Last Sunday was the turn of Wrexham golf club to timetable the finals of their matches during the day and then to hold the presentation evening for the day’s winners, as well as those which had been contested as one off events during the summer months.
The day was eminently suited to the event with bright sunshine and little wind and the final match returned to the clubhouse at a little after 6.00 p.m. giving the organizers time to establish the order for the later presentation.
The order of events was predetermined many years ago and little has changed in the meantime with the Juniors receiving their awards first, the Ladies and the Mixed next, and then the Gentlemen towards the end. The Junior awards were presented by Junior Treasurer Andrew Lloyd, the ladies by Ladies’ Captain Mrs. Ann Davies, and the remainder by the Club Captain, Mr. Keith Miller.
In all the trophies that are named, the winner is mentioned first followed by the runners up. The R. C. Roberts Cup; Jamie Lloyd and Alex Pugh. The Hilda Roberts Trophy; Jamie Lloyd and Matthew Waters. The F. D. Williams Salver; Lewis MacKenzie and Daniel Darlington. The Junior McAlpine; Jordan Williams and Matthew Waters. The Junior Centenary Trophy; Morgan Davies and Lewis MacKenzie. The Ted Clutton Memorial Trophy; Matthew Waters and Sam Higgins. The Graham Williams Trophy; Sam Higgins and Michael Peters.
Moving on to the Ladies prize awards, many of these will be presented separately at their presentation evening in October, but most of the winners and runners up were present to receive the accolades of the members present in the clubhouse.
The Ladies’ Centenary Cup; Janet Brunyee from Jackie Williams. Ladies McAlpine; Andrea Vaughan Smith from Beverley Jones. Millennium Trophy; a pairs event, was won by Cynthia Davies and Beverley Jones from Della Evans and Glenys Wynne. The Lambert Salver; Mary Bainbridge from Kath Norman. Crowther Cup; Hazel Parry from Mary Bainbridge. Whitley Salvers, a Mixed pairs competition, Steve Merrill and Jean Jones from Steve McKevitt and Jackie Williams. The Derby Cups are also a Mixed event, and featured a win for brother and sister Huw and Jackie Williams from Chris Hughes and Kath Norman.
The Mens’ events start with the Seniors and Veterans and commences with the Veterans’ Cup featuring Alun Morgan and Richard Rawlings. The Seniors’ Shield; Peter Brand and Richard Rawlings. The Dougie Williams trophy; George Leimanis and Brian Neale.
The Hospital Cup is a trophy contested by men and ladies and was won this year by Ms. Jackie Williams from Nick Jones. G M Crewe Trophy; Alan Scarratt and Graham Wright. Leader Cup; John Walter Lloyd and Ken Bayley. The Jim Wilding Pairs event; Andy Wynne and Brian Moffett from Mark Williams and Colin Sharley.
Shelley Tankards; Andy Purdy and John Sellwood beat Andy Moth and Mike Palmer.
Dr. Geoffrey Williams trophy went to Craig Matthews from Keith Fox. Mens’ Centenary Cup; Huw Williams and Dewi Sides. Gresford Cup; Paul Lloyd and Andy Purdy.
F. Stevens Cups, another pairs competition; Dennis Humphreys and Steve McKevitt from Andy Purdy and John Sellwood.
The Kenyon Cup; Andrew Jones and Richard Derosa. Crowe Cup; John Walter Lloyd and Ken Bayley. Weiner Cup; David Phillips and Paul James. Comber Cup for the best aggregate of the six summer Saturday medals; Chris Wade and Charlie Blackburn.
Scratch Cup; Paul Lloyd and Andy Bostock. Daily Mail Foursomes; R Paul Williams and Chris Marsden beat Andy Wynne and Brian Moffett.
The concluding events of the evening were the presentation of the ladies’ and mens’ Club Championship trophies. Both the winners are at present full Welsh International players in their age ranges, with the Ladies Championships going to Chloe Williams from Jessica Jones, and in the Mens’ event, the winner was Rhodri Fieldhouse from Rhys Millington. Both matches exhibited golf of the highest standards as befits winners off two and plus one handicaps respectively. Well done.
The occasion also marked the retirement of R Paul Williams from his position a Chairman of the Match and Handicap Committee. He has served the club in an exemplary manner for many years; his place being taken over for the remainder of the season by Alan Sawford.
Wrexham golf club also played their September Junior medals on the 19th of the month. Winner of the Boys medal was Sam Higgins with 70 – 3 – 67 which saw his handicap drop to two. Second came Michael Peters with 79 – 9 – 70 and in third place, Lewis MacKenzie with 94 – 23 – 71.
Lucy Jones won the girls’ event with 104 – 31 – 73 from R Darlington on 122 – 45 – 77 and R Barton with 134 – 54 – 80. The latter two girls are very young and have shown excellent prospects these past few weeks.