Over another busy few weeks of inter-club action, various County Armagh Golf Club's teams have experienced all the highs and lows associated with matchplay golf.
The Sam Rutherford Memorial Cup saw Patrick Brannigan's charges triumph in fine style over Kilkeel to secure their passage to the competition's last eight.
Results in this event are determined by holes rather than points and, in the first leg played in Kilkeel on Sunday 25 June, the greensomes pairings of Stephen Catterall and John Lowe, Gary McCourt and Paul Corvan and Marty Oliver and Roy Turner led the way in providing County Armagh with a useful halfway platform of just one hole down.
County Armagh's Sam Rutherford side, who defeated Kilkeel to reach the quarter-finals of the competition.
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Senior Open Stableford
1st Walter Neville 39pts
2nd Michael McGuirk 38pts (back six)
3rd Paddy Loughran 38pts
Open Stableford
1st Niall Brady 40pts
2nd Lee Campbell 38pts (back nine)
3rd Robbie McMinn 38pts (back nine)
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1st Caolan Doyle 42 points (back 9)
2nd Paul Rice 42 points
Category 1
1st Joe Rooney 39 points
2nd Johnny Brown 38 points
Category 2
1st Christopher Lester 39 points (back 9)
2nd Roy Davis 39 points
Category 3
1st Ciaran Conroy 41 points
2nd Ciaran McCreesh 37 points
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A level-par round warrants victory in most competitions, and Stewart Stevenson's superb 70-stroke performance earned exactly that in the stableford event at County Armagh Golf Club on Sunday 25 June.
The three-handicapper's early endeavours meandered rather tamely, as bogeys at the 1st and 3rd and pars elsewhere left him two over par after seven holes. However, Stewart burst into life at that point, firing birdies at the 8th, 10th, 12th and 14th.
That majestic birdie blitz was checked only slightly by dropped shots at the 9th and 16th before the Senior Cup and Senior Cowdy stalwart closed with two serene pars to complete his 39-point prevailing tally.
Thread the needle: County Armagh's 5th hole, The Gap.
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It was on the hoisting of the official County Armagh Golf Club flag that the showpiece fixture in the local golfing calendar got under way in earnest.
With the lady members and juvenile girls and boys already having competed in their various categories earlier in the week, 293 men filled the city fairways on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 June in the hope of grabbing glory on Richard Stewart's Captain's Day weekend.
There was no discernible difference in playing conditions between the two days so the entire field was faced with merciful dryness, a stiff and challenging wind and a golf course looking suitably resplendent. It all added up to a fair but exacting golfing examination — to the best man the spoils.
Away from the sporting action, family, friends and members joined Richard for a Saturday coffee morning that provided the perfect opportunity for all those in attendance to catch up with old pals, admire the wonderful array of prizes on offer, and wish our endlessly industrious and infectiously enthusiastic Captain all the very best.
The pristine clubhouse and environs and the refreshments enjoyed by everyone present also served as testimony to the club staff and volunteers who work so diligently to ensure that such events run smoothly.
Meanwhile, we were down to serious business back out on the golf course, where a stunning one-over-par gross 71 made Samuel Jenkins a most worthy Captain's Day champion.
County Armagh Golf Club Captain's Day winner Sam Jenkins is presented with the new Captain's Day Perpetual Cup and his winner's prize, a Powakaddy, by Captain Richard Stewart and his wife Eileen.
Having previously plied his golfing trade in Loughgall, Samuel joined County Armagh only in March but has found the club to his immediate liking.
This was never more in evidence than on Captain's Day when the Hamiltonsbawn contender exploded out of the traps with an outward nine comprising seven pars, a solitary bogey and a bonus birdie at the 5th.
Further birdie brilliance followed at the 10th and 12th enabling the then eight-handicapper to depart the 15th green in an incredibly commanding one-under-par position.
A pulled drive at the Lakes meant Jenkins's direct route to the green was impeded by the net that guards the 7th tee box. And, when the Salamander engineer attempted to draw an 8-iron towards the target, he went long and right, his ball nestling in the flower bed beside the 17th tee. Drama and potential heartache.
However, the fortunate lie, the Seve-style recovery shot and the miraculous par that ensued had Jenkins believing that this might indeed be his red-letter day.
After an understandably jittery double bogey at the penultimate hole, Sam composed himself admirably to record a gutsy four at the 18th and put the seal on a fantastic nett 64 and richly deserved Captain's Day success.
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1st Desmond Kinsella nett 65
2nd Mark Loughran nett 66 (back 9)
3rd David Grimley nett 66 (back 9)
4th Conor McAneney nett 66
5th Johnny Brown nett 67 (back 9)
6th Paul Wasson nett 67 (back 9)
7th Brian McGrady nett 67 (back 9)
Gross
1st Stewart Stevenson Gross 73
2nd James Johnston Gross 74 (back 9)
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Senior Open Stableford
1st Leslie Addis 40pts
2nd Martin Boyd 38pts
3rd Pascal Toner 37pts (back nine)
Open Stableford
1st Martin Gill 39pts
2nd Anthony Arthurs 37pts (back six)
3rd Steven McKendry 37pts
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Captain's Prize Winner:
Samuel Jenkins nett 64
Runner-up:
Brendan Lynch nett 65
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