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1st Kevin Ward nett 63 (back nine)

2nd Martin Murphy nett 63 (back nine)

3rd Leo King nett 63

Category 1

1st Lee Campbell nett 64 (back nine)

2nd Paul McCurry nett 64

Category 2

1st Ian Ritchie nett 65 (back nine)

2nd Lee Kirrane nett 65 (back six)

Category 3

1st Robert Fagan nett 66

2nd Jonathan Mulligan nett 69 (back nine)

Gross Prize: Adam Cromwell gross 68 (back three)

Nearest the Pin: Derek Little

Longest Drive: Andrew Clarke

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Category: Men - News & Results

Last Updated: 10 June 2018

On another hectic, not to mention searingly hot, weekend of inter-club matchplay competition, no fewer than four of County Armagh Golf Club's teams were in action on Sunday 3 June. And grabbing the headlines this time were the All-Ireland Four-Ball Trophy panel, who booked their place in the last 16 after a victory over Knock that was marvellous and nail-biting in equal measure.

In the first leg in the Cathedral City on Sunday 27 May, the home side started in a bright and business-like fashion. The pairing of Oliver Connell and Stephen Nugent notched an early point through a casual dismissal of their opponents out at Ballyheridan, while their colleagues were ahead in three of the other four games.

The visiting East Belfast outfit rallied strongly at that juncture, however, and proceeded to claim two comeback successes. One of those concluded in dramatic fashion when Ian Ritchie's par putt on 18, which would've halved the match, lipped out and his Knock counterpart got up and down from below the green as though he'd been playing the course all his life.

County Armagh Golf Club overcame Knock to reach the last 16 of the All-Ireland Four-Ball Trophy.

Paul Wasson and Norman Mallon then had to content themselves with a half point after a birdie brace from the Knock skipper and his partner undermined the home duo's previously commanding position. And in the last remaining individual contest, Paul Kelly and Gavin McElmeel gained a priceless win to leave the overall tie tantalisingly poised at 2.5-2.5 with County Armagh two holes to the good at the halfway stage.

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Last Updated: 07 June 2018

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Senior Open Stableford

1st Pearse McBride 42 points

2nd Conlon Rice 39 points (back 6)

3rd Derek Little 39 points

Open Stableford

1st Joe Rooney 40 points (back 9)

2nd Michael Calvert 40 points

3rd Davy Spratt 39 points

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Category: Men - News & Results

Last Updated: 07 June 2018

There has been a welcome influx of junior boys and girls to County Armagh Golf Club since the arrival of Will Carey as our professional last year, and the Club received more good news recently with the announcement of a Junior Golf Bursary.

This initiative is being supported by the family of the late Pat Toner, who was Club Captain in 1961 and President in 1974-75, and his late wife, Colette, the 1992 Lady Captain.

Pictured at the Junior Golf Bursary presentation ceremony are (Front, L-R) Jarlath McReynolds (Joint Junior Boys Convenor), Joe Rooney, Caolan McReynolds (Junior Boys), Lauryn McKeown, Yasmin Monaghan (Junior Girls), Sylvia Ashe (Junior Girls Convenor) and (Back, L-R) Paddy Toner, Colm Shannon (Captain), Petrina O'Hare (née Toner), Barry Toner, Elizabeth Mawhinney (Lady Captain) and Paddy Burns (Honorary Secretary).

The Toner family met club officials to officially launch the bursary last week when Barry Toner, on behalf of the Toner family, presented a sizeable cheque to the current Captain and Lady Captain.

The Toner family hope to continue to support this programme in the coming years. Everyone at County Armagh Golf Club is sincerely grateful for their fantastic generosity and will endeavour to put it to good use.

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Category: Juveniles - News & Results

Last Updated: 06 June 2018

With the course at County Armagh Golf Club suddenly in the sort of dry and bouncy state that was almost unimaginable just a fortnight ago, Eamon O'Hagan and Lee Kirrane took full advantage of the wonderful weather to land the spoils in two recent Sunday Stableford events.

