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Pierce Purcell make bit of 'Paddy' of their match

Team captain Paddy Duffy was gutted after his Pierce Purcell team suffered defeat at the hands of Edenmore in the competition matchplay stages at Killymoon Golf Club on Sunday.

The County Armagh outfit had qualified in third place in the qualifing round at Killymoon two weeks ago and with a draw against Edenmore were confident they would progress.

After four matches against Edenmore however, it was all square, 2-2. And in a thrilling climax the final County Armagh pairing of Ian Millar and Paul Corvan required a win at the last hole to take the match into extra-time. Sadly they secured only a 'half' and their match was lost, Edemore clinching victory 3-2 and a place in the next round.

Earlier Paddy Hicks and John Lowe led the County Armagh challenge but suffered defeat on the final hole when their opponents sank a 30ft putt to win one-up.

Colin McIlroy and Mickey Cullen similarly looked to have secured the win leading by one hole with just one to play. But they too lost the last hole for their match to finish all square.

Declan Lenagh and Derek McKeever meanwhile, were two down with two to play, but recovered to halve their match. And Paul Wasson and Oisin Gill grabbed a win on the final hole after their match was level after 17 holes.

Unfortunately, as is often the case, the final match can determine the outcome and so it proved, County Armagh disappointingly made their exit.

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Ulster Cup team 'Burn' it up against Carnlea

County Armagh’s Ulster Cup team secured their place in the third round of the competition after and inspired victory on home turf.

Team Captain Paddy Burns' tactical skills were to the forefront of this win against Carnlea who County Armagh trailed four matches to three and nine holes after the first leg the previous week-end. Nigel McMahon, Barry McGurgan and Marty Oliver had secured those three vital match victories to give County Armagh any chance of progressing.

Unfortunately Nigel McMahon was unavailable for the home leg, but Captain Burns made an exceptional replacement selection in Declan McReynolds who put his local course knowledge to best use to win in outstanding fashion 8 and 6.

Marty Daly also secured an excellent victory 2 and 1 against retired barrister and popular after dinner speaker Peter Walsh.

Barry McGurgan fought back bravely from four holes down to lose narrowly by one hole and Andy Conn lost 2 and 1, but the margin of defeat still fitted with Burns bigger plan.

It was left to Ulster Cup team rookie Royal School teacher Ian Millar and he delivered fabulously a 3 and 1 win to leave the way clear for Marty Oliver to follow up with a similar impressive victory 5 and 3.

Anchor man Mickey McGurk just failed on the last hole to secure a win but with the score all-square at seven points each the match was to be decided in holes won and County Armagh claimed overall victory by five holes.

County Armagh can now look forward to meeting either Masserene or Scrabo Golf Club in the third round.

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1st Richard Stewart nett 68

2nd A Farrell nett 70

Category 1 (0-12)

1st Conor McGurgan nett 71 (best Gross 74)

2nd G Hughes nett 72

Category 2 (13-18)

1st Michael Cullen nett 70

2nd Michael Macklin nett 73

Category 3 (19-28)

1st Stephen McGarvey nett 72

2nd Hugh McEneaney nett 74

County Armagh Golf Club Captain Tom Clavert is pictured with winners of the Club Stroke competitions played on the week-end May 21 and 22

Richard rains in club stroke prize

Richard Stewart refused to allow the high winds and heavy rain deter him from winning the Club Stroke competition.

His nett 69 was in fact the only score below 70 in the worst of playing conditions, his nearest rival Anthony Farrell with a nett 70.

Steady scoring including a birdie three at the par four second hole saw him eight over at the turn and despite three double bogeys on the homeward trek he was still able to record a nett 68 finish.

Double bogeys at the first and sixteenth holes were Anthony Farrell's undoing in a similar steady round and with a nett 70 he deservedly picked up the runners up prize.

Conor McGurgan was the model of consistency for the best gross 74, nett 71 and collected first prize in Category One where G Hughes was runner up.

A half dozen pars for a nett 70 round helped secured first prize in Category Two for Michael Cullen and Michael Macklin picked up the runners up prize with a nett 73.

In Category 3 it was Stephen McGarvey who collected the winning prize with a nett 72, and becoming a familiar face in the prize winners recently, Hugh McEneaney was second.

