Weekly Email
Dear Member
| Marathon Man Sam achieves his goal…. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Sunday our greenkeeper Sam Newbould joined some of the world’s elite marathon runners and 40,000 others and ran 26 miles 385 yards through the streets of London past the iconic landmarks in support of a great charity….CLIC Sargent. You may recall that in October 2018 Sam held a Charity Golf Day at the club and announced his intention to run in this year’s marathon and told the story of his cousin Will Hunt who had been treated for a brain tumour just after his 18th birthday. Since last October Sam had trained hard for his big day and after he had successfully completed the race Sam sent a message to all his backers and supporters that reads: “So on Sunday I completed the London marathon raising a massive £2,750 for my amazing charity CLIC Sargent. My original target was £2,000, so understandably I am over the moon with the outcome. I would like to thank everyone at the club for supporting and sponsoring me on the journey. I completed the run in 4 hours 57 minutes and 50 seconds which I am very happy with, especially as my knees gave up on me after 15 miles. Again thank you very much for all of your support. I could not have raised that amount of money without all of you.” Congratulations Sam great effort, you are an inspiration. |
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| Early season success for Elin…. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| On Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th April Elin Jones competed in the Carmarthenshire & Pembrokeshire County Championship at Cardigan Golf Club and won the Joan Gale Cup producing the lowest gross score. Playing off a handicap of 8 Elin shot an outstanding gross score of 76 (net 68). Da iawn Elin, well played and congratulations on reducing your handicap to 7. |  |
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| Picture shows Elin with her cup and fellow trophy winners and officials of C&P Ladies County Golf Association. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Week’s Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday - Seniors Bill Naylor Salver [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| It was back to winter conditions last week, cold and drizzly but nevertheless the course was in great condition and there were some very good scores recorded. Good turnout with 53 seniors taking part, the overall winner was the current trophy holder Meirion Griffths with an excellent score of 43 points. Congratulation to Merion and to all the division winners and place finishers. |
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| Saturday - Blenheim Cup Individual Medal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| With storm Hannah in full swing and threatening to dispute proceedings and the BBC reporting that gusts in Wales were the strongest across the UK, 34 fearless souls took to the course to challenge themselves in the extreme conditions. Congratulations to all of the entries for surviving the test and well done to winner Adrian Thomas and place finishers and also to Scott Tomos who shot the lowest gross score of 76 and being the only player under 80. |
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| Sunday - Knights vs Cwmrhydneuadd Away | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In their second Three Counties Summer League match the team visited Cwmrhydneuadd Golf Club. For various reasons Captain Brett Walker was without a number of players but still managed to field a team which is testimony to the strength in depth of the squad and Brett thanked the players who made themselves available for their support.. With six pairs playing a unique and very tight course, the team unfortunately lost 5-1. |
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| Tuesday - Ladies Medal 3 & Rhian Pearne Qualifier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thirty players took to the course on a bright spring day, congratulations go out to the winner and place finishers and also to Jane Lindquist who shot the lowest gross score of 91. |
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| This Week’s Diary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ping Welsh Junior Tour Event Volunteers…..a big thank you | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| On Sunday 28th April 2019 CGC proudly hosted the Wales Golf Ping Welsh Junior Tour Event. With 80 junior entrants taking part from all over Wales including our own Jona Marks and Tomos Parry. The event was played in four age groups, under 14’s, under 12’s, under 10’s and under 8’s. It was a pleasure to witness some very good young players enjoying our course and thank goodness that the weather calmed down after storm Hannah. Apart from a poor father from Wrexham who locked his car keys in the boot with their son’s clubs requiring his wife to drive down to the club to avoid an expensive car repair and to enable their son to play golf….everything went very well. It was a great opportunity for the club to showcase our fantastic course and facilities and Wales Golf were very complementary and congratulated the club and all the volunteers for helping with the course marshalling and ball spotting responsibilities. During the presentations our own Wales Golf Past President Jeff Harries thanked the CGC and presented the club with a plaque to commemorate the event. The Golf Team would like to add their thanks to those members who volunteered all of whom enjoyed the experience of helping out and watching some excellent junior golf being played. Thank you all for your help and support, you did the club proud! In addition the Golf Team would like to pay special tribute to our catering team who coped admirably on the day that Sandy and Martin left to start their four week Australian holiday. The car park was overflowing with the vast number of visitors but nevertheless the team accommodated the catering needs of everyone in addition to their usual Sunday lunch customers. Well done to the catering team, brilliant job and a fantastic effort. |
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| Welcome to our new/returning members….. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Golf Team would like to extend a very warm welcome to our new and returning members who have joined the club in March and April and would like to ask our other members to help the new members to settle in and feel at home. |
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| Message from the Directors…. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The directors are pleased to announce that the club now has a full complement of tee sponsors for all 18 holes and would like to take this opportunity thank each sponsor for their support and backing. The club would like to ask all our members to take note of our sponsors and reciprocate whenever possible by supporting the individual businesses involved. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Knight News…. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Knights Captain Brett Walker this week informed that with regret Vice-Captain John Boreham has stepped down due to impending shoulder surgery that is scheduled for May with an estimated rehabilitation period of 3-6 months. The club send their best wishes to John for a successful operation and hope for his speedy recovery and return to full health, enabling him to get back to playing golf as soon as possible. Consequently Brett has announced that Cliff Webb will replace John as Vice-Captain this year and that he will be thrown in at the deep-end this Saturday when he takes the reins for the Knights away match at Haverfordwest. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Juniors News…. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The clubs junior fresh start project is now in full swing and in collaboration with Carmarthen County Councils Sports Development Officer our junior organiser Brett Walker has produced a poster advertising our planned junior taster days that will be held at the club. The poster is being sent out to the local primary schools and it is hoped that this will be well received and will help initiate our next generation of junior golfers. |
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| Happy holiday Sandy & Martin…. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whilst Sandy & Martin are away on their well deserved holiday to Australia from 28th April to 25th May members are asked to note that to avoid duty staff having to stay late to lockup the clubhouse the doors will be locked at approximately 6pm each night. The club apologises to all members particularly those requiring access to their lockers during this period for any inconvenience that may be caused by these arrangements and would like to thank you for your understanding. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| And finally……. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thank you to those who have been kind enough to provide stories and pictures for inclusion in this week’s update. If you have anything that you would like to share please forward to the email address below and we will do our best to incorporate them. Email: fred_bryncerrig@outlook.com Thanks for reading. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Golf Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
