Weekly Email
Dear Member
Last Week’s Results
Carmarthenshire & Pembrokeshire Ladies County Golf Association
Carmarthen Ladies welcomed Glyn Abbey Ladies in their 1st home match of the season. On a cold wet & windy day the course was in very good condition considering the recent spate of bad weather.
The team secured an excellent 4 & 1 win, maintaining their 1005 record with 3 wins from 3. Well done Ladies, keep up the good work.
Match result:
Jane Lindquist & Tracey Waring Won 5 & 4
Alison Evans & Pat Langley Won 3 & 2
Julia Webb & Avrille Rees Won 6 & 5
Paula James & Christine Rees Lost 4 & 3
Edna Morris & Olive Corner Won 3 & 1
After the match the players enjoyed a marvellous kindly prepared by Martin & Sandy.
Dick Evans Cup
35 entries.
Division 1 1st Meirion Griffiths 39 pts Overall Winner
2nd Phil Lewis 37pts
Division 2 1st Jeff Harries 38 pts
Neville Jones 37 pts
Two’s – Rob Thomas 7th, Tom Williams 9th, Peter Ashley-Jones 9th, Phil Lewis 15th.
R & A 9 Hole Qualifier
A pairs competition (any combination) with the total combined score of our winning pair being sent to the R&A to go into a League table from all the Welsh Clubs.
1st Paul Davies & Marc Thomas 38 pts
2nd Richard Thomas & Richard Palmer 36 pts
3rd Mick Fenney & Peter Jones 33pts
In the all Wales League table our unfortunately Paul& Marc finished equal third with Royal St Davids. The winners and runners up were Betws-y-Coed 43 pts and Whitchurch 41 pts who both now travel to play (all expenses paid) in the R&A 9 hole final at Royal Portrush on Saturday 13th July ahead of the 148th Open Championship. Roll on next year.
Last Week’s Results
Thursday Seniors Threes, Fours and Fives
A 3 man team event where the best score is counted on the par 5 holes, the best 2 scores on the par 4 holes and all 3 scores to count on the par 3 holes. An interesting competition indeed and 9 teams entered.
1sr Chris Smith. Rob Thomas, Danny O’Sullivan 86 pts
2nd Clive Thomas, Alan Williams, Len Davies 84 pts
3rd Huw Phillips, Peter Williams, Jeff Harries 78 pts
Thursday Seniors match v Tenby Home
Firstly a great win. Secondly our Vice Captain Huw Rees gained his first points in the matches with a half. Lastly, has anyone seen Jimmy Myo, he was selected to play but apparently forgot. Must be all the recent travelling. Thanks to Haydn Harries who stepped in at the last minute and what a result.
Rodri Davies & Mick Fenney Won 3 & 2
Huw Rees & Adrian Thomas Half
Gary Evans & Haydn Harries Won 6 & 5
Elwyn Morgan & Alan Edwards Won 2 up
Ken Gealy & Charles Maliphant Won 5 & 3
Clive Evans & Norman Edwards Lost 2 & 1
George Laidlaw & Jim Crawford Half
Ray Sinden & Wayne Morgan Won 2 up
Thursday Summer League
5 entries.
1st Carwyn Jones net 70 Overall winner and lowest gross.
2nd Steven Rees net 75
3rd Luke Heap net 78
Two’s – Carwyn Jones 7th.
Friday Past Captains Day
On Friday 21st June the Past Captains held their annual dinner at the club. The weather for a change was good and eleven Past Captains ventured on the fairways. There were some very good scores but Gerald Vaughan came to the fore winning the prestigious trophy for a third time.
Five more Past Captains attended the dinner and the President Chris Jones presided over the evening and his introductory speech was very entertaining and informative. Tradition has it that last year’s Captain Peter Jones is sommelier for the evening and after an unsteady start managed to cater to the needs of the esteemed guests.
Thanks must go to Past Captain Mr Alan Williams who arranged the evening and grateful thanks also to Martin, Sandy and all the staff for the quality of food and service, first class as usual. A great night was had by all!
1st Gerald Vaughan 38 pts
2nd Mick Fenney 36 pts
3rd Chris Jones (President) 35 pts
Saturday Travellers Cup
An individual Men Only Medal competition with a handicap limit of 28. On a glorious sunny day there were 37 entries.
1st Jake Fearn net 68 Overall Winner
2nd Tom Williams net 71 Lowest gross score of 73
3rd Huw Rees net 73
Two’s - Jake Fearn and Tony Jones 7th, Huw Rees 9th and 13th, Andrew Jones 15th.
Saturday Ladies Stableford 8
16 entries and a very close finish with countback being applied.
1st Jane Lindquist 34 pts Overall Winner
2nd Megan Rebecca Thomas 34 pts
3rd Pat Langley 34 pts
4th Anne Williams 31 pts
5th Jennifer O’Sullivan 30 pts
Sunday D C Morgan Cup
A Mixed Greensome medal competition with 14 pairs entered.
