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Final rankings for season 2023/2024. *Note – some finals yet to be played. Updated 2.35pm 23/07/2024

Men's Rankings

Rank	Player	Total Points	5/6 Points	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6
1	Alan McBennett	870	830	115	40	225	200	190	100
2	Michael Joyce	575	525	75	175	125	50	50	100
3	Gavin Cleary	550	550	0	225	175	150	0	0
4	Gary Boylan	400	395	40	5	125	90	100	40
5	Robbie Warren	395	395	175	50	100	5	0	65
6	David Joyce	380	375	100	5	75	75	75	50
7	Michael Folan	320	320	0	100	5	90	75	50
7	Keith McGibney	320	320	5	115	0	0	0	200
9	Stuart Smyth	300	300	225	75	0	0	0	0
9	Jeff Ratledge	300	300	5	75	40	0	40	140
11	Sean Tighe	295	295	40	40	65	0	150	0
12	James Carroll	285	280	65	40	75	50	50	5
13	Michael O'Brien	265	260	40	65	65	40	50	5
14	Karl Ellis	245	245	100	5	65	75	0	0
15	Cormac Kerr	225	225	0	125	100	0	0	0
16	Graham Murrin	220	215	40	5	5	40	65	65
17	Marc Rowan	205	205	65	75	65	0	0	0
17	Declan McConville	205	205	75	90	40	0	0	0
19	Gavin Geraghty	200	200	125	0	0	0	0	75
20	David McNally	195	195	100	90	5	0	0	0
21	Kevin Cassidy	185	185	75	5	100	5	0	0
22	Paul Dunne (Chucky)	175	175	5	65	100	5	0	0
23	Paul Ferns	145	140	5	5	40	5	40	50
24	Jason Collins	125	120	65	5	5	5	40	5
25	Chris Sunderland	120	120	5	75	40	0	0	0
25	Sam Coombes	120	120	0	5	5	40	65	5
27	Alan Kelly	115	115	0	0	0	65	0	50
28	Padraig Sharkey	110	110	90	5	5	5	0	5
29	Barry Sinnott	90	90	0	90	0	0	0	0
29	Darren Johnston	90	90	0	0	0	0	90	0
31	Greg Clarke	80	80	0	75	5	0	0	0
31	Wayne Doyle	80	80	40	0	40	0	0	0
31	Jason Ward	80	80	5	0	75	0	0	0
31	Michael Scally	80	80	0	0	75	5	0	0
35	Karl O'Donoghue	75	75	75	0	0	0	0	0
35	Glen Dempsey	75	75	75	0	0	0	0	0
35	Conor Brady	75	75	0	75	0	0	0	0
35	Mike Chappell	75	75	0	0	0	75	0	0
39	Noel Brennan	65	65	0	0	0	0	0	65
39	Alan Keenan	65	60	5	5	5	5	5	40
41	John Maher	60	60	5	5	0	5	5	40
41	Patrick Whelan	60	60	0	5	5	5	5	40
43	Florian Bernicat	50	50	5	40	5	0	0	0
43	Shaun Sharkey	50	50	0	0	0	50	0	0
43	Adam Russell	50	50	0	0	0	0	50	0
46	Eamon Moore	45	45	0	5	40	0	0	0
47	Paul Meates	40	40	40	0	0	0	0	0
47	David McQuilan	40	40	0	40	0	0	0	0
47	Derek Smyth	40	40	0	0	40	0	0	0
47	Padraic McConville	40	40	0	0	40	0	0	0
47	Shaun Stockton	40	40	0	0	0	40	0	0
47	Mark White	40	40	0	0	0	40	0	0
47	Niall Byrne	40	40	0	0	0	0	40	0
54	Lee Whelan	25	25	0	5	5	5	5	5
54	Kevin Brady	25	25	0	5	5	5	5	5
56	Aidan Phelan	20	20	5	5	5	0	5	0
56	Alan Lea	20	20	0	0	5	5	5	5
58	Tristan O'Mahony	15	15	5	5	0	5	0	0
58	Ian Armstrong	15	15	0	5	5	0	0	5
58	Patrick Joyce	15	15	5	0	0	0	5	5
61	John Kelly	10	10	0	0	5	0	5	0
61	Brian McDonald	10	10	0	0	0	5	5	0
63	Martin Thorpe	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
63	Sean Griffin	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
63	Owen McFadden	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
63	James Flanagan	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
63	Conor McGrath	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
63	Leo Walsh	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
63	Jack Li	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
63	Conor Coone	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
63	Terry Parker	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
63	Jordan Synott	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
63	Mick Connors	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
63	Cameron Mullins	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	0
63	Joseph Grendon	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	0
63	Martin Joyce	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	0
63	Glen Cole	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	0
63	Ryan Cooney	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	0
63	Adam Carroll	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	0
63	Patrick O'Hanlon	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0
63	Jason Mahon	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0
63	Cian Hackett	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0
63	George Tierney	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0
63	Glenn Hurney	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	0
63	Anto McAleer	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	0
63	Patrick Mulvaney	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	0
63	Dylan Chubb	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	0
88	Joe Monahan	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
88	Jude Roche	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
88	Eoin O'Boyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	Mark Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ladies Rankings