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Lonsdale Cup sponsored by Digby's Restaurant, Killylea

1st Patsy Hegarty nett 66

2nd Paul McCreesh nett 67

3rd Miceal McParland nett 67

4th John Toner nett 67

5th John Palmer nett 67

6th Alex Nesbitt nett 68

Gross

1st Conor McGurgan 74

2nd Neil Cromwell 75

3rd Andrew Miller 76

Patsy Hegarty is presented with the Lonsdale Cup by County Armagh Golf Club Captain Tom Calvert after winning the competition with a nett 66. Included also are other prize winners Paul McCreesh, Paddy Burns, representing competition sponsors Digby's Restaurant, Killylea, Conor McGurgan and Andrew Millar.

Patsy Hegarty is presented with the Lonsdale Cup by County Armagh Golf Club Captain Tom Calvert and Paddy Burns, representing competition sponsors Digby's Restaurant, Killylea.

Patsy picks up Lonsdale Cup

Patsy Hegarty will have his name inscribed on the magnificent Lonsdale Cup as the 118th winner.

The impressive trophy first presented to County Armagh Golf Club in 1893, was once again carefully taken from the secure trophy cabinet to be presented by Captain Tom Calvert at the conclusion of the Digby's Restaurant, Killylea sponsored stroke competition.

More than 200 golfers, some from as far away as Scotland, played in the annual competition. But none could find the winning form enjoyed by 10-handicapper Patsy. His nett 66 was one shot better than four others who each returned nett 67 and had to be separated by countback.

Patsy was just four over after nine holes and used up just a further two shots of his handicap on the trek back where three birdies including one at the last brought him that winning score.

Paul McCreesh picked up second prize with a nett 67. Three double bogeys cost him the big prize but with three others also recording nett 67, was still delighted to collect his prize.

Micael McParland, John Toner and Johnny Palmer were the three others who finished with nett 67, and after countback picked up third, fourth and fifth prizes respectively.

And Alec Nesbitt secured the sixth nett prize with a nett 68.

Conor McGurgan, playing off a handicap of 3, returned the best gross score on the day, a 74. Neil Cromwell (4) was second best gross with a 75 and Andrew Millar (8) third with a gross score 76.

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County Armagh Golf Club Captain Tom Clavert is pictured with winners of the Pro Golf sponsored Mixed Greensomes, John Lowe and Pauline Vallelly who had a winning score of nett 64, Richard and Ann Black who also returned a nett score of 64 and lost out on countback, and Stuart Stevenosn and Lorraine Megaw, net 65. The Gross Prize was won by Marty and emma Oliver with a nett 78

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Club Stroke sponsored by Deansbridge Filling Station

1st Mervyn Watts 39pts

2nd Ronan O'Reilly 38pts

Category 1 (0-12)

1st Paddy Duffy 37pts

2nd G Hughes 37pts

Category 2 (13-18)

1st Fergal McKinney 38pts

2nd Eamon McVeigh 37pts

Category 3 (19-28)

1st Peter Murtagh 37pts

2nd Paul Hughes 35pts

Presentation of prizes will take place on Sat 4th June @ 10.00 pm.

Mervyn's a sixty winner

Mervyn Watts is proof that age is no barrier when it comes to winning golf competitions.

Just recently he celebrated his 60th birthday and on Sunday he won the Deansbridge Filling Station sponsored Stableford competition with 39 points. An excellent 19 points from the front nine holes was bettered by a further 20 on the back nine and Mervyn had the prize in the bag.

Ronan O'Reilly, who won last week's club stableford with 43 points, scored five less this week but still picked up the runners up prize with 38 points. Again it was an improvement from 18 to 20 points front and back respectively which won it for Ronan.

In Category 1 Paddy Duffy finished his round unlike the previous day, to take the first prize with 38 points, and G Hughes was runner up with 37.

Category 2 was won by Fergal McKinney with 38 points, recording an impressive 21 points over the front nine holes and 17 on the back. And just a point behind picking up the runners up prize was Eamon McVeigh with 37 points.

