Rebecca forces her way to national title

CARMARTHEN golfer Rebecca Robinson was pounding the fairways rather than the streets on her way to winning the National UK Police Ladies Championship at Hawkstone Park in Shropshire.

Robinson was the only player representing the Welsh Forces but beat more than 30 other policewomen from across the country to lift the Watkins Trophy, presented to her by Jon Murphy, Chief Constable of Merseyside Police.

Not only did she win first prize, Robinson also qualified as a reserve for the Police team which will play the Army, Navy and RAF later this year.

In the Alun Griffiths Cup at Carmarthen, Andrew Roberts took a leaf out of his female clubmate’s notebook with an incredible performance in division three to finish with a net score of 61!

Before the event Roberts had a handicap of 17 but that has been promptly reduced following his devastating display which was 10 shots better than the next man, Jake Fearn. Back from playing collegiate golf in the US, Matthew Moseley was the best in division one with a net 70.

He was one stroke ahead of Rhys Lindquist with Paul Davies’s 73 good enough for third. Martin dean took the honours in division two, his 69 just edging out Meirion Griffiths with Tony Fairlamb third on 71.

Carmarthen Tigers A took on Haverfordwest in near perfect conditions and took full advantage of playing at home with a 7.5-1.5 victory. The pairings of Berian Jones and Tony Jones, and Huw Smith and Richard Hopkin both won 6&5, Steve Rees and Paul Davies triumphed 4&3 and Ed Wheeler and Adrian Thomas won 3&2.

The Knights’ Gary Thomas Cup was won by Kevin Jones with 37 points. Alan Edwards was runner-up with 36, beating Gruffydd Rees on the back nine.

Two of the club’s senior teams were involved in the first round of the South Wales Seniors Classic Cup. The A team were drawn away to RAF St Athan and local knowledge and two strong pairings proved too much for the visitors who lost 2-1.

The B team fared much better, recording another convincing 3-0 win at home against Pontypridd. Ray Heath and Selwyn Humphreys had a real tussle in the top match where their opponents reeled off four birdies in five holes around the turn. But the Carmarthen duo fought back to win on the 18th.

Tony Fairlamb and Richard Allen had a comfortable 4&3 victory and Stuart Barclay and Simon Barratt again played solid golf to win 3&2.

Chris Edwards’s better back nine gave him the edge over James Duffy in the Sunday Stableford at Langland Bay, both registering 36 points. Ben Hardwidge was third on 35.

Playing off 21, Richard Booth stormed to victory in Swansea Bay’s Memorial Day Stableford event with an impressive 44 points while BM Dobson’s steady net 70 was enough to take the Neath Cup. Wayne Jenkins returned 40 points to win the Thursday Stableford competition.

The May Stableford at Derllys Court produced some excellent scores, the most notable coming from Chris Dunn in division two with a total of 45 points. That was too hot for Michael James and Meirion Evans who both scored 39.

It was closer in division one where Neil Harvey (38) held off Martin Thomas by one point and Robert Leefe was two further back. Robert Rees was top dog in division three with 39 points.

Ann Francis was the winner of the Powell Cup at Ashburnham while Oliver Rumble clinched the Trubshaw Bowl at the same venue and a net 66 gave Craig Jones reason to cheer at The Grove as he clinched the Green Acre Cup by one.

The Two Flag Powerplay at Glynneath didn’t disappoint and the highest score across the three divisions went to Richard Jones in tier two with 52 points. Luke Nezda won in the first division with 48 and John Bowen did likewise with 47 in division three.

Also, Glynneath beat Neath 2-1 at Pennard in the PING Mixed Foursomes and will now go on to play Southerdown in the next round at The Grove.

Four strokes separated the top four in the May Medal and second round scratch qualifier at Pennard. John Beynon, with 65, took first prize followed by Ceri Llewellyn, Andrew Davies and Alun John on 67, 68 and 69 respectively.

Darren Vincent, David Jones and Leighton Pritchard were the best of the rest in divisions one, two and three.

The first Midweek Medal of the year at Southerndown saw a good turnout with a net 68 sealing first place in division one for HJ Evans. Rhodri Stevens carded a net 69 to follow suit in division two, one shot ahead of John Campbell.

Results

Ashburnham

Powell Cup and Medal 4; 1. Ann Francis net 74, 2. Gillian Hart 76, 3. Lynette Bassett 78

Trubshaw Bowl; 1. Oliver Rumble 5up, 2. Jason Rees 3up, 3. Jeff Lowe 3up

Carmarthen

Alun Griffiths Cup; (div one) 1. Matthew Moseley net 70, 2. Rhys Lindquist 71, 3. Paul Davies 73, (div two) 1. Martin Dean 69, 2. Meirion Griffiths 70, 3. Tony Fairlamb 71, (div three) 1. Andrew Roberts 61, 2. Jake Fearn 71, 3. R. Jeff Jones 73

Knights’ Gary Thomas Cup; 1. Kevin Jones 37pts, 2. Alan Edwards 36, 3. Gruffydd Rees 36

Derllys Court

May Stableford; (div one) 1. Neil Harvey 38pts, 2. Martin Thomas 37, 3. Robert Leefe 35, (div two) 1. Chris Dunn 45, 2. Michael James 39, 3. Meirion Evans 39, (div three) 1. Robert Rees 39, 2. Andrew Evans 38, 3. Stewart James 36

Glynneath

Two Flag Powerplay (stableford); (div one) 1. Luke Nezda 48pts, 2. Kerry Diplock 42, 3. Neil Williams 36, (div two) 1. Richard Jones 52, 2. Gareth Leach 44, 3. Craig Davies 42, (div three) 1. John Bowen 47, 2. Stuart Coope 45, 3. Paul Phillips 42

Langland Bay

May Monthly Medal; (div one) 1. J. Matthews net 68, 2. O. Price 68, 3. MJ Sullivan 69, (div two) 1. J. Morse 70, 2. P. Wade 73, 3. JM Rodgers 73, (div three) 1. RJC Morgan 67, 2. M. Ebenezer 69, 3. CD Thomas 73

Saturday Greensome Foursomes; 1. G. Ellis & M. Rees net 65, 2. R. Pothecary & S. Kamil 67, 3. J. Musson & L. Davies 68

Sunday Stableford; 1. Chris Edwards 36pts, 2. James Duffy 36, 3. Ben Hardwidge 35

Pennard

May Monthly Medal & Second Round Scratch Qualifier; 1. John Beynon net 65, 2. Ceri Llewellyn 67, 3. Andrew Davies 68, 4. Alun John 69. Best of the rest; (div one) Darren Vincent 69, (div two) David V Jones 69, (div three) Leighton Pritchard 70. Best gross; Ceri Llewellyn 68

Southerndown

Midweek Medal; (div one) 1. H. Evans net 68, 2. R. Forman 69, 3. Wayne Thomas 71, (div two) 1. Rhodri Stevens 69, 2. John Campbell 70, 3. Derek Williams 70

Swansea Bay

Thursday Stableford; 1. HW Jenkins 40pts 2. D. Couch 38, 3. T. Hubbard 37

Neath Cup; 1. BM Dobson net 70, 2. R. Baker 72, 3. W. Rees 72

Swansea Bay Memorial Day; 1. R. Booth 44pts, 2. N. Bevan 40, 3. W. King 39

The Grove

Green Acre Cup; 1. Craig Jones net 66, 2. Gareth Carter Clare 67, 3. Neil Summers 68