Rank	Name	Total Points	5/6 Points	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6
1	Sandra Bryan	415	415	75	75	75	50	0	140
2	Elizabeth Lynch	410	370	40	50	40	65	125	90
3	Megan Randle	365	365	115	125	125	0	0	0
4	Aoife King	340	340	65	65	40	0	165	5
5	Carrie Randle	290	290	50	115	125	0	0	0
6	Magaret O'Driscoll	200	200	125	0	75	0	0	0
7	Lynda Curley	180	175	40	40	5	50	40	5
8	Angela Briggs	165	165	5	0	40	115	0	5
9	Mary Duffy	155	155	50	0	5	50	0	50
10	Yvonne McMahon	150	150	0	0	0	65	35	50
11	Sarah Moran	130	130	5	0	0	50	75	0
12	Jeanette Jackson	115	115	0	0	0	115	0	0
13	June Hayes	60	60	0	0	0	0	60	0
14	Mini Morris	50	50	0	50	0	0	0	0
15	Lauren O'Boyle	45	45	0	0	40	5	0	0
16	Suzanne Randle	40	40	0	40	0	0	0	0
17	Sandra McCann	25	25	5	5	5	0	5	5
18	Mags Carr	20	20	0	5	5	0	5	5
19	Carolyn Whelan	15	15	5	5	5	0	0	0
19	Evelyn Bough	15	15	0	5	5	0	0	5
21	Gemma Masterson	10	10	0	0	5	5	0	0
22	Oriana Polovina	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
22	Katelyn Fitzpatrick	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	0
22	Olive Butler	5	5	0	0	0	0	5	0

