2013 Season

6/5/13

Dorothy Meacock Foursomes
The draw for the Dorothy Meacock Fousomes has taken place.
To view/download the draw
CLICK HERE

Please note that the two preliminary round games, Greenmeadow against Pontnewydd and Dewstow against St. Mellons, must be played by 12th June and the first round games by 12th July. There will then be a redraw after this round is completed.

12/4/13

The Golf Union of Wales have instituted a new Championship this year ~ The Welsh Mid Amateur Championship. It is aimed at those aged 30 or above with a handicap of 15 or less and is to be staged alongside the Welsh Amateur Closed Championship at Nefyn on 19th & 20th of May with a practice on 18th May. Entries close on Monday 22nd April.
For full details, conditions and an entry form CLICK HERE

9/4/13

County Championships

The County Championships were held in the traditional  slot of Easter week although the overnight frost and the bitter Easterly wind made it seem more like Christmas than Easter.  However 40 entrants in each of the two divisions braved the cold for the Stroke play Qualifiers,  with the Bronze Division being held at Monmouth Golf Club and the Silver Division at Woodlake Park.  The 16 best gross scores at Monmouth then joined their silver division colleagues at Woodlake Park Golf Club for the match play stages.

At Monmouth the best Nett Score and the Coronation Medal was won by Sarah Payne of Newport Golf Club with Joan Bool of Bryn Meadows second. Beryl Young of St. Pierre Golf Club achieved the best gross score and led the sixteen qualifiers to Woodlake Park as top seed.  The sixteen included two  members of the County Junior Squad and both were destined to make a mark.

 In the first round, at the bottom of the draw, Sophie Madsen of St. Mellons Golf Club, six weeks before her 14th birthday, beat the number 2 seed Sarah Payne by 2 & 1 to move into the quarter final where she then lost by 3 & 2 to Patricia John of Newport Golf Club.  Patricia then beat Sue Edwards of  Monmouth Golf Club by 3 & 2 to get to the Final.

 At the top of the draw, top seed Beryl Young reached the Semi Final with wins by 4 & 2 over Claire Bartlett of Pontnewydd Golf Club and by 2 up over Janice Williams of Newport Golf Club.  In the Semi Final Beryl came up against the other Junior, 14 year old  Rhian Morgan of St. Pierre Golf Club, and it was Rhian who came out on top with a 3 & 2 win.  Rhian then kept up her good form to beat Patricia by 5 & 4  and become Bronze Division Champion.

In the Silver Division Stroke play Qualifying round at Woodlake Park,  the best gross and number one seed for the Match play stages was Welsh International Jessica Evans of Newport Golf Club with Danielle Cobley of Pontnewydd Golf Club second.  Carolyn Pritchard of Llanwern Golf Club won the prize for best Nett , with Jane Paske of Woodlake Park second and Welsh Senior International Christine Harries from Llanwern Golf Club, won the prize for the best Gross score by a Senior Lady.

The match play event saw the Semi final stage reached by 3 past Champions:
Jessica Evans who beat County Selector Catherine Nutley of Dewstow Golf Club by 4 & 3 and Welsh Senior International Patricia Fernon,  also of Dewstow Golf Club by 2 up;
Cerys Jenkins of Bryn Meadow Golf Club who beat Caroline Cole of Monmouthshire Golf Club and Carolyn Pritchard of Llanwern Golf Club by 5 & 3;
and Danielle Cobley who beat Jessica Gabriel of Pontypool Golf Club by 5 & 4 and Rhiannon Thomas of St. Pierre Golf Club by 2 up.
They were joined by 15 year old Jordan Ryan of Newport Golf Club who had done excellently by beating Jo. Waite of St. Mellons Golf Club by 5 & 3 and Chris Harries by 5 & 4.
Both Semi Final matches ended in 2 & 1 wins, for Jessica over Jordan and Danielle over Cerys.  That was also the score in the final with Jessica clinching victory to become Champion for the second time in 3 years.
However Danielle also had something to celebrate ~ it was her 21st birthday!

The Barbara Francis Memorial Trophy for the best performance at the Championships by a girl in the County Junior Squad was won by Rhian Morgan

The Paton Cup, awarded to the club with the four best Nett scores in the Stroke play Stages of the Championship was won by Newport Golf Club with the  scores of Jessica Evans, Jordan Ryan, Sarah Payne and Emma Miller being the ones to count.