First, on 20 May, four consecutive pars midway through the front nine helped Eamon to a satisfactory 18-point halfway tally before he really hit his stride coming home. The former schoolteacher birdied the 11th, recorded two further pars at the 13th and 14th and then, crucially, negotiated his way back to the clubhouse with four harmless bogeys. That all meant a terrific 39-point total that handed O'Hagan a slice of glory and pruned his handicap to 14.

The 3rd hole at County Armagh Golf Club: par 3, Lonsdale.

After his category accolade a week previously, Patrick Darragh was back among the prizes with an overall runner-up placing here. Darragh missed out on top spot only on account of a marginally less productive back nine and, indeed, his day shared some similarities with Eamon's as he, too, parred everything from the 4th to the 7th and earned a 15-to-14 handicap clip as a result his excellent 39 points.

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Last Updated: 05 June 2018

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Just shy of 200 hopefuls took to County Armagh Golf Club's fairways on 26 May, as the packed field made the most of this continued spell of sublime weather.

In the Open Stroke tournament sponsored by Hillview Lodge Driving Range, eventual champion Christopher Lester signalled his winning intentions right from the off with a birdie at the opening hole. Pars at the 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th then ameliorated most of the damage caused by unwelcome treble bogeys at the 2nd and 8th.

So, Lester reached the turn in a handicap-equalling 41 shots but it was thereafter that he really made his bolt for glory, as another birdie at the 10th kick-started a wonderful two-over-par back nine display. The now 13-handicapper's 4, 5, 4 concluding sequence was deserving of particular credit, and the resultant nett 65 ensured that Christopher could add this Open title to the various honours that he claimed in his prolific 2017, most notably the Bumblebee Cup.

County Armagh Golf Club Captain, Colm Shannon, and Gary Baird from Hillview Lodge Driving Range, sponsor of the Open Stroke competition, are pictured with prizewinners (L-R): Oliver Connell, Anthony Conlon, Leo King, Stephen Catterall and Adam Cromwell.

The overall runner-up plaudits were taken by Leo King, who also posted a terrific nett 65 but was denied first prize on a countback. This was a truly regal performance from King nevertheless. His four-over-par knock was an accomplished affair made up of a birdie, five bogeys and a dozen pars, including six on the bounce at the beginning of the back nine.

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Last Updated: 04 June 2018

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The ladies branch competed in beautiful warm sunny conditions for the Fox Cup for golfers in the handicap range of 0-27, and the Culmore Shield for golfers in the 28 to 36 handicap bracket.

The Fox Cup was donated to the ladies' branch by a past captain and the first winner in 1974 was Eileen Steenson, while the Culmore Shield was presented to the club by Mr D S Hyndman in 1953.

Both competitions were generously sponsored by Daily Bake . Mrs Sheila Stinson representing the sponsor presented a beautiful array of prizes to the lucky winners and expressed her sincere hope that Daily Bake will continue to sponsor the competition in the future.

Competition was keen for both trophies and with the course in magnificent shape and the weather perfect for golf the main challenge was to control the pace of putts on very fast greens . The Fox Cup was won by Valerie Gordon with an excellent nett 67. A delighted Valerie thanked her playing partners and expressed her appreciation of the winning prize and thanked Sheila for her sponsorship. In second place Rita Mone returned a nett 70 and third place was awarded to Una Cullinane with a nett 71. Gail Steed won the front nine with a nett 33 and Alexandra Mawhinney won the back nine with a nett 35.

Valerie Gordon winner of Fox Cup, Mary McElvanna winner of Culmore Shield pictured with Lady Captain Elizabeth Mawhinney sponsor Sheila Stinson and additional prize winners.

