Day One - Thirty-four intrepid ladies from Co Armagh Golf Club travelled to Slieve Russell Hotel, Golf and Country Club for the 2024 Lady Captain’s outing on Sunday 21 and Monday 22 April.
For many this was their first 18 holes of the year and what a perfect day they got for it! The weather was absolutely amazing. The sun shone all day long on the Sunday and you would have been forgiven for thinking you were in Spain.
Everyone was very excited for a great trip as this was the first over-night outing since 2019, when incidentally the venue was also the Slieve Russell. As ever, the championship course was presented beautifully.
Prizegiving followed a delicious 3-course meal and Lady Captain Ellen Brady extended thanks to Anne, Valerie and Flo who had helped organise the outing.
The results were:
Longest Drive @ 9th Maggie McKee
Nearest the Pin @ 4th Patricia Hughes
Category 0-29 Maggie McKee, beating Eileen Fitzsimons – 30 pts
Category 30-36 Bernie McBride – 31 pts
Category 37> Maggie McClarke – 32 pts
1st Anne Black – 34 pts
2nd Ruth Black – 33 pts (prize donated by Lady Vice Captain Frances Davidson)
3rd Michelle Kinane – 32 pts
There were birdies for Bernie McBride at the 1st and Michelle Kinane at the 18th and twos were record by Una Cullinane at the 4th and Eileen Fitzsimons at the 7th.
Anne Black made a very heartfelt speech, thanking Lady Captain Ellen and all those who supported her in what had been a superbly well organised trip.
There were a few spot prizes for those whose golf prowess fell a little short. Past Lady Captain Lily McMullan had donated the first of these which was won by Sheila Stinson. Carmel Cassidy, Valerie Gordon, Helen McLaughlin, Lynne Brown, Augusta Jennings and Anne O’Reilly were the remaining lucky winners.
The Co Armagh Ladies know how to enjoy themselves and this trip was no exception, they danced the night away to the live music and when it concluded held a little sing-song of their own.
Day Two
Following a leisurely breakfast, twenty-nine ladies took to the fairway again.
The results were:
Longest Drive @ 17th Michelle Kinane
Nearest the Pin @ 4th Siobhan Donnelly
1st Flo McCall – 39 pts
2nd Emma Garrigan – 36 pts
3rd Teresa McVeigh – 34 pts
The 9-hole competition was won by Carmel Cassidy.
Whilst everyone played their own card during the round they were also playing for a secret team and the team winners were:
1st Flo McCall, Sheila Hughes and Jacqueline Kelly
2nd Patricia Hughes, Teresa McVeigh and Bernie McBride
3rd Maggie McKee, Una Cullinane and Eileen Fitzsimons
There were spot prizes for Geraldine Rafferty, Helen McLaughlin, Anne Mone, Lorraine Megaw and Maggie Clarke.
A thoroughly enjoyable outing … perhaps if we are lucky it won’t be the last this year 😉!
Co Armagh Ladies pictured with Lady Captain Ellen Brady and Lady Vice Captain Frances Davidson at the Slieve Russell
Lady Captain Ellen Brady with Day 1 prize winners at the Lady Captain’s outing to Slieve Russell
Co Armagh Ladies enjoying the craic