Peter Murtagh had an even better front nine holes recording 22 points but with just a further 15 over the back nine, had to settle for the Category 3 first prize with 37 points. And 34 points won JP Hughes the runners up prize.

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32 pairs played

1st R Calvert & M Knott 39pts

2nd E Brady & V Gordon 35pts

3rd J Humphries & J Steenson 34pts

Winning pair go forward to Royal County Down on Monday the 8th August 2011

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1st Pat McKenna 38pts

2nd Paul Doyle 37pts

Front Nine: Oisin Toner 23pts

Back Nine: Damied Smith 19pts

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71 Ladies Played CSS 71

1st Fionnuala Quinn 66nett

2nd Francis Davidson 69nett

3rd Sheila Stinson 69nett

Cat A G Rafferty 74

Cat B P Vallely 69

Cat C D Murphy 69

Cat D M Clarke 74

Back Nine E Morton 33.5

Front Nine H Mc Laughlin 32

Par Lady Marion Watts 75

36er Augusta Jennings 77

Birdies G Rafferty @ 14th, P Vallely @ 13th, F Quinn @ 9th & G Steed @ 6th

Handicap Reductions

F Quinn 32-29,C Corrigan 21-20, F Davidson 18-17, P Vallely 19-18, D Murphy 25-24, S Stinson 36-35, S Donnelly 22-21

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Junior Cowdy have 'Art' knocked out of them

Art McCrory's Junior Cowdy team put up a spirited fightback against Omagh Golf Club but sadly exited the competition after losing by just two holes in Sunday's first round second leg play-off at County Armagh.

Three matches and four holes down after the first leg at Omagh two weeks previous, McCrory recurited four new faces for the home match. And it almost proved a successful move. The County Armagh team won three matches 2 & 1 to overturn the deficit but the fourth match was sadly lost 4 & 3.

Ironically that losing partnership, team captain Art McCrory and Gary Lappin, had been the County Armagh team's only winners at Omagh. Stephen Weir and Gerry Kelly, Tony Fagan and Club Vice-Captain Brendan Smith, Brendan Lynch and Gerry Doyle all lost in that away leg.

They had it all to do on the home leg and in a spirited fighback by Gerry Doyle and Gerry Kelly, new recruits Alan Magwood and Richard Stewart, Dudley Marjoram and Tim Teehan each chalked up wins. Unfortunately McCrory and Lappin couldn't find the winning form they had enjoyed at Omagh and lost the fourth match 4 & 3. Omagh won by two holes.

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1st Ronan O'Reilly 43pts

2nd Niall McGeown 38pts

Category 1

1st Ryan McVeigh 37pts

2nd Jerome Leer 35pts

Category 2

1st TA Nesbitt 37pts

2nd Paul Kelly 35pts

Category 3

1st Hugh McAneaney 34pts

2nd Brendan Lynch 34pts

Ronan rolls up for stableford win

Ronan O'Reilly chalked up 43 points to win the Club Stableford on Sunday. And he was five points clear of the rest of the field on the day.

Opening with five pars in a row, Ronan had 22 points on his card by the half-way stage. And with a further three pars and a birdie four at the par five 12th hole, he added another 21 points for an untouchable 43 points.

In-form Niall McGeown came closest to Ronan with 38 points, recording 19 over the front nine and 19 on the return trek, to take the runners up prize.

However, Ryan McVeigh will know a double bogey six at the last hole cost him that runners up prize. His 37 points still secured him Category One's winning prize. Jerome Leer was two points adrift and picked up the category's runner up prize.

Alec Nesbitt too had a tale of woe to tell - no scores at the 15th and 16th holes and with 37 points had to settle for runners up in Category 2 where Paul Kelly's 35 points - 21 from the front nine and 14 from the back - earned him second.

Hugh McEneaney, a winner the previous day, continued his winning form for the Category 3 first prize with 34 points beating Brendan Lynch, also recording 34 points, on countback.

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Ryan McVeigh is presented with the Bankers Cup by County Armagh Golf Club Captain Tom Calvert after winning the Northern Banking Business sponsored stroke competition. Included also are (from left) category prizewinners Gary Lappin, Winston Gordon, Conal Hamill, Darren Hughes, Noel Murtagh and Gerry McCreesh.

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