John strolls to Leisure-ly victory in Raceview competition

The 13-handicapper played the front nine in one over gross, which equated to 23 points, including birdies on the sixth and ninth.

Another birdie at the last hole helped him to a further 22 points on the way back.

Despite bogeying four of the six par threes on the course, he was a clear winner by three points.

Second place went to Ryan Hamill (19) with 42 points and on a better second nine from David Mulholland.

Ryan got off to a superb start with a birdie at the opening hole and another birdie at the fifth helped him to a total of 22 points for the opening nine holes.

He added another 20 points on the second nine - which included a setback at the 15th, where he failed to score - and that was one more than Mulholland managed over the second nine.

David, off 10, was through the first nine in level par for 23 points, including back-to-back birdies at six and seven.

Two more birdies followed on the back nine at 13 and 16 but he lost out big time with a ‘ding’ at the last hole, leaving him on 19 points on the homeward journey.

Fourth nett was Roy Warwick who posted 41 points from his handicap of 19, which contained a non-score on the par three second. Against that he had a birdie on the eighth which was worth four points on its own.

Fifth nett went to Michael Smyth who played the course in 70 shots, which equated to 39 points and on a better second nine from fellow five-handicapper Paul Darragh.

Smyth had birdies at the first and ninth as he totalled 19 points for the front nine, while he added a further 20 points from a back nine composed of eight pars and a bogey.

Gary Black (3) returned the best gross score with a level par round of 68 shots, with the final eight holes being played in six pars plus birdies at the 13th and 17th.

SUNDAY OPEN

The Sunday open stableford event was dominated by the Horner family as dad George won the first nett prize, while son Cameron took the best gross prize.

George, off 14, recovered from a double bogey on the first hole to score 41 points, 21 of them on the front nine.

Second nett prize was won by M Surgenor, from Galgorm Castle, with a total of 39 points.

Nine-handicapper Cameron Horner won best gross with a round of 76 strokes from two equal nines of 38.

LADIES

Jacqui Brown was the leading qualifier in the Gentlemans Cup, last week’s competition in the ladies Section.

She went round in 83 shots to take one of the eight qualifying places on offer in the unique competition which sees the two best gross rounds and the six best nett scores all progress to the next stage.

Jacqui was accompanied by Frances O’Rawe (92) in the gross standings, while the following secured the six nett places: Liz Small (72), Nan Adrain (74), Marbeth Scott (74), Roisin Quigley (75), Norma Richardson (75) and Teresa Kelly (78).