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Club Stroke sponsored by Deansbridge Filling Station

1st Mervyn Watts 39pts

2nd Ronan O'Reilly 38pts

Category 1 (0-12)

1st Paddy Duffy 37pts

2nd G Hughes 37pts

Category 2 (13-18)

1st Fergal McKinney 38pts

2nd Eamon McVeigh 37pts

Category 3 (19-28)

1st Peter Murtagh 37pts

2nd Paul Hughes 35pts

Presentation of prizes will take place on Sat 4th June @ 10.00 pm.

Mervyn's a sixty winner

Mervyn Watts is proof that age is no barrier when it comes to winning golf competitions.

Just recently he celebrated his 60th birthday and on Sunday he won the Deansbridge Filling Station sponsored Stableford competition with 39 points. An excellent 19 points from the front nine holes was bettered by a further 20 on the back nine and Mervyn had the prize in the bag.

Ronan O'Reilly, who won last week's club stableford with 43 points, scored five less this week but still picked up the runners up prize with 38 points. Again it was an improvement from 18 to 20 points front and back respectively which won it for Ronan.

In Category 1 Paddy Duffy finished his round unlike the previous day, to take the first prize with 38 points, and G Hughes was runner up with 37.

Category 2 was won by Fergal McKinney with 38 points, recording an impressive 21 points over the front nine holes and 17 on the back. And just a point behind picking up the runners up prize was Eamon McVeigh with 37 points.

Peter Murtagh had an even better front nine holes recording 22 points but with just a further 15 over the back nine, had to settle for the Category 3 first prize with 37 points. And 34 points won JP Hughes the runners up prize.

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32 pairs played

1st R Calvert & M Knott 39pts

2nd E Brady & V Gordon 35pts

3rd J Humphries & J Steenson 34pts

Winning pair go forward to Royal County Down on Monday the 8th August 2011

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1st Pat McKenna 38pts

2nd Paul Doyle 37pts

Front Nine: Oisin Toner 23pts

Back Nine: Damied Smith 19pts

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71 Ladies Played CSS 71

1st Fionnuala Quinn 66nett

2nd Francis Davidson 69nett

3rd Sheila Stinson 69nett

Cat A G Rafferty 74

Cat B P Vallely 69

Cat C D Murphy 69

Cat D M Clarke 74

Back Nine E Morton 33.5

Front Nine H Mc Laughlin 32

Par Lady Marion Watts 75

36er Augusta Jennings 77

Birdies G Rafferty @ 14th, P Vallely @ 13th, F Quinn @ 9th & G Steed @ 6th

Handicap Reductions

F Quinn 32-29,C Corrigan 21-20, F Davidson 18-17, P Vallely 19-18, D Murphy 25-24, S Stinson 36-35, S Donnelly 22-21

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Junior Cowdy have 'Art' knocked out of them

Art McCrory's Junior Cowdy team put up a spirited fightback against Omagh Golf Club but sadly exited the competition after losing by just two holes in Sunday's first round second leg play-off at County Armagh.

Three matches and four holes down after the first leg at Omagh two weeks previous, McCrory recurited four new faces for the home match. And it almost proved a successful move. The County Armagh team won three matches 2 & 1 to overturn the deficit but the fourth match was sadly lost 4 & 3.

Ironically that losing partnership, team captain Art McCrory and Gary Lappin, had been the County Armagh team's only winners at Omagh. Stephen Weir and Gerry Kelly, Tony Fagan and Club Vice-Captain Brendan Smith, Brendan Lynch and Gerry Doyle all lost in that away leg.

They had it all to do on the home leg and in a spirited fighback by Gerry Doyle and Gerry Kelly, new recruits Alan Magwood and Richard Stewart, Dudley Marjoram and Tim Teehan each chalked up wins. Unfortunately McCrory and Lappin couldn't find the winning form they had enjoyed at Omagh and lost the fourth match 4 & 3. Omagh won by two holes.

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1st Ronan O'Reilly 43pts

2nd Niall McGeown 38pts

Category 1

1st Ryan McVeigh 37pts

2nd Jerome Leer 35pts

Category 2

1st TA Nesbitt 37pts

2nd Paul Kelly 35pts

Category 3

1st Hugh McAneaney 34pts

2nd Brendan Lynch 34pts

Ronan rolls up for stableford win

Ronan O'Reilly chalked up 43 points to win the Club Stableford on Sunday. And he was five points clear of the rest of the field on the day.

Opening with five pars in a row, Ronan had 22 points on his card by the half-way stage. And with a further three pars and a birdie four at the par five 12th hole, he added another 21 points for an untouchable 43 points.

In-form Niall McGeown came closest to Ronan with 38 points, recording 19 over the front nine and 19 on the return trek, to take the runners up prize.

However, Ryan McVeigh will know a double bogey six at the last hole cost him that runners up prize. His 37 points still secured him Category One's winning prize. Jerome Leer was two points adrift and picked up the category's runner up prize.

