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A strong and bustling 170-man field competed gamely for County Armagh Golf Club's historic Hirsch Cup on 28 April but no one was a match for eventual champion, Patrick Brannigan.

A ragged spell of four dropped shots in as many holes immediately before the turn was Brannigan's only genuine wobble as, elsewhere in the event sponsored by Netstretch Internet Services, he gave his rivals little reason for hope.

A birdie at the 6th was the highlight of a winning round that also featured a streak of four consecutive pars on the way out and another six in a row on the back nine.

The heavy ground and penal rough continues to result in largely conservative scoring across the board, so this was a terrific performance from Patrick.

He would ultimately sign for a terrific nett 66 that, in addition to putting some silverware on the mantelpiece early in the season, returns the Ulster Cup stalwart to single-figure handicap status.

Hirsch Cup winner, Patrick Brannigan, is presented with the trophy by Cormac Knott from Netstretch Internet Services, competition sponsors. Also pictured are County Armagh Golf Club Captain, Colm Shannon, and other prizewinners Shea Smyth, Brian Hughes and Brian Cleland.

The overall runner-up position also had a popular occupant in the shape of Brian Hughes. The former planning officer plotted his way around the course to great effect and finished just one shot back from Brannigan.

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Club Stableford Results

1st Dean Chambers 37pts (back nine)

2nd Paul Traynor 37pts (back six)

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1st Caolan Doyle 37pts

2nd Philip Russell 36pts (back nine)

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1st Desmond Kinsella 35pts (back nine)

2nd Ed Hughes 35pts

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1st Kevin Smyth 36pts

2nd Paul Hughes 31pts

Best Gross John Maguire 33pts

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Bumblebee Cup - Results

Sponsored by: Victoria Bar

1st Paul Donnelly nett 61

2nd Paul Pender nett 65

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1st Jonathan McKnight nett 69

2nd Neil Linton nett 70 (back three)

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1st Jonathan Doherty nett 71 (back nine)

2nd Desmond Cassidy nett 71

Category 3

1st Eamon Connolly nett 70

2nd Stephen Miller nett 72

Best Gross Philip Kelly gross 70

Presentation of the Bumblebee Cup will take place on Saturday 12th May @6:00pm.  All prize winners are expected to attend

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1st Shea Smyth 41points

2nd Kevin McElvanna 36points (back nine)

3rd joe rooney 36points

Sen. Open

1st John Lowe 35pts(back nine)

2nd Gerry Cullen 35pts

3rd don McKee 32pts

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Created: 03 May 2018

The first Sunday qualifier of County Armagh Golf Club's 2018 campaign yielded a deserving winner in the shape of stormin' Norman Mallon.

Playing on 22 April, Mallon reached the turn in 44 blows before three pars on the way home enabled him to complete the back nine in the same number.

This was a day when, underfoot, the soft ground was offering little run, and, overhead, there was the customary stiff breeze. So, any decent return would necessarily be hard-earned. Norman's marvellous nett 67 was especially pleasing, therefore, and also seals for him a satisfying one-stroke handicap cut.

County Armagh's 17th Hole: par 4, Fairy Thorn

A single shot back and closest to Mallon in the overall standings was Stephen Catterall on nett 68. Catterall reeled off no fewer than 11 pars amid his high-quality gross 78, and this prolific prize-gatherer has been rendered a single-figure handicapper by virtue of his latest skilful display.

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The April Medal is always a much-anticipated item on the County Armagh Golf Club fixture list, signifying as it does the beginning of the fully competitive season.

With the white markers in place for the first time, handicaps subject to fluctuation once more as a result, and the format stroke rather than stableford (the staple of winter golfing exchanges), it was all systems go on Saturday 21 April. Indeed, even the sun made a rare appearance to provide extra gloss to the tournament sponsored by S Millar & Son Painters and Decorators.

And all of the aforementioned conditions seemed to galvanize Adam Cromwell, who clinched the first Medal of 2018. The towering youngster did so in some style too, firing a superb level-par gross 70 on a day when a blustery wind made scoring far from straightforward.

Four birdies, including a purple patch of three in five holes from the 2nd to the 6th, helped Adam to the dominant position of two under par with three to play before a couple of shots were ceded over the notorious closing stretch. It all added up to a peerless nett 65, which means a no doubt welcome handicap clip from five to four and represents an accomplished launch of Cromwell's qualifying campaign.

Adam Cromwell is presented with County Armagh Golf Club's April Medal by Club Captain, Colm Shannon. Also pictured are Andrew Millar (second from left) representing competition sponsors, S Millar & Son Painters and Decorators, and other prizewinners (L-R) Kevin McElvanna, Shea Smyth and Stephen Nugent.

Kevin McElvanna enjoyed a highly promising maiden year at County Armagh Golf Club in 2017, and he looks eager to carry on that good form this term.

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Club Stableford - Sunday 29th April

1st Brian McGrady 38pts (back six)

2nd Stephen Moloney 38pts (back nine)

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1st Andrew Conn 38pts

2nd Noel Murtagh 37pts

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1st Sean McAnenly 37pts

2nd Noel Loye 36pts

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1st Dwayne Houston 36pts

2nd Paul McKeown 35pts

Best Gross Stewart Stevenson 34pts

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Results - Hirsh Cup - Saturday 28th April

Sponsored by:- Netstretch Limited

1st Patrick Brannigan nett 66

2nd Brian Hughes nett 67

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1st Tom Fox nett 68 (back nine)

2nd Shea Smyth 68 (back nine)

Category 2

1st Brian Cleland nett 68

2nd Miceal McParland nett 69 (back nine)

Category 3

1st Norman Mallon nett 68

2nd Brian Rafferty net 70

Best Gross Philip Kelly gross 70

Prizegiving Sunday 6th May @ 6:00pm.  All prize winners are requested to attend

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