Jessica Evans ~ County Champion 2013

Rhian Morgan ~ Bronze Division Champion 2013

Lady Captain Newport Golf Club, Joanne Morgan, with Jordan Ryan,Jessica Evans,
Sarah Payne and the Paton Cup [Emma Miller wasn't available for the photograph]

CLICK HERE for the photgraphs of the presentations to all the winners

Day 3

CLICK HERE for the Silver Division Match play results

CLICK HERE for the Bronze Division Match play results

Day 2

The Silver Division Match play results can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE

The Bronze Division Match play results can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE

Day 1

The scores in the Silver Division Qualifier at Woodlake Park
can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE

The scores in the Bronze Division Qualifier at Monmouth
can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE

The Silver Division Match Play Draw for Tomorrow, 4th April,
can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE

The Bronze Division Match play Draw for tomorrow, 4th April,
can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE

The CSS Report for the Silver Division can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE
The CSS Report for the Bronze Division can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE
The Bronze Division Competition Report can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE

24/3/13

Information about a Golf & Coffee Morning
at Tredegar Park Golf Club
is available via the Regional Roundup Section above.

The Rules for the Glamorgan & Monmouthshire Ladies' League
can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE or in the 'Useful Documents' box above.

County and GUW Competitions
2013

The dates and venues for many of the 2013 Welsh and County Competitions and also the Monmouthshire Ladies' team matches have been finalised and can be viewed by clicking on the Fixtures Section above.

The County Booklets were distributed to the County Representatives at the last County Meeting
held at the Parc Golf Club on Tuesday 5th February
The Booklets are £4 each and contain the entry forms for the County Closed Meeting, the County Silver Salvers and the Pyman Marsh Bowl & Peglar Cup Competitions.

The Captain has issued a notice regarding the collection and payment for the County Booklets at the Meeting on 5th February and this has been distributed to all Club Representatives.
It is reproduced here:

PAYMENT OF COUNTY CARDS 

IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF ALL CLUBS COULD PAY FOR COUNTY CARDS COLLECTED AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING AS WELL AS SUPPLYING A LIST OF NAMES AND CONTACT DETAILS OF LADIES PAYING FOR THOSE ITEMS.

THERE WILL BE NO SPARE CARDS ISSUED TO REPRESENTATIVES THIS YEAR.

LADIES WHO HAVE NOT PURCHASED THEIR COUNTY CARD AND HAD THEIR NAMES ENTERED ON THE REGISTER OF MEMBERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER ANY COUNTY COMPETITION.

THE SECRETARY WILL BE PLEASED TO RECEIVE REQUESTS FOR FURTHER CARDS AFTER THE FEBRUARY DATE DIRECTLY, WHEN THEY WILL BE SENT ON RECEIPT OF PAYMENT.

Ann Booth
County Captain

The entry forms for the The Irene Strong Silver Salver and the Isabelle Russell Trophy can all be downloaded from the Fixtures Section.

The entry form and rules for the Dorothy Meacock Foursomes Competition
can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE

The Junior Fixtures can be viewed by clicking on the Junior Section above.

Details and entry forms for Ladies' Open events at:
St. Pierre Golf Club,
Woodlake Park Golf Club,
Newport Golf Club,
Dewstow Golf Club,
Llanwern Golf Club,
St. Mellons Golf Club,
Monmouth Golf Club
& Tredegar Park Golf Club
can be viewed and downloaded from the 'Regional Roundup' Section above.

2012 Season

23/10/12

The 2012 Annual General Meeting
was held at The Parc Golf Club on Monday 23rd October
and the following appointments were confirmed:

President ( for next 3 years) ~ Mrs Christine Rossiter
Vice President ~ Mrs Lena Davidson
[Lena joins other Vice Presidents, Mrs Marion Buck, Mrs Stella Jenkins & Miss Pat Roberts MBE]
Captain ~ Miss Ann Booth
Vice Captain ~ Mrs Judith Wenman
Honorary Secretary ~ Mrs Libby Hutchings
Honorary Treasurer ~ Mrs Maureen Evans
Junior Organiser ~ Mrs Janet Cavaciuti

The outgoing President, Mrs Barbara Chambers,
was presented with a commemorative plate to mark her Presidency,

The Dorothy Meacock Foursomes Final
was held at St. Mellons Golf Club on Wednesday 3rd October and resulted in a comfortable win for
Ruth Morris and Ann Harrison of Llanwern Golf Club
by 5 & 4 over the Woodlake Park pairing of Jane Paske and Annette Brimble.

Ruth Morris and Ann Harrison with County Captain Ann Booth

26/9/2012

We are the Champions!

