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Great conditions and great scores were the order of the day last Thursday when the Ladies played in the first eighteen hole competition of the year.
The Three Ball Scramble attracted more than fifty Ladies out of hibernation which was great to see. The winning team was a winning combination of Mrs Lily McMullan, Mrs Nicola Spence and Mrs Teresa McVeigh with a tremendous 65.3. The closest team on their tails was the team of Mrs Francis Davidson, Mrs Pauline Gingles and Mrs Gail Steed returning a commendable 66.9.
Lady Captain Mrs Margaret Marjoram thanked all the Ladies for taking part and applauded the winners and their great scores.
Next weeks competition is the PGA Tankard.
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14 brave ladies battled against the elements on a very wet Thursday.
The scores were excellent considering the conditions and the winners were presented their prizes by Lady Vice Captain Mrs Una Cullinane:
Winner - Mrs Ellen Brady 29 points
Runner up - Mrs Valerie Gordon 29 points
Third - Mrs Vera Ellingham 26 points
Front 9 - Mrs Geraldine Rafferty - 17 points
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Following two exciting knockout weeks, the popular annual Putting Competition culminated in a nail biting final between winners Team Hilary and runners up Team Shea on Friday 27th March.
20 teams entered the overall competition with 12 winning through to the final. The Ladies Committee hosted the competition and provided supper on each of the nights. Our thanks goes to the Competition Sponsor Ellen Brady who also provided hot food, Dobs for the complimentary tea and coffee and Paula McCrory who organised and refereed the event.
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Prize winners with the Lady Captain for 2014
Back row l to r: B Hamilton, L McMullan, C Corrigan, A Lennon and J Kelly
Front row l to r: P Hughes, G Steed, I Lutton, P Gingles and E Grimes.
Prize winners were as follows:
GOLFER OF THE YEAR - 1st G Steed, 2nd E Brady.
The HIRSCH CUP - 1st N Spence, 2nd E Grimes, joint 3rd P Gingles & V Ellingham.
THE LINK CUP - 1st P Gingles 2nd G Steed.
THE CHARLEMONT SALVER - 1st L McMullan & C Corrigan, 2nd B Hamilton & H Foster.
THE SINTON CUP - 1st A Canavan, 2nd E Brady, joint 3rd K Edgar & B Rice.
THE STEENSON BOWL - 1st G Steed, 2nd J Kelly BRONZE MEDAL - P Hughes, SILVER MEDAL - G Steed, SILVER SPOON - G Steed.
BIGGEST HANDICUP REDUCTION - A Lennon, MOST BIRDIES - P McCrory.
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New Years Day Fun Competition
A nine hole fun competition was held for the ladies branch of County Armagh Golf Club to celebrate New Year’s Day. Over 50 ladies took part in competition which was rounded off with a healthy breakfast in the clubhouse for those who played and their guests.
The outgoing Lady Captain Irene Lutton thanked everyone for the support they gave her during the year and wished the incoming Lady Captain Margaret Marjoram a successful year ahead. Margaret said she is looking forward to working on behalf of the Ladies Branch to ensure they have an enjoyable year and that members continue to excel at local and regional competitions.
She then presented prizes to the winners of the fun competition as follows: Teresa Corrigan
1st place with 20 points Pauline Gingles 2nd Place with 18 points beating Hilary Johnston who also had 18 points on the count back.
Incoming Captains for 2015 Margaret and Richard.
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Lady Captain Irene Lutton presented a cheque for £2536.50 to the Southern Area Hospice on Thursday night last. Flo McCall accepted the cheque on behalf of the Hospice and was amazed by the generosity of the members of the Club. Irene picked the Hospice as her Charity this year in memory of Ivan Marshall. His wife Daphne was also at the presentation.
Most of the money was raised on Lady Captain’s Day with the remainder coming from a 9 Hole Competition in October.
Also on the night Greta Forster representing The Charlemont Arms Hotel presented a separate cheque to Flo which was the proceeds of the Charlemont Salver MatchPlay Competition.
L/R Daphne Marshall, Irene Lutton (Lady Capt), Flo McCall, Pat McAleavey (Captain)
L/R Greta Forster(Charlemont Arms Hotel), Flo McCall (representing Hospice)
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Team Captain Barbara Jenkins was a very proud lady when her team collected the Challenge Cup at the Ulster finals in Rockmount.
Her Team had beaten six Northern Ireland Teams to become champions.
In the first match they played Fortwilliam in North Belfast. This was followed by matches against Newtownstewart, Royal Portrush, and Donaghadee. They then played the semi-final against Clandeboye and beat Royal Belfast in a neutral venue (Rockmount) to win the Challenge Cup.
Front row L to R: Barbara Jenkins (Team Capt.), Irene Lutton (Lady Captain Co. Armagh Golf Club), and Eilish Grimes
Back row L to R: Patricia Hughes, Sylvia Ashe, Maura McCreesh, Nicola Spence, Jacqueline Kelly, Anne Murphy
The winning team then went forward to the All-Ireland Finals in Monkstown Golf Club in Co. Cork
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