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Cliff recorded a fantastic nett 59 off his handicap of 20, but that still fell three short of Mike Griffiths’ winning score!

Denbigh resident, Mike, headed a field of 136 entries with his unbelievable score, which included three birdies off his handicap of 14, which is now slashed by three.

He had collected seven league points in the previous week’s competition with a score of five-up.

Mike, who is 64, had only just bought a new set of irons and was playing just his second round with them on Saturday.

It has always been his desire to record a nett score of less than his age and with this 56 he has well and truly achieved that ambition.

DENBIGH – Winter League Week 13: 1 Mike Griffiths 70-14-56.

Gold Division: 1 Mark Matthews 74-8-66; 2 Nigel Jones 75-9-66; 3 George Williams 71-5-66. Silver Division: 1 Gerald Parry 75-13-62; 2 Glyn Williams 79-15-64; 3 Jeff Griffiths 77-13-64. Bronze Division: 1 Cliff Roberts 79-20-59; 2 Josh Hannen 84-21-63; 3 Liam Rowlands 81-17-64.

Juniors Winter League 18 Hole Medal Competition – Week 12: 1 Joshua Jones 66; 2 Edward Roberts 67; 3 Jack Cooledge 69.

Ladies Nine Hole Winter League Competition: 1 Jean Goodrick 17; 2 Stephanie Chalk 17; 3 Alison Matthews 17.

Seniors Stableford Competition: 1 Gerald Parry 40; 2 Geoff Doherty 38; 3 Gary Breaks 37.

Ladies 9 Hole Winter League Competition: 1 Val Jinks 21; 2 Christine Jones 20; 3 Jenny Jones 18.

Seniors Stableford Competition: 1 Peter MacKenzie 39; 2 Ifor Jones 37; 3 Ed Smith 33.

Seniors Stableford Competition: 1 Frank Barrett 39; 2 Gary Breaks 38; 3 Trevor Lamont 36.

CLAYS Club January Medal – Division One: 1 Phil Davies 77-9=68; 2 V Thind 81-11=70; 3 Colin Bryan 82-6=76. Division Two: 1 Paul Jeffs 84-13=71; 2 Gareth Roberts 85-12=73; 3 Mike Holt 88-14=74. Division Three: 1 Dilwyn Jones 88-18=70; 2 Craig Jones 100-23=77; 3 Robert Jarvis 97-20=77.

Sunday Winter League Two: 1 Bryan Jones 77-11=66; 2 Neil Gledhill 89-23=66; 3 David Parry 76-9=67.

Seniors Kitty 13 hole competition: 1 Fred Court and Brian Downes 33 points; 2 Peter Fraser and Vinny Simpson 33 (cb); 3 Bill Parry and Mike Carding 31.

HOLYWELL Team of Three: 1 Denys Davies, Mervyn Davies, Richard Owen 68; 2 Dave Andrew, Paul Newton, Dave Thomas 66 (cb); 3 Phil Reid, Jason Jones, Darren Edwards.

Junior Stableford: 1 James Perrett 20; 2 Liam Reed 18.

PENNANT PARK – Captain’s Drive-In, Men: 1 David J Roberts 30 (cb); 2 Phil Thompson 30 (cb); 3 Ted Bland 30 (cb).

Captain’s Drive-In, Ladies: 1 Ann Sharp 30; 2 Lynn Bailey 25 (cb); 3 Pam Joinson 25.

Winter League: 1 Matt Baker 28 (cb); 2 David Graham 28. Winter League Division One: 1 Karl Edwards 28; 2 Andrew Allshorn 27. Division Two: 1 Ian Hopkinson 29; 2 Mike Bullough 28.

Ladies Stableford: 1 Sandra Murphy 18 (cb); 2 Lynn Bailey 18.

Winter League: 1 Dave Gore 35; 2 John Burke 30. Winter League Division One: 1 Stephen Williams 30; 2 David Higginson 28. Division Two: 1 Peter Grundy Snr 30; 2 Vince Benton 29.

Ladies Winter Stableford: 1 Heather Taylor 20; 2 Lynn Bailey 18.

Seniors Winter League: 1 Geoff Foulkes 33; 2 Dave Foley 32.

Winter League: 1 David Ratcliffe 31; 2 John Edwards 31. Winter League Division One: 1 Andy Joinson 30; 2 Lee Oldfield 29. Division Two: 1 Mike Bullough 33; 2 Lee Sinclair 32.

Ladies Winter Stableford: 1 Heather Taylor 26; 2 Pam Joinson 21.

Ladies Winter Shield Final: 1 Heather Taylor; 2 Lynn Bailey (Lady capt); 3 Pam Joinson.

