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Lonsdale Cup sponsored by Digby's Restaurant, Killylea
1st Patsy Hegarty nett 66
2nd Paul McCreesh nett 67
3rd Miceal McParland nett 67
4th John Toner nett 67
5th John Palmer nett 67
6th Alex Nesbitt nett 68
Gross
1st Conor McGurgan 74
2nd Neil Cromwell 75
3rd Andrew Miller 76
Patsy Hegarty is presented with the Lonsdale Cup by County Armagh Golf Club Captain Tom Calvert after winning the competition with a nett 66. Included also are other prize winners Paul McCreesh, Paddy Burns, representing competition sponsors Digby's Restaurant, Killylea, Conor McGurgan and Andrew Millar.
Patsy Hegarty is presented with the Lonsdale Cup by County Armagh Golf Club Captain Tom Calvert and Paddy Burns, representing competition sponsors Digby's Restaurant, Killylea.
Patsy picks up Lonsdale Cup
Patsy Hegarty will have his name inscribed on the magnificent Lonsdale Cup as the 118th winner.
The impressive trophy first presented to County Armagh Golf Club in 1893, was once again carefully taken from the secure trophy cabinet to be presented by Captain Tom Calvert at the conclusion of the Digby's Restaurant, Killylea sponsored stroke competition.
More than 200 golfers, some from as far away as Scotland, played in the annual competition. But none could find the winning form enjoyed by 10-handicapper Patsy. His nett 66 was one shot better than four others who each returned nett 67 and had to be separated by countback.
Patsy was just four over after nine holes and used up just a further two shots of his handicap on the trek back where three birdies including one at the last brought him that winning score.
Paul McCreesh picked up second prize with a nett 67. Three double bogeys cost him the big prize but with three others also recording nett 67, was still delighted to collect his prize.
Micael McParland, John Toner and Johnny Palmer were the three others who finished with nett 67, and after countback picked up third, fourth and fifth prizes respectively.
And Alec Nesbitt secured the sixth nett prize with a nett 68.
Conor McGurgan, playing off a handicap of 3, returned the best gross score on the day, a 74. Neil Cromwell (4) was second best gross with a 75 and Andrew Millar (8) third with a gross score 76.
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1st Richard Stewart nett 68
2nd A Farrell nett 70
Category 1 (0-12)
1st Conor McGurgan nett 71 (best Gross 74)
2nd G Hughes nett 72
Category 2 (13-18)
1st Michael Cullen nett 70
2nd Michael Macklin nett 73
Category 3 (19-28)
1st Stephen McGarvey nett 72
2nd Hugh McEneaney nett 74
County Armagh Golf Club Captain Tom Clavert is pictured with winners of the Club Stroke competitions played on the week-end May 21 and 22
Richard rains in club stroke prize
Richard Stewart refused to allow the high winds and heavy rain deter him from winning the Club Stroke competition.
His nett 69 was in fact the only score below 70 in the worst of playing conditions, his nearest rival Anthony Farrell with a nett 70.
Steady scoring including a birdie three at the par four second hole saw him eight over at the turn and despite three double bogeys on the homeward trek he was still able to record a nett 68 finish.
Double bogeys at the first and sixteenth holes were Anthony Farrell's undoing in a similar steady round and with a nett 70 he deservedly picked up the runners up prize.
Conor McGurgan was the model of consistency for the best gross 74, nett 71 and collected first prize in Category One where G Hughes was runner up.
A half dozen pars for a nett 70 round helped secured first prize in Category Two for Michael Cullen and Michael Macklin picked up the runners up prize with a nett 73.
In Category 3 it was Stephen McGarvey who collected the winning prize with a nett 72, and becoming a familiar face in the prize winners recently, Hugh McEneaney was second.
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1st Pat McKenna 38pts
2nd Paul Doyle 37pts
Front Nine: Oisin Toner 23pts
Back Nine: Damied Smith 19pts
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Pierce Purcell make bit of 'Paddy' of their match
Team captain Paddy Duffy was gutted after his Pierce Purcell team suffered defeat at the hands of Edenmore in the competition matchplay stages at Killymoon Golf Club on Sunday.
