlor	15			15
51	Martin Thorpe			15	15
52	Alan Keenan		15		15
53	Tony Mc Donnell	5	5	5	15
54	Ciaran Hayes	15			15
55	John Kelly			15	15
56	Dominic O Connor		15		15
57	Keith O Connor (Dublin)	5	5	5	15
58	Jojo Whelan	15			15
59	Trevor Glass			15	15
60	David Buchanan	5			5
61	George Rooney			5	5
62	Kevin Hickey	5			5
63	jOE WALTON			5	5
64	Ian Govendar			5	5
65	Gerry McDermot			5	5
66	BFI One	0			0

Masters Rankings

Rank	Name	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Total
1	Philip Murphy	140	50	60	250
2	John Timmons	60	120	15	195
3	John Murray	95	25	70	190
4	Paddy Clarke		90	100	190
5	Ray McGuinness	50	60	70	180
6	Keith Farrell	60	5	100	165
7	Dave Kelly (Citywest)	70	80		150
8	Paul Culleton	70	15	25	110
9	Paraic Kelly	75		25	100
10	Keith Cahill	25	60	15	100
11	Paul Haughton	15		80	95
12	Tim Winters			80	80
13	Tom Fogarty	45	15	15	75
14	Paul Duffy	50	15		65
15	Barry Norton		60		60
16	Fergus Lawless	15		35	50
17	Tony Mulhern		50		50
18	Karl Craig	25	15	5	45
19	Joe Connolly	15	15	15	45
20	Kieran Tunney			40	40
21	James Berns		15	25	40
22	Trevor Sheehan	40			40
23	James O'Connor	15	15	5	35
24	Alan Martin	15	5	15	35
25	Kevin Mynes	25	5	5	35
26	Derek Smyth (Dublin)	15	15	5	35
27	Paul Cash	15	15		30
28	Steve Walsh (oc)	15		15	30
29	Francis Grimes	25	5		30
30	John Lynch	25			25
31	Eamon Dolan	25			25
32	Michael Falsey	25			25
33	Paul Tierney			25	25
34	Jim Hadden			25	25
35	charlie pavia			25	25
36	James Moonan	15	5	5	25
37	Carl Flanagan		15	5	20
38	Eddy Regan	15		5	20
39	George Lynam Snr	5		15	20
40	Aidan Abbott			15	15
41	Alan Muldarry	15			15
42	Paul Duggan	15			15
43	Anthony Carroll		15		15
44	Patrick Whelan	5			5
45	Brian Waters	5			5
46	Dwayne Egerton	5			5
47	Bernard Diver		5		5

Grandmasters Rankings

Rank	Name	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Total
1	Martin Keenan	30	110	70	210
2	Peter Lucas		80	60	140
3	Charlie Hanlon	65	25	40	130
4	Tim Fleming	35	35	50	120
5	Martin Rothwell	55	60		115
6	Shay Logue	50	5	15	70
7	Tom Joe Finnin	25	15	15	55
8	Paul Tierney	40	15		55
9	Joe McKeever		50		50
10	Alan Murphy	20		25	45
11	Eamon Dolan		25	15	40
12	David Galloway	25	15		40
13	Adrian Hammond	15	15	5	35
14	Paul Duggan		5	15	20
15	Mark Clarke.		5	15	20
16	John Land			15	15
17	Noel Ryan	15			15
18	Colin Rogan		15		15
19	Chris Kirby			15	15
20	Joe Morris	5			5
21	Niall Maher	5			5
22	Brian Maguire	5			5

U18 Rankings

Rank	Name	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Total
1	Alan Jordan	70	70	70	210
2	Dylan Anderson	5	75	40	120
3	Sean Rogers Byrne	15	30	75	120
4	Kian Hopkins	100			100
5	Christopher Monaghan	30	25	25	80
6	Ben Flynn	5	15	25	45
7	Dean Hanniffy	35	5		40
8	Tommy Fogarty Jnr	35			35
9	Josh Kelly	30			30
10	Kalem Murphy	25			25
11	Tyler Meechan			15	15
12	Tom Fogarty		5	5	10
13	William McMahon	5			5
14	Jake Scott	5			5
15	Luca Marrone			5	5

U15 Rankings

Rank	Name	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Total
1	Tommy Crosbie	100	90	40	230
2	Adam Wynne	70	40	80	190
3	Mateo Marrone	40	45	15	100
4	Killian Fitzpatrick	60	15		75
5	Kobey Shipp	15	5	45	65
6	Daire Lenehan	15	15	15	45
7	Mikey Galloway	35			35
8	Cian Brady	25			25
9	Mickey Galloway		25		25
10	Alex Gallagher			15	15
11	DARAGH Geraghty	5			5
12	Tyler Meechan	5			5
13	Max Lawlor	5			5
14	Parker Scott	5			5
15	Daire Geraghty		5		5
16	Charlie Thorpe			5	5

U23 Rankings

Rank	Name	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Total
1	Dylan Kirwan		40	85	125
2	Cian Jordan		75	50	125
3	Alan Jordan	55	45	15	115
4	Adam Cole	90		25	115
5	Dylan Chubb			80	80
6	Dylan Gaffey			70	70
7	Josh Donnelly		50	15	65
8	John Lambe	25	5	35	65
9	Ryan Fox		15	25	40
10	Kyle Fagan			40	40
11	Cian McPhillips	15	15	5	35
12	Adam Hoare			15	15
13	Ben Fogarty		5	5	10
14	William McMahon			5	5
15	Conor Power			5	5
16	Cody Murtagh			0	0

LD Rankings

Rank	Name	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Total
1	Liam Daly	100	60	25	185
2	Aidan Pollitt	65	60	45	170
3	Georgie Lynam Jnr	35	25	50	110
4	Niall Pollitt	15	15	45	75
5	Joe Monaghan	35	35		70
6	Joseph Monahan			60	60
7	Luca Marrone		5	15	20
8	shane mckevitt		15	5	20
9	Aaron Hennessy	5	5	5	15
10	Nathan Finney			15	15

Progressive Ranking Points System

The ranking system we are using for the season we are calling the Progressive Ranking System. Let’s summarise it to ensure there’s no misunderstanding:

Group Stage Points:

- Compete: 5 points
- Each win: 10 points
- Top group: 5 points

Knockout Stage Points:

- For each knockout round win (after group stages): 20 points per round
- If there us a preliminary round, each competitor into the next full round receives 10 points

Finals Points:
- Win the final: 30 points

This structure incentivises not only progressing through the stages but also performing well in the group stage. The points system for the finals emphasises the importance of the final match.

Regarding the size of the event (e.g., the number of groups), the total points available would be lower in smaller events since there are fewer rounds to accumulate points. This is to be fair and adjusts the system to the scale of the event.