HENLLE PARK – Captain’s Drive-In:1 Alan James 70; 2 Alister Wright; 3 Peter Bagnall.

Ladies Indivdual Stableford: 1 Moya Holmes 19; 2 Kathy Evans 16; 3 Beryl Aubrey 16; 4 Pam Oliver 15.

Lady Captain’s Drive-in Nine-hole Shotgun start Competition – Men: 1 Tony Davies 20 c/b; 2 Derek Kellett 20. Ladies: 1 Viv Davies 18 c/b; 2 Gylla Magee 18; 3 Pam Oliver 17.

UPTON – 12 Hole Greensome Medal: 1 Pat Jennings and Jackie Bowyer 68-19-49; 2 Joyce Overend and Jean Payne 63-13-50.

Winter League winners – League A: Joe Devine and Mike Frost; Tony Mallon and Steve Lucas; Steve Ellis and Keith Williams; George Tremarco and Dave Cutt; Steve Jones and Ashley Jones; Gordon Galletly and Jonathan Galletly.

League B: Jim Priddin and Barry Harding; Des Jefferson and Rob Beddows; Paul Ithell and Brian Chidlow; Ken MacDonald and Bill Owens; Matthew Yeoman and Graham Collins; Gordon Will and Pat Dunn.

League C: Steve Buswell and Richard Green; Mark Chidlow and Lee Chidlow; Phil Gow and Gareth James; Mark Edwards and Paul Whitlow; John Powis and James Powis; Jim McBride and Clint Goodaed.

League D: Rob Hewitt and Ian Harvey; Barry Earlam and David Galletly; Derek Underwood and Alex Gifford; Peter Ferguson and Phil Moore; David Bradley and Richard Sidebottom; Jerry Woodley and Dave Waterhouse.

League E: Adam Deveney and James Lightfoot; Jim McCormack and Mike McCormack; Mike Smith and Mark Rawlins; Peter Clark and Peter McKeown; Graeme Clark and Gary Seddon; Mark Buttery and Anthony Hickman.

EATON – Ladies 14 Hole Stroke Play: 1 Janet Robinson 76-16=56; 2 Lesley Kirby 68-7=61; 3 Denise Lamont (Lady Captain) 70-7=63 cpo.

CLAYS – Seniors 13 Holes Yellow Ball: 1 Ray Martin, Lynn Mitchell, Peter Lynch, and Colin Brown 121; 2 Geoff Morris, Terry Jackson, Peter Fey and Ernie Williams 116.

Saturday Winter League Two: 1 Adam McDermott 59-4=55; 2 Carl White 64-9=55; 3 David Parry 63-8=55.

Shop Sunday Stableford: 1 David Parry 34; 2 Paul Woolf 33; 3 Graham Byrne 33.

Wrexham Council says following on from the free lesson, juniors (aged five to 18) can get golf tutoring at £15 for five lessons. There is no dress code and all equipment will be provided. Call Clays for more information on 01978 661046.

The local authority says the Golf Roots scheme, under which the lesson is offered, has helped many people from the Wrexham area to get involved in the sport and has changed the public’s perception of the activity.

“We are delighted to have held this Golf Roots programme in Wrexham. All the children that have taken part, plus their older siblings, parents, teachers and Wrexham Council joined in together,” said chief libraries, leisure and culture officer Alan Watkin.

“Now we are offering everyone the chance to take up a free golf lesson.”

Wrexham Council’s deputy leader, Cllr Bob Dutton, said: “We are pleased to be offering everyone from Wrexham the opportunity to take up a free golf lesson.”

For a free golf lesson visit www.wrexham.gov.uk/sport to download the voucher and get details of how to book a place. For more information contact the sports development section on 01978 297359.

The fluctuating conditions of last week made the arrangements to play golf a day to day decision, but for players who had signed for competitions it became a case of turn up and get on with it. Last Saturday was such a day with foul weather warnings being broadcast by the BBC along with flood warnings for the South West on Friday night, the Wrexham golf course, usually an excellent draining course, succumbed to the torrential downpour and was closed at first light.

The day had been reserved for the annual Christmas Scramble in which about sixty men contest the event and then have a meal in the clubhouse after play. The numbers are supplemented by other members who did not play but came for the meal. Even though this is definitely a “jolly boys’ outing” there is a serious side to it all in that by arranging forfeits for all manner of inane reasons at a pound a forfeit, Nightingale House benefited to the tune of over £435.00, and all from quite a small number of participants.

The competition eventually started at noon when an inspection of the course proved positive. Eighteen holes was out of the question so the organizers sensibly divided the field into two halves with one group playing nine holes on the back plus ten, eleven, seventeen and eighteen and the front nine players adding ten, eleven and eighteen to their card.  One group therefore played twelve holes and the other played thirteen so it was run as two separate competitions.