The County Armagh outfit had qualified in third place in the qualifing round at Killymoon two weeks ago and with a draw against Edenmore were confident they would progress.
After four matches against Edenmore however, it was all square, 2-2. And in a thrilling climax the final County Armagh pairing of Ian Millar and Paul Corvan required a win at the last hole to take the match into extra-time. Sadly they secured only a 'half' and their match was lost, Edemore clinching victory 3-2 and a place in the next round.
Earlier Paddy Hicks and John Lowe led the County Armagh challenge but suffered defeat on the final hole when their opponents sank a 30ft putt to win one-up.
Colin McIlroy and Mickey Cullen similarly looked to have secured the win leading by one hole with just one to play. But they too lost the last hole for their match to finish all square.
Declan Lenagh and Derek McKeever meanwhile, were two down with two to play, but recovered to halve their match. And Paul Wasson and Oisin Gill grabbed a win on the final hole after their match was level after 17 holes.
Unfortunately, as is often the case, the final match can determine the outcome and so it proved, County Armagh disappointingly made their exit.
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Junior Cowdy have 'Art' knocked out of them
Art McCrory's Junior Cowdy team put up a spirited fightback against Omagh Golf Club but sadly exited the competition after losing by just two holes in Sunday's first round second leg play-off at County Armagh.
Three matches and four holes down after the first leg at Omagh two weeks previous, McCrory recurited four new faces for the home match. And it almost proved a successful move. The County Armagh team won three matches 2 & 1 to overturn the deficit but the fourth match was sadly lost 4 & 3.
Ironically that losing partnership, team captain Art McCrory and Gary Lappin, had been the County Armagh team's only winners at Omagh. Stephen Weir and Gerry Kelly, Tony Fagan and Club Vice-Captain Brendan Smith, Brendan Lynch and Gerry Doyle all lost in that away leg.
They had it all to do on the home leg and in a spirited fighback by Gerry Doyle and Gerry Kelly, new recruits Alan Magwood and Richard Stewart, Dudley Marjoram and Tim Teehan each chalked up wins. Unfortunately McCrory and Lappin couldn't find the winning form they had enjoyed at Omagh and lost the fourth match 4 & 3. Omagh won by two holes.
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1st Ronan O'Reilly 43pts
2nd Niall McGeown 38pts
Category 1
1st Ryan McVeigh 37pts
2nd Jerome Leer 35pts
Category 2
1st TA Nesbitt 37pts
2nd Paul Kelly 35pts
Category 3
1st Hugh McAneaney 34pts
2nd Brendan Lynch 34pts
Ronan rolls up for stableford win
Ronan O'Reilly chalked up 43 points to win the Club Stableford on Sunday. And he was five points clear of the rest of the field on the day.
Opening with five pars in a row, Ronan had 22 points on his card by the half-way stage. And with a further three pars and a birdie four at the par five 12th hole, he added another 21 points for an untouchable 43 points.
In-form Niall McGeown came closest to Ronan with 38 points, recording 19 over the front nine and 19 on the return trek, to take the runners up prize.
However, Ryan McVeigh will know a double bogey six at the last hole cost him that runners up prize. His 37 points still secured him Category One's winning prize. Jerome Leer was two points adrift and picked up the category's runner up prize.
Alec Nesbitt too had a tale of woe to tell - no scores at the 15th and 16th holes and with 37 points had to settle for runners up in Category 2 where Paul Kelly's 35 points - 21 from the front nine and 14 from the back - earned him second.
Hugh McEneaney, a winner the previous day, continued his winning form for the Category 3 first prize with 34 points beating Brendan Lynch, also recording 34 points, on countback.
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Ryan McVeigh is presented with the Bankers Cup by County Armagh Golf Club Captain Tom Calvert after winning the Northern Banking Business sponsored stroke competition. Included also are (from left) category prizewinners Gary Lappin, Winston Gordon, Conal Hamill, Darren Hughes, Noel Murtagh and Gerry McCreesh.
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1st Kenny Edgar 42pts
2nd Martin Kelly 41pts
Front Nine: Oisin Toner 23pts (winning on back 6 countback)
Back Nine: Kyle Johnston 23pts
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