Women - News & Results
The Spring Open was played last Monday at a wet and windy County Armagh course. Nevertheless 76 ladies took to the fairway's including a number of visiting clubs from Portadown, Aughnacloy and Cloverhill. This competition was sponsored by Lila's Fashion's Scotch Street Armagh. Mark Hawthorne from Lila's who are celebrating 40 years in business this year was very warmly welcomed by the large number of ladies in the clubhouse for the presentation of prizes.
The best score on the day was returned by Aideen Cannavan with 37 stableford points. Runner up was Moya Brady with 36 points while 3 rd and 4 th places were decided on the count back with Una Cullinane having the better back 9 from Nichola Spence. Vera Ellingham picked up 5 th and the best gross went to Emma Oliver.
The categories were as follows:
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Cat A: B Rice 33 points, Cat B: R Calvert 33 points, Cat C: K Mallon 33points, Cat D: B Teahan 29 points.
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G Steed and L Megaw won the front and back 9 respectively.
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The top visitor on the day was W Beale from Portadown Golf Club.
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Nearest the pin on the 7 th hole was V Gordon while T McVeigh was closest at the 11 th .
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The longest drive belonged to P McCrory.
Mark said he was delighted to see such a large turnout of ladies at the presentation and he looked forward to continuing his sponsorship. He wished the ladies well for the remainder of the season. The Lady Captain Hillary thanked Mark for his kindness to the ladies branch and invited him to present the Spring Open Cup to a very worthy and proud winner Aideen.
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THE CLARKE-DECORATE MIXED GREENSOMES (SHOTGUN) - 6.00 pm
takes place this Friday evening (17th May)
There are still some spaces available on the Timesheet
Get your names down - DRAW will take place on Thursday, 16th May around mid-day
(Food will be available on the night)
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On Thursday last, 47 ladies competed in showery conditions in County Armagh Golf Club for the prestigious Macmillan Cancer charity competition, very generously sponsored by Vincent Mone & Son, Keady.
Even though underfoot conditions were quite wet, the greens were in pristine condition which led to a few very good scores. The top golfer on the day was Jacqueline Kelly who is a frequent visitor to the winner's enclosure this year. Jacqueline's 41 points earned her a handicap cut of 3 shots. The runner-up with 37 points was Ann Black, closely followed by Una Cullinnane and Paula McCrory in 3 rd and 4 th place with 36 and 35 points respectively.
The following category winners were:
Category A- B Rice 35 points
Category B- C McAleavey 32 points
Category C- N Spence 32 points
Category D- C Oliver 32 points
The front 9 prize went to D Harris with 19 points, while M Marjoram picked up the prize for the back 9 with 18 points. The 9 hole competition was won by M Knott and G McGowan was the top par lady with 30 points.
Ann Mone of Vincent Mone & Son presented the winners with a beautiful array of prizes in a packed clubhouse. Ann Mone said: “ We are delighted to be involved in the Macmillan Cancer charity competition and with proceeds going to such a worthy cause we hope to continue our support of this competition in the future.”
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Great number of ladies played last Thursday for the prestigious Millennium Bowl and the McCall Shield, both very generously sponsored by Cycleology. Conditions were much better than of late and this helped Bernie Rice lift the Millennium Bowl and Anne McElroy collect the McCall Shield.
Full results for the Millennium Bowl were as follows:
1 st Bernie Rice 2 nd Toni McManus 3 rd Barbara Hamilton
Front 9 Pauline Gingles Back 9 Moya Brady
Full results for the McCall Shield were as follows:
1 st Anne McElroy 2 nd Bernie Gribben 3 rd Vera Ellingham
Front 9 Anne Attwell Back 9 Eileen Fitzsimmons Nine Hole – Sheila Sti
The lady captain Hilary Johnston welcomed the ladies and presented the prizes. Unfortunately the sponsor Cycleology was unable to attend the prize giving. She thanked Alastair for the very generous sponsorship of the competition.