Accounting for the differing formats, the winners were the Am Am scoring team comprising R Paul Williams, Richard Godbold, David Stephen Jones and Nick Verburg

with Chris Marsden, Simon Earl Huxley, Karl Griffiths and Warren Wynne in second place.

The third placed team was Mike Norton, Mike Jones, E L Williams and Kevin Bostock followed by Derek Collis, Mike Verburg, Phil Kavanagh and Alan Harris in fourth place.

The fifth group comprised Sean O’Sullivan, Phil McKevitt, Gary Murt and Alan Andrew.

The results of Wrexham Ladies nine holes Christmas Canadian Greensome again have featured Janet Lloyd and Janet Brand with 18 points followed by Jean Jones and Janet Pritchard with 17, all from a total of sixteen entries.

The Annual General Meeting of the Denbighshire Golfing Union held last Wednesday at Denbigh Golf Club witnessed the retirement of the 2008 officers in favour of the 2009 incumbents. County Captain John Hughes of Ruthin Pwllglas Golf Club handed over the control to Chris Roberts of Wrexham Golf Club and at the same time welcomed Tony Harcombe of Clays Golf Centre as the Vice Captain for 2009 with the potential to be County Captain in the 2010 Ryder Cup year.

Ian Taylor of Rhos on Sea, who has held the Presidency of the Union for the past two years, was succeeded by Eric Howells of Denbigh golf club who retired last year as County Secretary, a post he held with distinction for twenty years.

David Ethelston of the Vale of Llangollen was reappointed to his office as Secretary as well as Martin Edwards of Denbigh to that of Treasurer with Iain Hayes of Rhos on Sea continuing to serve as Chairman of Selectors for the County scratch team.

An undoubted highlight of the evening was the presentation of the long service award to County Golf to Malcolm Edwards of the Wrexham club. Malcolm first played representative golf for the County scratch team in 1969 when he played with teenage legend Jimmy Buckley who went on to win the Welsh Match play and stroke play so many times as well as playing in the Walker Cup at Muirfield.

Malcolm has played since that time at scratch level, also representing Wales at senior golf and still plays for the DGU senior’s team and also for North Wales. He recalled in his acceptance speech the time that he arrived very early for a match at Rhos on Sea Golf Club only to find the snooker table occupied by two players who, with a third who was sitting down in the window area, had been playing all night.

Closer observation revealed Ray Reardon, who this week received a lifetime achievement award for services to snooker at the Welsh Sportsman of the Year presentation, Australian ace Eddie Charlton, and snooker legend Fred Davies, brother of the incomparable Joe Davies who dominated the sport throughout the post was years. As Malcolm added, he was not invited to make up the four!

He and I partnered each other in County foursomes for over eleven years, winning more than we lost thanks entirely to his superb golf and temperament, but come what may, even after all that time I could never “club him” when asked my opinion. I could give him yardages, but he was so powerful with the shorter irons, that to suggest what he hit into the green was, and still  is because we play together every Saturday morning, a complete mystery. A worthy recipient of a very prestigious award.

Wrexham played a Stableford event last Saturday in conditions best described as less than perfect. Winner of the first division was Kevin Matthias with 40 points off two handicap, an excellent achievement considering the competition was played off the white boxes which had been placed rather too far back for winter golf. Gareth Evans was in second place with 39 points off three handicap and Graham Williams occupied third with 37.

Jim Davies took the second division with his score of 38 points, beating the two next cards of 36 handed in by Gavin Davies and Mike Parsons.

The length of the course took its toll on the longer handicap players with the scores reflecting this in the third division. Bryn Edwards won with 35 points followed by David Phillips on the same numbers and then Haydn Davies in third place with 34.

Geoff Lang handed in 37 points to win the fourth group from Neil Edwards who returned with another 37. Bob Simms was in third place with35.

Breanne Loucks popped into the office to do some photocopying a little while ago prior to a Manchester Airport dash to La Manga where she is spending three days surveying the North and south courses before her Tour School Qualifier on 3^rd January.

She will be laser distancing the holes from all points on the fairways in preparation for four rounds of golf with about one hundred and fifty other aspiring amateurs to make the cut of thirty. The second four rounds are supplemented by the Professional ladies who lost their playing rights this year and are looking to re qualify for the 2009 season.

We all admire her thorough approach and wish her well.

Wrexham Ladies have just walked in with the results of their somewhat depleted nine holes competition which featured a win for Janet Brand and Sue Bannister with 18 points followed by Janet Pritchard and Freda Darlington on the same score but ranked on the back six holes.

Wrexham Juniors ended a very successful season with their annual Dinner and Presentation evening last Friday when over forty boys and girls attended to applaud the prize winners of the last few months including the winners of the Junior Honours Boards events and team competitions.

