The Vale of Llangollen’s press secretary to the veterans’ section of the club is Phil Coleman who diligently phones me every Sunday at 6.00 p.m. His valued comments are always appreciated because he offers background information about Llangollen trophies that I may not be aware of. Last week he spoke of the first Turkey Trot [...]
It’s inevitable that outdoor sports are affected by prevailing weather conditions and probably none more so than golf where distance is a premium and accuracy a necessity. In attempting the former, the latter usually suffers and the player, if not experienced, immediately assumes that the ball must be struck harder to counteract the wind. For [...]
Further to last week’s report, may I thank everyone who attended the funeral of Malcolm Edwards last Monday morning in their various capacities either as friends or members of the golfing fraternity who collectively made such an impression on his closest family? His wife Jacquie, son Roy, and daughter Tina would like me to express [...]
The local golfing community, and wider afield into the Denbighshire Golfing Union, North Wales golf and the Golf Union of Wales will be shocked and saddened to hear of the death of R. Malcolm Edwards of Wrexham Golf Club, one of the most competent and popular golfing characters to have played the game over the [...]
Without a doubt, Senior sections of golf clubs are the ones that gain most value for money for their subscription due to the time available to them to actually play the game, regardless of the time spent socializing in the clubhouse which is an added bonus. The next level of participation is the weekly visit [...]
Four years ago a thirteen year old member of the Vale of Glamorgan golf club travelled up to North Wales to play in the Clwyd Championships at Wrexham and Prestatyn golf clubs. Regular readers of this column will know that the event is over seventy two holes of thirty six each day at each of [...]
Last Thursday was the occasion of the 2011 D.G.U. President’s day competition which was played at Clays golf club by permission of co-proprietors Wyn Williams and David Larvin. The course was in truly excellent condition and each of the affiliated clubs in the Denbighshire Golfing Union sent along four representatives to compete in the competition [...]
The County Junior Championships takes pride of place this week as Wrexham Golf Club hosted the event for this calendar year. The DGU secretary, David Ethelston, noted that the golf course was in first class condition and that the boys had taken full advantage of this fact by posting a range of low scores. The [...]
The pace in local clubs is definitely increasing as players contest the closing rounds of club match play events leading up to Finals’ Day about the middle of September. We were able to record the Club Championship results at Clays golf club last week, and this week it is the turn of the Denbighshire Golfing [...]
The Wrexham club seems to have had an exceptionally busy period at the beginning of this month, but calm has followed as the Green Staff embark on a three to four day Course Maintenance programme of tining and top dressing greens, and verti draining elements of the course that require special attention. The optional fourth [...]