Henry’s brace wins Barbour Cup

The final event of Open Week was sponsored by Lyle and Scott. At the short fourth he hit a seven iron to six feet for his first birdie two. His second came at the sixth where his six iron tee shot finished 20 feet from the flag and again the putt dropped. He went out in level par 36 but started the back nine with four bogeys. A birdie four at 14 and pars at 16 and 18 gave him a back nine of 40. After missing the final green, he holed from 20 feet for his best ever score at Lisburn (76) for a nett 63 and a handicap reduction to 10.

Iain Murphy (13) finished three strokes behind in second place despite a six at 17. Christian Kennedy (6) drove into the trees at 17 and ran up a seven. He still managed third place with a nett 67. Ricky Leathem, Neil Patton, Colin Hill and Keith Sterritt finished on nett 68. On count back Colin was placed fourth with Ricky fifth.

Chris Moulds had the best gross with an excellent round of 69. Ryan Symington was second on 72.

Congratulations to Thomas Jeffers who finished his round with a hole in one. His four iron shot landed in the middle of the green, bounced twice and ran straight into the cup.

At the prize giving on Saturday night, Lisburn Captain, Roy Stewart, said that Open week had been a great success. He was delighted to welcome competitors from over 40 different clubs in Ulster . The sponsors had been very generous with their prizes and he hoped the members would support them. With the inclement weather, the green keepers had done a magnificent job in keeping the course open and it was at its best for Saturday’s Hilden Cup which attracted over 250 entries. He thanked Peter Cairns for the many hours spent in the competitions office analysing the results.

Open Week results: (Lisburn members unless mentioned)

Monday, Mens Stableford (under 60s) Sponsored by Luce Balloons
1st Gareth Conn 39pts, 2nd Stuart Leeburn 39pts, 3rd Christopher Dalrymple 39pts (Galgorm Castle)

Seniors, Sponsored by Northern Bank, 1st Wally Killiner (21) 36 pts, 2nd Vincent Lynagh (8) 36 pts, (Fortwilliam), 3rd William Allen (19) 35pts (Down Royal)

Tuesday, Ladies Stableford, Sponsored by Laganview Golf Centre.

1st Derdrie Bones (Rockmount), 2nd Valerie Reid (Gracehill), 3rd Hazel McNally.

Wednesday Stableford, Sponsored by Draynes Farms. 1st Ciaran Lyness (21) 41 pts, 2nd Sydney Pepper (31) 38 pts, (Banbridge) 3rd Colin Smyth (8) 36 pts Gross, Garth Conn

Thursday Stableford, Sponsored by Openwork 1st Gavin Lavery (16) 40 pts (Spa), 2nd Michael Scott (9) 39 pts, (Tandragee), 3rd Philip Sanaghan (17) 39 pts. Gross Barry Fitzsimmons (Downpatrick)

Friday Stableford, Sponsored by Hutton tiles. 1st Chris Spence (11) 44 pts, 2nd Sep Zwahlen (19) 42 pts, 3rd Trevor Murphy (5) 40 pts, 4th David Gregg (15) 40 pts,

Gross, 1st Jordan Patmore 2nd Barry Fitzsimmons (Downpatrick)

The Council defeated the Juveniles in the annual match.

In the first leg of the Holt Shield semi-final, Lisburn had a narrow 3 -2 victory over Malone with Stuart Campbell winning 7 and 5, Bryan Heatherington winning 2up and Neil Law victorious on the 14th green.

Lisburn won the Jack Craig mixed foursomes competition at Rockmount with David Armstrong and Daphne Houston leading the way with 39 points.