Bernard lifts Londsale Cup
BERNARD Grimley will have his name engraved on the Lonsdale Cup after a one-shot victory in the County Armagh Golf Cup annual Open competition.
The 16-handicapper's nett 64 was enough to lift the coveted trophy ahead of Andrew Conn whose six-over par round deservedly earned him the runners up prize.
Consistency was the name of the game for Grimley as he parted sparingly with shots for a six-over front nine holes and included a double bogey six at the sxith hole. And he used up just a further four shots of his handicap over the back nine holes to achieve his winning score , nett 64
Conn was equally a master of consistency and produced a five-over par front nine and one over par back nine for his nett 65.
Paddy Duffy claimed third prize with a net 65, winning on countback from Kieran Donnelly, also on nett 65 and whose round included birdies at the second, seventh and a remarkable eagle 2 at the 17th hole.
Back in the prizes, Winston Gordon was fifth with a similar nett 65, and two shots adrift on nett 67, Davy Grimley was sixth, with Alan Pedlow bringing up the rear with a nett 67 also.
Stewart Stevenson was undoubtedly the gross marksman on the day with a gross 70, and recording birdies at 4, 5 and 12 while John Maguire produced a superb gross 72 to claim the runners up prize in the category.