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1st P Richards 44points

2nd L King 43points

0-12 Category

1st B Walker 40points (on countback)

2nd M Gill 40points

13-18 Category

1st M Stevenson 40points

2nd I Millar 40points

19-28 Category

1st G Lappin 41points

2nd S Weir 40 points

Happy Easter for Philip

A par-four finish had Philip Richards celebrating at Easter - it guaranteed him top prize in County Armagh Golf Club's Easter Stableford competition.

Philip returned 44 points to take the honours ahead of Leo King who almost certainly lost out with a 'no-score' at the 10th hole.

In ideal golfing conditions Philip's was a consistent round - 22points over both front and back nines - and even with 'dings' at the 7th and 15th holes he was still to finish ahead of the pack. But it was the par at the last which he will say ultimately clinched the prize for him ahead of Leo who bogeyed the hole.

Basil Walker headed the category prizes claiming first prize among the low handicappers with a superb 40 points, although it was on countback that he pushed Michael Gill - also on 40 points - into second place. Michael no doubt, will not want reminding of his 24 points on the front nine. 

Mark Stevenson marked his return to the course after a year out by winning Category 2 with 40 points, also on countback. Ian Millar came closest and he too had 24 points on the front nine.

Gary Lappin's 41 points earned him first prize in Category 3, and that included a 'ding' at the 17th. Runner up was Stephen Weir with 40 points from a round which included 'no-scores' at the first, eighth and 15th holes.

Conor McGurgan for a second consecutive week, picked up the Gross Prize with 72.

Meanwhile, in Portugal Johnny Palmer, who is 'on tour' with Roy Turner, David Baird and Alan Johnston, returned 45 points - one for the Handicap Convenor to consider perhaps! 

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Last Updated: 24 April 2011

1st B Jolly 42points

2nd J Lowe 42points

3rd J Conlon 41points

4th D McKee 41points

5th S Stevenson 40points

Basil tastes sweet success

Basil Jolly's weekly tipple willl have tasted of sweet success as he celebrated winning the Easter Sunday Stableford competition at County Armagh.

His 42 points was the winning score, amassed with 18 and an excellent 24 points respectively over front and back nines.

John Lowe was his nearest rival with 42points, J Conlon, a 6-handicapper, knocked in four birdies - at 2,7,8 and 17, to claim third prize with 41points and Danny McKee with 24 points front nine and 17 back nine,with a 'no-score' at 16, picked up fourth prize.

Stewart Stevenson too was in birdie form at the 6th, 12th, 17th and 18th holes to deservedly make his way onto the prize list with 40 points.

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Last Updated: 24 April 2011

The Marie Curie Classic was very generously sponsored by Rices Supermarket of Keady. 76 valiant ladies played in superb conditions and in glorious sunshine.

First Place Lady Captain Barbara Gartland & Teresa Mc Veigh 45pts

Second Catherine Corrigan/Rea Haughey 44pts

Third Paula Mc Crory/ Hilary Johnston 43pts.

Fourth Geraldine Rafferty/Brigid Gribben 42pts.

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Last Updated: 21 April 2011

1st Winston Gordon 45pts

2nd Paddy Darragh 44pts

Front Nine - Kieran Mullan 23pts (on countback)

Back Nine - Paul Doyle 23pts (on countback)

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Last Updated: 19 April 2011

1st Winston Gordon 45pts

2nd Paddy Darragh 44pts

Front Nine - Kieran Mullan 23pts (on countback)

Back Nine - Paul Doyle 23pts (on countback)

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Last Updated: 19 April 2011

1st Neil Monaghan 62nett

2nd Brian Loney 63nett

3rd Colm Shannon 66nett

4th Declan McKee 67nett

5th Paddy Darragh 67nett  

Neil gets it right at second attempt

There was no repeat of the previous day's triple bogey start and finish to his round for Neil Monaghan who romped to first prize in Sunday's Club Stroke competition with a super nett 62.

He opened with a par and closed with a birdie three and with a level par back nine was always going to be one better than his runners up placing from Saturday.

Brain Loney chased him all the way and with a nett 63 could be forgiven for thinking he had it in the bag only to find out it wasn't enough.

Colm Shannon will rue so many dropped shots over the front nine - he was just two over the back nine - but with a nett 66 he still picked up third prize for his efforts.

Declan McKee's mixed bag earned him fourth prize with a nett 67 and it was his better back nine which pushed Paday Darragh with a nett 67 back into fifth place.

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Last Updated: 19 April 2011

1st Darren Hughes nett 64

2nd Neil Monaghan nett 66

Category 1 (0-12)

1st Mark Loughran nett 67

2nd Barry McGurgan nett 68

Category 2 (13-18)

1st Gareth Frizell nett 66

2nd Eamon O'Hagan nett 67

Category 3 (19-28)

1st Dr Gary O'Reilly nett 66

2nd Ian Ritchie nett 67

Best Gross

Conor McGurgan 72

Hughes keeps on winning track

Even from the white competition markers, there seems no stopping Darren Hughes.

The 10-handicapper picked up first prize for a second consecutive week in Saturday's club stroke competition with a superb 64 nett score.

After an unsteady start with shots dropped at the first and second holes, Darren settled into some par scoring - although he did drop another shot at the difficult fifth hole. This was however, well recovered with a birdie four at the 10th and with just a further two shots dropped at 14 and 15 his consistency was to be deservedly rewarded with first prize.