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Last Updated: 04 June 2018

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1st Henry Lyttle 44 points

2nd Jarlath McReynolds 42 points

Category 1

1st Colin Clarke 39 points

2nd Caolan Doyle 38 points (back 9)

Category 2

1st Brendan Beagan 39 points

2nd Kieran Beagan 38 points (back 9)

Category 3

1st Kieran Grimes 38 points (back 6)

2nd Danny Maxwell 38 points

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Category: Men - News & Results

Last Updated: 04 June 2018

Club Stableford Results

Sponsored by: King Bros Quarry

1st Henry Lyttle 44pts

2nd Jarlath McReynolds 42pts

Category 1

1st Colin Clarke 39pts

2nd Caolan Doyle 38pts (back nine)

Category 2

1st Brendan Beagan 39pts

2nd Kieran Beagan 38pts (back nine)

Category 3

1st Kieran Grimes 38pts (back six)

2nd Danny Maxwell 38pts

Prize giving is on Saturday 9th June @ 6:00pm. Prize winners are requested to attend

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Category: Men - News & Results

Last Updated: 03 June 2018

Lonsdale Cup Results - Saturday 2nd June 2018

Sponsored by: Armagh City Hotel

1st Ed Hughes nett 61

2nd Jarlath McReynolds nett 63 (back nine)

3rd Charlie Vernon nett 63

4th Tom Fox nett 64 (back nine)

5th Ronan O'Reilly nett 64 (back nine)

6th Caolan McReynolds nett 64 (back nine)

7th Peter McParland nett 64 (back six)

Gross

1st John Maguire gross 70 (back nine)

2nd Shea Brady gross 70

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Category: Men - News & Results

Last Updated: 02 June 2018

Following the recent Fred Daly Trophy first round success, County Armagh's Ronan Rafferty Cup lads further boosted the feel-good factor surrounding the club's junior set-up by booking a place in the second round of their competition.

Skipper Michael Calvert's youthful line-up, which consisted of Calum Connell, Mark Hagan, Simon McGurk, Jamie McKenna, Caolan McReynolds and Shea Williamson, secured a comfortable two-legged victory over Silverwood on Fridays 18 and 25 May, the reward for which is a second round meeting with another near neighbour in the form of Banbridge.

County Armagh Golf Club's Ronan Rafferty Cup team defeated Silverwood and will now take on Banbridge in the second round.

Elsewhere during another busy period on the inter-club matchplay scene, there was disappointment on Sunday 27 May for our Senior Cup group, who were eliminated in a fierce qualifying session at Warrenpoint, and the Rossmore Cup men, who staged a spirited second leg comeback to level their tie with Kilkeel at 4-4 but were ultimately ushered through the first-round exit door on account of a two-hole deficit.

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Category: Juveniles - News & Results

Last Updated: 01 June 2018

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With young Adam Cromwell having snapped up the first Medal of the season at County Armagh Golf Club last month, the second was on offer for the best performer in an Armagh Business Centre-sponsored stoke competition on 19 May. And as 174 combatants did sunshine battle for the coveted silverware, the last man standing was the increasingly prolific Stephen Nugent.

Given the fruitful fashion in which in which he has commenced the 2018 campaign — numerous category honours have followed his top prize in March's Chest, Heart and Stroke — the Keady player has been threatening a really big win, and he got it here by virtue of a fabulous nett 64.

Nugent's success was built on admirable constancy and error evasion, as his only score worse than a bogey came in the form of a relatively harmless five at the 9th. Elsewhere, Stephen's steadiness brought six pars and 11 bogeys, including a 5, 4, 5 climax that was especially impressive given the stakes.

In addition to being presented with the May Medal for his superb Saturday showing, Nugent has taken receipt of a new handicap of 18, and his sound golfing progress shows no sign of abatement.

Stephen Nugent is presented with the May Medal by Eileen Stewart from Armagh Business Centre, competition sponsor. Also pictured are County Armagh Golf Club Captain, Colm Shannon, and other prizewinners, Conal Hamill and Eamon Connolly.

Matching the triumphant total of nett 64 but losing out to the champion on break of tie was Conal Hamill, who filled the overall runner-up berth. There is little substitute for experience and, as the Moy man rolled back the years, he rolled home the putts to reach the turn in just 37 strokes.

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Last Updated: 31 May 2018

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