COED-Y-MWSTWR
THREE nett rounds of 65 were fired last weekend during two days of competition in the Coed-yMwstwr Club Championship qualifiers.
Nathan Alexander took round one during damp conditions on Saturday with 88-23-65 to finish three blows in front of Stuart Taylor 86-18-68.
In the other top-10 slots came Stephen Stock 8011-69, Kelvin Roberts 8818-70, Nicholas Richards 82-12-70, Wayne T Burnell 80-10-70, Michael Cooke 86-16-70, Huw Martinson (low gross) 76-5-71, Matthew Carpenter 89-18-71 and Charles Caddy 94-2371.
Sunnier skies greeted competitors on Sunday with Tyron Williams (8520-65) and club director of golf Gareth Summerton (low gross 70-5-65) the nett 65 boys.
Other fine scores on the day came from Stephen Witts 76-8-68, Gareth Bodenham 91-22-69, Ben McAndrew 91-22-69, Craig Davies 83-14-69, Wayne T Burnell 79-9-70, Gary Dowling 75-5-70 and Rory O’Connell 81-11-70.
Once the numbers were fed into the computer, it produced the 16 members who will move forward to the knockout matchplay stage of the stellar tournament.
They read: Wayne T Burnell 70, 70 = 140, Gary Dowling 73, 70 = 143, Kelvin Roberts 70, 73 = 143, Huw Martinson 71, 73 = 144, Tyron Williams 80, 65 = 145, Gareth Summerton 80, 65 = 145, Ben McAndrew 76, 69 = 145, Dave Archibald 74, 71 = 145, Peter Ashman 74, 72 = 146, Matt Richards 73, 73 = 146, Matt Phillips 72, 74 = 146, Gareth Bodenham 78, 69 = 147, Craig Davies 78, 69 = 147, Dan Jenkins 76, 71 = 147, Rob Bleasdale 75, 72 = 147 and Matt Carpenter 71, 76 = 147.
Meanwhile, David Evans last week maintained a fine run of form to take a Senior May Medal competition.
Following a series of near misses in Senior Section events, he shot 94-2866 and managed to keep big numbers off his card.
A two on the eighth green and four pars helped runner-up Andrew Cox get 86-19-67 with Jonny McEachen going birdie on the sixth hole in 81-12-69.
But wet conditions only led to 33 members teeing it up and fourth place went to Glyn Jackman with 97-28-69 ahead of Irish star Philip Harrington 91-22-69.
Three players then finished on nett 70 blows – Mark Raybould 85-15-70, Nigel Phillips 87-17-70 and former Lakeside captain and the king of steady golf, Eddie D Taylor, with 92-22-70.
Low gross score of the day came from big-hitting Philip Weston who entered the Sam Bevan snug with 80-8-72 (birdies on sixth and home holes together with five pars).
A new driver failed to work wonders for another big-hitter, D R Stead, who could only punch 105-2184 out of his round.
Two other twos were recorded on the day and they came from former Maesteg star Dave Roderick (second hole) and golfing aficionado Michael Parker on the fourth green.
On the Ladies scene, despite three no-returns Julie Davies shot 35 points to lift a Midweek Stableford competition on countback from her chum Rebecca Roberts.
Third-placed Jill L Davies signed for 31 points, as did Julie Reade.
And the competition was garnished with a hole-in-one, as Geraint Jones aced the 154-yard 12th hole in round two.
Staged over two days, divisional results were as follows:
Division One: Dave Williams 74-5-69, Gareth Davies 79-8-71, Thomas Murray 79-8-71.
Division Two: Tony Kelham 79-13-66, Robert Davies 79-10-69, John Carpenter 84-14-70.
Division Three: Tony Allen 97-20-77, Anthony Lacey 98-19-79, Gareth Kelly 98-19-79.
Round One scores were as follows:
Tony Kelham 79-13-66 (birdies on holes nine, 10 and 13 along with six pars), Dave Williams 745-69 (Low Gross, two on hole seven and 12 pars), Robert Davies 79-10-69, John Carpenter 84-14-70, Gareth Davies 79-8-71, Thomas Murray 79-8-71, Jason Burke 77-6-71, Norman Rand 82-11-71, Philip Davis 83-12-71.
Round Two scores were as follows:
George Schofield 77-968 (Low Gross, birdie on eight and 10 pars), Jeremy Oliver (Low Gross, 14 pars, two bogeys, two double bogeys), Wayne Morgan 84-13-71, Jason Bourke (Low Gross, birdie on 14 and 10 pars), Norman Williams 85-13-72, Geraint Jones 81-9-72 (hole in one on the 12th hole), Gareth Carter-Clare 88-16-72, Gavin Davies 79-7-72, Glyndwr Davies 82-9-73, Philip Davis 85- 12-73, Joseph Lacey 8411-73.
Last Saturday, a two on the home hole set up a victory for Ged Rave in the Green Acre Cup.
He also went birdie on the 10th hole in amassing a winning score of 38 points to edge out master golfer Colin Rumbelow (12 pars six bogeys) by a mere point.
Third-placed Jason Thomas shot birdies on holes one and nine in scoring 37 points while Richard Ashman, Joseph Lacey and Neil Butcher all got beefy 35’s.
On the 34-point mark came six players – Jeremy Oliver, Norman Williams, Richie Cliffe, Michael Wilson, Michael Abbott and Wesley Edwards.
On the Senior scene at the club, Terry Dowrick returned to form with a bang last week in winning the Balls competition.
The former Margam cricket star shot par 36 Stableford points to sustain the challenge of Joseph Lacey by just one point.
Third-place honours went to Tony Kelham, who signed for 34 points.
Last week the Chibuluma Trophy (a bonus bogey competition) was up for grabs and it went to Keith Griffiths, who carded 18 pluses – one more than hot property Michael Scully. Steve Ryan with 81-13-68, who escaped from Alcatraz (hole10) with a prize two, and he also matched par on nine occasions.
Third-placed Gareth Thomas fired three pars in his round of 86-18-68 with Richard Evenden signing for 77-8-69 (two on hole two and 10 pars).
Dave Scourfield carded eight pars in 80-11-69 while sixth-placed Lee Thomas shot the best gross score of 74-5-69.
His round contained a sweet 16th hole birdie and 11 pars while other fine scores came from John Rogers 81-12-69, Lynn Jones 88-18-70 and Peter Williams 83-12-71.
And big gun Mark Hiddlestone slept a little easier after a dream round of 85-12-73 that contained eight pars and two nightmare sevens.
In the Ladies Club Championship, Joan Smith carded a gross 84 to finish two shots in front of Kath McGrath with Sarah Rees on 92, Kathy Northam 93 and Ruth Lane 98.