The guest speaker was senior member Mr. Jack Gittins who interested the juniors with his various stories and recollections. The event has run for the past five years and has gained support each year as more and more of the young members have become involved. Organised by Junior Organiser Mr. Phil Thomas, and assisted by the Junior Welfare Officer Mrs Mair Williams and club Professional Paul Williams, the evening proved a success for all concerned.

Janet Lloyd and Jean Jones were again successful in the Ladies’ nine holes competition of last Tuesday when they handed in a card reading 16 points, reflected in weather conditions that were less than perfect. Second came Wendy Roberts and Janet Brand with a similar total but a less good final six holes. This Tuesday morning presents the problem of heavy rain and overnight frost which is creating a “shall we, shan’t we ” frame of mind for the more sensible ladies who are scheduled to play a further nine holes event.

My office window overlooks the first tee, and already several men have made the ultimate sacrifice and walked in following an eight o’clock start but a nine o’clock downpour of freezing rain.  The coffee machine is working overtime as I write.

The Vale of Llangollen veterans played a Texas Scramble over eleven holes last Thursday when fifty six contested the event. Winners were Brian Dolamore, S F Jones, Keith Nash and John Tate with 34.4 net

Second came Alan Jeffreys, familiarly known as “one putt Al”, Peter Wright, John Pritchard and Nev Rawcliffe with 34.9 and then, in third place, Ray Jarvis, George Arrowsmith, John T. Hughes and Malcolm Roxborough with 35.4.

The Two Ball Texas Scramble scheduled to be played last Saturday morning at Wrexham suffered very badly because of dense fog. Our benchmark is the ability to see the Sycamore tree to the right of the first fairway at a distance of some two hundred and eighty five yards. This should be visible for at least five uninterrupted minutes before we give the go ahead to commence play.

Despite changing the format in our heads as the minutes ticked by, working out play over fifteen holes, then eleven holes and then nine holes, it became painfully obvious that the day was lost and that there would be no play at all.

Clays Golf Club played a yellow ball competition over seventeen holes which featured a win for Maelor Davies, Peter Lynch, Jack Brown and Andy Mitchell with 151 points. The runners up with 147 points were Bill Hughes, Bill Parry, Ray Martin and  Peter Frazer with Ray having an eagle two on the 365 yards par 4 fourteenth hole. Using a driver, followed by a rescue club, he enjoyed the view of the shot disappearing down the hole.

The Seniors Individual Stableford played over the same seventeen holes again featured Ray Martin who handed in 40 points to lead by six points from Lou Bush, Stewart Poole and Dave Lambert who all returned with 34. Ray’s score represented playing a 71 gross off eight handicap.

The Shop Stableford  went ahead last Saturday despite restricted visibility and  saw Stuart Rogers hand in 41 points followed by Karl Matthias on 39 and then Ceri Anderson on 38. A identical event the following day witnessed a win for Kevin Lee Roberts with 39 points from Michael Bryne on the same numbers and Neil Gledhill with 38.

The weather forecast for the tail end of the week does not appear too rosy and will no doubt affect the visiting societies that will be attending local clubs in the run up to Christmas. Let’s hope that we can get a game before the really bad weather sets in.

The 802 participants easily broke the previous record of 491 people taught in unison.

Just days before the Ryder Cup kicks off in Kentucky, the record attempt began at 2pm at Clays Golf Club’s newly renovated driving range.

The record bid was the culmination of the Golf Roots festival, an initiative set up by the Golf Foundation in 2003 to provide youngsters in inner city areas with a golfing experience.

Sponsorship for the event and a five-year ongoing commitment to the development of youth golf in North East Wales has come in the form of a £4,500 contribution from Bridgestone, £4,000 from Mizuno and £1,800 from Srixon.

To complement the sponsorship agreements, the Welsh Assembly has provided just over £9,000 of Sportswatch Cymru funding towards the development of junior golf.

The Clays Golf Club youngster has been selected to represent his country in the Boys Home International Matches at Royal County Down, between August 5-7.

He will be joined by Richard Bentham (Celtic Manor), Ben Enoch (Truro), Rhodri Harston (Felixstowe Ferry), Llion Lloyd Kerry (Royal St David’s), Oliver Lewis (Ludlow), Ross McLister (Cardiff), Matthew Moseley (Carmarthen), Patrick Mullins (Whitchurch), Christopher Nugent (Fulford Heath), and Rhys Pugh (Vale of Glamorgan).

Mark Edwards won the PADESWOOD AND BUCKLEY Investiture Trophy Bogey Competition with a score of 4 Up, from runner-up Paul Ward, and third placed Jeff Matthews who posted the same score.

