THERE'S life in the old dog yet, Gerry McCreesh declared after winning the McAnenly Transport Ltd sponsored competition to launch Open Week at County Armagh Golf Club.
The affable Gerry returned a superb nett 63 score to claim first prize in the stroke event which attracted a huge field from far and wide.
Three over par after the front nine, the 13 handicapper repeated perfectly that score over the back nine for that nett 63 finish.
Winner of the McAnenly Transport Ltd sponsored Open stroke competition, Gerry McCreesh, is presented with his prize by Sean McAnenly. Looking on are Martin Oliver, Captain of County Armagh Golf Club, and runners up (from left) Gary McDonald, Gareth Grimley and Brian McGuigan.
It was one shot better than John Lavery – a 10-handicapper, returning a two over par score for each front and back nines.
In third place was Gareth Grimley (22) with a nett 65, and the latest of a string of winning scores recently.
Playing partner Jason Yau (25) grabbed fourth prize with 65 points with Club Handicap Convenor Brian McGuigan (8) taking 5 th with an impressive nett 66.
Fred Hanna (15) in sixth, lost out on countback to Brian after he too returned a nett 66. But his better back nine was also better than the nett 66 returned by Gary McDonald (17) who collected 7 th .
Visitor Jamie Stothers returned the best Gross Score 70 with Andrew Millar runner up with a Gross 71.