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he 11thannual ‘Judy Wood Charity Day’ saw a 1st - Steve Burt, Bob Paske, Damian Ranasinghe,
record entry of fifty teams (200 golfers) do John Royles (120 points)T
battle in fine, hot weather over the Woodlake 2nd - John Burrows, Simon Dominy, Steve Travis,
Park golf course. This is a unique event in that all the Carl Moore (118 points)WoodlakePark
entrants, whether members or visitors, pay the same 3rd - Annette Brimble, Barbara Nelson, Jane Paske,
fee to play on the day. Then all the money raised Julie Ranasinghe (118 points)
from the event goes directly to the charity. As usual, 4th - Rob Harrison, Rhys Twomey, Paul Horton,
individuals and companies alike donated the vast Stuart Brydon (117 points)
array of prizes and sponsorship and this always helps 5th - Dean Phelps, Dave Phelps, Huw Simmonds,
to boost the total. Together with a raffle and some Nick Collier (116 points)
other fund raising activities since the last event a 6th - Andrew Martin, Stuart Williams, Grahamraises£10.5K
magnificent total of £10,448.00 was raised this year. Williams, G Taylor (113 points)
This means that the club, over the last eleven years, 7th - Robert Baribault, Lyndon Jenkins, Sam
has now given almost £90,000 to Velindre Hospital & Jenkins, Brian Carpenter (111 points)
cancer care in the area. 8th - Dave Redwood, Shaun Mainwaring, Paul Law,
The charity day is named after Judy Wood who Alun Willis (110 points)
died of cancer, aged 30, in 1998. Howard Wood said 9th - G Hamer, D. Bishop, R Jones, S Bishop (108forcancercare
"We’ve held this event for a number of years as points)
Velindre is a cause very close to my heart. We have 10th - Gerald Black, Richard Blackmore, Colin
received terrific support and I am glad to say this Petterson, Paul Black (106 points)
year’s event has been as successful the others". 11th - B Godley, S Phillips, C. Goodman, T Dwight
There was an excellent array of prizes for the top (106 points)
individual and teams, with the latter based on the 12th - Alan Edmonds, Terry Hapgood, Terry
best three scores out of the four players on each Osmond, Dennis Jones (106 points)
hole. With 38 points the champion was Simon The was one prize for the Longest Drive and that
Dominy, who was one point ahead of the rest of the went to S Williams, whilst the following people all
field. The top team were long standing members won prizes for Nearest the Pin:- Brendan Gormley
Steve Burt, Bob Paske, Damian Ranasinghe, & John (4th ), Scott Vernon (7th), Rob Harrison (10th),
Royles whose 120 point total gave them a two point Michael Wood (14th), Sarah Fraser (14th , Dave
Redwood (16th).winning margin.
The Top seven individual prize winners were:-
1st - Simon Dominy (38 points), 2nd - G. Taylor
(37 points), 3rd - Brian Carpenter (37 points), 4th -
Steve Burt (37 points), 5th - Dean Phelps (37 points),
6th - John Cavaciuti (36 points) and 7th - Dan Jones
(36 points).
In the ladies individual event, Julie Ranasinghe
with 37 points came first followed by Bronwyn
Godley (34 points) in second and Barbara Nelson (33
points) third. Winning team receiving their prizes (from l to r)Club Captain Alan Edmonds, Immediate Past Captain Howard
The best Visitor was S Williams from Celtic Manor Howard Wood, Damian Ranasinghe, John Royles,Wood, & Club Secretary Michael Wood, with Charity Day
with 38 points. Steve Burt, Bob Paske, Alan Edmonds]participants & the cheque to be donated to Velindre Hospital.
The top twelve team prizes were as follows:-
Grove Golf Club is king of the swingers
With the Ryder Cup coming to Wales in continue to have, the opportunity to test out golf. Chair of the Sports Council for Wales,
2010, stepping out onto the fairways has never their talents on the course with a series of Philip Carling, said:
been so cool. And, thanks to a National Lottery "Come and Try" days. The ultimate plan, "Community Chest has been and, continues
grant, the Grove Golf Club near the seaside however, is to encourage and increase the to be, a huge success and is very popular
town of Porthcawl is helping youngsters to get number of girls playing golf. It is also aimed at throughout Bridgend. The increase in funding
into the swing of things. promoting the health benefits of playing golf and the greater scope of the scheme will
The club has just secured a £1000 to the people of Porthcawl. increase its effectiveness. Panels based in each
Community Chest grant from the Sports The Grove has a first-class track record in of the 22 local authorities in Wales hold the
Council for Wales. The aim of the club is to attracting more juniors into the game as it purse strings and have delegated authority to
improve the standard of coaching available so became the first club in Wales to receive
award grants to worthwhile projects. We wanta number of the older juniors will undergo accreditation from Golf Development Wales
to hear of bright ideas and projects that willleadership training so they can mentor the and the Golf Union of Wales when it was
get more people in Bridgend more active, moreyounger golfers. awarded Junior GolfCert – a seal of approval,
The juniors of Grove Golf ClubThe youngsters in the area have had and, will which marks the club’s commitment to junior often."
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