L to R: Cerys Jenkins, Rhiannon Thomas, Chris Harries,Jessica Evans, Angharad Evans, Lauren Hillier, Ann Booth [Captain] & Patricia Fernon flying the flag for Monmouthshire.

Sunday, 23rd September at Ashburnham was a cold, very wet and extremely windy day but, never the less, it turned out to be 'Red Letter' day for Monmouthshire Ladies Golf as we beat last years winners, Mid Wales, to become the Welsh Ladies' County Champions for the first time!

In the morning Foursomes, the pairing of Lauren Hillier and Angharad Evans got the first point on the board with a 3 & 1 win but the other two games were lost to leave the lunchtime score 2 - 1 to Mid Wales.

The rain stopped for a short while during the afternoon singles but then came back with a vengeance together with a near gale force wind off the sea. However, as they had done in the last round against Glamorgan, the Monmouthshire ladies coped better with the elements than their Mid Wales opponents as the first four games produced wins by 6 & 4 for Lauren Hillier, by 7 & 6 for Jessica Evans, by 7 & 6 for Rhiannon Thomas and by 4 & 2 for Chris Harries to achieve the magic, winning, 5 point mark, so the final two games were conceded to allow the ladies to escape what were by now the worse conditions of the day and return to the comfort of the Clubhouse.

Despite the dark clouds at Ashburnham, with three of the winning team still teenagers, two in their twenties and two Welsh Ladies' Senior Internationals, the future looks bright for
Monmouthshire Ladies Golf!

5/9/12

The The Pyman Marsh Bowl and Peglar Cup Competition
was held at Dewstow Golf Club on Monday 3rd September.

The results were as follows:

Silver Division:
1st ~ Louise Fraser (Dewstow) ~ 32 points [on countback last 3 holes]
2nd ~ Jenny Sayer (Dewstow) ~ 32 points
3rd ~ Kath Weare (Raglan Parc) ~ 31 points

Bronze Diivision:
1st ~ Diane Pollard (Dewstow) ~ 32 points
2nd ~ Deborah Hudson (Dewstow) ~ 28 points
3rd ~ Josie Wood (Pontnewydd) ~ 26 points

Vets Prize:
Margaret Bowen (Newport) ~ 25 points

Congratulations!

To Christine Harries of Llanwern G.C. and Patricia Fernon of Dewstow G.C. who have been selected in the Welsh Senior Ladies Team to play in the Home Internationals, on 2nd to 4th of October, in Scotland at Elie & Earlsferry Ladies Golf Club, Fife, just accross the Firth of Forth from Muirfield.

Patricia and Christine in their Welsh uniforms

To Jessica Evans of Newport Golf Club on her selection for the Welsh Ladies team to play in the Home International at Cork Golf Club in Ireland on 4th - 6th September.
Jessica was also in the Welsh Girls team for the Girls Home Internationals at Radyr earlier this month and also in the team for the European Team Championships in Germany in July.

To Margaret Van De Wever of Potypool G. C. who won the GUW Bronze Bowl at Llandrindod Wells on 14th August with a Nett 68

The County Silver Salvers
This Stableford Foursomes Competition
was held at Llanwern Golf Club on Monday 20th August and the prize winners were:

1st ~ Patricia Fernon [Dewtow] & Chris Harries [Llanwern] ~ 66 points (winning on countback last 6 holes)
2nd ~ Rhiannon Thomas & Angharad Evans [both St. Pierre] ~ 66 points ( on countback last 6 holes)
3rd ~ Cerys Jenkins [Bryn Meadows] & Carolyn Pritchard [Llanwern} ~ 63 points
4th ~ Bev. Dobbs & Jo. Waite [both St. Mellons] ~ 62 points

The morning round prize was won by T. Tippin & G. Scott [Glamorganshire] with 32 points
The afternoon round prize was won by Noelyn Allen & Wendy de Godfrey [St. Pierre] with 30 points

17/8/12

Isabelle Russell
Fifteen Ladies played in the Isabelle Russell Trophy Competition
held at Monmouth Golf Club on Monday 6th August.

The competition was won by Denise Hill of Raglan Parc whose gross 77
gave her a nett 74 off her handicap of 3, one ahead of
Jan Robins who was second on countback from Vivienne Evans.

For the full scores CLICK HERE and the Competition statistics CLICK HERE

28/7/12

For the second consecutive year we are through to the final of the
Welsh Ladies County Championships!

This is to be held at Ashburnham Golf Club on Sunday 23rd September
and , as last year, our opponents will be Mid Wales.

