Weekly Email
Dear Member
Seniors AGM & Annual Dinner
On Thursday 6th December the Stableford Competition had to be cancelled due to the very wet and windy conditions but 54 members of the section attended the evening AGM and Annual Dinner. Following the presentation of this year’s competition trophy winners Bandit of the Year was awarded to Nick Ingram and the Bill Kirke Green Lamp for the highest number of wins/half’s in matches against other clubs during the year was awarded Tony (Gog) Jones.
During the evening raffle ticket sales and auction raised £910.00 which the section have kindly donated towards the juniors Portugal trip in January 2019
Marchog to Morgado fundraisng…thanks from the Junior section….
On Friday 7th December 44 members and guests attended the Tarde Tex-Mex evening as a fundraising event to send our juniors to Morgado.
Guest were welcomed by a selection of the juniors with Salsa and Chips and the juniors also helped the catering team with meal service and did a great job. Catrina Thomas and her band of helpers sold raffle tickets, arranged the Evans Skit and a Mexican themed quiz.
The event was organised by Stewart Evans and wife Jan who on the night went by the names of El Bandito and Consuela!! The highlight of the evening was them performing their version of the Mexican smooth……yes that is them, see picture. A huge thank you to them both from the junior section for their superb efforts.
The pick of the raffle prizes was won by Cliff Webb who was very pleased with his Penderyn Whiskey Julia Webb and her team beat Tracy Waring and tea to win the quiz on a tie break killer question and got to enjoy the Champagne prize.
Sandy and Martin did a fantastic job with the Mexican food and the evening raised £454.00 for the Marchog to Morgado fund.
Thank you to everyone who attended ensuring that our juniors have every opportunity in January 2019 in Portugal representing the club and of course Wales.
Knights AGM & Presentation Evening
Last Sunday the section held their annual Captain vs Vice-Captain greensome match play event the result of which was honours ever 1½-1½. The match was followed by their AGM & Presentation Evening which saw Captain Carwyn Evans give his annual report, present prizes and then hand a Captains tie to 2019 Captain Brett Walker who announced that 2019 Vice-Captain will be John Boreham. In addition President Fred Steel’s two years in office came to an end and Carwyn announced that Ryan Bowen has accepted the role for the next two years.
The section would like to thank Carwyn for his excellent work this season in uniting the section after a period of turbulence and for his leadership with the team securing second place in the league. Well done Carwyn and thank you to all who attended this event.
Last Week’s Results Thursday: Seniors Individual Stapleford - cancelled due to inclement weather. Saturday: Knights Shield 2 - cancelled due to inclement weather. Sunday: Mixed Greensome was won by Nick & Jane Ingram with 43 points, 2nd was Gerald Vaughan & Olive Corner also with 43 point loosing on count back and 3rd was Ryan Bowen & Christine Soons with 39 points. Monday: Seniors Balls-Up winner Tony (Gog) Jones with 38 points, 2nd Ray Sindon also with 38 points loosing on back nine and 3rd Alan Edwards also with 38 points but loosing on a 6-hole count back. Tuesday: Ladies 9-Hole Christmas Competition was won by Nora Thomas, Sylvia Lewis and Tracey Dix with 38 points, they were presented with their prizes at the Christmas dinner that followed the golf. The Turkey Trail result was also announced. This is played over the 1st nine holes of up to ten games in Stableford format with the best five scores to counting. The winner was Ann Morris, 2nd was Delyth Rees, 3rd Tracy Waring and joint 4th was Brenda Richards and Jean Barratt.
This Week’s Diary Thursday: Seniors Individual Stapleford 9.00-11.40 hours Friday: Ladies Competition 11.00-11.30 hours Sunday: Scrooges Christmas Special Russian Stableford Team Event 10.30-12.10 hours Monday: Seniors Qualifier 10.00-10.50 hours Tuesday: Ladies Fun Competition 3s, 4s & 5s 11.00-12.00 hours Wednesday: Ladies Welcome Event 12.30-12.50 hours
Recognition for our Girls…. The club is extremely proud to have received news from Carmarthenshire & Pembrokeshire Ladies County Golf Association that two of our young players have achieved recognition in their list of Girls Most Improved Players. Congratulations go out to Kasumi Tran for coming 4th and to Megan Thomas who came 5th.
Out on the course……
As last week’s wet weather relented, last Monday, all greens were in play and our green staff team (Andrew, John and Sam) were busy aerating and ironing the greens, see picture
Over the next few weeks the team will be carrying out necessary tree maintenance, this will include removing low growing branches to ease mowing and speed of play. The team will also trim the tree areas around tees and greens to increase air flow and allow direct sunlight to reach these areas to help them dry out quicker after wet periods. The objective is to improve the quality of the playing surfaces and minimise the use of temporary greens whenever practicable.
The team would like to thank members for their patience and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
In the Club….
The Entertainments Group would like to remind members that tickets are available for our New Year's Eve Party. Members, guests and friends are all welcome.
Tickets are £25 and are selling fast so if you would like to join the party that starts at 7.30pm please talk the Bar Staff or contact Sandy or Martin to book your place.
And finally…….
To those who have been kind enough to provide stories and pictures to enable this week’s update to be prepared thank you. If you have anything that you would like to share please forward these to my email address (fred_bryncerrig@outlook.com) and I will do my best for them to be included.
Thanks for reading.
Fred Steel
