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Magners’ Welsh Handicap
Team Championship
he regional finals of the Magners’ Welsh Neath qualifiers
Handicap Team championships are wellT
underway with several events already having
been decided.
In the first event, held over the wonderful but
demanding links of Borth & Ynyslas, sixty-eight
golfers from across the region battled it out for a
place in the final. The action on the course saw
the team from Llandrindod Wells Golf Club of
Phillip Evans, Mike Dinwoodie, Glen Thomas andHarry Jaakola, Trefloyne
Tony Price complete a memorable victory finish-
ing first. Phil Evans commented on their success:
"We are delighted to have won today’s regional
final, this is a fantastic competition for amateur
golfers across Wales and we are already looking
forward to competing in the grand final at Celtic
Manor."
The team from Welshpool finished second and
secured one other qualifying place for the grand
final.Geraint Evans and Gareth
On Sunday 18 May fifty-nine golfers travelledDavies from Radyr
to Morlais Castle for two more places in the final.
This time the teams from Trefloyne and
Carmarthen Golf Clubs managed to gain qualifi-
cation into the grand final. The regional final that
was played at INCO Golf Club saw the team from
Neath run away as winners. However, a home
team also managed to secure their place in the
final. At the Brynhill regional qualifier two Radyr
golfers - Geraint Evans and Gareth Davies - have
also secured their place at the final to be held at
Finalists from Borth & Ynyslas Celtic Manor in August.
Husband and wife ‘ace’
the same hole
Trudy Carradice tells the tale
David Davies and his wife, Cynthia done the same. This tale is a little little shorter for ladies, it measures
(pictured right from Pontypridd different. 143 off the reds and Cynthia used
Golf Club), have both had holes-in- David went to The Rolls of her 6 iron for her hole-in-one.
one. Nothing that unusual, I hear Monmouth with the Llantrisant & A husband and wife combina-
some of you say? After all, we all Pontyclun’s FAD golf society on the tion acing the same hole, albeit
probably know of many husband 26 March 2003. He ‘aced’ the par five years apart, makes this a golf
and wife combinations that have three fourth. The hole measures tale with a difference.
156 yards and David used his eight Incidentally, Cynthia told me that 27
iron. Later that day when his round just one week before her hole-in-
was finished he was presented one she was playing in another
with a bottle of champagne from league match, this time at her
the Rolls, to mark his feat. home club, Pontypridd. She and
On Wednesday 11 June this year her opponent, Karen Ace-Campbell 29
his wife Cynthia also went off to from Cardiff Golf Club, were play-
The Rolls of Monmouth, this time ing Ponty’s par three twelfth. You
for a league match. She was play- wouldn’t credit what happened
ing against the lady captain of the next. Yes you’re right Karen pro-
Rolls, Ruth Light, and she too ‘aced duced her own hole-in-one by
the par three fourth. The hole is a acing the 153 yard hole.
Another hole-in-one!
Julia Baker has been playing golf three 12th – 128 yards- with a
at Glamorganshire Golf Club since sweetly struck six iron.
a very early age and is a stalwart "The wind was blowing against,"
of the ladies league team. said Julia. "Fortunately, the ball hit
During her playing time at the pin and dropped into the hole.
Glamorganshire she has had a It was just as well as I’m sure if it
total of three hole-in-ones over the hadn’t hit the flag it would have
years but recently she had her first rolled off the green. It was great to
‘ace’ away from home. achieve my first hole-in-one away
Whilst paying against the ladies from my home course"
from Pyle & Kenfig in a recent Julia did win her game but the
league match she holed the par overall match score was a half.
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the ball she ‘aced’
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