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1st Leo King 63 nett

2nd Niall McGeown 64 nett

3rd Jim Bagnall 66 nett

4th Marty Oliver 67 nett

5th Martin Grimley 67nett

6th Jerome Leer 68 nett

Gross John Maguire 71

Presentation will take place on Sun 4th Sept @ 6.00 p.m

Leo King is congratulated by County Armagh Golf Club Captain Tom Calvert after winning the recent Club Stroke competition sponsored by Rollins Insurance Brokers

Club stroke win for lucky Leo

Leo King will not hear of any suggestions his Club Stroke Competition win on Sunday was lucky!

The 17-handicapper produced the best nett score on the day - 63 - to take the honours in the final event of the 2011 summer season.

Four opening pars set him on his way and although he double bogeyed the fifth and eighth holes either side of bogeys seven and nine, he was still only six over at the turn. Par, birdie, par, par kicked off the back nine and despite dropped shots at 14, 15, 16 and 17, he still had done enought to win it.

Niall McGeown's nett 64 deservedly earned him the runners up prize and Jim Bagnall might have been a further two shots a drift with a nett 66 but still picked up third prize.

Marty Oliver and Martin Grimley had to be separated on countback for fourth and fifth prizes respectively, and Jerome Leer rounded up the half dozen prize winners with a nett 68.

John Maguire, a category winner the previous day, collected his second prize of the weekend with the Best Gross, 71.

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1st Terry Hamilton 61 nett

2nd Gerry McCreesh 61 nett

Category 1

1st John Maguire 64 nett

2nd Jarleth McReynolds 64 nett

Category 2

1st Stephen Weir 64 nett

2nd Michael Curley 65 nett

Category 3

1st Creg McKenzie 66

2nd Winston Gordon 67

Gross Neil Cromwell 68

Players can collect their prizes in the Professional's Shop

Terry's card marked for Professional Alan's prize

Terry Hamilton literally had his card marked even before he hit a ball in County Armagh Golf Club Professional Alan Rankin's annual stroke competition.

For when the 16-handicapper was presented with his card before Saturday's event, the words 'needs cut - please!' were written across it!

Whoever's was the insight, it was bang on, as Terry produced his best round of the year to record a superb nett 61 to win the coveted prize.

Four over after nine holes, Terry was to use up just a further three shots of his handicap on the homeward trek to take the honours. And it needed to be that good as ten handicapper Gerry McCreesh was breathing down his neck, finishing with a similar nett 61 and only conceding on countback.

The 'young ones' led the category prizes - John Maguire (4) and Jarlath McReynolds (4) both recording nett 64 scores and also needing to be separated on countback.

A Sunday winner the previous week, Stephen Weir was back among the winners to claim Category 2's first prize with a nett 64, and Michael Curley made a return to winning form with a nett 65 to claim the runners up prize.

In Category 3 Greg McKenzie's nett 66 earned him first prize and no doubt it was his birdie start at the first hole which set him up for that win. Winston Gordon was just a point behind with a nett 67.

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1st Ronan O'Reilly 43pts

Runner-up Kyle Johnston 42pts

Category 1 Kyle Wilson 42pts

Category 2 Terry Hamilton 42pts

Category 3 Brian Liddy 38pts

Gross Prize Conor McGurgan 39 gross pts

Past Captain & President Dougie Somerville 42pts

Council & Committee Kevin Ward 41pts

Country, Student & Overseas Shea Brady 40pts

Visitors Prize Simon Russell 36pts

Ladies Prizes

1st Emma Oliver 39pts

2nd Orla Fox 39pts

3rd Hilary Johnston 39pts

Ronan adds President's Prize to his growing collection

Ronan O'Reilly's recent rich vein of form culminated in winning the prestigious County Armagh Golf Club President's Day prize.

The 10-handicapper has featured more than most in the prizes during the past month and deservedly added to his collection President PJ Collin's special award. His 43 points proved unasailable in the stableford competition which took place in ideal conditions.

More than 200 club golfers took to the course on the day, all hoping to capture the coveted prize and just a point was to separate the top three finishers.

Ronan however, was to emerge top scorer, his 22 points over the front nine holes and a further 21 on the return trek confirming him as the eventual winner.

Bogeys at the par four sixth hole and par three seventh were his only mistakes on the outward journey and he recovered those with a birdie four at the eighth hole. Another bogey at the 10th hole wasn't the best start to the back nine with another at the par three 13th. But he never looked back after that with five consecutive pars racking up the score.

Kyle Johnston, another improving player of recent weeks, was Ronan's nearest rival, his 42 points earning him a runners up prize. And the 12-handicapper will undoubtedly rue the double bogey six at the fourth hole which reduced his front nine score to 19points. With 23 points on the back nine, he could have been forgiven for believing he might have done just enough to win it.

Kyle Wilson led the category prizes with a similar 42 points, and will be equally disappointed not have to lifted the President's prize with just 17 points from the back nine holes to add to a magnificent 24 points scored over the front nine holes.

In Category 2 Terry Hamilton collected the the prize with another 42 points, 20 and 22 points respectively scored over front and back nine holes by the 17-handicapper. And in Category 3, Brian Liddy (19) was declared the winner with 38 points.

