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The end of year presentation of prizes to the juvenile girls took place on Thursday last in a packed clubhouse. After a delicious meal in the restaurant the girls assembled for the annual prize giving with their parents and friends. The Lady Captain Hilary Johnston gave a very warm welcome to the girls and their families including the girls Captain Grace Carmichael and their very hard working juvenile convenor Mrs Helen McLoughlin.

The Golfer of The Year winner was Ciarrai Devlin who collected a number of other trophies on the night including the Dungarven Trophy and The Brendan Oliver Shield eighteen hole competition. Grace Carmichael won the Apple Blossom Cup. Aoife Lennon also had a very successful year collecting the Johnston Cup, the Armaghdale Cup (senior girls) and the Karen Edgar Prize ahead of Caoimhe Hillen runner up and third placed Anna Jennings. The junior Armaghdale trophy was secured by Ann Jennings. The Nine Hole Brendan Oliver Shield was won by Caoimhe Hillen and The Johnston Cup (nine hole) was picked up by Blathnaid Hagan. Maeve Mallon was the top golfer in the Millennium Shield and the most improved golfer over the year was Emily Cheevers. The Convenor's prizes were won by Rebecca Cheevers (eighteen hole) and Blaithin McReynolds collected the nine hole prize. Caoimhe Hillen's team won the Steenson Team Matchplay trophy and the top beginner was Rachel Starrs Steenson.

The high standard of golf these girls have achieved over the last year bodes well for the future of the ladies branch. The Lady Captain thanked Helen and all her helpers for their dedication to the juvenile girls over the past year.

The evening ended with the final presentation of the year for the eighteen and nine hole stableford competitions. The winner of the eighteen hole competition was Ann Attwell with 41 points and Brigid McEnaney was second with 39 points. Gretta Forster won the nine hole with 18 points.

The winter league has commenced and is played over nine holes with the best card of two counting each week.

Front row (l-r) Grace Carmichael (Juvenile Captain), Ciarrai Devlin and Hilary Johnston (Lady Captain) pictured with all juvenile prize-winners.

Right to left: Ann Attwell Hilary Johnston and Brigid McEnaney

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Last Updated: 07 October 2013

PRESENTATION to CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP and CLUB STROKE Competition winners

which were held on

Saturday, 14th and Saturday 21st September

will take place on

Sunday, 29th September at 7.30 pm. (Please note change of date)

Also, Stableford Prizewinners in competitions held on Sunday, 22nd, Saturday, 28th and Sunday, 29th September to attend

ALL PRIZEWINNERS ARE ASKED TO ATTEND

Competition Convenor - 19 September 2013

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Last Updated: 05 October 2013

2-BALL SCRAMBLE RESULTS - Saturday, 5th October, 2013

1st Team

Lee Stewart  nett 59.25
Neil Linton

2nd Team

Basil Jolly  nett 60.00 (back 9)
Paul Doyle

3rd Team

Michael McGuirk nett 60.00
Brian Cleland

4th Team

Harold Price nett 60.5
Neil Monaghan

Prizes to Pro Shop Account

Paddy Burns - Competition Convenor
5th October 2013

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Last Updated: 05 October 2013

Brian's on fire for stableford win

WORLD Fire and Police Games competitor Brian McGuigan extinguished the rest of the field by producing the winning score in County Armagh's recent Sunday stableford.

His 42 stableford points saw him take top spot on the podium ahead of Paul Doyle who finished just a point behind on 41. A back-nine which included two birdies and yeilded 22 points topped a steady front nine and 20 points for victory.

Teenager Stewart Hall led home the Category winners, his 40 points winning the 0-12 handcap ahead of Gervase Hughes on 39 points.

Danny Maxwell was the outright winner of the 13-18 handicap section with 40 points also, with Eamon McVeigh two shots adrift on 38 points, taking runner up after a back nine countback.

Kieran McAuley won the 19--28 handicap category with 38 points, but had Henry Lyttle not failed to score at the 17th and not double-bogeyed the last, it could have been a very different story. Henry however, will be happy just to have collected a prize.

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Last Updated: 02 October 2013

Stroke victory not without pain for Liam

LIAM Ross will next year play of a handicap considerably less than that which he completed this year after winning County Armagh's final white marker stroke competition of the season.

The affable Liam signed for a nett 62 for his two shot win ahead of Harold Price who returned to his winning ways with a nett 64.

Kieran Mullan picked up third prize with a nett 65 ahead of the final three who all returned nett 67 scores. Jerome Leer's better back nine saw him home in front of Conor McGurgan whose better back nine proved that little bit better than that of Davy Spratt who picked up the sixth and final prize.

