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A County Armagh Golf Club Mixed Greensomes competition, played on Friday 15 June and sponsored by Ewart's Jewellers, was won by Kenny Gordon and Sheila Stinson with a nett 61.

Second place went to Denis and Sheila Hughes on nett 62, while John White and Valerie Gordon's nett 67 earned them third position. The gross prize was taken by Paul Doyle and Paula McCrory after their 71.

The Ewart's Jewellers Mixed Greensomes prizewinners are pictured with County Armagh Golf Club Captain, Colm Shannon.

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Last Updated: 21 June 2018

Few members are more familiar with the surroundings of the County Armagh Golf Club winners' enclosure than Paul Doyle, and the big man added another victory to his collection on 10 June.

In the Sunday Stroke tournament, Paul was firing on all cylinders during a flawless back nine of eight pars and one birdie that backed up his highly respectable 36-shot outward journey. The consequential gross 71 and nett 65 clipped Doyle's handicap back to five and edged out runner-up Paul Donnelly on a break of tie.

Donnelly is enjoying a successful season of his own, and this latest prize-winning display comes hot on the heels of his triumph in last month's Bumblebee Cup. Donnelly has clearly been entirely comfortable with the lower handicap that that red-letter day granted him, and he reduced it still further here with a terrific outing that included six pars.

The 14th Hole at County Armagh: par 4, index 9, Sequoias.

Having bagged fourth position in the Lonsdale Cup eight days previously, Tom Fox was competing at the upper echelons of the leaderboard once again this time out. A tremendous one-over-par front nine culminated in back-to-back birdies and sent Fox to a nett 66 that, although marred by a seven at the 15th, was sufficient to see off all comers in category 1. The best of his challengers was Darren Wilson, who haemorrhaged five shots at the 7th and 8th but was simply superb elsewhere in recording 11 pars, a birdie and, ultimately, a nett 67.

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Last Updated: 20 June 2018

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Sunshine. Golf. Beers. Burgers. Saturday 9 June was just about the perfect day for all of the 180 competitors at County Armagh Golf Club, but it was an extra special one for Kevin Ward.

In the Professional's Competition kindly sponsored by full-time club professional and part-time barbecue maestro, Will Carey, a virtuoso performance from Ward saw him carry off the big prize.

Will Carey, sponsor of the recent Professional's Competition at County Armagh Golf Club, is pictured alongside Club Captain, Colm Shannon, and prizewinners (L-R) Lee Campbell, Martin Murphy, Ian Ritchie and Lee Kirrane.

Kevin reached the turn at just five over par having been helped along by pars at the 2nd, 4th and 9th and a bonus birdie at the 6th. And even better would follow on a back nine consisting of another birdie up on Rokeby Green, a handful of momentum-maintaining bogeys and a particularly meritorious run of three pars on the trot from the 15th to 17th. That all added up to a magnificent nett 63 that earned Ward a new handicap of 14 as well as the highest accolade in Will's showpiece event.

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Last Updated: 19 June 2018

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Woods/Webster/Connolly Results - Saturday 16th June

Sponsored by Abbey Bond Lovis

Woods Cup - 6-9

1st Ronan O'Reilly gross 72

2nd Neil Linton gross 77

Webster Cup - 10-18

1st Conor McAneney gross 78

2nd Kieran Grimley gross 79

Best Nett Conlon Rice nett 67

Connolly Cup - 19 - 28

1st Paul McKeown gross 90

2nd Eamon McCaffrey gross 92

Best Nett Kevin Smyth nett 70

0-5 Handicap

1st Adam Cromwell gross 69

Prize giving is on Friday 22nd June @ 6:00pm.  Prize winners are requested to attend

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Last Updated: 18 June 2018

Nobody really wants to watch England v Tunisia this evening, right?

Instead, come along and lend a hand at the second 'spruce' up session at 6.30pm. Bit of weeding, divot replacement etc. Thanks again to all our volunteers.

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Last Updated: 18 June 2018

June Medal Results - Sunday 17th June 2018

Sponsored by: Johnston's Bakery

1st Keith Stewart nett 63

2nd David Leeman nett 65

Category 1

1st John Lavery nett 66

2nd Noel Murtagh nett 67

Category 2

1st Sean McAnenly nett 68

2nd Peter McBride nett 69 (back nine)

Category 3

1st Peter McParland nett 68

2nd Paul Donnelly nett 69

Best Gross: Shea Smyth gross 71

Presentation of June Medal and prizes will take place on Friday 22nd June @ 6:00pm.  All prize winners are requested to attend

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Last Updated: 18 June 2018

Lady Captain Elizabeth Mawhinney welcomed everyone to the presentation of prizes and expressed her relief that the main competition and the visiting Lady Captain's event had been played in pleasant conditions as the stormy night and early morning rain had threatened proceedings. Seventeen visiting Lady Captain's had enjoyed a coffee morning reception, a nine-hole competition followed by a lovely lunch and prize giving.