Past President Dougie Somerville was the deserved winner of the Past Presidents and Captains Prize with an excellent 42 points, 21 and 21 points front and back securing him the win. And Kevin Ward picked up the Council and Committee Members' Prize with 41 points.

The best Gross on the day was returned by Conor McGurgan, playing off a handicap of two.

President PJ Collins also had prizes for the top ladies who played earlier in the week and after countback involving three finisihers on 39 points, it was Emma Oliver who emerged victorious ahead of Orla Fox and Hilary Johnston.

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1st Stephen Weir 46pts

2nd Thomas Murray 42pts

3rd John Maguire 41pts

4th Patrick Brannigan 40pts

5th Sean McAnenly 40pts

Prizes have been added to the players account in the Professional's Shop.

Stephen tops order of merit

STEPHEN Weir confirmed his spot at the top of the County Armagh Golf Club players' order of merit after winning the Sunday Club Stableford on President's week-end.

The 15-handicapper racked up a magnificent 46 points to win the competition. Just four over after after nine holes, 21 points proved a sound foundation for an exceptional back nine where added a further 25 points to top score on the day.

Thomas Murray, an 11-handicapper, was four points adrift of Stephen but deservedly picked up the runners up prize with 42 points - 24 and 18 points scored front and back nine respectively.

Five-handicapper John Maguire grabbed thrid prizewithe 41 points and PJ Brannigan (11) was a point behind on 40 for fourth prize. Sean McAnenly graciously accepted fifth prize on countback, having also recorded 40 points.

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1st Pierce McBride 43pts

2nd Johnny Palmer 43pts

Front Nine - Andy McCrea 23pts

Back Nine - Brian Hughes 22pts

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Half Century Cup CSS 38pts

1st Hugh McEneaney 41pts

2nd B Lynch 41pts

3rd Art McCrory 41pts

Mayne Cup CSS 37pts

1st Peter Murtagh 36pts

2nd Paddy Duffy 35pts

Stableford CSS 38pts

1st Stephen Wieir 45pts

2nd B McArdlie 41pts

3rd Shea Brady 38pts

Presentation of prizes will take place on Sun 21st Aug at 6.30 pm all prize winners are requested to attend.

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1st Nicky Daly nett 60

2nd Brian Wilson nett 61

Category 1

1st Colm Shannon nett 62

2nd Ronan O'Reilly nett 63

Category 2

1st Sean Dougan nett 61

2nd Ruari Digby nett 63

Category 3

1st Eamon Mallon nett 65

2nd JH Kirk nett 66

Gross Stuart Stevenson gross 70

Presentation of prizes will take place on Sun 21st Aug at 6.30pm all prizes winners are requested to attend.

Birdie has Nicky singing for August medal

A birdie three at the final hole is the perfect way to finish any winning round - and that's exactly what Nicky Daly did to win County Armagh's August Medal with a magnificent nett 60 score.

Suprisingly until he sunk that final putt, Nicky was trailing Brian 'Red' Wilson on countback. But he held his nerve to record a superb birdie three on a day when low scoring was the name of the game.

Wilson, sporting stylisih new golfing shoes, was quietly confident he had done enough to win it. He was three over par after nine holes dropping shots at the first, third, fourth and fifth but recovering a shot with a birdie four at the eighth hole. Six pars in a row followed before he dropped a further shot at the difficult 16th hole and another at the last left the 14-handicapper a further two over par.

Daly however, was to steal it with that birdie on 18. In similar fashion to Wilson, the 15-handicapper was just three over after nine holes and on the homeward stretch dropped only a further three shots at 10, 13 and 14 before sinking that winning birdie.

Category One winner Colm Shannon had set the stage for the low scoring during Open Week recording a nett 59, and even with a considerably reduced handicap continued his good form for a nett 61 for his Medal prize. A birdie three at the sixth and 15th holes were the highlight of his round. Ronan O'Reilly was runner up with a nett 65.

But spare a thought for tyre-man Sean Dougan whose season's best nett 61 score earned him only a Category Two winner's prize and a three-shot handicap cut! Sean was just two over after nine and a back nine with birdies at 17 and 18 was otherwise spoiled by a nine - yes a nine - at the par five tenth hole. Ruari Digby's excellent nett 63 earned him the runners up prize in Category Two.

And Eamon Mallon who was to be presented with the Gerry Lenagh Trophy later the same day after winning the big Open Week competition, was back in the winners enclosure with a nett 65 to claim the Category Three prize, with JH Kirk a shot behind - nett 66 - picking up the runners up prize.

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The Presentation of Prizes for the following Open week competitions will take place on Sat 13th Aug at 6.30pm all prizes winners are requested to attend.

Open Stableford Sat 3oth Jul

Open Stableford Tue 2nd Aug

Open Stroke Wed 3rd Aug

Open Seniors Fri 5th Aug

Gerry Lenagh Open Stableford Sat 6th Aug

The Open Juveniles competition during Open Week at County Armagh Golf Club was sponsored by Campbell Gray & Co. Accountants, and Jeremy Phipps (left), representing the company, is pictured with winners Shea Donnelly, Dermot Hicks and Michael Brunsdon. Included also is Club Captain Tom Calvert.

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