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1st Nicky Daly nett 60
2nd Brian Wilson nett 61
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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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1st Michael Cullen 45pts
2nd Mark Elliott 44pts
Front Nine: Noel Loye 23pts
Back Nine: D Leeman 24pts
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1st Ian Ritchie 44pts
2nd Barrie Walker 43pts
3rd Eamon McVeigh 41pts
4th Kieran Mullan 40pts
Prizes will be added to the players account in the Professional's Shop.
Winning ways rub off on Ian
Ian Ritchie picked up the winning bug from fellow playing partner and recent Webster Cup winner Neil Linton to take the honours in the Club Stableford competition.
An excellent 44 points - 22 recorded both front and back nines - secured Ian the prize in a considerably reduced field from the previous day.
Barrie Walker had surprisingly the better of Ian over the front nine holes with 24 points, but could add only a further 19 for a total 43 points to take second prize. His round included birdies at the second, fifth, sixth, eighth and 12th holes.
Eamon McVeigh was two points further adrift on 41 points with 20 and 21 points respectively front and back nine holes took third.
And Kieran Mullan returned to the prizes with 40 points claiming fourth on the day, a birdie three at the par four fifth hole the highlight of his round which yeilded 20 points front and back nines.
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1st Eamon Mallon 42pts
2nd Barry McGurgan 41pts
3rd Damian Grimley 41pts
4th Brendan Powell 41pts
5th Nigel McMahon 41pts
6th Ronan O'Reilly 40pts
Gross Stableford
1st Neil Cromwell 36pts
2nd Conal Hamill 34pts
3rd Conor McGurgan 34pts
Visitor Prize Stephen McAneney 37pts
Presentation of prizes will take place on Sat 13th Aug at 6.30 pm all prizes winners are requested to attend.
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Eamon Mallon is presented with the Gerry Lenagh Trophy after winning the prestigious annual Open Stableford competition at County Armagh Golf Club. Mrs Lenagh made the presentation in the company of Club Captain Tom Calvert and other prizewinners in the competition which was kindly sponsored by Morgan McLernon Transport Distribution
Eamon lifts Gerry Lenagh Trophy
Eamon Mallon was the big winner in County Armagh Golf Club's Open Week, lifting the Gerry Lenagh Trophy.
The annual stableford competition was the climax of a thrilling series of mens', womens' and juvenille events and once again attracted one of the biggest fields of the year. Breezy conditions removed any chances of repeated record scoring seen earlier in the week. But it still took an exceptional score to win the coveted trophy presented by the Lenagh family.
Eamon's 42 points claimed the prize. 22 points accumulated over the front nine holes laid the foundations of what was to be a steady scoring round in which he added a further 20 points over the back nine holes.
It was just enough to edge it in front of a chasing pack of four players all returning 41 points and having to be separated on countback.
Barry McGurgan's 23 points back nine took the runners up prize, Brendan Powell's back nine 21 earned him third, Damien Grimley's no-score at 14 cost him dearly but his 21 points back nine still secured him fourth place, and Nigel McMahon claimed prize number five after a sizzling front nine 23 points and a further 18 recorded on the homeward trek. Ronan O'Reily continued his run of good form to take sixth with 40 points.
The Gross Stabelford competition was equally competitive and four-handicaper Neil Cromwell's level par round (36 points) deservedly claimed the honours, six-handicapper Conal Hamill second with 34points beating Conor McGurgan (2) also with 34 points, on countback.
Downpatrick Golf Club's Stephen McAneney won the Visitors Prize with 37 points.
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Open Seniors Stableford
1st Tom Calvert (Captain) 42pts
2nd Mick P Murphy 42pts
3rd Eugene Creelman (visitor) 42pts
4th Colin Wallace (visitor) 42pts
5th Richard Black 42pts
Open Stableford
1st Patrick Kelly 43pts
2nd Kyle Johnson 42pts
Presentation of prizes will take place on Sat 13th Aug @ 6.30 pm all prizes winners are requested to attend.
A Senior moment for Captain Tom!
County Armagh Golf Club Captain Tom Calvert won the Open Week Seniors competition by what he readily admits himself was the narrowest of margins.
It was his 23 points racked up over the back nine holes to accompany 19 points over the front nine holes for a total 42 which ultimately won Tom the prize. Birdies at holes five, 13 and 14 where the highlight of his round.
But clipping at his heals were no less than four players also returning 42 points - Mick Murphy, Eugene Creelman, visitor Colin Wallace and Richard Black.
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On Friday 5th Aug there will now be a Men's Open Stableford Competition run at the same time as the Seniors Open Stableford both will be Qualifiers played of the White Markers.
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1st Thomas Clarke Nett 59
2nd Colm Shannon nett 59
3rd Jerome Leer nett 63
4th John McKinney nett 63
5th Naill McGeown 64
Visitor 1st Robbie McMinn (Loughgall) nett 65
Presentation of prizes will take place on Sat 13th Aug @ 6.30 pm
Winners in the Open Stroke competition held during Open Week at County Armagh Golf Club, Colm Shannon, Thomas Clarke and Robbie McMinn, are pictured with Club Captain Tom Calvert.
The 59-ers! Colm Shannon and Thomas Clarke both shot season best scores of 59 nett in the Open Stroke competition during Open Week at County Armagh Golf Club. They are pictured with Club Captain Tom Calvert
Double-take for season's best scores in Open Stroke
Two season best scores of nett 59 in County Armagh Golf Club's Open Week Stroke event had Competitions Convenor Davy Baird seeing double!
Thomas Clarke and Colm Shannon both returned the exceptional scores and had to be separated on countback.
14-handicapper Colm was first to sign for his superb nett 59 score and quite rightly must have been thinking his name was on that first prize. But amazingly he was to be disappointed when his son Mark broke the news of playing partner Thomas Clarke recording a nett 59 also.
Thomas, playing off an 11-handicap, was just one over par after nine holes, dropping shots at holes three and four before recovering one of those with a birdie two at the seventh hole. But after further dropping shots at ten and 11 he hit the birdie trail big time, recording over the final four holes.
Colm, in similar fashion, was just one shot over after nine holes, the perfect score blemished by a dropped shot at the first. A birdie two at the 13th hole compensated somewhat for a double bogey at the par three 11th hole, and in between dropped shots at 15 and 18 he birdied 17th for a two over par back nine. Unfortunately even his season's best to date just wasn't enough to win it.
Third prize, and on any other day a first prize winner, was claimed with a nett 63 score - that produced by Jerome Leer, a seven handicapper who dropped just two shots short of a perfect round.
Both John McKinney and Niall McGeown, fourth and fifth respectively, must surely also have fancied themselves for the big prize, with scores of nett 63 and 64. But it was a day for the big guns, Thomas and Colm deserved winners with exceptional scores.
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