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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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59 ladies competed on Thursday last for the competition which was very generously sponsored by Professional Travel on Thomas St Armagh. This was the first 18 hole competition of the year due to the inclement weather. The competition was keenly contested by the large turnout of eager golfers in the lovely sunshine.
Best score of the day came from Eilish Grimes with a net 67 closely followed by Geraldine Rafferty with a 68. Three shots adrift of the winner was Gina Morris with a 70. The Gross prize went to Paula McCrory while the Par lady was Bernie Gribben. The category prizes were as follows. A :C McCall (73) B: G Steed (72)
C: R Haughey (72) D: B Teehan (73). The front nine was picked up by R Calvert while the back 9 belonged to L Browne.
The Lady Captain presented the prizes which was very well attended by the ladies.
Front row L to R :Runner up :G Rafferty E Grimes Winner H Johnston Captain and P McCrory Gross winner
Middle Row L to R :R Haughey B Teehan C McCall and G Steed
Back Row : B Gribben and L Browne.
The Lady Captain also presented the prizes for the Spring League which was played over a short period of 3 weeks due to bad weather.
The overall winner was B McEnaney with joint 2nd place going to V Ellingham and L Browne.3rd place was also shared by P Gingles and N Spence.
The catagory winners were A ; M Brady and P McCrory B: E Fitzsimons and R Haughey C :M McCreesh and H McLoughlin D : J Kelly E Grimes
Front Row L to R V Ellingham B McEnaney H Johnston Capt P McCrory
Mid Row L to R :R Haughey E Grimes L Browne
Back Row L to R :P Gingles E Fitzsimons and M Brady.
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Despite playing on temporary greens, County Armagh lady golfers produced fabulous results in their 14 hole stableford competition on Thursday 14th March.
Fifty four ladies braved the chilly winds and the occasional blustery showers. With 39 points, winner L. Brown's score was worthy of an 18 hole competition. In second place was V. Ellingham with 36 points and P. Gingles came third with 34 points. Category winners were as follows: Cat. A: B. Rice, Cat. B: G. Steed, Cat. C: N. Spence and Cat. D: J. Kelly.
Left to right
Back Row: G. Steed, J. Kelly, N. Spence
Middle Row: V. Ellingham, B. Rice
Front Row: L. Brown(winner), H. Johnston (Co. Armagh Lady Captain)
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Next car boot sale takes place on Saturday 13th April. Please leave items in Ladies locker room.
• Raffle taking place for a "Nearly new" electric trolley. Tickets are £2 a strip or 3 strips for £5 and can be bought from ladies committee.
• Entertainment in the club over St. Patrick's weekend. Please come and support!
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Thirty nine ladies played in the 9 hole stableford competition on Thursday last in very mixed weather conditions, with the early birds getting the better part of the day. The winners however all played during a steady drizzle of rain in the afternoon but it did not dampen their enthusiasm. The winner Carina Oliver had a fantastic score of 23 points closely followed by Barbara Hamilton 22 points and 3rd place went to a count back. Brigid McEnaney just edged out Barbara Gartland to take the final prize.
The lady captain Hillary Johnston welcomed all the ladies to the first prize giving of the year and she congratulated all the winners.
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WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO USE THE COURSE OR THE CLUBHOUSE FACILITIES
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Forthcoming Events The 9 hole Spring league competition commences on Thurs 17th Jan. Play as often as you like with the best score of the week going towards your final score.
The Coffee evening has been changed to Thurs 24th Jan commencing at 7.30 in the clubhouse. This will be an evening of craic with some food and a glass of wine included. As this is the first event of the golfing year it would be lovely to see the clubhouse packed.
The annual putting competition is scheduled for Fri 8th and Fri 15th Feb with the final taking place on Fri 1st March. Now is the time to get your team together and start practicing for this very prestigious event.
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Outgoing Lady Captain Paula McCrory handed over the captain's reins to Hilary Johnston for the incoming year in packed clubhouse.
Paula wished the new Lady Captain well for her year and presented her with the captain's pin. Hilary thanked everyone for their good wishes and said she hoped the ladies would enjoy the year ahead and have a successful golfing year.
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