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One of the more relaxing days of the year for County Armagh Golf Club Captain Richard Stewart, was playing in the Max Hadden Memorial Trophy competition at Royal Belfast Golf Club. The annual event brings together all of the GUI Ulster Branch Captains. On the day our Captain Richard was joined in a fourball by John Marshall, Captain of Malone Golf Club, David  McMullan, Captain of Royal Portrush,  and  Alistair Gibson, Treasurer GUI Ulster Branch.

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Created: 23 August 2017

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As the qualifying season at County Armagh Golf Club gallops to its autumnal conclusion with dispiriting rapidness, the penultimate Medal of 2017 was competed for on 6 August. And emerging victorious from a 96-strong field in this Gerard Byrne Tyres-sponsored event was Paul Traynor with a tremendous nett 66.

It's often said that damage limitation at certain tricky junctures is key to any successful round of golf and, crucially, Paul recorded just one double bogey — at the 3rd — in his admirably steady Sunday showing. Half a dozen pars at the 4th, 9th, 10th, 12th and, most impressively, 18th added the gloss to an excellent gross 83 that secured for Traynor both the much-sought-after monthly silverware and a new handicap of 16.

Paul Traynor is presented with the County Armagh Golf Club August Medal by competition sponsor Gerard Byrne, proprietor of Gerard Byrne Tyres. Also pictured are Club Captain Richard Stewart and other prizewinners (L-R) Oliver Connell, Norman Mallon, Derick Hynes and Caolan Doyle.

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Created: 21 August 2017

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1st Gary McAleavey 40 points (back 9)

2nd Pat McAleavey 40 points

3rd John Vernon 39 points

4th Niall McGeown 38 points (back 9)

5th Adam Cromwell 38 points (back 9)

6th Richard Black 38 points (back 9)

7th Lee Campbell 38 points (back 9)

Gross

1st Jarlath McReynolds

2nd Stewart Stevenson

Competitions Convenor 2017

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Created: 20 August 2017

These are heady days for County Armagh as BBC News covered the sensational story of Joe Rooney's back-to-back holes-in-one.

READ Joe's interview with the BBC here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-40954624

WATCH the BBC video report on the Newsline Facebook page or by scrolling to 20:50 of this link before 6.30pm on Friday: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0911lgl/bbc-newsline-evening-news-17082017#

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Created: 18 August 2017

Open Senior Stableford Results

1st Brian McGuigan 37pts

2nd Kieran Beagan 34pts (back nine)

3rd Terry Chin 34pts (back two)

Open Stableford Results

1st Oliver Connell 40pts

2nd Dean Chambers 39pts (back six)

3rd Shea Brady 39pts

Prize vouchers will be available in the Pro Shop

Competitions Convenor 2017

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Created: 17 August 2017

'Golf Digest' magazine estimates the odds of an average amateur golfer having two holes-in-one in the same round to be 162 million to 1, so what an absolutely incredible feat it was for our very own Joe Rooney to ace both the 3rd and 7th holes on Tuesday 15 August!

Playing in the Open Stroke event sponsored by Holmes and Doran Building Surveyors, the 16-year-old drew a 9-iron onto the 3rd green and watched in delight as the ball spun 12 feet left and into the cup.

Then, to the utter amazement of his playing partners, fellow prodigious talents Lee Campbell and Philip Kelly, he nailed a pitching-wedge at the Quarry that took one bounce before smacking the bottom of the pin and nestling in the hole.

Rooney would eventually finish his round on three under par to scoop the gross prize in a tournament won by Adam Cromwell, who carded an outstanding gross 69 of his own for a nett 64. (A full competition report will follow).

Many congratulations to Joe on this staggering achievement ... surely one of the most remarkable in the storied history of County Armagh Golf Club.

Tune in to BBC Radio Ulster between 9am and 9.30am on Thursday to hear County Armagh's hole-in-one king chatting about his recent antics.

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1st Adam Cromwell nett 64

2nd Dean Chambers nett 65

3rd Simon McGurk nett 66 (back nine)

4th Ronan O'Reilly nett 66(back nine)

5th Conor McGuigan nett 66

6th Mark Frazer nett 67(back nine)

7th Lee Campbell nett 67(back nine)

Best Gross 1st Joe Rooney 67

2nd Jarlath McReynolds 72

Prize vouchers will be left in Pro shop

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Created: 16 August 2017

Having fulfilled several different club roles with much distinction over the last two decades and more, Walter Neville was a perfect choice to succeed Dr Oliver Woods as President of County Armagh Golf Club in January 2016.

A most successful and pleasurable President's Day on 5 August 2017 then was just reward for Walter, who has since carried out his presidential duties with characteristic dignity, energy and attention to detail.

Family, friends and members surrounded Walter for a Saturday coffee morning, where the Ladies' branch excelled themselves with customarily effective organisation. The coffee morning afforded everyone present a great chance to catch up with old pals, admire the superb array of prizes on offer and wish our fine President all the very best for his big day and beyond.

The pristine clubhouse, enhanced with beautiful floral decoration provided by the ladies, and the delicious refreshments prepared for those in attendance also served as fitting testimony to all the club staff and volunteers who work so diligently to ensure that such showpiece occasions run smoothly.

On the sporting front, with the lady members and juvenile girls and boys already having competed in their various categories, almost 200 men packed the city fairways and greens in the hope of grabbing President's Prize glory, an opportunity that arises only every two years.

Persistent heavy rain earlier in the week had led to understandable fears as to what the weekend's weather would entail but a mercifully dry 48-hour period immediately in advance of President's Day meant that competitors were greeted by a course in excellent condition and setting a suitably stiff golfing examination.

Passing that test with flying colours was Noel Muldoon, whose spectacular scorecard boasted a massive 44 points and sealed his most deserved victory.

Noel had demonstrated some good form in the Open Stableford competition on Wednesday 12 July, when he ran out a comfortable winner with a peerless 45-point plunder. The subsequent handicap reduction would've been enough to curtail the competitive ambition of many players but, instead, Muldoon has seemingly been inspired by the extra challenge that it has posed him.

His President's Day round began with an inauspicious, if not disastrous, six at the opening hole and ended with further double bogeys at the 17th and 18th. However, at the 15 holes in between, Noel was a model of steadiness and consistency — or, to put it more starkly, an insatiable points-collecting machine.

A hat-trick of pars at the 3rd, 4th and 5th helped Muldoon on his way to a terrific 41-stroke outward trek that left him five under his handicap at the turn. More solid and fruitful play would follow on the back nine, where a par at the 15th nestled nicely among half a dozen useful bogeys elsewhere.

It all added up to a gross 87 that means Muldoon will enter the fray of his upcoming golf battles as a 22-handicapper, although that is unlikely to daunt him in this mood.

After Samuel Jenkins was the first to get his name engraved on the County Armagh Golf Club Captain's Day Perpetual Cup in June, Noel is the maiden recipient of the President's Day trophy. He also got his hands on a beautiful set of Mizuno irons, the top prize on offer — not a bad day's work!

Noel Muldoon is presented with the new County Armagh Golf Club President's Day Perpetual Cup and a set of Mizuno irons by President, Walter Neville, and his wife Mabel

Noel Muldoon is presented with the new County Armagh Golf Club President's Day Perpetual Cup and a set of Mizuno irons by President, Walter Neville, and his wife Mabel.

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Created: 16 August 2017

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