Seniors Rankings

Rank	Name	Total Points	5/6 Points	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6
1	Jason Keogh	485	445	90	140	75	40	75	65
2	Martin Keogh	440	440	200	100	100	0	40	0
3	Sean Wynne	430	430	140	75	75	65	0	75
4	Kevin Walsh	365	360	50	40	5	90	5	175
5	David McDonnell	360	360	0	65	90	5	150	50
6	Ken Martin	350	350	0	200	150	0	0	0
6	Jason Ward	350	350	0	0	0	150	200	0
6	Stephen Mullett	350	350	75	50	0	50	100	75
9	Ray Gorman	310	270	40	40	40	65	75	50
10	David Ryan	300	300	5	0	0	5	65	225
11	Danny Ashe	290	290	0	0	0	200	40	50
12	Wayne Brennan	270	270	75	100	0	50	5	40
13	Keith Cahill	245	245	40	5	50	0	50	100
14	Jason Mahon	225	225	100	40	75	0	5	5
14	Peter O'Toole	225	225	0	0	0	0	100	125
16	Greg Clarke	220	220	0	0	0	90	65	65
17	Gerard Farrelly	205	200	40	40	5	75	5	40
17	Craig Verdon	205	200	5	75	5	50	5	65
19	Darren Kelly	195	195	75	75	0	0	40	5
20	James Moran	185	185	0	5	50	40	40	50
21	Paul Ryan	160	155	5	40	40	5	5	65
22	Sean Egan	155	155	50	40	65	0	0	0
22	Mark Carrick	155	155	0	0	0	50	5	100
24	Darren Regan	140	140	0	0	140	0	0	0
24	Trevor Sheehan	140	140	0	5	5	0	40	90
26	Paul Kelly	130	130	0	0	0	5	0	125
27	Paul Roche	110	110	5	50	50	5	0	0
28	JP Byrne	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	100
29	John Garland	90	90	50	0	40	0	0	0
29	Jessie Hegarty	90	90	0	5	40	40	5	0
29	Charles Dunne	90	85	5	5	5	5	5	65
32	Trevor Rooney	85	85	0	5	5	65	5	5
33	Shay Redmond	75	75	65	5	0	0	5	0
34	Brian McDonald	65	65	0	0	0	0	0	65
35	Jojo Whelan	55	55	0	0	0	50	0	5
35	Dan Marrone	55	55	0	0	5	5	40	5
37	Murt Rossiter	50	50	0	0	0	0	50	0
38	Adam King	45	45	40	5	0	0	0	0
38	James Rowe	45	45	0	0	0	0	5	40
40	David Buchanan	40	40	40	0	0	0	0	0
40	Mark Collins	40	40	0	0	40	0	0	0
40	Keith O'Connor	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	40
40	Kevin Hickey	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	40
40	Shay Lorregan	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	40
45	Joe Quinn	30	25	5	5	5	5	5	5
46	Tony McDonnell	25	25	5	5	0	5	5	5
47	George Lynam (Snr)	20	20	0	5	5	5	5	0
48	Stephen Keane	15	15	5	5	5	0	0	0
49	Michael Falsey	10	10	5	5	0	0	0	0
49	Andy Lowbridge	10	10	0	5	5	0	0	0
49	Tony Cahill	10	10	5	0	0	5	0	0
49	George Rooney	10	10	0	0	0	5	0	5
49	Sean Griffin	10	10	0	0	0	5	0	5
49	Seamus Gilgunn	10	10	0	0	0	0	5	5
55	Ciaran Leonard	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
55	Eric English	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
55	Jackie McBennett	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
55	Ciaran Hayes	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0

