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Maggie wins with magnificent score.
On a day when the threatening rain failed to appear over 40 ladies turned out to compete for the September Medal on a course which was in magnificent condition. Lady Captain Elizabeth Mawhinney sincerely thanked the sponsor Annette of OL Flowers for attending the prizegiving and bringing with her a beautiful array of floral arrangements which brightened up the clubhouse.
The winner of the September medal was Maggie McKee with an exceptional score of nett 61 . Maggie took up golf last year via the Get into Golf initiative and has really embraced the game which she has mastered with great skill. Accepting her prize a delighted Maggie thanked Annette for her loyal support for the Ladies Branch and her playing partner Bernie who kept her focussed throughout an exemplary round of golf. Teresa McVeigh took second place with a nett 66 ahead of Alexandra Mawhinney who secured 3 rd place with a 70. Meanwhile Ellen Brady took yet another Gross prize.
Annette of OL Flowers sponsor of September Medal Competition with winner Maggie McKee and Lady Captain Elizabeth Mawhinney.
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116 ladies, including visitors from Banbridge, Old Conna, Portadown, Donaghadee, Kilcock Dungannon and Rossmore competed for the prestigious Armaghdale Cup on Saturday 1st September. The ladies challenge cup was originally presented to the club in 1926 by Lady Armaghdale. The competition was once again generously sponsored by G Davidson Business Accounts Services , represented on the night by Francis Davidson.
Lady Captain Elizabeth Mawhinney welcomed Francis and thanked her sincerely for her company's long-standing support of the competition and the generous prizes provided for the lucky winners.
Jacqueline Donnelly emerged as the winner of the much sought after Armaghdale Trophy with a nett score of 67 beating Teresa McVeigh on a countback. Jacqueline joined the club last year via the Get into Golf initiative and has made great strides as evidenced by her winning performances throughout the year. Una Cullinane secured third place with nett 70
Jacqueline Donnelly, winner of Armadale Open Cup with Sponsor Frances Davidson and Lady Captain Elizabeth Mawhinney.
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County Armagh Golf Club Captain, Colm Shannon, recently presented Sarah Breen from Friends of the Cancer Centre with a cheque for £3,248, the proceeds of his Captain's Day charity collection.
Colm chose the cancer charity following discussion with a close friend who was undergoing cancer treatment in the City Hospital in Belfast and would like to thank the CAGC members for their fantastic generosity.
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County Armagh Golf Club's enterprising run in the 2018 Ulster Cup has been ended at the semi-final stage after defeat to Malone.
Marty Daly's charges, the first County Armagh side to go this far in the tournament in a quarter of a century, travelled to Malone for the first leg on Monday 27 August. A stern challenge awaited them in Belfast on a course set up long and battered by strong winds, and against canny opponents who had also made the last four in 2017.
They acquitted themselves spiritedly, however — a repeated characteristic of their campaign this year. Strong finishes from Malone saw the home team post the first points of the tie, but County Armagh responded admirably as Patrick Brannigan and Paul McCurry prevailed.
County Armagh's 2018 Ulster Cup semi-final line-up (L-R): Paul McCurry, Barry McGurgan, Paul Corvan, Patrick Brannigan, Declan McReynolds (non-playing vice captain), Marty Daly (captain), Cormac O'Hare and Nigel NcMahon.
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Senior Open Stableford
1st Derick Hynes 43pts
2nd Marty Oliver 41pts
3rd Ian McWilliam 38pts (back nine)
Open Stableford
1st Roy Davis 40pts
2nd Pauraic McNelis 39pts (back nine)
3rd Shea Brady 39pts
Prize vouchers will be available for collection in Pro Shop
Competition Convenor 2018
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Whereas County Armagh Golf Club's inaugural Scratch Cup event in 2017 was contested in radiant sunshine and agreeable golfing conditions, its second iteration, again kindly sponsored by F&K Smyth Restoration and Decoration, was an entirely different meteorological story.
On 26 August, the Cathedral City course bared its teeth for a gruelling 36-hole test, as the absolutely brutal wind and abundance of heavy rain made an unholy alliance with white markers positioned as far back as they could go and difficult pin placements on ever-so-slick greens. It was a stiff golfing examination but an eminently fair one.
The Senior Scratch Cup was competed for by members and visitors in the 0-5 handicap bracket and witnessed triumph for Lurgan hotshot Michael McSherry. He followed up a fantastically gritty level-par morning outing with a post-lunch 71 to complete a winning tally of 141.
County Armagh Golf Club Junior Scratch Cup champion, Caolan McReynolds, receives his trophy from Francis Smyth of F&K Smyth Restoration and Decoration, event sponsors. Also pictured are Club Captain, Colm Shannon, and other prizewinners, Calum Connell and Ruairi O'Connor.
