Yet again we have managed to compact about three seasons of the year into the last seven days with the exception of the snow that has plagued the South East of the country to such devastating effect. Frost really is the bane of the journeyman golfer as it affects everything that we do, coupled with [...]
Well, it’s been a rather Mickey Mouse week with ground varying between rock hard and just about playable, and scores in our winter competitions improved slightly on last week when hard frost was the winner on most occasions. Even so, talking to Phil Coleman of the Vale of Llangollen golf club, their Sunday morning “draw [...]
Better weather I’m sure that you will agree, but the high winds certainly played havoc with the scores of club competitions. Wind has a devastating effect in that for a right handed player, wind from the left to the right of the golf course can be a nightmare in shot making terms. Most right hander’s [...]
Well, we appear to have experienced three seasons in the space of a week as golfers have confronted high winds, sharp frosts and cold winds for the last week or so which has culminated in a splurge of activity around the coffee machines and a boost in the income of the snooker tables. Frost really [...]
I was pleased to receive an email from Paul Hogan who, with his father John Hogan, are instrumental in running the Winter league at Wrexham Golf club. This is the opening match of the winter series, and bodes well for the future with these two reporting results on a regular basis. Coincidentally Paul featured as [...]
With weather closing in, and last weekend at the mercy of the elements, some of our group managed nine holes on Saturday morning before the lure of the coffee machine and bacon baps overtook the enthusiasm for plodding for another hour and a quarter playing very bad golf. Sunday fared no better with ice being [...]
Last Wednesday evening all members of the affiliated clubs of the Denbighshire Golfing Union congregated at Denbigh golf club for the Annual General Meeting which witnesses the change of officials on the executive board and also gives parents and friends the opportunity to congratulate the winners of the major county events for 2011. County president, [...]
The new dual carriageway to the Industrial Estate in Wrexham is coming along at an excellent rate, due largely to the relatively dry weather which allows very heavy earth moving equipment to make progress without getting bogged down in mud and soft ground. The reason that I open with these remarks this week because the [...]
Both St Mary’s church in Ruabon and the Bersham Crematorium, Wrexham, were packed to capacity for the respective funerals of Allan Jeffreys of the Vale of Llangollen golf club, and Mary K. Jones of the Wrexham golf club, whose funerals were held just one hour apart last Tuesday. My first allegiance would normally be to [...]
Following the recent demise of Malcolm Edwards of the Wrexham golf club, local golfers will be saddened to hear of the loss of one of the Vale of Llangollen’s true characters, Alan Jeffreys, who passed away last Saturday. A friend and fellow golfer for over forty years, Alan and I used to visit each others [...]