Mixed Foursomes Cup: 1 Roger Speed and Trish Edwards 88-20.5=67.5; 2 Simon Hellan and Isobel Wright 90-21.5=68.5; 3 Dave Dicknan and Val Forshaw 86-16=70.

Royal British Legion Poppy 24th anniversary Competition – Team Event: 1 Knutsford (Albert Adshead, P Hennesey, D Hood, J Johnson) 101 points; 2 Wrexham (Handel Williams, Brian Neale, Tom Jeffries, Barry Dickenson) 101 points; 3 Padeswood and Buckley (Mal Baines, Anwel Jones, Gareth Hughes, Keith Seddon) 100 points.

Individual Event: 1 Owen Jones (Padeswood and Buckley) 40 points; 2 J Johnson (Knutsford) 39; 3 Ray Garston (Llay RBL) 37.

Veterans Competition: 1 Brian Heal (Wrexham) 36 points.

Ladies Competition: 1 Kate Heaton (Padeswood and Buckley) 37 points.

A sum in excess of £3,000 was raised in aid of the Poppy Appeal.

FLINT Presidents Day: 1 Trevor Roberts 41 points; 2 Billy Robinson (Captain) 40 points; 3 Ian Reid 40 points.

HOLYWELL Trevor Eaton medal: Winner, Bob Fiddaman 79-16-63; runner up, Phillip Payne 84-18-66; 3 Frank Tweedle 78-11-67 count back.

Ladies Section Golf Foundation Medal: Winner, Joyce Eakins 29-18-74; runner up, Flora Davies 13-18-75.

Retired Gentlemans Section J T Hughes Trophy: Winner, Ron Ashton 40 points on a count back from; runner up, Elwyn Roberts 40 points.

Mixed Foursomes Harrison Flag: Winners, Geoff and Eirian Evans; runners up, Steph Jones and Peter Lewis.

CLAYS Seniors Open – 1 Bill Kelleher and Don Cotton (Aldersey Green) 45 points; 2 Dave Lambert and Maelor Davies 43 points (back 9); 3 Geoff Morris and Harold Hughes 43 points; 4 Brian E Jones and Malcolm Edwards (Wrexham) 42 points.

Clays Seniors team travelled to Wrexham and lost 6-4.

OLD PADESWOOD Rose Bowl (Major) inc first round Club Championship: 1 Louise Brady 95-25=70 Overall Winner; 2 Maggie Hellen 91-21=70 Overall Runner-Up; 3 Cath Whitfield 88-18=70 Overall Third.

Professionals Junior Cup – Bogey Comp: 1 Mark Matthews 1 up; 2 Liam Rowlands All Square; 3 Joshua Jones 2 down.

PLASSEY Seniors nine hole medal: winner, Ben Scourerfield net 29; runner up, Sam Bellis net 30.

Sharon Harold, the Lady Captain, held her Lady Captain’s day at Plassey Oaks.

The winner of the Lady Captain’s Cup on count back was Cath Cawsey with a score of 32 pts.

The full results were as follows:

Ladies – Nearest the Pin, Lynn Harrison; Longest Drive, Wendy Stott; Third place, Wendy Stott 25 pts; Runner Up, Lynn Harrison 32pts; Winner, Cath Cawsey 32 pts.

Men – Nearest the Pin; Dave Griffiths; Longest drive, Glynn Edwards; Third place, Andrew Harrison 37 pts; Runner Up, Glynn Edwards 39 pts; Winner, Paul Kinsella 41 pts.

Juniors – Nearest the Pin, John Joy; Longest Drive, Matt Doodson; Best Gross, Matt Doodson; Third place, Sean Harold 37 pts; Runner up, Paul McCaffrey 38 pts; Winner, Joel Harold 40 pts.

VALE OF LLANGOLLEN July Midweek Medal: 1 Thomas Price 73-5=68; 2 JA Pritchard 86-17=69; 3 K Scott Francis 84-14=70.

Medal and Newman Cup: 1 Rod K Holt 76-8=68; 2 Gareth Evans 79-11=68; 3 Mark L Jones 72-3=69.

Medal and Newman Cup: 1 Dafydd Robertson 85-23=62; 2 Malcolm Delany 85-20=65; 3 JA Crowe 83-16=67.

Vets Shield: 1 M Edwards 37 pts; 2 Peter Wright 36 pts; 3 NG Jones 36 pts.

Juniors – Matthew Ellis Trophy: 1 Thomas Wayne Williams 35 pts; 2 Greg M Purdie 35 pts; 3 Jake R Purdie 34 pts.

Centenary – Captain’s Day: 1 Geraint W Jones 42 pts; 2 Neil Jones 41 pts; 3 Neil Valentine 41 pts.

