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Great number of ladies played last Thursday for the prestigious Millennium Bowl and the McCall Shield, both very generously sponsored by Cycleology. Conditions were much better than of late and this helped Bernie Rice lift the Millennium Bowl and Anne McElroy collect the McCall Shield.
Full results for the Millennium Bowl were as follows:
1 st Bernie Rice 2 nd Toni McManus 3 rd Barbara Hamilton
Front 9 Pauline Gingles Back 9 Moya Brady
Full results for the McCall Shield were as follows:
1 st Anne McElroy 2 nd Bernie Gribben 3 rd Vera Ellingham
Front 9 Anne Attwell Back 9 Eileen Fitzsimmons Nine Hole – Sheila Sti
The lady captain Hilary Johnston welcomed the ladies and presented the prizes. Unfortunately the sponsor Cycleology was unable to attend the prize giving. She thanked Alastair for the very generous sponsorship of the competition.
Flo McCall presents the McCall Shield to Anne McElroy
Front row: Anne McElroy, Hilary Johnston (Lady Captain), Bernie Rice
Second row: Bernie Gribben, Vera Ellingham, Anne Attwell
Third row: Pauline Gingles, Eileen Fitzsimmons, Sheila Stinson
Back row: Flo McCall, Barbara Hamilton, Moya Brady, Toni McManus
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62 ladies participated for the prestigious Parker Bowl played on Thursday last. Conditions were heavy underfoot but that did not deter city golfer Brigid NcEnaney from lifting the bowl for a second year in succession with 36points. Jacqueline Kelly was runner up also with 36 points. These two ladies are familiar faces in the winner's enclosure this year.
The full list of winners is as follows:
1 st B McEnaney 36 points 2 nd J Kelly 36 points P McCrory 23 gross points. 3 rd G Rafferty 35 points.
Categories A: E Brady B: C McAlevey C: M Marjoram D: B Teehan
The front 9 was won by K Molloy with 21 points and B Hamilton's 19 points won the back 9.The Par lady on the day was M Corrigan.
The lady captain Hilary Johnston welcomed the ladies and the sponsor Arnold Courtney to the prize giving. She thanked the Courtney family for the very generous sponsorship of the competition. Mr Courtney said he hoped to continue the sponsorship of the Parker Bowl and wished the ladies branch well.
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43 ladies from County Armagh braved the elements on a wet and windy course for the right to represent the club at the finals of the Peggy Nelson competition later in the summer. This competition is very generously sponsored by McKinney Timber Railway St Armagh. There was a great array of prizes which were played in categories with the winner of each going through to the finals.
The three categories are: A: 0-15 Handicap. B: 16-24. C: 25- 36. The scoring on the day was close with one of the categories going to a count back. The results were as follows.
A: Winner: B Gartland 36 pts. 2 nd P McCrory 33pts. 3 rd G Rafferty 31pts.
B: Winner B Hamilton 33 Pts. 2 nd L Megaw 33 Pts. 3 rd S Donnelly 30 Pts.
C: Winner D Carolan 37Pts. 2 nd N Spence 35 Pts . 3 rd B Gribben 33 pts.
The winner of section B Barbara Hamilton shot a fantastic hole in one on the 11 th , well done Barbara.
The par lady on Thursday was E Grimes.
The lady captain Hillary Johnston presented the beautiful prizes and wished the winners luck in the finals.
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Over 50 ladies took to the fairways of County Armagh Golf Course in pursuit of the prestigious prize on offer. The competition was the Mary Peters Trust which is very generously sponsored by the local golf professional Alan Rankin. The winner goes forward to play in Massareen Golf Club with the lady captain later in the summer.
Weather conditions were very damp to say the least but that did not deter the local ladies and the competition was keenly contested. The best score of the day was registered by Jacqueline Kelly with 38 stableford points. Teresa McVeigh was runner up with 37pts and Brigid McEnaney was 3rd two points behind the winner.
The lady captain Hillary Johnston won the front 9 with 19 pts beating Eilish Grimes and Lynne Browne on the count back while Moya Brady also with 19 pts picked up the back 9 prize. Eilish Grimes was pipped at the post by Carmel Cassidy for the par lady prize with 32 pts.
The category prizes were as follows:
A : Paula McCrory 33 pts
B : Gail Steed 35 pts
C : Elizabeth Mawhinney 34 pts
D : Donna Carolan 34 pts
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The annual competition for 'The Dunskie Bowl' played alternatively between the Scotland and Armagh took place last weekend in Armagh in glorious sunshine.
The Armagh ladies regained the Bowl on home ground after a year in the Scottish Highlands.
Both teams sat down to a beautiful meal in the newly refurbished restaurant in the golf club (The Green Room) The night was rounded off with a demonstration of Set Dancing and craic which everyone enjoyed and took part in.
In 2014 the Armagh ladies will travel to Scotland and try to retain the trophy.
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59 ladies competed on Thursday last for the competition which was very generously sponsored by Professional Travel on Thomas St Armagh. This was the first 18 hole competition of the year due to the inclement weather. The competition was keenly contested by the large turnout of eager golfers in the lovely sunshine.
Best score of the day came from Eilish Grimes with a net 67 closely followed by Geraldine Rafferty with a 68. Three shots adrift of the winner was Gina Morris with a 70. The Gross prize went to Paula McCrory while the Par lady was Bernie Gribben. The category prizes were as follows. A :C McCall (73) B: G Steed (72)
C: R Haughey (72) D: B Teehan (73). The front nine was picked up by R Calvert while the back 9 belonged to L Browne.
The Lady Captain presented the prizes which was very well attended by the ladies.
Front row L to R :Runner up :G Rafferty E Grimes Winner H Johnston Captain and P McCrory Gross winner
Middle Row L to R :R Haughey B Teehan C McCall and G Steed
Back Row : B Gribben and L Browne.
The Lady Captain also presented the prizes for the Spring League which was played over a short period of 3 weeks due to bad weather.
The overall winner was B McEnaney with joint 2nd place going to V Ellingham and L Browne.3rd place was also shared by P Gingles and N Spence.
The catagory winners were A ; M Brady and P McCrory B: E Fitzsimons and R Haughey C :M McCreesh and H McLoughlin D : J Kelly E Grimes
Front Row L to R V Ellingham B McEnaney H Johnston Capt P McCrory
Mid Row L to R :R Haughey E Grimes L Browne
Back Row L to R :P Gingles E Fitzsimons and M Brady.
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Despite playing on temporary greens, County Armagh lady golfers produced fabulous results in their 14 hole stableford competition on Thursday 14th March.
Fifty four ladies braved the chilly winds and the occasional blustery showers. With 39 points, winner L. Brown's score was worthy of an 18 hole competition. In second place was V. Ellingham with 36 points and P. Gingles came third with 34 points. Category winners were as follows: Cat. A: B. Rice, Cat. B: G. Steed, Cat. C: N. Spence and Cat. D: J. Kelly.
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Back Row: G. Steed, J. Kelly, N. Spence
Middle Row: V. Ellingham, B. Rice
Front Row: L. Brown(winner), H. Johnston (Co. Armagh Lady Captain)
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Next car boot sale takes place on Saturday 13th April. Please leave items in Ladies locker room.
• Raffle taking place for a "Nearly new" electric trolley. Tickets are £2 a strip or 3 strips for £5 and can be bought from ladies committee.
• Entertainment in the club over St. Patrick's weekend. Please come and support!
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