Well, it’s been a rather Mickey Mouse week with ground varying between rock hard and just about playable, and scores in our winter competitions improved slightly on last week when hard frost was the winner on most occasions.
The club contested their fourth week of their Winter league, and again it featured a win for Ian Darlington who has been in the leading pair for the last three weeks. This week, partnering Danny Moore, they gained a creditable 43 points to lead by three from Mike Fellowes and our press officer for the event, Paul Hogan.
Paul’s father John Hogan and Dave Muir came in third with 38, followed by Ian’s son Daniel Darlington with Duncan Fellowes, Mike’s son, in fourth place with 37.
This father /son situation has occurred for many years now and long may it continue as they are all staunch supporters of the club.
A week last Sunday the Junior Stableford witnessed a win for Lewis Mackenzie with 38 points for a convincing win over jack waters on 32 and Scott Anderson on 30. Lucy Jones was in fourth place with 28 points followed by Rob Keenan and Rhian Barton sharing 22 points apiece.
The Ladies played a nine holes Canadian Greensome last Tuesday which was won by June Roberts and Pat Whitehead with 20 points. Janet Lloyd and Jean Jones were runners up with 17 points with a total of eighteen ladies contesting the event.
The Golf Union of Wales newsletter published last week informs us that Amy Boulden of Maesdu golf club, Llandudno has been selected for the Curtis Cup squad for the next match against USA. Eighteen year old Amy played as a fourteen year old in the Welsh Ladies team championships at Wrexham in 2008 and impressed everyone who witnessed her performance with her cool temperament and poise. She has had significant successes since that time becoming a full Welsh international and played in the junior Solheim cup last year against the USA.
The next Curtis Cup match will be played from the 8th to the 10th June at Nairn golf club in
Scotland. The players will be watched by team captain Tegwen Matthews and the international selection panel when they take part in a three day trial over the Nairn links from 23 rd to 25th March