The above competition was played for this week and we had 62 ladies in contention. Although a much cooler day conditions were still good. Teresa Corrigan won the McCall Shield beating Patricia Hughes on the countback with a net 74. Aideen Canavan won the Millennium Bowl and she beat
Barbara Gartland on the countback with a net 70!
Results:
McCall Shield
1 st – Teresa Corrigan (74) 2 nd – Patricia Hughes (74) 3 rd - Lorraine Abbott (75)
Front 9 – Bee Gordon (34) Back 9 – Ann McElroy (38.5) 9 Hole – Gretta Forster (36)
Millennium Bowl
1 st – Aideen Canavan (70) 2 nd – Barbara Gartland (70) 3 rd – Pauline Gingles (71)
Front 9 – Ann McDonald (36) Back 9 Teresa McVeigh (36)
Back L/R - B. Gordon, P. Gingles, B. Gartland
M/R - G. Forster, A. McDonald, T. McVeigh
F/R - P. Hughes, A. Canavan, M. Marjoram (Vice Capt)
Mr Arnold Courtney again very generously sponsored the much sought after Parker Bowl. 79 ladies played in the competition and as the weather was kinder this week the prizes were well played for. Paula McCrory won the completion beating Denise Murphy on the countback with great scores of net 68.
Results:
1 st – Paula McCrory (68) 2 nd – Denise Murphy (68) 3 rd – Nicola Spence (69)
Cat A – Teresa McVeigh (72) Cat B – Pauline Gingles (70) Cat C – Maura McCreesh (76)
Cat D – Ann Murphy (76)
Gross – June Humphries (81) 9 Hole – Dorothy Brown (34) Par Lady – A McGrath (74)|
Front 9 – Collette McAleavey (31) Back 9 – Toni McManus (34)
Arnold Courtney presents Paula with the Parker Bowl
L/R A. Courtney, P. McCrory, M. Marjoram (Vice Captain)
Back L/R N. Spence, D. Brown, P. Gingles, C. McAleavey, T. McVeigh, M. McCreesh
Front L/R D. Murphy, T. McManus, M. Marjoram (Vice Capt) A. McGrath, P. McCrory (winner)
This week's competition was very kindly sponsored by O'Kanes Flowers who presented beautiful arrangements as prizes. 61 Ladies played and the course has much improved over the last couple of weeks with the good weather. This was definitely reflected in the winning scores.
Results:
Category 1 – 1 st P. McCrory 37 pts 2 nd E Brady 35 pts
Category 2 – 1 st S. Donnelly 40 pts, 2 nd P. Gingles 38pts, 3 rd S. Hughes 37pts, 4 th M. Brady 36pts
Category 3 – 1 st L. Abbott 42 pts, 2 nd V. Ellingham 39 pts, 3 rd E.Mawhinney 38 pts, 4 th J. Kelly 37pts
Par Lady – A. Attwell 37 pts
Back Row L/R - P. McCrory, V. Ellingham, S. Hughes, A. Attwell, E. Brady, E. Mawhinney, J. Kelly
Front Row L/R – S. Donnelly, I. Lutton (Lady Capt), L Abbott
This weeks Competition was very generously sponsored by Professional Travel Armagh & Dungannon. It was well supported by the ladies and was won by Phil McKenna who narrowly beat Nicola Spence by one point. Phil had 37 points and goes on to play with the Lady Captain in Masserene later on in the year.
Results –
Photo (L to R): C. Cassidy, S. Hughes, R. Beckett, B. O'Doherty, E. Brady, T. Corrigan, C. Corrigan,P McKenna (winner), H. Johnston (Past Lady Capt), N. Spence, V. Gordon, A. Mawhinney
Another wet day for the ladies of County Armagh who were playing for the PGA Tankard. The competition was kindly sponsored by Alan Rankin (Club Professional). The weather reflected lower scores this week, but some determination won through, namely in Lynn Brown who was defending her title from last year, she reclaimed it by beating Paula McCrory on the back 9 with 37 points!
Results as follows-
Back Row L/R – V. Ellingham, B. Gartland, T. McManus
Middle Row L/R – M. Oakes, F. McCall, J. Steenson
Front Row L/R – L. Brown, C. Cassidy, I. Lutton (Lady Capt), P McCrory
On Thursday past 39 ladies played in the Waltzer Competition. Conditions were tough enough as the afternoon proved quite stormy. However two groups of ladies were able to battle the elements and return good scores.
First place – Brigid McEneaney, Vera Ellingham and Bernie Gribben (76 pts)
Second place – Hilary Johnston, Lorraine Megaw and Carolyn McCall (74 pts)
V. Ellingham, H. Johnston, I. Lutton (Lady Capt) and B. Gribben
Thursdays 12 Hole Stableford Competition kicked off the new season. 53 Ladies played and conditions were much improved.
Carmel Cassidy took first prize with 28 points, Sheila Hughes was second with 26 points beating Rene Calvert on the back 9, she also had 26 points and took third place. Par Lady prize went to Vera Ellingham with 21 points.
Left to Right – C. Cassidy (winner), V. Ellingham, M. Marjoram (Lady Vice Capt), S. Hughes
Prizes for the Spring League were awarded on Thursday night. The winning team was ‘Teresa's Trilbys'. In second place were the ‘Hardy Annuals'. Unfortunately due to the inclement weather the competition was not as well supported this year.
Selection of Spring League Winners -
Back row – S. Hughes, B. Gartland, E. Brady
Middle row – N. Spence, A.McDonald, E. Grimes
Front row – H. Johnston, M. Rhodie, M. Marjoram (Lady Vice Capt)
Teresa McVeigh receiving Spring League Shield from Lady Captain Irene