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September Medal Results - Sunday 2nd September 2018
Sponsored by: Holmes & Doran, Surveyors Ltd
1st Tomas McElmeel nett 66 (back six)
2nd Calum Connell nett 66 (back nine)
Category 1
1st Lee Stewart nett 66
2nd Neil Linton nett 67
Category 2
1st Martin Carson nett 67 (back nine)
2nd Simon Arthurs nett 67 (back nine)
Category 3
1st Rodney Lynas nett 67 (back nine)
2nd Andrew McBurney 67
Presentation of prizes @6:00pm Saturday 8th September. All prize winners are requested to attend
Competitions Convenor 2018
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Thursday 30 th August 2018
Fifty-seven ladies took park in the club Stableford competition which this week was sponsored by Sawyer's Transport. Lady Captain Elizabeth Mawhinney welcomed everyone to the prize giving and sincerely thanked the new sponsors who had been introduced to the club by Lily McMullan and James Hewitt who have been generous sponsors to the club .
Winner of first prize was Anne O'Hea who returned an excellent score of 38 points. Runner up was Maggie McKee with 37 points just ahead of Vera Ellingham who took third place with 36 points. A delighted and surprised Anne O'Hea thanked her playing partner Jacqueline and the new sponsors.
Club Stableford winner Anne O'Hea with Lady Captain Elizabeth Mawhinney runner up Maggie McKee and other prize winners.
The remaining winners on the day were
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Fifty-four ladies competed in a 4 Ball competition at Warrenpoint Golf Club on bank holiday Monday 27 th August. Warrenpoint which is also celebrating their one hundred and twenty-five-year anniversary proved the perfect venue for a ladies' outing offering challenging golf within a short journey from home and excellent catering with coffee and scones upon arrival and a beautiful two course dinner to finish the day.
The course was in beautiful condition, but it required skill and patience to achieve the top prizes. Lady Captain Elizabeth Mawhinney thanked everyone for participating in the outing and paid thanks to the Club Manager Mr Paul Revey who had been so helpful in arranging the outing. She also thanked Karen Edgar for doing the cards and the treasurer Jacqueline Kelly for helping to organise the outing.
Lady Captain Elizabeth Mawhinney with the winning Fourball Team Bernie Gribben Elish Grimes Anne McDonald and Vera Ellingham.
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County Armagh Golf Club's 125 th anniversary's celebrations continued with competitions for both the Men's and Ladies' sections played during the week. On Thursday 23 rd , the Ladies competed for the Trophy which was donated to the club in 1993 for the Centenary celebrations in that year. Sourced by Bee Gordon on behalf of the then Lady Captain, Eileen Steenson, the trophy is a vase produced by Tyrone Crystal, and has been played for every year since then.
The Lady Captain, Elizabeth Mawhinney referred to the donor of the Trophy, Mr. John Lowe, who had joined the Armagh Club in that year and who has been an active member since.
This year the Trophy competition was again generously sponsored by Sterling House Financial Services who were represented by former Lady Captain and current Secretary of the Ladies Branch, Paula McCrory.
In a break with tradition the prizegiving for both the Ladies' and Men's competitions was held in the clubhouse on Saturday 25 th August and was followed by entertainment by the excellent Preacher Caseys.
Lady Captain Elizabeth, accompanied by Paula McCrory presented the successful Ladies with generous vouchers while the Trophy itself was presented to Alexandra Mawhinney whose par breaking net 70 was the lowest score on the day . Three birdies on her opening 9 holes laid the basis for her excellent score.
Lady Captain Elizabeth Mawhinney with winner of Centenary Trophy Alexandra Mawhinney and sponsor Paula McCrory.
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As part of its ongoing 125th anniversary celebrations, County Armagh Golf Club granted members and visitors a rare opportunity to vie for the Centenary Obelisk Trophy on 25 August, when there was no shortage of hopeful contenders in the Open event sponsored by Irwin M&E Ltd.
Just shy of 200 players crammed onto the Cathedral City fairways, all intent on eventually emerging from battle in possession of the beautiful Tyrone Crystal replica of the course's landmark monument, which was created in the club's 100th year in 1993.
And when the scores were collated, a highly competitive Obelisk leaderboard showed at its summit Natty McGeown, whose wonderful nett 63 meant he would take home the ornamental spoils.
McGeown reached the turn in a mere 37 hits after an untroubled outward nine of three bogeys and half-a-dozen pars. Similar serenity would follow on the way home, where the neat-and-tidiness of four pars and four bogeys was upset only by the pleasant interruption of a birdie at the 15th.
County Armagh Golf Club Captain, Colm Shannon, and Open Centenary Obelisk Trophy competition sponsor, Keith Stewart, Managing Director of Irwin M&E Ltd, are pictured with prizewinners in the event to mark the club's 125th anniversary: (L-R) Philip Kelly, Andy Steed, Stephen Catterall, John Maguire, Natty McGeown, Eric Hamilton and Paddy Smyth
The resulting superb gross 76 earned Natty a new handicap of 11 and rendered him a delighted recipient of the Obelisk Trophy, which he collected at a Saturday evening prize-giving alongside Alexandra Mawhinney, winner of the Ladies' equivalent tournament.
