Women - News & Results
Glorious conditions prevailed at sun soaked County Armagh Golf Club on Thursday last. Seventy ladies competed for the much sought after hampers sponsored by Rice's supermarket Victoria St Keady.
The competition format was 4 ball better ball and the top 4 places had to be decided on count back's. The winners were the combination of Ann McDonald and Eilish Grimes who returned a great score of 44 stableford points. The youthful pairing of Aideen Cannavan and Carina Oliver secured 2 nd place also scoring 44 points.
Second and third places could not be separated even with a count back as both pairings returned identical cards. Joint second place went to Bernie Rice and Caitlin McKinney and Paula McCrory and Myrtle Rhodie. The 9 hole single's competition was collected by O Gannon.
Mrs Phil Rice from Rice's supermarket presented the beautiful prizes in a packed clubhouse. The lady captain Hilary Johnston thanked the sponsor for their continued support of the ladies branch.
Hilary congratulated all the club teams who are making steady progress in the various competitions. At the minute we have 7 teams in contention. They are The Senior Foursomes, The Intermediate, Junior Foursomes, The Meile, The Junior Cup, The Minor Cup and The Challenge Cup. These teams all have important matches in the next few weeks and we wish them all well.
Front row L to R: A McDonald, P Rice (sponsor) H Johnston, E Grimes Back row L to R: C Oliver, B Rice, C McKinney, A Cannavan, PMcCrory.
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Another good turn out for the ladies on their best day ‘weatherwise' for quite some time. Course was playing well and the scores reflected that.
Lady Captain Hilary thanked the sponsers OKanes Flowers for their beautiful prizes and their continued support for the Ladies Branch.
- 1 st place Barbara Hamilton
1 st Gross Emma Oliver - 2 nd place Pauline Gingles
2 nd Gross Paula McCrory - Cat A Frances Davidson,
- Cat B Sheila Hughes,
- Cat C Teresa Corrigan
- Cat D Sylvia Ashe (beating J Kelly on back 9)
- Front 9 Donna Carolan
- Back 9 Kathleen Mallon
- 9 Hole Ina Gamble
- Par Lady Marjorie Compston
Front row: Barbara Hamilton, Pauline Gingles, Hilary Johnston (Lady Captain), Paula McCrory
Second row: Teresa Corrigan, Frances Davidson, Sheila Hughes
Third row: Kathleen Mallon, Sylvia Ashe, Marjorie Compston
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A good turnout of ladies competed for the Daisy Ferguson greensomes at a very cold windy and wet County Armagh golf course on Thursday last. This competition is generously sponsored by Wright's Interiors and restaurant Russell St Armagh.
The best combination on the day was Fionnuala Quinn and Nichola Spence who returned a good score of 38 stableford points and edged Lynn Brown and Siobhan Donnelly into second place also returning 38 points with a better back 9. Just a point adrift in 3 rd was Rene Calvert and Mary Knott. Even though the weather was wintry the greens were in pristine condition.
The lady captain Hilary Johnston welcomed a large turnout of ladies in the clubhouse to the presentation of prizes. She thanked the sponsors for their continued support of the ladies branch. Preparations are in full swing now for lady captains which is on 15 th June
Front Row left to right. : F Quinn H Johnston and N Spence
Back Row left to right,: L Brown M Knott and F Quinn.
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The stroke competition played at County Armagh Golf Club on Thursday last was played for by 54 ladies in mixed weather. Oliver's Fruit and Vegetable store on Thomas Street Armagh very kindly sponsor this competition annually. It was also a qualifier for the Steenson Bowl which was kindly donated by Eileen Steenson, and the top 16 ladies go forward to play for the bowl.
The top golfer on the day was Carina Oliver with a fantastic score of 63 and was a clear 7 shots ahead of her nearest rival Emma Oliver. The gross was won with an 85 by June Humpheries, and Lynn Brown was 3 rd with 71. Carina's handicap dropped a whopping 6 shots while Lynn reduced hers by 1 shot.
The category winners were as follows: A G Rafferty 71, B L Megaw 75, C L Abbott 76, D D Carolan 78. The front 9 was B Hamilton's with 30.5 and K Edgar was best with 34.5 on the back 9. The par lady was C McAleavey and the 9 hole prize was picked up by Judith Humperies.
The past captain Paula McCrory presented the prizes to the winners in the absence of the lady captain. Paula thanked both sponsors for their generosity to the club.
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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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