Flo McCall presents the McCall Shield to Anne McElroy
Front row: Anne McElroy, Hilary Johnston (Lady Captain), Bernie Rice
Second row: Bernie Gribben, Vera Ellingham, Anne Attwell
Third row: Pauline Gingles, Eileen Fitzsimmons, Sheila Stinson
Back row: Flo McCall, Barbara Hamilton, Moya Brady, Toni McManus
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62 ladies participated for the prestigious Parker Bowl played on Thursday last. Conditions were heavy underfoot but that did not deter city golfer Brigid NcEnaney from lifting the bowl for a second year in succession with 36points. Jacqueline Kelly was runner up also with 36 points. These two ladies are familiar faces in the winner's enclosure this year.
The full list of winners is as follows:
1 st B McEnaney 36 points 2 nd J Kelly 36 points P McCrory 23 gross points. 3 rd G Rafferty 35 points.
Categories A: E Brady B: C McAlevey C: M Marjoram D: B Teehan
The front 9 was won by K Molloy with 21 points and B Hamilton's 19 points won the back 9.The Par lady on the day was M Corrigan.
The lady captain Hilary Johnston welcomed the ladies and the sponsor Arnold Courtney to the prize giving. She thanked the Courtney family for the very generous sponsorship of the competition. Mr Courtney said he hoped to continue the sponsorship of the Parker Bowl and wished the ladies branch well.
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43 ladies from County Armagh braved the elements on a wet and windy course for the right to represent the club at the finals of the Peggy Nelson competition later in the summer. This competition is very generously sponsored by McKinney Timber Railway St Armagh. There was a great array of prizes which were played in categories with the winner of each going through to the finals.
The three categories are: A: 0-15 Handicap. B: 16-24. C: 25- 36. The scoring on the day was close with one of the categories going to a count back. The results were as follows.
A: Winner: B Gartland 36 pts. 2 nd P McCrory 33pts. 3 rd G Rafferty 31pts.
B: Winner B Hamilton 33 Pts. 2 nd L Megaw 33 Pts. 3 rd S Donnelly 30 Pts.
C: Winner D Carolan 37Pts. 2 nd N Spence 35 Pts . 3 rd B Gribben 33 pts.
The winner of section B Barbara Hamilton shot a fantastic hole in one on the 11 th , well done Barbara.
The par lady on Thursday was E Grimes.
The lady captain Hillary Johnston presented the beautiful prizes and wished the winners luck in the finals.
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Over 50 ladies took to the fairways of County Armagh Golf Course in pursuit of the prestigious prize on offer. The competition was the Mary Peters Trust which is very generously sponsored by the local golf professional Alan Rankin. The winner goes forward to play in Massareen Golf Club with the lady captain later in the summer.
Weather conditions were very damp to say the least but that did not deter the local ladies and the competition was keenly contested. The best score of the day was registered by Jacqueline Kelly with 38 stableford points. Teresa McVeigh was runner up with 37pts and Brigid McEnaney was 3rd two points behind the winner.
The lady captain Hillary Johnston won the front 9 with 19 pts beating Eilish Grimes and Lynne Browne on the count back while Moya Brady also with 19 pts picked up the back 9 prize. Eilish Grimes was pipped at the post by Carmel Cassidy for the par lady prize with 32 pts.
The category prizes were as follows:
A : Paula McCrory 33 pts
B : Gail Steed 35 pts
C : Elizabeth Mawhinney 34 pts
D : Donna Carolan 34 pts
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The annual competition for 'The Dunskie Bowl' played alternatively between the Scotland and Armagh took place last weekend in Armagh in glorious sunshine.
The Armagh ladies regained the Bowl on home ground after a year in the Scottish Highlands.
Both teams sat down to a beautiful meal in the newly refurbished restaurant in the golf club (The Green Room) The night was rounded off with a demonstration of Set Dancing and craic which everyone enjoyed and took part in.
In 2014 the Armagh ladies will travel to Scotland and try to retain the trophy.
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