Ten of the best go through to final shoot-out

TONY Fairlamb led home a field of more than 60 golfers to win the Centenary Challenge qualifier at Carmarthen, an event held in aid of charity Help for Heroes.

Fairlamb and Aled Thomas both carded net rounds of 67, but the former had the edge on back-nine countback while Chris Reynolds was the best of four players on 69 to take third.

Ian Marks, Paul Davies and Ray Harley were the unlucky ones to miss out but the top 10 finishers now go through to a shoot-out in early July where the winner will be the last man standing.

Meanwhile, a huge entry of over 170 took to the West Wales course for the Members and Guests Day four-ball better-ball stableford with competition across three sections – Men’s, Ladies’ and mixed.

Jean Barratt and Chris Robinson won the Ladies’ event with 34 points, Carole Fleetwood and Colin Randall triumphed in the mixed with 36 points and Ray Heath and Peter Wilson took the honours in the Men’s draw.

Their total of 42 points was just one clear of David Thomas and Tim Jones, who in turn needed countback to see off Ryan Skinner and Nigel Skinner. Ken Gealy and William McAlpine took fourth with 40 points. The longest drive went to Gwenallt Jones and Alex James won nearest the pin.

Two Carmarthen women were among the prizes in the WWLGA Championships and Presidents’ Cup at Glynhir recently. Anne Jones did extremely well to win the 18-hole competition after a net round of 69 and Shan Lewis was runner-up over 27 holes, one shot behind Becky Harries of Haverfordwest.

Cloudy but calm conditions gave the 87 competitors in the Nick Ellis Trophy at Southerndown the perfect opportunity to produce some good scores. And they certainly didn’t disappoint, with Andy Allman narrowly beating Wayne Thomas on countback after both recorded a net 63.

There were more close finishes at Ashburnham where Aled Greville held off Garry Williams to lift the Cavalier Cup and Susan Collard took first place in the Etta Williams Bogey.

The overall one-two-three in the June Medal at The Grove came from division two as Allan Churchill’s net 69 was one better than Norman Rand. Ken Bale (71) and Glyndwr Davies (87) came out on top in divisions one and three respectively.

It was a close run thing at Derllys Court as the Seniors’ Texas Scramble went to the wire. The triumvirate of Les Burgoyne, Phil Jones and Handel Jones saw off the challenge of Delme Williams, Peter Jones and Len Thomas to win.

Results

Ashburnham

Etta Williams Bogey; 1. Susan Collard 5up, 2. Gillian Hart 5up, 3. Jean Peace 4up

Cavalier Cup; 1. Aled Greville net 67, 2. Garry Williams 67, 3. Gareth Rees 70

Carmarthen

Centenary Challenge; 1. Tony Fairlamb net 67, 2. Aled Thomas 67, 3. Chris Reynolds 69

Ladies GUW 6; 1. Anne Williams net 71, 2. Jane Lindquist 75, 3. Ann Heath 75

Seniors Stableford; 1. Keith Howells 38pts, 2. Dafydd Williams 36, 3. Stuart Barclay 36

Ladies GUW 7; 1. Ruth James net 75, 2. Edna Morris 76, 3. Jane Lindquist 80

Derllys Court

Seniors Texas Scramble; 1. Les Burgoyne, Phil Jones, Handel Jones 62.3, 2. Delme Williams, Peter Jones, Len Thomas 63.1, 3. John Hartley, Wynne Evans, Winston John 63.3

Langland Bay

Greig Simpson Cup; 1. M.Gorvett & N.Gorvett 44pts, 2. S. Davies & P. Reeves 42, 3. O. Price & S. Hixson 40

Ladies Australian Spoons; 1. Gill Lennox & Jo Bond 38pts, 2. Mary Hughes & Judith Roberts 37

Monday Stableford; 1. T. Padfield 40pts, 2. C. Edwards 40, 3. R. Halliday 37

RAF St Athan

Absent Friends; 1. S. Hampson & D. Williams 48pts, 2. D. Thomas & S. Hopkins 47, 3. J.J. Smith & R. Miskin 46

June Medal; 1. J. Higgins net 62, 2. P. Power 67, 3. M. Whilding 70

Southerndown

Nick Ellis Trophy; Andy Allman net 63, 2. Wayne Thomas 63, 3. William Hughes 67

The Grove

June Monthly Medal; 1. Allan Churchill net 69, 2. Norman Rand 70, 3. Richard Bennett 70, (0-9 Hcap) 1. Ken Bale net 71, 2. Craig Jones 73, 3. Colin Rumbelow 75, (10-18 Hcap) 1. Allan Churchill 69, Norman Rand 70, Richard Bennett 70, (19-28 Hcap) 1. Glyndwr Davies 87, 2. Ian Mills 87, 3. Jim McCutcheon