Ladies Summer Meeting
The Ladies summer meeting of 2024 was played in relatively good weather with some rain on the Saturday morning and rain during late morning and early afternoon of the Tuesday competition.
The first day of the meeting saw the ladies playing in a team of 4 competition with 2 scores to count on each hole. The winners of this competition were Rebecca Gray, Connie Barnard, Patricia Booth and Susan Lloyd. They won by a margin of 2 points with a score of 86 points.
The 2nd competition of the week was the Florida Scramble, 22 teams entered this competition with some excellent results. The winners with an excellent score of nett 59 were Ladies’ Captain Elaine Calvert, Rebecca Gray, Susan Lloyd and Pip Settle of Porthmadog Golf Club.
Monday’s competition saw 72 ladies compete for the Penrhyn Trophy. An individual stableford competition played from the red tees. Again, there were some excellent scores with only 1 member of Royal St. David’s featuring in the prizes. Denise Burchell was that member who scored 37 points to receive 2nd prize. But winning the Penrhyn Trophy with 38 points was Kathryn Gulam of Northenden Golf Club.
The Ruth Ferguson Trophy in memory of the late Mrs Ruth Ferguson is an individual medal competition. The weather although not favourable did not deter the 27 brave ladies. Second place for this competition was awarded to Suzanna Bunting with a nett 79, but the winner with a nett 78 was Denise Burchell.
Denise Burchell, Susan Lloyd and Rebecca Gray with 2 victories each for the week, could any of them turn it into a hattrick of wins with a victory in the Tlws Cambrian Greensomes? This competition was played on the last day of the meeting. Second place was awarded to Debbie Naylor and Heather Partridge of Harborne golf club with 41 points, but the winners with 42 points were Claire Dowley and Kitty Wallace.
Men’s Summer Meeting
The Men’s summer meeting started off with the 1st round of the Harlech Town Bowl. A total of 31 entries with last year’s winner Michael Calvert amongst those in the field.
The More Memorial Trophy is also played on the same day. This is an individual medal competition to be played from the white tees. 81 entries, and in very testing conditions saw Jamie Warman in 3rd place with a nett 73, Josh Booth in 2nd place with a nett 72. But the winner with an excellent score of nett 68 was Ian Palterman.
Day 2 of the week was the 2nd and 3rd rounds of the Harlech Town Bowl with also the 1st round of the Edward VII Bowl.
The other individual competition on this day was The John Barnett Trophy. Another excellent number of entries with 80 men competition in the stableford competition. 3rd place would be awarded to Daniel Fletcher with 36 points. 38 points would see Mark Reidford claim the 2nd spot, but the winner would be Alan Westwood with a fantastic score of 41 points.
Day 3 of the men’s summer meeting and with the semi-finals of the Harlech Town Bowl and Edward VII in action the true Royal St. David’s gusts would show its teeth.
The Harold Finch-Hatton was the final individual medal round of the week. Testing conditions would not stop the 82 strong field from battling the elements. 3rd place was awarded to the Men’s Vice Captain David Barr with a score of nett 70. Narrowly beating David to 2nd place on the back 9 also with a score of nett 70 was Alan Howard. But the winner with a nett 67 was Conor Sherlock.
Day 4 began with the Einion Pierce competition. The format of the competition was a Canadian Greensomes medal to be played from the white tees. With some sun finally in the weather forecast 44 pairs played in the competition. With a nett 63, 3rd place was awarded to Neal Parry and Martin Perch. 2nd place was awarded to Anthony Booth and Thomas booth with a nett 61. However, the winner with an excellent score of nett 60 was Ben Reidford and Jimmy Ratcliffe.
The 4th day would conclude with the finals of the Harlech Town Bowl and Edward VII Bowl. The final of the Edward VII was played between Phil E Lamkin and Ian Palterman. A closely contested match would result in Phil Lamkin winning the match on the 19th hole.
The final of the Harlech Town Bowl was contested for by Mark Millhouse and Edward Watson. Both players past winner of this competition knew what was needed to win. Again, a close match with some excellent golf on show would result in Mark Millhouse winning the match on the 16th hole.
The final day of the men’s summer meeting and the men’s captain’s day. Trefor Davies, the men’s captain ready to invite all the players to enjoy his day. Unfortunately, with unfavourable weather 103 players went out to play. 3rd place was awarded to Vaughan Payne with 34 points. Also, on 34 points claiming 2nd place was David Gerallt Jones, but the winner with 35 points was Merfyn Jones.
Congratulations to all prize winner for both the Ladies’ and Men’s Summer Meetings and let’s hope for better weather next year.