Men
1st Ciaran Black (43 pts - back 9)
2nd Francie Smyth (43 pts)
3rd Gerald McCluskey (41 pts - back 9)
4th Brendan Toner (41 pts - back 3)
5th Danny McGee (41 pts)
6th Kieran Campbell (40 pts - back 9)
Ladies
1st Catherine Corrigan (36 pts)
2nd Ellen Brady (35 pts)
3rd Karen Edgar (33 pts - back 9)
4th Paula McCrory (33 pts - back 9)
Ciaran gets season off to a winning start
CIARAN Black took the honours in the County Armagh Golf Club Open Stableford with an impressive 43 points from a Sunday afternoon round which included two 'no-scores'.
Francie Smyth returned the very same score and in similar fashion with two no-scores - unfortunately at the tenth and 18th holes on his homeward trek which, in countback, was the difference in winning and runners up.
Club Captain Brendan Smyth welcomed players from Mannan Castle, Galway, Dungannon and Rossmore to this the first Open competition of the season, and presented the prizes in front of a packed clubhouse as many took advantage of the St Patrick's Day bank holiday.
Despite failing to score at the second and fifth holes, winner Ciaran still managed to rack up 20 points by the turn. And he added a further 23 on the back nine holes to amass that 43 points tally.
Francie, in contrast was firing on all cylinders from the start and by the ninth hole had an incredible 26 points on his card. Disaster at ten and eighteen cost him dearly, with just a further 17 points collected in between.
Black and Smyth however, were two points clear of everyone else - Gerald McClusky's 41 points earned him third prize on a nine hole countback, Brendan Toner's 41 also secured fourth prize after a three-hole countback from fifth place Danny McGee. And Kieran Campbell's 40 points won him six prize.
Prizewinners who were not at the Presentation of Prizes will find their prizes in the Professional Shop