The winner of first prize in the Club Stableford competition was Cait McKinney who returned an excellent score of 40 points , to beat runner up Breda Teahan who recorded 39 points. Third place honours went to Colette McSorley with 37 points.

Cait was delighted to accept her prize and wished Elizabeth a successful Lady Captain's Day on Saturday 23 rd.

Cait McKinney winner of the Club Stableford Competition with Lady Captain Elizabeth Mawhinney and a number of competition winners.

The remaining winners on the day were

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Last Updated: 18 June 2018

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1st Kenny Gordon & Sheila Stinson nett 61

2nd Denis Hughes & Sheila Hughes nett  62

3rd John White & Valerie Gordon nett 67

Gross Prize Paul Doyle & Paula McCrory Gross 73

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Last Updated: 16 June 2018

County Armagh Golf Club's increasingly impressive Ulster Cup crew recently extended their stay in this year's tournament with what turned out to be a routine third-round dismissal of South Armagh outfit Ashfield.

Marty Daly's charges adopted a no-nonsense approach to the first leg on Sunday 3 June, and the home team were on red-hot form in the searing Cathedral City sunshine. In the construction of a surely insurmountable 6-1 and 24-hole lead, there were home wins for Patrick Brannigan, Paul Corvan, Paul McCurry, Batty McGurgan, Nigel McMahon and Cormac O'Hare, while only a last-hole defeat for skipper Daly prevented a clean sweep.

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Last Updated: 15 June 2018

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The scintillating scoring of the previous day's Lonsdale Cup was in evidence once more 24 hours later, when the players at County Armagh Golf Club again cruelly dismantled the challenge of a course rendered vulnerable to low rounds by the simply sublime golfing conditions.

On 3 June, Henry Lyttle contradicted his surname to record a rather large 44-point total that left him two clear at the top of the leaderboard in a stableford event sponsored by King Bros Quarry.

Playing off a 21 handicap, Henry registered seven pars on the way out, which meant that he had banked a mammoth 24 points by half-time. The 20-point back nine that followed was characterised more by understated excellence, as pars at the 15th and 18th put the icing on his Sunday Stableford cake, with an added sweetener coming in the shape of a three-shot handicap reduction.

Henry Lyttle, winner of the recent King Bros Quarry competition at County Armagh Golf Club, is presented with his prize by sponsor, Robert King. Also pictured are Club Captain, Colm Shannon, and other prizewinners (L-R) Colin Clarke, Jarlath McReynolds, Caolan Doyle, Danny Maxwell and Kieran Grimes.

A couple of points adrift of Lyttle and assuming second position overall for the second day in a row was that man Jarlath McReynolds, who matched his Lonsdale sub-par antics with another gross 67 here.

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Last Updated: 14 June 2018

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Senior Open Stableford

1st Eamon Connolly     40 points

2nd Johnny Palmer      39 points

3rd Ian Millar                37 points (back 9)

Open Stableford

1st Roger Duggan       39 points (back 9)

2nd Paul Kelly             39 points

3rd Lee Campbell       38 points (back 9)

Prize vouchers can be collected from the Pro Shop.

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Last Updated: 14 June 2018

The Lonsdale Open represents one of the most prestigious and eagerly anticipated events on the County Armagh Golf Club fixture list, and the historic Lonsdale Cup is arguably the most coveted piece of silverware the club has to offer.

In the stroke competition sponsored by Armagh City Hotel on 2 June, then, the Lonsdale was granted its due reverence and respect by both the heavenly weather and the stunning scoring among 189 hopeful contenders. And heading up that field to be crowned a most worthy 2018 Lonsdale Champion was Ed Hughes, who returned a breathtaking nett 61.

Four consecutive pars from the 5th to the 8th helped Ed to reach the turn in 39 strokes, which was three under his then 16 handicap. Even better was to follow, however, as birdies at the 12th and 13th, which nestled nicely among his pars at the 10th, 11th, 14th and 15th, meant that Hughes was just three over par with three holes left to play. Hughes's 5, 5, 6 climax from there was understandably jittery, but it couldn't prevent his romping to Lonsdale triumph with a fantastic gross 77 that also clips his handicap to 13.

County Armagh Golf Club Captain, Colm Shannon, and Barry Donaghy, representing Armagh City Hotel, present the Lonsdale Cup to champion, Ed Hughes. Also pictured are other prizewinners (L-R) Rónan O'Reilly, Tom Fox, Jarlath McReynolds, Shea Brady, John Maguire and Peter McParland.

Next to Ed in the Saturday pecking order was the red-hot Jarlath McReynolds, who negotiated the city course in just 67 hits. McReynolds's mastery was particularly evident during a three-under-par homeward dander, yet this nett 63 and overall runner-up award was to constitute only the first phase of a highly satisfying weekend's work.

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Last Updated: 12 June 2018

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