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Last Updated: 02 October 2013

Record breaker Andrew is club champion

ANDREW Millar's Club Championship winning score has County Armagh officials delving through the history books in the hope of confirming the Killylea man's nett 130 is a club record for the two-day competition.

Superb back-to-back nett 65 scores earned the young painter and decorator the coveted title in the championship which this year took on a new format. It was a winning score by an amazing five shots from runner up Jarleth McReynolds who many had tipped to win it.

Points accumulated from the club's six monthly medals plus a selection of the top stroke competitions throughout the season, determined the top 20 players who would contest the club championship this year.

Millar qualified with considerable ease and after match-day one of the championship he shared top spot on the leaderboard with McReynolds, both returning nett 65 scores.

He continued that superb form on matchday two getting his round off to a magnificent start with three birdies from the first four holes. He dropped shots at the 7th and 8th holes but a further birdie at the 9th hole saw him two under at the turn.

Four pars followed and stood him in good stead for the difficult fiinish, and although he dropped three shots over the next three holes, a birdie and par finish secured him that second successive nett 65 score.

Jarleth McReynolds, playing of a handicap of one, knew only too well the task which faced him after day one, and he battled bravely a week later for a one over par front nine and level par back nine for his nett 70 and 135 total.

Third placed Jimmy Wilson was well within reach of Millar after day one also when he signed for a nett 68, and he repeated the dose on day two for his 136 total which earned him third prize.

John Maguire finished a shot ahead of Wilson on day one with a nett 67 but could manage only a nett 70 in his follow-up round for his 137 total taking fourth prize.

And Stewart Hall, the youngster in the pack, shot 68 and 70 for an equally impressive 138 total which claimed the penultimate prize ahead of John Lavery who signed for a 69 and 70, 139 total.

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Last Updated: 02 October 2013

CLUB STABLEFORD RESULTS – Saturday, 29th September, 2013

Overall

1st Gerard Kelly 41 pts (back 9)

2nd Tommy Mackin  41 pts

Category 1 (0 – 12)

1st Kieran Grimley 40 pts (back 9)

2nd  Michael Curley 40 pts

Category 2 (13 – 18)

1st John Sheehan 38  pts

2nd Paddy Darragh 37 pts

Category 3 (19 – 28)

1st Peter Murtagh 39 pts (back)

2nd Paul Hughes 39 pts

Best Gross

1st Andrew Miller 32 gross pts

Presentation of Prizes – Sunday, 29th September at 7.30 pm sharp
after Senior Cowdy Final

Paddy Burns - Competition Convenor
29 September 2013

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Last Updated: 29 September 2013

SENIOR COWDY FINAL – 1st Leg (Away)

Banbridge Golf Club v. Co Armagh Golf Club

Sunday, 22nd September at 2.00 pm (1st Tee-off)

at Banbridge Golf Club

Team Selected

1 Jarleth McReynolds
2 Neil Cromwell
3 John Maguire
4 Stewart Stevenson
5 James Johnston
6 Jimmy Wilson
7 James Conlon
8 Shea Brady

Substitute

1 Mark Shannon

2nd Leg at Co Armagh Golf Club – Sunday, 29th September at 2.00 pm

All support will be greatly welcomed

Team Captain
Richard Black

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Last Updated: 28 September 2013

CLUB STABLEFORD RESULTS – Saturday, 28th September, 2013

Overall

1st Sean Dougan 45 pts

2nd Nat McGeown 39 pts (back 9)

Category 1 (0 – 12)

1st Andrew Miller 39 pts

2nd  Mark Loughran 38 pts (back 9)

Category 2 (13 – 18)

1st Alan Wilson 39  pts

2nd Brendan McKinney 38 pts (back 6)

Category 3 (19 – 28)

1st Rodney Villiers 38 pts

2nd Dudley Marjoram 37 pts

Best Gross

1st Conor McGurgan 36 gross pts

Presentation of Prizes – Sunday, 29th September at 7.30 pm sharp
after Senior Cowdy Final

All Prizewinners are expected to attend – no further communication

Paddy Burns - Competition Convenor
28 September 2013

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Last Updated: 28 September 2013

Michael's birdie delight secures September Medal

Michael Cullen saved his best round of the season for the last medal competition of the year at County Armagh, and his winning score nett 60 was simply untouchable.