Ladies Garner Cup: 1 Dolores Whiting 95-21=74; 2 Sheila Walsh 88-14=74; 3 Carol M Demmer 95-21=74.

LGU Medal: 1 Margaret O’Sullivan 93-18=75; 2 Alyson Greenwood 92-14=78; 3 Jane Thomas 93-15=78.

LGU Medal: 1 Zoe Ellis 112-34=78; 2 Linda Williams 110-31=79; 3 Barbara Beckwith 102-22=80.

Grainger Cup: 1 Ann Thomas 39 pts; 2 Jane Hurle 37 pts; 3 Hilary Wells 36 pts.

Lady Captain’s Day: 1 Sheila Walsh 36 pts; 2 Alyson Greenwood 35 pts; 3 Liz Taylor-Ingram 35 pts.

Lady Captain’s Day: 1 Dolores Whiting 35 pts; 2 Brenda Edwards 35 pts; 3 Margaret Jeffreys 35 pts.

Lady Captain’s Day: 1 Susan M Parrish (28) 33 pts; 2 Mary C Ormrod 32 pts; 3 Lyn A Taylor (28) 31 pts.

HENLLE PARK – Beryl Aubrey Trophy: 1 Lynn Edwards 45 points, 2 Sian Rogers 44 points, 3 Gylla Magee 40 points.

Seniors: Hawarden 8.5 Henlle 1.5; Denbigh 6 Henlle 3; Denbigh 8 Henlle 4.

DENBIGH – Professionals Junior Cup – Bogey Comp: 1 Mark Matthews 1 up; 2 Liam Rowlands All Square; 3 Joshua Jones 2 down.

Seniors Match: Denbigh 8 Henlle Park 4.

Seniors Comp: 1 Frank Barrett 41 points; 2 Peter Howland 39 points; 3 Edward Batty 38 points.

Ladies Comps – Margaret Clarke Trophy and Mr Captain’s Centenary Prize: 1 Karen Jones 40 points; 2 Melanie Hannen 37 points (b.9-20); 3 Barbara Dallimore 37 points (b.9-17).

Seniors Stableford Comp: 1 Alan Brewster 41 points; 2 Cliff Twamley 38 points (b.9-23); 3 Alan Brooke 38 points (b.9-21).

Daily Telegraph Juniors Open, Gross Comp: 1 Jamie Lloyd (Wrexham) 74 Gross; 2 Dewi Tomos Roberts (Denbigh) 76 Gross.

Nett Com: 1 Dewi Tomos Roberts (Denbigh) 76-15-61 Nett; 2 Jamie Lloyd (Wrexham) 74-12-62 Nett; 3 Mark Matthews (Denbigh) 80-15-65 Nett.

Gents MidWeek Stableford Comp: 1 Tom Williams 48 points; 2 Gareth Roberts 43 points (b.9-24); 3 Reece Hughes (Junior Capt.) – 43 points (b.9-21).

Junior Captains Day 18 Hole Stableford Comp: 1 Rhys Hellon 43 points; 2 Joshua Jones 36 points; 3 Mark Matthews 32 points.

9 Hole Medal Comp: 1 Tom Green 51-16-35; 2 Jake Hellon 51-16-35; 3 Robbie Green 55-16-39.

Seniors Stableford Comp: 1 Nobby Morris 40 points; 2 Peter Lowe 40 points; 3 Tony Austin 39 points.

Ladies Over 60’s Open Comp: 1 Joan Dale and Gwerfyl Williams 42 points (b.9-22) (Denbigh); 2 Jean Batten Jones and Betty Thomas 42 points (b.9-20) (Denbigh); 3 Heather Evans and Jane Strapps 41 points (Rhuddlan).

Gents Bogey Comp: 1 Eifion Jones (President) 5 up; 2 Roger Beedles (Captain) 5 up ; 3 Reece Hughes (Junior Captain) 5 up.

EATON Mens Midweek Medal – Division One: 1 Ben Parton 79-12=67; 2 Dave Dawrant 74-6=68.

Division Two: 1 Paul Thomas 83-18=65; 2 Peter Roberts 85-17=68 cpo.

Division Three: 1 Ron McBurnie 90-22=68; 2 Peter Dyos 93-23=70.

Ladies Millennium Trophy Stableford, Division One: 1 Pam Probert 41 pts; 2 Ann Dyos 38 pts.

Division Two: 1 Moira Jarvie 38 pts cpo; 2 Beth Knight 38 pts.

Division Three: 1 Carol Swaffield 39 pts cpo; 2 Irene Varley 39 pts.

Overall winner: Pam Probert.

Veterans Cup – 1 Terry Oliver 80-14=66; 2 Derek Cross 87-17=70 cpo; 3 Charles Pritchard 88-18=70.

