For over thirty years the principal golf tournament associated with the Wrexham County Borough Council has been their allegiance with Carlsberg U.K. to sponsor the popular Carlsberg Trophy event held at Wrexham Golf Club each August. This year is no exception and the competition takes place on Wednesday, 24th August and is played in pairs [...]
The Denbighshire Past Captains’ Association has enjoyed some forty odd years since its inception in the 1970’s and enjoys support wherever the game of golf is played throughout the county. Organised for many years by the late John Hawkes of Llangollen golf club, and since his demise by Brian Dallimore of Denbigh golf club, last [...]
Young Wrexham lady golfer Chloe Williams confirmed her position as one of the strongest players in her age group in Wales when she gained the most points in the Vagliano Trophy (Junior U16 Girls) when representing Great Britain and Ireland at Royal Porthcawl last Friday and Saturday. The team consisted of six girls from G.B [...]
Rather than duplicate the accolades in the national press about the achievements of Rory McIlroy, I would just add that I thought that his assurance and control were excellent, so I shall launch straight into the past fortnights efforts. A week last Saturday was the occasion of Captain’s Day at Wrexham when John D Williams [...]
Of the three major amateur events in North Wales golf, the Aberconwy Trophy, similar to the Clwyd Championship, is played over seventy two holes using two golf courses. The third event, the Harlech Gold Cross is naturally played only on that links course. Conwy and Maesdu are the chosen courses for this event and have [...]
The news was circulated this morning from Golf Union Wales’s office in Newport that two North Wales ladies had gained selection for the Great Britain and Ireland teams to play against the Continent of Europe at Royal Porthcawl in June. Amy Boulden of Maesdu will represent GB & I in the Vagliano Trophy, testimony to [...]
Tomorrow is Wednesday as I write, and the occasion of the Eisteddfod Am Am at Wrexham golf club which is a fund raising competition for the national Eisteddfod which will be held in Wrexham in just a few short weeks from now. The news recently that there could possibly be a shortfall of funding due [...]
The welcome rain has injected a splash of colour into parched fairways over the last few days, but the ground still needs a lot more rain to promote a steady growth on the majority of North Wales courses. Lush farmland or low lying courses have a huge advantage in times of drought, but suffer accordingly [...]
The Clwyd Championships held at Wrexham and Prestatyn golf clubs over the weekend proved a formidable test of golf with the weather over the two days having an effect on the play but, as with all walks of life, the cream always rises to the top, and the winning players were all very worthy of [...]
The Clwyd seventy two holes Championships take place this coming weekend at Wrexham and Prestatyn Golf Clubs with Wrexham being the host on Saturday and Prestatyn on Sunday. The weekend order alternates each year and the event attracts the seventy two best players in the principality and beyond. The fact that the competition is an [...]