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Some words from the R&A:
“Players should play at a good pace ... It is a group's responsibility to keep up with the group in front.”
“‘Ready golf' is a commonly used term which indicates that players should play when they are ready to do so, rather than adhering strictly to the ‘farthest from the hole plays first' stipulation in the Rules of Golf ... there is strong evidence to suggest that playing ‘ready golf' does improve the pace of play.”
As regards pre-shot routines, “Did you know that if each player in a four-ball takes 5 seconds less to play each shot, the round time can be improved by over 25 minutes?”.
To enhance the enjoyment of all, CAGC encourages its members to be mindful of their pace of play and to feel free to play ‘ready golf'.
For more information on this subject, go to www.randa.org
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- SMYTH TOPS THE SUNDAY PILE
- Open & Senior Open Results Wed. 29th August 2018
- Results - Open Senior and Junior Scratch Cups - Sponsored by: F&K Smyth Restoration & Decoration
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- Results - Open Centenary Obelisk Trophy - Sponsored by: Irwin M&E Ltd
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- Results Club Stroke - Sunday 19th August
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- Club Stroke Competition
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- ULSTER CUP SEMI-FINALS AWAIT COUNTY ARMAGH
- Results - July Medal - Sponsored by: Alexander Mills
- Club Stableford Competition
- Wed open & Sen open 25th July
- 36 HOLE SCRATCH CUP COMPETITIONS
- Margaret Deane Mixed Greensomes
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- Results - Club Stroke - Sunday 22nd July
- Results - Bankers Cup - Sponsored by: The Northern Bar
- Wed open & Sen open 18th July 2018
- CALUM DONS HIS SUNDAY BEST
- BALLYBOFEY BEATEN BY DALY'S ULSTER CUPPERS
- Results - Club Stroke - Sunday 15th July
- Results - Allen Cup - Sponsored by J R McMahon - Saturday 14th July
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- Results - Ladies & Gents Open Stableford - Thursday 12th July
- FRED DALY JUNIORS CONQUER CAIRNDHU
- Open & Senior Open Stableford Competition - Wednesday 11th July
- ALL-IRELAND FOUR-BALL GROUP REACH LAST EIGHT
- Results Club Stableford Sunday 8th July 2018 sponsored by McAnenly Transport Ltd
- Club Stableford results sponsored by McAnenley Transport
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- Results 4-Ball Team Classic Saturday 7th July 2018
- Results Open & Senior Open Stableford Wednesday 4th July 2018
- MAGIC MACKIN SHINES IN SUNDAY SUN
- CLASSY KEITH CLINCHES JUNE MEDAL
- Results - Club Stableford - Sunday 1st July
- Results - Captain's Day 2018
- Valerie victorious on Lady Captain's Day 2018
- CAPTAIN'S DAY 2018
- Results Open & Senior Open Stableford Wednesday 27th June 2018
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- Ian Donaldson Stableford Competition 21st June
- RÓNAN, CONOR AND PAUL SCOOP THE SILVERWARE
- Results - Club Stroke - Sponsored by: Hugh McElvanna - Drapery & Footwear
- Lady Captain's Day 2018
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- JUNIOR GOLF SUMMER CAMP
- Wed open & Sen open 20th June
- EWART'S JEWELLERS MIXED GREENSOMES
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- Results - Woods/Webster/Connolly - Sponsored by: Abbey Bond Lovis
- COURSE AND CLUBHOUSE ENVIRONS SPRUCE-UP, MONDAY 6.30PM
- Results - June Medal - Sponsored by: Johnston's Bakery
- Club Stableford Competition Thursday 14 th June 2018
- Results Mixed Greensomes Friday 15th June sponsored by Ewart's Jewellers
- MARTY'S ULSTER CUPPERS MARCH ON
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- Result Senior Open and Open Stableford Wednesday 13th June 2018
- HUGHES'S HEROICS SECURE LONSDALE GLORY
- Marie Curie Classic (2 Ball Team) 7 th June 2018
- Results - Club Stroke - Sunday 10th June
- Results - Professional's Competition - Sponsored by: Will Carey
- FOUR-BALL FIGHTERS DELIVER KNOCK-OUT BLOW
- Results Open & Senior Open Wednesday 6th June 2018
- JUNIOR GOLF BURSARY AT COUNTY ARMAGH
- SUNDAY GLEE FOR EAMON AND LEE
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- The Fox Cup and Culmore Shield Charity Stroke Competition
- Results Club Stableford Sunday 3rd June sponsored by King Bros Quarry