1st Rebecca Robinson & Carl Evans net 68
2nd Sue Convery & Mick Fenney net 71.6
3rd Alison Evans & Mark Evans net 72.8
Sunday Knights match v Milford Haven Home
With Milford Haven riding high in the League this was a good scalp for our Knights team winning 4.5 to 1.5. Special mention to Elwyn & Peter for a well deserved half when at one stage were 4 down.
Paul McCall & Jason Evans Won 3 & 1
Mike Bowen & Chris Pither Won 5 & 3
Elwyn Morgan & Peter Moroney Half
Brett Walker & Jason Rice Won 3 & 1
Jimmy Myo & Brian Hurley Won 3 & 2
Alistair Laidlaw & Wayne Morgan Lost 5 & 4
Sunday South Wales Seniors Classic Bowl
Any away match in this competition is a tough ask but the team showed their true colours in winning 2 & 1 at Haverfordwest and will now play in the quarter final at Glynhir on 18th July. Although Clive Evans & Haydn Harries lost, Gary Evans & Tony Jones won 3 & 2. The last pair of Peter Williams & Alan Lewis were all square after 16, went 1 up after Peter birdied the 17th but they lost the 18th for all square. This meant going up the 1st again where after a great drive by Alan, his 2nd shot landed 8 feet from the hole and he sunk the birdie for a great win.
Monday Seniors Qualifier
19 entries
1st Jim Crawford 37 pts
2nd Dai Elias 37 pts
3rd David Crane 35 pts
Two’s – Dai Elias 7th, Jim Crawford 9th, Roger Evans 9th, Huw Phillips 9th
Tuesday Ladies Medal 5 & Centenary Challenge
23 entries and pleasing to see our two of our fairly new members, the two Christines doing well..
1st Christine Rees net 71
2nd Megan Rebecca Thomas net 74
3rd Christine Soons net 74
4th Rebecca Robinson net 75
5th Ruth James net 75 .
Two’s – Ruth James 7th, Jennifer O’Sullivan 9th ,Megan Rebecca Thomas 13th.
Other news:
Langland Bay Seniors
With several of our members supporting the Langland Bay Seniors Open in the past few years and winning the different categories I may add, it is pleasing that Langland Bay Seniors are reciprocating by visiting Carmarthen last Wednesday for their Seniors away day.
Bedfordshire Dogs
When I saw this entry on our BRS I wondered if we were going to be inundated with an abundance of dogs as a potential warm up for Crufts. How wrong could I have been.
What an interesting name for a Society though, I’ll leave you to work it out but it may help as the organiser is David Owen Golf Society. So what attracts them to our Golf Club you may ask. Well, the organiser, has strong roots in the area and is a country member.. Although he has spent most of his working life across the border & abroad he has brought a party from Bedfordshire to play Carmarthen for the past 10 years so croeso cynnes/warm welcome to you all and our sincere gratitude for making the long trek once again to West Wales. David has a strong affiliation with the Scarlets and also Nantgaredig RFC who as you will appreciate the latter rugby club sponsor our 5th hole. Vice Captain Ryan Bowen met up with the 20 members when enjoying a welcome breakfast before going out to play our wonderful course on a glorious sunny day.
Feedback from the group – CGC is always a favourite venue and the fairways and greens were better than ever but being honest, daisies on the tees, mmmm.. ‘We always receive a great welcome and the guys simply adore Sandy. The breakfast is superb and the ease of booking and generally the warm response from members that a 20 strong society using the course is appreciated’.
Seniors Open July 2nd
Just a gentle reminder to our Senior members that if you have not yet done so, there is still time to enter our Seniors Open on Tuesday 2nd July. Booking is available through BRS. Also, why not bring a guest(s) to play our fantastic course at the bargain cost of £15 for visitors. Our thanks to the Senior members that have donated a prize for the raffle but if you have not done so, there is still plenty of time, please contact Rodri, Huw, Hywel or Ryan.
This week’s diary:
Thursday Seniors Champion White Tees 09.00 – 11.40
Thursday Summer League 16.50 – 17.40
Friday Knights Past Captains 13.00 – 14.30
Friday Knights Gary Thomas Cup 15.00 – 17.00
Saturday Iliad Cup 08.30 – 10.30 & 13.30 – 14.30
Saturday Ladies Medal 6 & Centenary Challenge 10.40 – 11.10
Sunday Knights match v Aberystwyth Home 11.00 – 12.00
Sunday Tigers match v Trefloyne Home 13.00 - 14.10
Monday Seniors Qualifier 10.00 – 10.50
Tuesday Seniors Open Individual Stableford 08.30 – 16.00
Finally, it goes without saying that we as members look forward to receiving the weekly updates as is it an important club information tool. I wonder though if members really appreciate how much work goes on behind the scenes in populating these emails. This week has been very busy so my apologies for the lengthy news. I decided to take over this role for the 2 weeks Fred is away on holidays and all I can say is, ‘don’t forget to come back.’
Signing out.
Ryan Bowen
Vice Captain