Masters Rankings

Rank	Name	Total Points	5/6 Points	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6
1	Niall Doherty	630	630	200	200	140	0	90	0
2	Tim Winters	555	490	100	65	75	75	140	100
3	Paddy Clarke	550	550	0	50	200	200	0	100
4	Ray McGuinness	415	415	40	100	100	100	75	0
5	Philip Murphy	395	395	40	140	65	0	0	150
6	Dave Mullen	390	390	75	90	75	0	150	0
7	Paul Haughton	385	380	65	5	75	150	50	40
8	Dave Kelly	310	310	5	65	40	0	0	200
9	Paraic Kelly	290	290	75	65	0	0	75	75
10	Eamon Dolan	275	275	100	5	5	0	100	65
11	John Timmons	270	265	140	5	5	5	75	40
12	Joe Connolly	195	195	0	75	40	75	0	5
13	Steve Walsh	185	185	65	50	5	0	0	65
14	James Berns	180	175	50	5	40	40	40	5
15	Paul Duffy	155	155	0	0	0	90	65	0
16	Brian McDonald	145	145	40	5	100	0	0	0
16	Mike Moriarty	145	145	0	50	50	0	5	40
18	John Cole	135	135	50	5	40	40	0	0
19	Eddy Regan	110	105	5	40	50	5	5	5
20	Alan Martin	105	105	40	5	5	5	0	50
21	Sid Cully	100	100	50	50	0	0	0	0
22	John Lynch	95	95	5	5	40	40	0	5
23	David Burns	75	75	0	0	0	75	0	0
24	Martin Keogh	65	65	0	0	0	65	0	0
24	Tony Mulhern	65	65	0	0	0	0	0	65
26	Adam Russell	60	60	5	50	5	0	0	0
26	James Moonan	60	60	5	5	5	0	40	5
28	Francis Grimes	55	55	5	0	0	5	40	5
29	Paul Duggan	50	50	0	0	0	40	5	5
30	John Keeley	45	45	40	0	5	0	0	0
30	Joe McKeever	45	45	0	5	40	0	0	0
32	Tom Brazil	40	40	0	40	0	0	0	0
32	Aidan Abbott	40	40	0	40	0	0	0	0
34	Fergus Lawless	25	25	5	5	0	5	5	5
34	Kevin Mynes	25	25	0	5	5	5	5	5
36	Paul Cash	20	20	5	5	5	5	0	0
37	Derek Smyth (Dub)	15	15	0	0	0	5	5	5
38	Stephen Donoghue	10	10	0	0	0	5	5	0
38	John Johnston	10	10	0	0	0	5	5	0
38	Michael Falsey	10	10	0	0	0	5	5	0
38	James O'Connor	10	10	0	0	0	0	5	5
42	Kevin Christie	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
42	Anthony Carroll	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
42	Anto O'Brien	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
42	Tyrone Kelly	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
42	Bernard Diver	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
47	Noel O'Reilly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Grandmasters Rankings

Rank	Name	Total Points	5/6 Points	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6
1	Brian Maguire	510	505	65	175	5	50	175	40
2	Paul Tierney	485	480	5	65	50	115	75	175
3	Martin Rothwell	415	415	175	65	0	175	0	0
4	Charlie Hanlon	355	350	5	125	115	65	40	5
5	Alan Murphy	315	315	0	40	40	50	110	75
6	Martin Keenan	290	290	0	5	165	5	0	115
7	Peter Lucas	200	200	125	5	65	5	0	0
8	Shay Logue	190	190	65	5	75	40	0	5
9	Peter Austin	170	165	40	50	5	5	65	5
10	Grant Carroll	150	150	50	5	50	40	5	0
11	Brendan Hinchy	100	100	50	40	5	5	0	0
12	Adrian Hammond	95	90	5	5	5	5	35	40
13	Colin Rogan	75	75	0	0	0	75	0	0
13	Paul Strawbridge	75	75	0	0	0	0	0	75
15	Fran Farrell	55	55	40	5	5	5	0	0
15	Mark Clarke	55	55	5	0	0	0	0	50
17	Paul Dunne	50	50	0	50	0	0	0	0
17	Noel Lynch	50	50	0	0	50	0	0	0
19	John Keeley	45	45	0	0	0	5	0	40
20	Stephen Joyce	20	20	5	5	5	5	0	0
21	Joe Morris	15	15	0	0	0	5	5	5
22	Kevin McKinney	10	10	0	5	5	0	0	0
22	Peter Royal	10	10	0	0	0	5	5	0