The 11-handicapper was a four shot winner after a superb round which included no less than five birdies. After nine holes, Michael was just three over par, but when he birdied three of the next five holes and went on to finish with a birdie also, there was no catching him.

Competitions Convenor Paddy Burns was his closest challenger with a very impressive nett 64 winning on countback from Jim McKeown and Brendan McKinney who also returned nett 64s, but they paled into insignificance against Cullen's brilliant nett 60.

Another 11-handicapper, Kieran Campbell, led home the category scores, his nett 65 winning the 0-12 handicap group with Michael McGuirk runner up and no doubt rueing a triple bogey seven at the 5th hole.

Jim McKeown's nett 64 earned him the top prize in the 13-18 handicap category with Jonathan Black runner up with a nett 65.

And in the 19-28 handicap category it was Brendan McKinney who topped the scoreboard with his nett 64, seven shots better than the next placed Anthony Fagan on nett 71.

Jarleth McReynolds produced the best gross score of the day - 68.

County Armagh Golf Club Vice Captain Pat McAleavey presents Michael Cullen with his Medal after winning the September Medal competition.
Included also are category winners Paddy Burns, Anthony Fagan, Jarleth McReynolds and Jim McKeown

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Last Updated: 23 September 2013

A large turnout of ladies competed for the prestigious McAnerney cup, an open competition played annually with the proceeds going to Breast Cancer. The day began with a very successful coffee morning for Newry Hospice hosted by the McAnerney family.

Kathleen Mallon returned the best score on the day with thirty eight stableford points to lift the cup. Hot on her heels was Ann McDonald just a point back, and Una Cullinane's thirty six points was enough for third place. The best gross belonged to June Humphries while the front nine was Barbara Hamilton's twenty one points and Fionnuala Quinn won the back nine with twenty points.

The category winners were as follows: (A) Bernie Rice 35 points, (B) Gail Steed 35 points, (C) Carmel Cassidy 35 points, (D) Cait Murray 31 points. The Visitor's prize was won by S Rankin from Donaghadee Golf Club. Nearest the pin on the seventh hole was Barbara Hamilton while the longest drive on the seventeenth hole was achieved by Catherine Corrigan.

In a packed clubhouse on Thursday night the Lady Captain Hilary welcomed the ladies and the McAnerney family. Paula Conroy on behalf of the family thanked the ladies for their generosity to the two charities. She said they were delighted to sponsor the competition and looked forward to next year. She thanked the golf club for their support and the use of the clubhouse.

Back row: (l-r) Cait Murray, Bernie Rice, Ann McDonald, Barbara Hamilton, Catherine Corrigan, Una Cullinane, Gail Steed, June Humphries, Fionnuala Quinn and Carmelo Cassidy.
Front row: Paula Conroy (sponsor), Kathleen Mallon (winner) and Hilary Johnston (Lady Captain).

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Last Updated: 23 September 2013

Fairlawns prize is just reward for Noel's fair day's work

Noel Murtagh was the popular winner of the Fairlawns Residential sponsored stableford at County Armagh.

The 12-handicapper signed for 43 points to win the competition prize which was presented by Fairlawns' Clare Cassidy at the clubhouse on Saturday evening.

Opening his round with three pars, Noel's steady scoring saw him chalk up 21 points by the turn. Back-to-back birdies at 12 and 13 got him off the a similar excellent start to the back nine which yielded a further 22 points for that winning 43 total.

Robert Fagan was runner up with 41 points, his better back nine score taking the prize ahead of James Johnston, Patrick McElmeel, John Sheehan and Noel Muldoon who all returned 41points also. But it could so easily have been Robert's name in lights had he not failed to score at not one, or two but three holes!

James Johnston's 41 points earned him the 0-12 handicap category first prize, two points ahead of runner up Shea Smyth who got off to the best possible start with a birdie three on his way to 39 points.

Patrick McElmeel won the 13-18 handicap category with 41 points and that after failing to score at the 6th hole. But his better back nine pushed John Sheehan into runners up position after he too carded 41 points.

Noel Muldoon was the other 41 pointer and deservedly picked up first prize in the 19-28 handicap category, three points better than runner up Paul Kelly.

And once again it was Jarleth McReynolds who collected the prize for the day's best gross score, 37points.

Clare Cassidy from Fairlawns Residential presents Noel Murtagh with is prize after winning the Fairlawns sponsored stableford competition.
Included also are County Armagh Golf Club Vice Captain Pat McAleavey, and category winners, James Johnston, Jarleth McReynolds, Robert Fagan, John Sheehan and Noel Muldoon

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Last Updated: 23 September 2013