Victory for Archibald on Seniors Open Day
COED-Y-MWSTWR
DAVE Archibald fired 41 Stableford points to win the Members Section of Seniors Open Day at Coed-y-Mwstwr.
Another fine turnout that saw 148 competitors tee it up delighted Senior Captain Michael Wegner.
“My thanks go to everyone who made the day such a success, especially Hyundai Cars for their valued support,” he said.
“And special thanks go to weather forecaster Behnaz Azakhgar for the lovely weather.’’
Archibald carded a two on the second hole; went birdie on number nine and matched par on 11 occasions.
Two points back came Kevin Speight who had a spate of pars, amounting to five, while Michael Joyce and another putting genius, Bryn Thomas, came in with 38 points.
Arthur Cole fired 37 points; par was achieved by Maesteg wizard Andrew Cox with Michael Parker penning 35 points along with Phil Davies and Steve Snelling.
Other twos on the day came from Nigel Phillips, Andrew Cox, Cliff Jones and master putter Bryn Thomas.
In the section for visitors, Mond Valley cleaned up with members from the Clydach club taking the top-three places.
The winning score in this category was also 41 points and it came from Peter Simmons ahead of John Lewis (40) and John Richards (37).
Meanwhile, just one of the Graham Butt Trophy quarter-final ties have yet to be decided.
Maesteg wizard Andrew Cox has yet to face big gun D R Cannon, but Jonny McEachen beat Tony Lang 3 & 2.
Former Garw football star Clive Dyke was on the ball against Mal Brooks, shooting a 3 & 2 win, with Mark Raybould accounting for Jerry Devine by the same score.
McEachen will face either Cox or Cannon in the first semi-final with Dyke throwing down the gauntlet to Raybould.
GROVE
COLIN Rumbelow and John Wyn Jones are the senior champion golfers for the year at The Grove.
Master golfer Rumbelow was gross winner with 162, finishing five shots clear of former Neath rugby star Stuart Hodgson.
And John Wyn Jones took the nett section by two shots on 139 over namesake Neil Jones.
There was also an outstanding performance in the Over-70 section from sprightly golfing aficionado Dave Dowrick.
He took the Over-70 category on the strength of back-to-back scores of 76 for 152 to finish two blows ahead of Keith Davies.
The other nett categories winners were as follows:
Section A (6-14 handicaps) Joe Lacey 151.
Section B (15-17 handicaps): Edwin Channell 153.
Section C (18-20 handicaps): Michael Howells 149.
Section D (21 + handicaps): Dave Burridge 155.
The second round of the Club Championship was won by Neil Jones with 84-17-67 ahead of John W Jones (87-18-69) and Hodgson (81-11-70).
Two-round totals stood on: John Wyn Jones 70+69=139, Neil Jones 74+67=141, Hodgson 75+70=145, Howells 75+74=149, Rumbelow 71+79=150, Lacey 73+78=151, Dowrick 76+76=152, Channell 77+76=153, Dave Lawrence 69+85=154, Mark Thomas 80+74=154, Keith Davies 80+74=154.
Last Friday’s JointCaptain’s Day might have missed out on the sun, but 48 teams made the most of drab and damp conditions.
Nevertheless proceeds flowed in for this year’s chosen charity – the Children’s Ward at the Prin- cess of Wales Hospital.
“Thanks to those who either took part, gave of their time or donated prizes as it proved another remarkable day” was the verdict of joint-captains Michael Davey and Jan Jones.
The winners on 113 points were team Dave Williams along with Craig Jones, Geraint Jones and Roland Patterson.
One point back came Fairdeal via Kevin Budge, Jake Jones, Andy Legg and Neil Summers on 112, and they finished one point ahead of team Stormin’ Norman Williams with John Carpenter, Donald Knight and master golfer Rumbelow.
Also on 111 points were Builders & Bodgers through Nathan Bennett, Jeff McCann, David Roe and Paul Williams.
Fifth-placed Wayfarers Two came in with 110 points via Steve Muir, Lyn Parker, Alan Shrimpton and Alan Walters.
The Bogey Cup last Saturday was won by Paul Jenkins with birdies on holes 10 and 13 setting up a winning score of three.
One shot back came David Hughes, who after carding a seven on the opening hole birdied number nine and got seven pars.
Also on the two-mark were third placed Ally Patterson, one in front of Joe Lacey, with Anthony Lacey and Ian Williams both signing for -1.
On the Ladies scene, last year’s captain Vicky Ford motored to victory in the Eighth Medal competition of the summer.
She went through the gears during a sparkling round containing three pars that drove her on to 102-27-75.
In her wing mirrors was Heather Davies, who carded 96-17-79, while third-placed Beth Lees shot 111-31-80 and Jackie Sexton got 98-18-80.
The previous day, Deidre Ralph fired 110-3080 in a Seventh Medal to finish five shots in front of Gemma Fenton (10015-85) and Pauline Jones (126-36-90).