U23 Rankings

Ranking	Name	Overall Points	Event 1 Points	Event 2 Points	Event 3 Points	Event 4 Points
1	Cillian Smyth	430	150	125	90	65
2	Lewis Casserly	275	50	0	150	75
3	Jason Duddy	220	0	175	40	5
4	Dylan Kirwan	190	90	50	50	0
5	Dylan Chubb	95	40	50	5	0
6	Anto McAleer	65	5	50	5	5
7	Evan Magliocco	50	5	40	5	0
8	Adam Kelly	50	5	40	5	0
9	Josh Dodd	40	0	40	0	0
10	Roy Kelly	10	5	0	5	0
11	Ben O'Brien	10	0	5	5	0
12	Ryan Egan	5	5	0	0	0
13	Jamie Hickey	5	5	0	0	0
14	Ryan Fox	5	0	5	0	0
15	Gavin Ryder	5	0	5	0	0
16	Daniel McHugh	5	0	0	5	0
17	Patrick Joyce	5	0	0	0	5
18	Billy Grafton	5	0	0	0	5

U18 Rankings

Rank	Name	Total Points	5/6 Points	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6
1	Cillian Smyth	285	285	125	5	65	90	0	0
2	Shane Hopkins	250	250	0	0	0	150	100	0
3	Kian Hopkins	200	200	0	0	0	50	50	100
4	Cathal Martin	195	195	0	65	125	5	0	0
4	Kyle Connolly	195	195	65	125	0	0	0	5
6	Pierce Lynch	180	180	0	0	0	40	0	140
7	John O'Meara	20	20	5	5	5	5	0	0
8	Oscar Martin	15	15	5	5	5	0	0	0
9	Adam Wynne	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
9	Ben McMenamin	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	Michael Keenan	5	5	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	Kayla McCorrie	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	5

LD Rankings

Rank	Name	Total Points	5/6 Points	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6
1	Joe Monahan	560	520	40	140	50	150	90	90
2	Jude Roche	405	405	100	0	0	5	150	150
3	George Lynam	315	310	140	40	40	40	5	50
4	Liam Daly	250	250	5	50	150	5	0	40
5	Niall Pollitt	195	190	5	100	5	50	30	5
6	Aidan Pollitt	185	180	50	5	90	5	30	5
7	Alan Pentony	95	95	0	0	5	90	0	0
8	Andy Lowbridge	30	25	5	5	5	5	5	5
9	Shane McKevitt	25	25	5	5	5	5	0	5
10	Aaron Hennessy	15	15	5	5	0	0	0	5
11	Jason Kelly	10	10	5	5	0	0	0	0

U15 Rankings

Rank	Name	Total	Best 5/6	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6
1	Adam Wynne	435	325	100	70	55	70	70	70
2	Mateo Marrone	350	290	70	85	60	40	70	25
3	Tommy Crosbie	320	145	35	55	30	70	50	80
4	Dylan Anderson	170	155	25	25	45	25	25	25
5	Blake Hegarty	155	105	25	25	40		15	50
6	Killian Fitzpatrick	110	105	15	5	55	5	25	5
7	James Stewart O'Reilly	105	80				60	45
8	Jayden Foy	80	70				25	40	15
9	Tyler Meechan	70	45			5	5		60
10	Mickey Galloway	45	40			15	25	5
11	Sean Roger Byrne	40	35			40
12	Rylee Chubb	35	25			5	15		15
13	Daire Lenehan	25	20						25
14	Charles Dunne Jnr	20	15	15		5
15	Dean Hanniffy	15	15			15
16	Brody Casey	15	15	15
17	Zach Corrigan	15	15	15
18	Kobey Shipp	15	15				5	5	5
19	Mikey Galloway	15	15	15
20	Ethan McGovern	15	15					15
21	Leighton Pepper	15	15					15
22	Eoin Mangan	15	10						15
23	Shane Reilly	10	10					5	5
24	Max Lawlor	10	5					5	5
25	Alan Jordan	5	5			5
26	Eoghan Blake	5	0				5
27	Blake Maguire	0	0				0

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:

- Win the group: 25 points
- Finish second: 15 points
- Do not advance from the group: 5 points

Knockout Stage Points:

- For each knockout round you progress to (after group stages): 25 points per round

Finals Points:

- Lose in the final: 50 points
- Win the final: 100 points (50 for reaching the final + 50 for winning)

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.