Winner Aged over 65: Lance Irvin 81-12=69.

George Ridley Calcutta Competition – 1 Alun Smith, Beryl Lever, Maurice Cottle, Ruth Robinson; 2 Lesley Kirby, Ian Russell, Chris Walley, Wendy Rae; 3 Tim Henry, Jan Cook, Herb Powell, Anne Smith; 4 Robin Goodyer, Margaret Steward, Barry Smith, Teresa Davies.

VICARS CROSS President’s Day (Mens) Stableford Competition: President’s Prize – overall winner: Bob Houston (17) 43 Points.

Division One: Gary Barnes (11) 37 Points; Division Two: Geoff Dickinson (18) 40 Points; Division Three: Ian West (27) 40 points.

Veterans Prize: Colin Jones (17) 37 Points; Nearest the Pin on the 18th hole, Phil Barlow 36.5 ins; Straightest Drive on the 11th Hole, Bob Neeld.

Seniors Jim Hawkins Trophy Competition: 1 Andrew Barnard 86-26=60; 2 Dennis Jenkins 84-18=66; 3 Ron Harding 83-11=72.

CHESTER Ladies President Day Competition Prize Winner: Helen Jones 42pts; Division One, Winner: E Kinkead 39pts; Runner-up, S Watson 37pts; Division Two, Winner: S Thomas 36pts cpo; runner-up, L Foden 36pts; Division Three, winner: S Banham 39pts; runner-up, S Kearl 34pts.

CARDEN PARK Lady Captain’s Day: 1 Liz Herrick 35pts; 2 Jo Pendry 33pts; 3 Helen Harris 31pts; Best front 9: Anna James 19pts; Best back 9: Val Halliwell 17pts; Longest Drive: Jane McGrath; Nearest the Pin: Diane McCumesky; Guest prize: Rachael Davies (Wrexham).

Meg Parry holed out for 93-23=70 and top spot in Division Two, finishing clear of runner-up Pat Bellis (99-28=71) who won a card play-off against third placed Marie Hargreaves (93-22=71).

Peter Roberts Cup: 1 Chris Edwards (70-11=59); 2 John Hughes II (70-8=62); 3 Andrew Betteley (80-18=62).

The CLAYS Pairs Betterball Strokeplay off 3/4 handicaps was won with a net 62 by Reg Peacock and George James. Second were Don Wraight and Jack Brown net 66; with Tony Harcombe and Michael Carding third, and Bill Hughes and Terry Prile, net 66, fourth.

Ladies May Stableford: 1 Janet Johnson 39 pts Overall Winner; 2 Denise Bromley 30 pts Overall Runner-Up; 3 Rosalind Carman 29 pts Overall Third.

Men’s HB – JCB Shield: 1 Michael Platt 71-5=66 overall winner; 2 Michael Griffiths 87-20=67 overall runner-up; 3 Colin Bryan 74-6=68.

Sunday Shop Stableford: 1 Michael Platt 41pts overall winner; 2 Steven Taylor 37pts overall runner-up; 3 Alan Caples 37pts overall third.

Sunday Shop Bogey Competition: 1 Stephen Beech 6 up (Division One winner); 2 Phil Jones all sq. (Division One runner-up); 3 Michael Griffiths 3-down (Division One third).

Seniors Kitty Competition Three ball Stableford: 1 Terry Davies, Stan Brookfield and Tom Mara 75pts (back 9=32); 2 Peter Frazer, Bill Duncan and Mike Hollins 75pts (back 9=31).

Andrew Bostock, of Wrexham Golf Club, is 13th on the Golf Union of Wales Order of Merit with 25 points.

The Eddie Owens Pairs (Better Ball Medal) at FLINT was won by Peter Rowands and Neil Cartwright 59 nett. Richie Russell and John Round were second, 59 nett; with Terry Roberts and Steve Edwards third with a 61 nett.

At HOLYWELL the team of four winners were Don Fergusson, Rob Nicholls, Kevin Wilson and Dave Littler with 88 points.

Runners-up were Paul Newton, Dave Andrew, Luke P Jones and Anthony Goundrey on 87pts on a countback from, Barry Lloyd, Bob Fiddaman, Stepen Davies and Ron Ashton also with 87pts

Ladies: Dilys Moore Trophy – 1. Lauren Stanfield (34); 2, Joyce Eakins (31).

Ladies Spring Meeting – 1, Eirian Evans (70); 2, Lauren Stanfield (72); 3 Sue Collingwood (73).

The winner of the Ladies Centenary Trophy at CHESTER was Ros Jones, 100-27-73. Carol Pembroke was runner-up with 97-24-73. Twos – E Watson, S Watson, J Huckerby, all on the 17th.