Our first match this year was held on 9th July at the Monmouthshire Club at Abergavenny where a fine all round team performance resulted in a very convincing win by 8 - 1 against Carmarthen and Pembrokeshire. I
To view the full match result CLICK HERE

This win set up the game with Glamorgan held at Southerndown G.C. on 18th July as a decider and,as County Captain Ann Booth reported," In horrendous conditions the team played with great commitment and hung in there to win the match 5 - 4", to clinch the place in the Final.
To view the full match result CLICK HERE

Very well done to all.

County Closed Meeting Results
Raglan Park 12/7/12

Silver Division:
Best Gross: Cerys Jenkins [Brynmeadows] ~ 79
1st Nett: Rhiannon Thomas [St. Pierre]: 79-6-73
2nd Nett: Patricia Fernon [Dewstow] ~ 84-6-78

Bronze Division:
Best Gross: Sylvia Bevan [Dewstow] ~ 103
1st Nett: Pauline Pearson [Alice Springs} ~ 107-30-77
2nd Nett: Brenda Blackmore [Alice Springs] ~ 106-27-79

Least Number of Putts:
Maureen Jones [Alice Springs] ~ 23

17/5/12

Presentations were made before the County Committee Meeting at The Parc Golf Club on 15th May to the finalists in the delayed Bronze Division of the County Championships and to the Barbara Francis Memorial Trophy winner.
During the Meeting, Janet Ibbetson, Lady Captain at Newport Golf Club,
presented a cheque for £160 to the County.

Rosemary Ford (Newport G.C.) [Runner Up] and Janet Cavaciuti (Woodlake Park G.C.) [Bronze Division Champion] with County Captain Ann Booth and their Trophies.

Jordan Ryan (Newport G.C.) is presented with the Barbara Francis Memorial Trophy for the best performance at the Championships by a girl in the County Junior Squad by the County Captain
Ann Booth.

County Championship

Tuesday 17/4/12

The Bronze Division Final between Janet Cavaciuti of Woodlake Park and Rosemary Ford of Newport was played in excellent spirit and in mainly fine but rather breezy conditions. It was a close and fluctuating game with never more than one hole in it either way until Janet won on the 17th green.

The presentations of the trophies to both Janet and Rosemary and also to Jordan Ryan of Newport who was the winner of the Barbara Francis Memorial Trophy for Junior Squad members, but who was on holiday at the time of the presentations on Friday, will be made at the beginning of the next Committee Meeting at The Parc Golf Club at 7.00 p.m. on Tuesday 15th May.

Friday 13/4/12

After the storms on the previous afternoon, Friday [13th!!] turned out to be a much better day with warm sunshine after a rather chilly 7.15 a.m. start and some excellent golf was played on a course that had stood up remarkably well to the weather.

In the Silver Division the results of the unfinished second round matches saw all four of the top seeds win their games with Jessica Evans winning against Rhiannon Thomas, Cerys Jenkins overcoming County Captain Ann Booth, Danielle Cobley beating Jo. Waite and Lauren Hillier winning against Patricia Fernon.

This brought the Championships back on schedule with the semi-finals bringing together four previous Champions ~ 2011 Champion, Jessica Evans playing 2009 Champion Cerys Jenkins in game 1 with 2010 Champion Danielle Cobley and Lauren Hillier [who had been Champion several times as Lauren Diggle] in game 2.

Again the games went with the seeding to bring Jessica Evans and Lauren Hillier together for the Final. There Lauren, who plays off +1, regained the trophy, remarkably just ten weeks after giving birth to son Milo.

In the Bronze Division the unfinished second round games saw the following results:
Janet Cavaciuti beat Pauline Forbes
Linda Young beat Beryl Young
Rosemary Ford beat Noelyn Allen
Ruth Stafford beat Chris Jones

In the Semi- finals County Junior Organiser Janet Cavaciuti just pipped Linda Young with the last putt of the game and Rosemary Ford beat Ruth Stafford to book her place in the Bronze Final which is to be played at St. Mellons on Tuesday with a Tee time of 9.00 a.m.

The Paton Cup for the best team at the Championships based on the four best Nett scores in either division in the qualifying rounds was won for the second year running by Dewstow, with the quartet of Catherine Nutley, Patricia Fernon, Deborah Hudson and Kate Stevens and a total of 303.

