Kieran lifts CP McNabb Trophy
KIERAN Grimley kicked on his golfing season at County Armagh by winning the magnificent CP McNabb Trophy.
One of the oldest of the club trophies, the CP McNabb is always keenly sought after in what has annually become the first major stableford competition of the golfing calendar.
Kieran returned a winning score of 43 stableford points to secure his victory – although it did take a count-back to separate him and Brendan McKinney who returned a similar 43 points.
Playing off a handicap of 11, a birdie three at the first hole got Kieran off to the best possible start, and despite a no-score at the seventh hole, he had racked up 22 points by the turn.
That excellent form continued through the back nine where he birdied the 12 th hole but almost blew it on the 18 th where a double bogey six saw him add just a single point to his tally.
But it was an important point which saw off Brendan McKinney – playing of a handicap of 17 - in the count- back.
Brendan, impressively bagged 23 points from his front nine and added a further 20 on the back nine which earned him the runners up prize.
Ten-handicapper Anthony Farrell claimed the Category 1 first prize with 42 points, two ahead of runner up Andrew Dunwoody on 40 points.
Davy Spratt picked up his second prize in a week with 42 points securing first place in Category 2, again two points separated first and second, Eamon McVeigh the runner up on this occasion with 40 points.
And Ulster Fourball team captain Tim Teehan set a good example to colleagues returning 42 points to take the honours in Category 3m, with Gerard McCoy losing out on countback after returning an equally impressive 42 points.
1st K Grimley 43pts
2nd B McKinney 43pts
Category 1
1st A Farrell 42pts
2nd A Dunwoody 40pts
Category 2
1st D Spratt 42pts
2nd E McVeigh 40pts
Category 3
1st T Teaham 42pts
2nd G McCoy 42pts
Gross C McGurgan 36pts
Nathan Grimley lifted the magnificent CP McNabb trophy on behalf of his father Kieran who won the season's first major competition at County Armagh Golf Club. He is pictured with Club Captain Pat McAleavey, and runners up Tim Teehan and Davy Spratt