Helen Groves, 100-31=69, won the LGU May Medal at Carden park, with Belinda Martin, 110-35=75, in second place ahead of Jo Pendry, 104-24=80.

And at OLD PADESWOOD the Courtland Trophy was won by Maggie Hellen, 95-21=74, with Julie Slater second, 96-20=76; and Dorothy Lovell, 104-28=76, third.

Beryl Aubrey and Graham Wakefield won the HENLLE PARK Betterball Competition with 39points, one better than second placed Granville Cliffe and Tina Brookes 38pts, with third-placed Sharon Gibbons and Harry Jones on 36pts and Mel Shelton and Roger King in fourth place on 36pts.

Senior Section: Old Padeswood 5 Henlle Park 2.

Juniors Section: Henlle Park Juniors had a great victory over Clays Golf Club played at Mold in the West Cheshire and Border League. The overall result was 5-1 to Henlle.

May Medal – Division One: 1 Darrel Carver nett 70, 2 Ishmael Franks nett 71, 3 Paul Griffiths nett 71.

Division Two: 1 Robert Hughes nett 64, 2 Peter Denham nett 65, 3 Michael A. Jones nett 66.

Division Three: 1 Rob Lawrence nett 67, 2 James Rogers nett 70, 3 Len Ring nett 70.

Wednesday Night Nine hole competition: 1 Max Evans 21pts, 2 Pete Denham 20pts, 3 Richard Owens 20pts.

Juniors – Winner – Gareth Jones – 20pts.

Division One of the EATON Ladies First May Stableford was won by Denise Scott with 41pts, with Denise Lamont second on 36pts.

Division Two: 1 Reta Makinson 39pts; 2 Jill Smyly 38pts.

Division Three: 1 Wendy Rae 42pts; 2 Pauline Wilson 38pts.

Mens Medal – Division One: 1 Peter Crompton 74–6=68; 2 Alun Rees 81–9=72.

Division Two: 1 Richard Newman 83–14=69; 2 John Iles 86–16=70.

Division Three: 1 Stephen Williams 93–24=69; 2 Neil Cook 91–21=70.

In DENBIGH – Juniors Competitions the 18 Hole Medal and Stan Roberts Cup was won by Dewi Tomos Roberts, 85-17-68 nett. Mark Matthews, 87-14-73 nett, was second, ahead of third placed Joshua Jones, 84-9-75 nett.

9 Holes Medal Comp: 1 Jake Hellon 42-16-26 nett; 2 Tom Jones 53-17-36 nett; 3 Robbie Green 54-16-38 nett.

Seniors Match: Mold Seniors beat Denbigh Seniors 5½ to 4½.

Seniors Stableford Comp: 1 Edward Batty 38pts (b.9-22); 2 Mike Thomas 38pts (b.9-18); 3 Trefor O. Jones 37pts.

Ladies Medal and W.M. Hughes Cup Qualifier: 1 Jean Gwynn 88-16-72 nett (b.9-33); 2 Jackie Hughes 83-11-72 nett (b.9-36.5); 3 Alison Matthews 96-23-73 nett.

Seniors Inter-Club Clwyd Shield: 1 Abergele Golf Club – 332pts; 2 Denbigh Golf Club – 304pts; 3 Rhuddlan Golf Club – 302pts; 4 Prestatyn Golf Club – 255pts.

Seniors Stableford Comp: 1 Peter Lowe – 47pts; 2 Barrie Fishwick – 40pts (b.9-19); 3 Fred Jones – 40pts (b.9-16).

Gents Medal Comp: 1 Tom Brown – 76-15-61 nett; 2 John Haydn Roberts – 85-23-62 nett; 3 Peter Lowe – 83-18-65 nett.

Seniors Stableford Comp: 1 Barry Davies – 41pts; 2 Trefor O. Jones – 38pts; 3 Arthur Duddle – 37pts.

Gents Stableford Comp: 1 Peter Lowe – 46pts; 2 Peter Wharton – 44pts; 3 Robert Render – 43pts.

John Parry and Pat Riley teamed up to win PADESWOOD and BUCKLEY’S invitation Day competition.

They carded 43 points to finish in front of Paul Williams and Keiran Garston and Martin Jones and Dave Bromley.

At UPTON BY CHESTER the Gents Medal Division One was won by Matthew Yeoman, 74-8=66, with Graham Duckers, 73-6=67 runner-up. Brian Thomas had the best gross with a 73.

Division Two: 1 David Galletly 81-16=65 ocpo; 2 Jim Devenney 80-15=65; 3 Bill Preston 77-11=66 ocpo.

Division Three: 1 Derek Cooper 85-22=63; 2 Tony Spriggs 97-27=70; 3
John Clucas 91-20=71 ocpo.