Two triple bogeys at the first and last holes ultimately denied Neil Monaghan the winning score. After a lacklustre front nine Neil got it together for the back nine where he recorded consecutive birdies at the par three 11th and par five 12th holes. And with a sprinkiling of pars he finished with a nett 66 to claim the runners up prize.

In Category 1 Mark Loughran was the player in form winning with a nett 67. Just one over after nine holes, his back nine was to include an eagle three at the par five 12th hole, and but for dropped shots at the 11th, 15th, 17th and 18th holes it might have been Mark picking up the top prize. Barry McGurgan was runner up in this category with a nett 68, his round including a birdie at the 12th hole.

In Cateogry 2 Gareth Frizell claimed the prize with an impressive nett 66, birdies at the sixth and eighth holes pushing Eamon O'Hagan into runners up spot with a nett 67.

And in Category 3 it was Gary O'Reilly who picked up first prize with a nett 66, with Ian Ritchie runner up with an excellent nett 67.

Conor McGurgan won the Gross Prize with a superb 72.

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Last Updated: 19 April 2011

Men

1st D Sommerville 41pts

2nd D Maxwell 41pts

3rd C McElroy 40pts

Ladies

1st T McVeigh 41pts

2nd S Ashe 38pts

3rd A Attwell 38pts

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Last Updated: 15 April 2011

65 Ladies took part in the April Charity Medal which was very generously sponsored by the Northern Bank.. The weather was kind to all draws and the scores reflected this.

1st Teresa Mc Veigh nett 64

2nd Kathleen Mallon nett 65

3rd Angel O Reilly nett 67

Gross Lady Captain Barbara Gartland Gross 75

Cat A Paula Mc Crory nett 69

Cat B Una Cullinane nett 68

Cat C Anne Mc Grath Nett 68

Cat D mary Black nett 69

Back 9 Elizabeth Mawhinney nett 36

Front 9 Dorothy Harris Nett 30

Par Lady Ronnie Toal nett 72

Birdies T Mc Veigh @ 1st & 18th, B Gartland @ 2nd & 4th, P Mc Crory @ 6th & 14th, B Hamilton @11th, E Brady @ 12th, V Gordon @ 4th

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Last Updated: 14 April 2011

1st Leo King 43pts

2nd Eamon O'Hagan 42pts

Front Nine: Michael McGuirk 23pts

Back Nine: Kenny Edgar 21pts

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Last Updated: 12 April 2011

1st Brian Loney 46pts

2nd Kenny Richardson 46pts

3rd Declan McKee 44pts

4th Basil Jolly 43pts

5th George Gillespie 42pts

Big scoring Brian's a winner

In any club stableford 46 points is an impressive winning score, but throw in a 'no-score' at a hole and there's no doubting it could have been even more impressive.  

Brian Loney returned that superb score in Sunday's club stableford with a winning round which included two birdie twos - at 11 and 13 - and a string of pars stretching into double figures. His 'no-score' was at the sixth hole but 46 points was always going to be enough to take the top prize.

Kenny Richardson's round was a virtual blueprint copy - ten pars, a 'no-score' at the 10th hole a birdie two at the third hole - but he still managed to amass 46 points and was beaten only by Brian's better back nine.

Consistent scoring at every hole to record 44 points desevedly secured third prize for Declan McKee. Basil Jolly, with 43 points, was denied a top three finish with a triple bogey at the last but will be delighted with fourth prize, while George Gillespie claimed a double share of the Twos Pot with birdies at the third and 13th holes boosting his fifth-place prize money.

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Last Updated: 12 April 2011

1st Darren Hughes 61nett

2nd Joe McKenna 63nett

Category 1

1st G Hughes 65nett

2nd George Bradshaw 66nett

Caregory 2

1st Pat J Toner 64nett

2nd Brian Loney 64nett

Category 3

1st Eamon Mallon 65nett

2nd Brian Liddy 66nett

County Armagh Golf Club Competitions Convenor Davy Baird celebrated a hole-in-one during Saturday's Club Stroke competition. His 8-iron shot to the par three 11th bounced just short of the pin before rolling up the sloping green to find the hole

Darren hits rich vein of form

Darren Hughes is fast emerging as the golfer in form at County Armagh as the season gets up and running.

After a category win last week with a nett 65 in the CP McNabb Trophy, he claimed the top prize in the week-end's Club Stroke competition with a superb nett 61.

Darren began his round with a dropped shot at the first hole but this was quickly recovered with a bridie three at the second, and after adding a further birdie three at the fifth hole, it was par golf all the way to the turn. That superb from continued on the homeward trek with par after par recorded until the difficult 16th where he dropped only his second shot of the day. And although he finished in the same way he began, with a dropped shot at the last, Darren's nett score 61 was always going to be untouchable.

Joe McKenna was his nearest rival and on any other day his nett 63 might have taken the top prize. He was just six over at the turn and with some consistent scoring and a birdie three at the 18th hole he was deserving indeed of his runners up prize.

G Hughes led the category prizewinners with a nett 65, a birdie three the highlight of his round and George Bradshaw was runner up in the same category with a nett 66. He had a birdie foour at the 10th hole.

In Category Two Pat J Toner rattled in birdies at the second and third holes on his way to a category winning nett 64, and Brian Loney claimed a double share of the Twos pot with bridies at the second and seventh holes as he returned a nett 64 also for the runners up prize.

Eamon Mallon's consistency throughout his round earned him the Category Three top prize with a nett 65 and Brian Liddy was his runner up with a nett 66.

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Last Updated: 11 April 2011