Lauren Hillier ~ County Champion 2012

Patricia Fernon, Catherine Nutley, Kate Stevens and Deborah Hudson
of Dewstow G.C. with the Paton Cup

To view/download photographs of other winners CLICK HERE

Thursday, 12/4/2012

In the Matches completed today the results were:

Silver Championship: Round 1
Jessica Evans beat Judith Wenman
Rhiannon Thomas beat Catherine Nutley
Ann Booth beat Chris Harries
Cerys Jenkins beat Bev. Dobbs
Danielle Cobley beat Jan Robins
Jo. Waite beat Carolyn Pritchard
Pat. Fernon beat Anna Coleman
Lauren Hillier beat Ann Harrison

Bronze Championship: Round 1
Janet Cavaciuti beat Yvonne Dinham
Pauline Forbes beat Sheila Sexton
Beryl Young beat Sue Edwards
Linda Young beat Judith Hughes
Noelyn Allen beat Deborah Hudson
Rosemary Ford beat Gill Rees
Chris Jones beat Gill Price
Ruth Stafford beat Lorna Roy

Wednesday, 11/4/2012

To download the Results Sheet for the

Silver Division Qualifying Round at St. Mellons on 11th April
For Page 1 CLICK HERE
For Page 2 CLICK HERE
Bronze Division Qualifying Round at Tredegar Park on 11th April
For Page 1 CLICK HERE
For Page 2 CLICK HERE

For the Matchplay Championships at St. Mellons on 12th/13th April

To download the Silver Division Matchplay Draw CLICK HERE
To download the Bronze Division Matchplay Draw CLICK HERE

Reminders
Buggies:
May only be used in certain Competitions when supported by a current Doctor's Medical Certificate.
Please note that they may NOT be used in the County Championships.

Measuring devices
The Golf Union of Wales have decided that the use of distance measuring devices [DMDs]
will be permitted in all GUW Championships and Events.
It was therefore decided at the County Meeting held at The Parc G.C. on 7th February that Monmouthshire Ladies should follow suit and allow DMDs in County Competitions subject to the following regulation:

A player may obtain distance information by using a device that measures distance only. If, during a stipulated round, a player uses a distance measuring device that is designed to gauge or measure other conditions that might affect her play (eg gradient, windspeed, temperature etc) the player is in breach of Rule 14-3 for which the penalty is disqualification, regardless of whether any such additional function is actually used.

16/2/2012

Sue Turner R.I.P.
Wales Ladies Golf Captain, Sue Turner, the Manager of the Great Britain & Ireland team
for this year’s Curtis Cup match, passed away on 14th February aged 50 after battling illness since last autumn. Ladies' golf in both Wales and Great Britian will be much poorer with her passing.
A report can be seen on the GUW Website.

We offer our condolences to her family.

2011

To view the results and photographs of the 2011 County Competitions
CLICK HERE

Lena Davidson

As most probably know, Lena Davidson has retired as County Secretary after serving for twenty years on the County Committee, the last ten of them as Secretary.

To mark the occasion Libby Hutchings organised a 'surprise' retirement party for her at Llanwern Golf Club on 16th November. This was very well attended by ladies, and some gentlemen, from many of the County Clubs. Lena said she was quite overwhealmed by the support and felt very humble. She would like to thank all who came and, in particular, Libby for organising the event and Les Dodd, Secretary at Pontypool Golf Club, for the lovely poem he recited for her..

Lena with husband John

Lena receives presentations from Libby Hutchings and Barbara Chambers

Some of the Attendees

The County Luncheon
was held at Dewstow G.C. on 30th August with the rather disppointing number of 36 ladies attending, 26 of them from the home club. The Captain thanked those who did come for supporting the Lunch event, and everyone was delightfully entertained by Bethan Keeble who gave a piano recital. Bethan, who is studying music at Cardiff university with the aim of becoming a professional musician also uses her music for therapy. Her principal instrument is the Oboe but her recital at the lunch showed that she could also play a mean piano.

Bethan at the piano and receiving a bouquet from The Captain

26/9/11
Congratulations:

To Christine Harries of Llanwern Golf Club who is the Welsh Senior Ladies Champion for 2011 after clinching the title at Abergele Golf Club in North Wales. Chris carded rounds of 76 & 78 against the course par of 74 to finish on + 6 and win by one shot from Jane Rees of Hendon in a field that included former Curtis Cup player Vikki Thomas. She has also been selected to play for Wales in the Senior Ladies Home International Matches at Tramor Golf Club in Ireland.

To Chris Rossiter and Roberta Budd of Newport Golf Club, who, having won the Regional Final of The Coronation Foursomes held at Cradoc Golf Club with 39 points, qualified for the National Final of the event which was held over the Eden Course at St. Andrews where they gained a very creditable fourth place with 31 points.