At the P.P.U.I. Dinner tonight John Manning was inducted into the "Hall of Fame".

The citation read: -

For his dedication to the game of Pitch and Putt 

For his outstanding contribution to the development of F.I.P.P.A and E.P.P.A. and his promotion of the game Worldwide

For his brilliant editing and production of Backspin and the P.P.U.I. year books

For his knowledge of historical facts on the game of Pitch and Putt

For his excellent work as P.R.O. reporting on the game of Pitch and Putt

For his efforts in securing several Sponsorship deals

For being always courteous and helpful

For being a Gentleman

The P.P.U.I. Hall of Fame award goes to John Manning (Shandon)

John in his acceptance paid homage to the people who had received this honour in the past and said he was humbled to receive the award.  He spoke about his time on the NEC and the people he had worked with.

The President of the P.P.U.I. Eamonn Birchall presented John with the award and earlier presented the number one ranked  players Chrissie Byrne and Ray Murphy with their awards.  Both Chrissie and Ray thanked the NEC for their work and they looked forward to the new season.

The three winners are pictured above.

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