Alec Nesbitt too had a tale of woe to tell - no scores at the 15th and 16th holes and with 37 points had to settle for runners up in Category 2 where Paul Kelly's 35 points - 21 from the front nine and 14 from the back - earned him second.

Hugh McEneaney, a winner the previous day, continued his winning form for the Category 3 first prize with 34 points beating Brendan Lynch, also recording 34 points, on countback.

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Ryan McVeigh is presented with the Bankers Cup by County Armagh Golf Club Captain Tom Calvert after winning the Northern Banking Business sponsored stroke competition. Included also are (from left) category prizewinners Gary Lappin, Winston Gordon, Conal Hamill, Darren Hughes, Noel Murtagh and Gerry McCreesh.

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The Clarke Decorate Mixed Foursomes

1st Brian Hughes & Moya Brady 64.5nett

2nd Paul Doyle & Teresa Corrigan 66.5nett (back nine countback)

3rd Andrew & Gail Steed 66.5nett

4th Nicky & Cathy Daly 68.5nett

County Armagh Golf Club’s first Mixed Foursomes competition of the year, sponsored by Clarke Decorate, Armagh, was won by Moya Brady and Brian Hughes pictured centre with Club Captain Tom Calvert. Included also are other prize-winners Paul Doyle and Teresa Corrigan, Andrew and Gail Steed and Nicky and Cathy Daly

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1st Kenny Edgar 42pts

2nd Martin Kelly 41pts

Front Nine: Oisin Toner 23pts (winning on back 6 countback)

Back Nine: Kyle Johnston 23pts

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73 ladies participated in this competition which was very generously sponsored by V Mone of Keady.

The CSS 73

1st Catherine Corrigan 38pts

2nd Patricia Hughes 37pts

3rd Fionnula Quinn 36pts

Gross June Humphries 24 Gross pts

Cat A Francis Davidson 34pts

Cat B Flo Mc Call 35pts

Cat C Anne Mc Donald 36pts

Cat D Sylvis Ashe 36pts

Front 9 Colette Mc Aleavey 20pts

Back 9 Hilary Johnston 21pts

Par Lady Eilish Grimes 32pts

36ers Joy Steenson 33pts

Birdies M Conway @ 7th, M Compston @ 7th, R Grimley @ 7th, P Vallely @ 7th. H Johnston @ 14th, C Corrigan @ 17th

Reductions

C Corrigan 22 to 21

A Mc Donald 28 to 27

P Hughes 32 to 30

F Quinn 33 to 32

S Ashe 36 to 35

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Prize-giving for the weekly competitions at County Armagh Golf Club will take place each Saturday at 6.30pm.

And Club Captain Tom Calvert has appealed to ALL prizewinners of each of the weekly competitions to attend the short presentations.

He said: "It is hoped this new time for prize-giving will suit all our prize winners. This is an opportunity for all to recognise the acheivements of individuals and for prize winners to celebrate their awards in the company of fellow club members.

"Competition Sponors are always invited to attend our presentations and it is important that appreciation is shown for their support of all competitions.

"I would appeal to all our prize-winners to please attend the presentations, to collect their prizes and celebrate their success."

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1st Niall McGeown nett 65

2nd Mark Frazer nett 66

Category 1

1st Niall Brady nett 68

2nd Brain Hughes nett 68

Category 2

1st Declan McReynolds nett 69

2nd Kieran Campbell nett 70

Category 3

1st Terry Hamilton nett 68

2nd Richard Stewart nett 71

Best Gross: Craig Talbot 73

County Armagh Golf Club Captain Tom Calvert is pictured with May Medal competition winners (from left) Richard Stewart, Brian Hughes, Niall McGeown and Declan McReynolds.

Niall untouchable for May Medal win

Niall McGeown booked his place in the Club Championship after winning the May Medal on Sunday with an untouchable nett 65 score.

Swirling breezes made for difficult conditions throughout the qualifier, but Niall's steady scoring secured the coveted medal prize. Four over after nine holes, Niall used up just a further three shots of a his 12 handicap over the back nine. A birdie three at the course's most difficult 16th hole surely signalled a prize on the day.

Mark Frazer picked up second prize with a superb 66 off his 11 handicap. He was four over after nine holes and in similar fashion to Niall, used up just a further three shots of his handicap on the homeward trek. He too had a birdie - at the par five 12th hole.

Missed putts cost Master Niall Brady on his steady-scoring round but he still secured first prize in Category 1 with a nett 68. Brian Hughes' triple bogey at the last hole was even more costlier but he took the runners up prize in the same category with a nett 68.

Late-finishing Declan McReynolds picked up first prize in Category 2 with a nett 69 and Kieran Campbell, despite a triple bogey at the 8th hole, took the runner-up prize.

In Category 3 it was Terry Hamilton who emerged the winner with a nett 69 and Richard Stewart crept in for second prize with a nett 71, the highlight of his round birdie twos at the 11th and 15th holes.

Craig Talbot deservedly took the Gross Prize with a gross 73. He was one under after nine holes and but for two double bogeys at the last two holes it could even have been even better.

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