Rockmount ladies the Cowdy queens

Rockmount ladies the Cowdy queens

19 September 2012

ROCKMOUNT Golf Club ladies won the prestigious Cowdy Cup at Lisburn Golf Club when they beat Killymoon in the final.

Captain Lorraine Toolan picked her strongest team of Maureen Entwistle, Barbara Fleet, Jan Lindsay, Noreen Mikhael, Leonie Power and Dianne Patterson.

After nine holes Rockmount had secured five of the available six points. Barbara, Jan and Leonie went on to secure the necessary points to win the cup with Noreen and Dianne also leading in their matches when they were called in.

The recent men’s past captain’s competition was won by Dougie Fairweather with a 12 hole total of 24 points, second was Eric Chambers (23 points) and third was Robert Patterson (23 points).

The ladies’ trophy was won by Leonie Power with a 12 hole score of 26 points with Norma Devenney in second place with 25 points and in third place was Daphne Beggs with 23 points.

The September Medal competition was won in a stretch by Sean Lawell (18) who shot 86 for a nett 68. Second was Michael White (10) with a nett 69. Third and fourth both had nett 70,s Kevin Smylie (13) was third and Warren Burnside (5) was fourth. Colin Childs (12) was fifth with a nett 71. Warren Burnside’s gross score of 75 was also the lowest gross over the two days.

The Autumn Open Week stroke competition, sponsored by Copytext NI and Andrew Morris Golf, was won by Michael Mahood (9) who won with a nett score of 67.

Roger Heasley (18) took second place with a score of nett 67. In third place was Charles Kerlin (22) with nett 68 and in fourth place was Colin McNeill (17) also with a nett 68. The lowest gross score was 75 by Jonny Patterson (4).

The open mixed greensomes competition was won by Robert and Dianne Patterson who stole the show with an unprecedented score of 47 points. Their nearest challengers were Gordon Goodfellow and Christine Martin who scored a creditable 41 points and in third place another husband and wife pairing, Gordon and Alwyn Higham who scored 40 points.

Keith Baker (8) with 35 points won the open stableford competition from Colin Tang (22) with 32 points and Roy Armstrong (11) won the open seniors with 35 points with John Haycock (19) second with 30 points.

Rockmount Enterprises sponsored the stableford competition and it was won by Peter Coffey with a score of 42 points. In second place was Jerry McWilliams who scored 41 points.